North Kitsap Herald, March 02, 2012

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IN THE HERALD

City told: Tighten evidence handling No fine because changes made during state audit By MEGAN STEPHENSON

mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com

POULSBO — The state Auditor’s Office found $2,000 missing from the

KITSAP WEEK Photographer captures Arctic life — In this edition

Poulsbo Police Department’s Special Investigation Unit fund, used for drug investigations. The auditor released the fraud investigation report Feb. 28. That’s in addition to the previous discoveries that a gold necklace and two handguns were missing from police evidence lockers. In the report, auditors found that

AG: Bockus could not be appointed

for a

mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com

See BOCKUS, Page A10

CAUCUSES Republicans select delegates Saturday — Page A11 OPINION ■ Government should not be the gatekeeper of public information. — Page A4

Woman run over, killed in church parking lot

No charges will be filed against an 82-yearold Poulsbo woman who allegedly drove over another woman in the First Lutheran Church parking lot Tuesday. — Story, page A11. Kipp Robertson / Herald

See AUDIT, Page A2

Columbia

By MEGAN STEPHENSON

POULSBO — An assistant state Attorney General says Poulsbo Port Commissioner Arnie Bockus could not be appointed to another commission vacancy before his term expired. Assistant Attorney General Christopher Lanese cited a common-law public policy principle that a sitting commissioner is ineligible for appointment, if the appointment is made during the commissioner’s term. Lanese noted it is not a formal opinion of the Attorney General’s Office. To recap, Commissioner Glenn Gilbert resigned in October, effective Nov. 30.

remember who was responsible for bringing the deposit to the Finance Department,” the audit states. “Without a receipt from the Finance Department, we [auditors] could not determine if the deposit was made or who was responsible for the loss.” Finance Director Debbie Booher

Conquering

‘Informal opinion’ SPORTS Buccaneers vie for state basketball title — Page A6

although the City Council voted to reduce the fund from $2,500 to $500 in 2009, there is no record of a deposit being made between the Police Department and the Finance Department. “Although the transmittal had been initialed by two staff [members], no one at the Police Department could

By MEGAN STEPHENSON

mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com

F

cure

or many of our local firefighters, the need for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society hits close to home. Firefighter/paramedic Tom Kenyon of North Kitsap Fire and Rescue died of leukemia 15 years ago. North Kitsap firefighter Shane Seyboldt lost an older brother to leukemia. Poulsbo firefighter Chad Equatore lost a nephew to brain cancer. Both fire departments have teams in this year’s Scott Firefighter Stairclimb, using these and other personal stories to motivate themselves to climb 69 flights of stairs, 788 feet of elevation, to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. In 2011, the event brought in a record $930,000 for blood-cancer research and patient services. Now in its 21st year, 1,737 firefighters — including 139 women — from 276 teams will climb the Columbia Center building in downtown Seattle March 11, raising money through sponsorships, and individual and department fundraising. See CLIMB, Page A3

From left, Chad Equatore and Shane Keeley of Poulsbo Fire raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society last weekend at Central Market. Megan Stephenson / Herald

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