North Kitsap Herald, July 27, 2012

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Friday, July 27, 2012 | Vol. 111, No. 30 | www.northkitsapherald.com | 50¢

In the Herald

‘So we can stand proud’ Charges

in park ranger’s death By MEGAN STEPHENSON

Kitsap week Putting the ‘here’ in ‘Wish you were here’

mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com

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sports Wrestling academy offers year-round training

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Baseball: Americans going to State; Babe Ruth 14U wins NW title

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From left, Vincent Chargualaf, Hailey Crow, Peg Deam and Katie Ahvakana welcome canoes to Suquamish July 21 during the 2012 Canoe Journey/Paddle to Squaxin. Indigenous nations from throughout the Pacific Northwest visited Suquamish until July 23, when they headed for the territory of the Squaxin Island Tribe. Molly Neely-Walker/Special to the Herald

Northwest indigenous peoples share the ‘legacies of our ancestors’ at Canoe Journey By RICHARD WALKER

rwalker@northkitsapherald.com

SUQUAMISH — The song arrived first, carried over the water, as Joe Waterhouse watched for the first

canoes to come in against the tide and wind July 20 at Point Julia on the Port Gamble S’Klallam reservation. The Canoe Journey has brought history around full circle for the

81-year-old military retiree and Klallam historian. He grew up in Port Hadlock — which he knew as Tsetsibus, which means “Where the sun rises” — and visited the village at Point Julia in the 1930s, traveling here by canoe with a relative, Lach-ka-nim, son of Klallam leader Chetzemoka.

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Olsen decries influence of donations from outof-state lawyers By RICHARD WALKER

rwalker@northkitsapherald.com

POULSBO — State House candidate James

Olsen has consistently made an issue of contributions to Rep. Drew Hansen’s campaign by out-ofstate lawyers, decrying the influence of “special interests” in the election.

“Special interests rob you and I of our voice,” Olsen said at a candidates forum July 16 at Poulsbo City Hall. By comparison, Olsen said he’s received contributions from “salt of the earth, 23rd

See JOURNEY, Page A10

inside The Herald’s endorsements for Superior Court, state House. — page A4 n Part two of our Q&As with candidates for the short term in Congress. — page A27-29 n

District people.”

POULSBO — The man arrested on suspicion of causing the headon collision that killed State Park Ranger Ed Johanson in February has been formally charged with vehicular homicide under the influence. Charles K. Sherman, 35, of Silverdale, was driving eastbound on Holly Road about when the Ed Johanson ... crash occurred killed Feb. 24 Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. Johanson was off-duty and driving home to Seabeck, and was about three miles from his home when the crash occurred. Sherman’s car allegedly crossed the centerline See CHARGED, Page A2

Liberty Bay Bank is one of safest in U.S. By MEGAN STEPHENSON

mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com

POULSBO — Kitsap County’s newest community bank has made a national list for being one of the safest banks in the U.S. Poulsbo-based Liberty Bay Bank, founded in 2009, is one of 359 banks in the country and one of three in Washington state least likely to fail, according to an article published by MSN Money. More than 400 banks have

See CAMPAIGN, Page A3

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