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Both sides report feeling harassed in rift over home business.
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By JUSTINE FREDERIKSEN
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Independent
Tensions between two Port Orchard neighbors that erupted after one attempted to open a home business last year led both women to head down to the Kitsap County Courthouse Monday and file restraining orders against each other. Shelia Cronan, 49, said she filed a restraining order against Amber Keehn after returning home from a camping trip Aug. 17 and discovering pellets had been
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shot in three of her home’s windows. Cronan, who lives on the 200 block of Flower Meadows Street in Port Orchard, said she believed the attack was part of an ongoing dispute with Keehn, whom she alleges has been running a hair salon out of her home without a business license and in defiance of a city “stop-work” order. Keehn, 30, said she filed for permission from the city of Port Orchard to operate a hair salon out of her home on the 2300 block of Flower Avenue soon after pur-
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Commissioner’s unanimous approval of the contract without public comment in the consent agenda during Monday night’s business meeting. Bert Furuta, the county’s director of personnel and human services, said calculating the costs of the new agreement took longer than he would have liked. Furuta said that the work was complicated by the fact that each employee and their dependents had to be looked at on a case-by-case basis to determine dental and medical coverage, cost of living adjustments and more. “The actual contract itself was already signed off and agreed to, all we were looking for was the final cost,”
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a.m. today when they embark on a 120mile back roads venture to Port Townsend before the fleet — Ebbert said there will be a record 48 drivers from the United States and Canada — before they return to the Baymont that evening. He believes more people are collecting and displaying their cars because of an abundance of original and remanufactured parts available for them. “It’s just an opportunity for the guys to get their cars out,” he said. The Model T’s then will leave at 9 a.m. Saturday and travel the back roads to Keyport Underwater Museum when it
Commissioners this week formally approved a collective bargaining agreement with the Kitsap County Corrections Guild following an arbitrator’s ruling in early June. A formal agreement was reached before county leaders knew what the final cost would be. Budget crunchers at the county later determined that the net cost to the county’s general budget will be $162,410, with the lion’s share of those cost increases -- $109,993 -- eaten up by expanded health benefits for jail staff and their families. The final cost figures were only made publicly available a couple of hours prior to the Board of County CHARLOTTE GARRIDO
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It was a hobby they stumbled upon. Gary Ebbert and his wife, Kathleen, were vacationing more than two decades ago when they decided to stop at an antique car museum in Montana that featured several Model T vehicles. “It looked like fun,” he said. The Ebberts purchased their first Model T in 1990 and have become such huge fans of the automobile that they are hosting the 34th annual Can-Am Model T Tour, which began Thursday and runs through Sunday, in collaboration with the Kitsap Peninsula Model T Club. The cars will be stationed at
the Baymont Inn & Suites on Kitsap Way in Bremerton when they are not touring on local roads. Ebbert said the automobiles always come with their admirers. “An older guy will say that he learned to drive on this,” he said. “Others will say they had a relative that had one.” The Model T was the first low-priced car to introduce motoring to the masses shortly after the turn of the 20th Century. Ford produced 15 million “Tin Lizzies” between September 1908 and October 1927. It is called the most influential car of the 20th Century. While the event began Thursday, the Model T’s will not be on the road until 8:30
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South Kitsap resident Gary Ebbert and his wife, Kathleen, are hosting the 34th annual Can-Am Model T Tour, which runs this weekend throughout the West Sound. Ebbert, who will ride his 1915 Model T, is one of 48 drivers participating in the event. The couple also participated in the 100th-year anniversary of the 1909 New York to Seattle Ocean to Ocean Endurance Race
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50 classic cars expected this weekend By CHRIS CHANCELLOR
Staff Writer
Expectations were turned on their head in two Kitsap County political contests during Tuesday night’s primary election, as the perceived front-runners came in third and were disqualified in their respective races. Republican Tim Matthes drew the most votes in the South Kitsap commissioner’s race, followed by Democrat Charlotte Garrido. Monty Mahan, who was the first to declare for the seat and earned the endorsement of local mayors, came in third (See related story, page A3).
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and pension rates along with inflation as issues. In addition to the money saved on custodians, Patton said the district will dip into its reserve fund for $1.72 million. She said that’s not all bad because the district saved more than it anticipated in its last fiscal year, which ends Aug. 31. Patton said they also will save through not filling other vacant positions in the district, and through cutting expenses on supplies. The board unanimously adopted the budget. Patton warned in previous meetings that the “hard decisions” likely won’t end
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activities she reported as stemming from Keehn’s attempts to operate a business out of her home. Weaver said following an April 11 hearing with the city’s Hearing Examiner, certain conditions were placed on Keehn’s permit to mitigate Cronan’s concerns before she would be allowed to operate her business. “(Keehn) has addressed all but one of those conditions, with the last being the letter from the (Kitsap County) Health Department,” Weaver said, explaining that Keehn’s current sewer facilities are
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Custodians won’t be replaced, $1.72 million will be taken from reserve fund.
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By CHRIS CHANCELLOR
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The South Kitsap School District is a little closer to closing its $2.9 million deficit for the upcoming school year. Terri Patton, assistant superintendent for business and support services, said at Wednesday’s school board meeting that the district won’t replace five full-time custodians who left the district after the last school year. She said that will save the district $250,000. Patton said the deficit stems from unforeseen circumstances when the district presented its last levy to voters in 2004. She cited escalating teacher salaries
chasing it last spring. City Development Director James Weaver confirmed that Keehn received a conditional-use permit to operate a onechair hair salon out of her home, which he described as “pretty innocuous” and something that doesn’t typically reach “the level of intensive use,” as far as impacts on the neighborhood are concerned. However, since November of 2007, Cronan has filed multiple complaints with the city regarding traffic, noise and other
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Cody Wright from Milford, Utah, got a mouth full of mud and a zero score after falling off Strawberry Delight in the Saddle Bronc Riding competition Wednesday night at the Kitsap County Stampede. The fair runs through Sunday.
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KCR opens new facility in Port Orchard
Executive director, next goal is low-income housing By CHRIS CHANCELLOR Senior Reporter
Kitsap Community Resources has a new home in South Kitsap. The two-story, 6,900-square foot facility near the intersection of Jackson and Lund opened earlier this month. “It is the culmination of a five-year vision to do this,” Kitsap Community Resources executive director Larry Eyer said. “I’m pleased it came out well.” KCR, a Bremerton-based
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nonprofit, long as has operated a 5,500-square-foot satellite office at 1211 Bay Street. Eugenie Jones, who works in community relations for KCR, said the new facility allows them to streamline services. “The idea for that facility is to provide the same services we have in Bremerton,” she said. In addition to some of KCR’s staple programs, such as WIC, health care, housing See KCR New Location, A9