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Friday, September 21, 2012 | Vol. 111, No. 38 | www.northkitsapherald.com | 50¢
‘Head of the Bay’
Doing the class shuffle Enrollment increases at two schools, declines in others, force teacher transfers, class combos By KIPP ROBERTSON
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The area at the head of Liberty Bay was a thriving neighborhood by the 1930s. Below, a 114-year-old house on Bond Road, torn down for Fish Park expansion, was a reminder of urban Poulsbo’s rural past. Above: Poulsbo Historical Society. Below: Kitsap County Assessor
1898 house, cleared to make way for Fish Park expansion, was a remnant of an old farming neighborhood that held its own By MEGAN STEPHENSON
mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com
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OULSBO — The 114-year-old, two-story house next to Dogfish Creek was torn down Aug. 27. The owners’ son took the front door as a memory and, in a matter of hours, wood and plaster and brick were trucked away. It had been home to just a few families that saw Poulsbo grow from a small Scandinavian village barely on the map to a town that thrived on lumber, codfish and the Navy. Ed and Ruby Lord, whose family is the last to live in the
home on what is now Bond Road, knew what would happen to the house when they decided to sell the 4.7-acre property to the city. The land was cleared and is being returned to its natural state as a part of Fish Park. “[We] preferred the house go to parks rather than on the market,” Ruby said. “I don’t know, it wasn’t a really good place for a home anymore.” Before Bond Road was raised up, making the driveway uncomfortably steep, before businesses and roads replaced the farms once scattered along
the creek, settlers built houses near the lush estuary where Dogfish Creek meets Liberty Bay. Before the settlers arrived, there was a Suquamish village here, according to Dennis Lewarch, the Tribe’s historic
preservation officer. Suquamish families left the area when the Port Madison reservation was established in 1855, and the first Scandinavian settlers arrived in the 1880s. The home was likely built See HOUSE, Page A3
Candidate Q&A: Superior Court, Department 7 Jennifer Forbes
Karen Klein
This is part one in a series of Q&As with candidates for local office in the Nov. 6 general election. This week: Jennifer Forbes and Karen Klein, Kitsap County Superior Court, Department 7. Superior Court judges con-
sider felony matters, real property rights, domestic relations, estate, mental illness, juvenile, and civil cases over $50,000. The superior courts also hear appeals from courts of limited jurisdiction. Judges serve
four-year terms and are paid $148,832 a year. The judge’s salary is shared by the county and the state. The state pays all benefits. See COURT, Page A20
POULSBO — Though enrollment numbers may be down overall in the North Kitsap School District, two schools are dealing with higher enrollment than expected. Poulsbo and Vinland elementary schools saw an increase from the projected enrollment for the 2012-13 school year, according to data released by district administration. Poulsbo had a projected total student head count of 413. Current numbers show the head count at 460. At Vinland, the projected total student head count was 420. There are currently a total of 458 students enrolled at the school. With the increased enrollment, the district is working on moving two teachers — one to Poulsbo and one to Vinland, Superintendent Patty Page said. The move will help reduce class sizes in some but not all grades, she said. “The principals are being very creative,” Page said. The district has asked for teachers to volunteer to transfer. To help address the unexpected enrollment at Vinland, along with an additional teacher, two new multi-grade classrooms were created. Beginning Monday, the See shuffle, Page A15
suquamish museum coverage n Story and photos. — Pages A18-19
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