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Kitsap week NKHS grad’s film revisits Nazi resistance
Project faces two legal challenges
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sports Sunfair Invite rescheduled; teams may not attend because of air quality — Page A8
Business The Book Stop has a new owner —Page A19
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Work begins on second wharf Staff report
Whiskey Creek Steakhouse owners Pat and Karan Ziarnik turned to Food Network’s “Restaurant: Impossible” after a slack economy hurt business. The television show will redesign the restaurant and its menu. The restaurant’s grand reopening, tonight, is booked. Megan Stephenson / Herald
The Food Network films, and revives, Keyport’s Whiskey Creek Steak House By MEGAN STEPHENSON
mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com
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EYPORT — Before chain restaurants came to Silverdale, before Poulsbo’s downtown was revitalized, there was steak and live music seven nights a week at Whiskey Creek in downtown Keyport.
Then the economy hit. Folks stopped dining out, and the price of meat went up. Whiskey Creek Steakhouse, more than two decades old, was in trouble. “It’s time for a new injection,” said Pat Ziarnik, who owns the restaurant with his wife, Karan. The Ziarniks turned to an unlike-
ly source: the Food Network. One evening two years ago, Pat and Karan were watching “Restaurant: Impossible,” a reality show where Chef Robert Irvine and a crew turn around a failing restaurant in two days and with a $10,000 See Steakhouse, Page A5
BANGOR — Navy contractors began in-water construction Thursday of the second explosives-handling wharf at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor. The explosives-handling wharf will cover 6.3 acres, extend 600 feet from the shoreline and use 1,250 steel pilings. Construction costs are estimated at $331 million, but the entire project is projected to cost $715 million and will include environmental mitigation, security work, and relocation and demolition of related utilities and facilities, according to Navy spokeswoman Annalisa Cachin. See WHARF, Page A2
chief RETIRes in march Poulsbo Police Chief Dennis Swiney says he’ll retire March 31; will help recruit successor n
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Poulsbo Police Chief Dennis Swiney
Candidate Q&A: Kitsap County Commission, District 2 Charlotte Garrido
Linda Simpson
This is part two in a series of Q&As with candidates for local office in the Nov. 6 general election. This week: Charlotte Garrido and Linda Simpson, County Commission, District 2.
Kitsap County commissioners approve laws and manage a $325 million budget. Commissioners are responsible for county policies relating to community development, county
finance, environmental protection, human services, parks and recreation, public safety and health, solid waste, transportation, and other state legislative directed duties.
Commissioners are elected to four-year terms and receive $109,907 per year. They also receive the same benefits as county employees. See DISTRICT 2, Page A17
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