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I-502 creates new set of issues Pot legalization would leave cities and counties wondering how to license a substance the feds consider illegal By MEGAN STEPHENSON
mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — As Poulsbo continues to grapple with
last year’s amendment to the Medical Use of Cannabis Act, which allows collective cannabis gardens but not
dispensaries, Initiative 502 on the Nov. 6 ballot calls for legalization of marijuana for adults 21 and older.
Collective gardens, which allows 45 plants or 72 ounces of “usable cannabis” per garden, are the only legal access
points to medical marijuana in the state. Patients can grow up to 15 plants individually.
“Fire work is team work. You have to be a very cohesive team. This team seems to be a notch above many academies.” — Operations Chief Wayne Kier, North Kitsap Fire & Rescue
From left, Myriah Riedel and David LeMay star in ‘Affliction,’ a movie set in Indianola. Contributed
Premiere of local feature film Oct. 31 ‘Affliction’ is set in Indianola, filmed in North Kitsap By KIPP ROBERTSON
krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — When David LeMay and his friends first began making films as elementary students, it was mostly silly stuff. LeMay and his friends Owen Barabasz and Connor Delaney slowly got more into serious filmmaking. Now, the three, along with J.C. Mercer, are preparing to show See AFFLICTION, Page A4
See I-502, Page A3
Olsen defies state on logo use Complaint filed with PDC, state official says A.G.’s office will be notified By BRIAN KELLY
Bainbridge Island Review
From left, interns Rico LeMay, Duke Keltner, Robert LaPointe and Brian Sallay and instructor Guillermo Canate Jr. discuss tactics after a round of firefighter training, Oct. 8, at the training center in North Bend. Megan Stephenson / Herald
Interns train for opportunity to risk their lives for others By MEGAN STEPHENSON
mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com
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ORTH BEND — Firefighters say it’s easier to get into Harvard or Yale than it is to become a career firefighter. Who would have thought that risking your life could be so desirable, in a field in which it’s difficult to find work? Tax dollars pay for fire
Part one of a two-part series stations and their crews. Locally, about 90 percent of revenue comes from property taxes, which have decreased as new construction slows and property values decline. Yet there are more men and women who want to be trained as firefighters
than fire districts are able to hire. But no fire district would have any qualified firefighters these days without volunteer training programs. North Kitsap Fire & Rescue has been offering an intern academy since 1987, graduating 150 firefighters so far. In exchange for their service, the fire
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — James M. Olsen is continuing to distribute fliers for his 23rd District campaign that state officials have said violate state and federal laws, despite a warning to stop last week from the Washington Secretary of State’s office. An official with the Secretary of State’s office said Tuesday that the state Attorney General’s Office would be contacted over the matter. James Olsen used Olsen’s problems with the state began state, USCG seals on earlier this month, after campaign flier. he had the Kitsap Sun Kipp Robertson / Herald put a two-page, full-color insert that carried the headline “The James M. Olsen Plan For A New Washington/
See FIRE, Page A22
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See OLSEN, Page A5