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By RICHARD WALKER
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POULSBO — Rents were paid. Utilities were kept on. Families had food to eat. People who needed it got transportation to and from medical appointments and work. All told, the Poulsbo Lions Club/Raab Foundation Bellringer Fund provided 102 Christmas dinners for local families and helped more than 300 people in financial crisis in 2011-12. Thanks to the $33,061 contributed by North Kitsap residents during the campaign last winter. Organizers have kicked off the winter 2012 See BELLRINGER, Page 5
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Leapin Lizards! ‘annie’ opens nov. 30 SILVERDALE — “Annie,” the popular comic strip heroine,
takes center stage in CStock’s adaptation of the much-loved musical Nov. 30 to Dec. 16 in the Silverdale Community Center, 9729 Silverdale Way NW. Call (360) 692-9940 or go to www.cstock.org/shows/ annie-2012. Erin Mckiernan is director;
Rupert Kettle is music director. Emry Bohlmann stars as “Annie.” She is a student at The Gallry School of Music and Dance and at Cottonwood Elementary School in Bremerton. She debuted in Admiral Theatre Summer Camp’s 2012 production of “Guys and Dolls Jr.”
Annie is a spunky Depressionera orphan determined to find her parents, who abandoned her on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage run by the embittered Miss Hannigan. Fun-filled adventures follow. On Dec. 8, local volunteers will provide American Sign Language interpretation of the performance.
Emry Bohlmann, 11, a sixth-grader at Cottonwood Elementary School in Bremerton, stars as Annie in CStock’s production, which opens Nov. 30. CStock
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More crashes on local roads Convert
to natural gas will save $103 million
Above, traffic was rerouted through the Masi Shop/Shell gas station Monday after a two-car crash on Highway 305. Below, firefighters remove a 51-year-old woman from her Subaru SUV on Bond Road near Rova Road, Nov. 17. Above: Kipp Robertson / Herald. Below: Jody Matson / Poulsbo Fire Department
More than 300 families helped in 2011-12
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Three Iraq War veterans make a 60mile trek to call attention to PTSD
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Authorities warn drivers to slow down as rain continues to drench area POULSBO — Two car crashes, including one death scare, occured on rain-slickened roads during the week. The crashes came less than a week after three people FATAL FIRE were killed n Woman dies in a two-car in Suquamish crash on house fire. — Highway Page A5 104 near Balmoral Place NE, in Kingston. The Washington State Patrol, Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office and Poulsbo Police Department
issued press releases earlier this week urging motorists to be extra cautious as rain was expected to continue through Thanksgiving and the weekend. “There are more crashes this time of year because it gets darker
sooner, the roads are more slippery, and there are more drunk drivers out,” a press release from the Poulsbo Police Department stated. A two-car crash on Highway See crashes, Page A4
Washington State Ferries meeting Dec. 4 in Kingston By NATALIE JOHNSON
Vashon Island Beachcomber
KINGSTON — Faced with escalating fuel costs and increasingly stringent environmental regulations, the state ferry system hopes to convert at least a quarter of its fleet to a new fuel source. At Washington State Ferries' community meeting in Kingston Dec. 4, David Moseley, head of the ferry system, is scheduled to give an update on the state’s efforts to convert six ferries to run on liquefied natural gas by 2015. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the Kingston Community Center’s Kingston Room, 11212 State Highway 104. The ferry system, looking to cut fuel costs, has been studying liquefied natural gas (LNG) for about two years, Moseley said in an interview last week. LNG seems a logical choice for the ferries. It’s expected to remain significantly cheaper than the diesel fuel that ferries currently
Don’t miss the ‘awakening’ Norseman statue will be unveiled during tree-lighting ceremony
POULSBO — Bill Austin described it as his baby. Mayor Becky Erickson said it reflects Poulsbo’s community spirit. And contractor Kelly Hogan said working on
it was a blast. They are all describing the new Viking statue — a 12-foot-tall sculpted warrior — to be unveiled Friday at Viking Avenue and Lindvig Way. The statue was a public art project between Austin and the city. The City Council has been discussing See VIKING, Page A9
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The Norseman will be ‘awakened’ Friday at Viking Avenue and Lindvig Way. Megan Stephenson / Herald