North Kitsap Herald, December 28, 2012

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Herald North K itsap

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OUR New Year’s GIFT TO YOU: 2013 calendar on page A10

Top 10 Stories of 2012

Kitsap week Put a state park hike on your resolutions list

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Poulsbo Lions / Raab Foundation Bellringer Fund

Kipp Robertson / Herald

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Herald NortH K itsap

Thank you for helping to make us a 2012 Newspaper of the Year (Local Media Association). We’re proud to be the Voice of North Kitsap since 1901.

Hansville man found dead on B.C. beach

On Feb. 28, the State Auditor’s Office issued a fraud investigation report that determined the Police Department must tighten its evidence-handling procedures.

POULSBO — Brandon Lee Blanford, last seen by his family on Dec. 11, was found dead on Sidney Island, British Columbia. Blanford’s body washed ashore Wednesday, according to a report by the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, citing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Blanford was identified through fingerprint comparison. Brandon Lee Sidney Island is Blanford about 50 miles northwest of Hansville in Haro Strait, between Sidney, B.C. and San Juan Island. The investigation into Blanford’s disappearance continues by sheriff’s detectives. There do not appear to be signs of foul play, Kitsap County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Scott Wilson said. Search teams scoured the north end of Kitsap for Blanford Dec. 12-13. The ground and water search included canine teams and watercraft from North Kitsap Fire & Rescue, the Suquamish Police Department and the sheriff’s marine services unit. Blanford was last seen leaving his parents’ home in the 39000 block of

See top 10, Page A15

See BLANFORD, Page A2

Clockwise from top: The Port of Kingston’s passenger ferry service sailed for the last time Sept. 28 (Megan Stephenson/Herald). Poulsbo hosted the Babe Ruth World Series (Kipp Robertson/Herald). A police shooting in Suquamish was determined to be justified (Kipp Robertson/Herald). HERALD STAFF

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he top 10 stories of 2012, as selected by the staff of the North Kitsap Herald.

No. 1: One dead in shooting at Les Schwab Tire Center

On Feb. 8, Poulsbo Police shot and killed an armed man who had fired a handgun inside the

tire center. Prosecuting Attorney Russell Hauge determined the shooting was justified. The man, Joseph Matthew Henninger, 24, was a North Kitsap High School graduate and sometime Olympic College student who lived near the tire center. His family said he was being treated for depression and that his doctor had recently changed his medication from Wellbutrin to Paxil. They said Henninger may have taken a

wrong dose of the stronger medication.

No. 2: Poulsbo Police told to tighten evidence handling

Next school closure committee meeting Jan. 15 Work slowed by mistake in members’ vote tally By KIPP ROBERTSON

krobertson@northkitsapherald.com

Update, page A14

2013 JANUARY

HERALD STAFF

— In this edition

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POULSBO — Work being done to close a school in the North Kitsap School District has hit a bump in the road.

Citing confusion and mistakes during voting at the Dec. 18 School Closure Committee meeting, the “narrowing of schools to look into for closure was

unable to occur,” according to the school district’s website. The committee will resume work on its school closure recommendation Jan. 15, 6:30 p.m., at the district offices on 18360 Caldart Ave., Poulsbo. The meeting

is open to the public. District administrators will gather information on the schools identified as possible closure options from the Dec. 4 meeting to help with the recommendation. The only school that made it on both commit-

Inside n Breidablik Elementary School teacher takes pie to the face, principal is duct-taped, for PTSA. —Story, page A18

tee working groups’ lists of possible closures Dec. 4 was Breidablik Elementary. See closure, Page A3

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