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Vol. 30 No. 2 • February
2013
Appletree Cove dredge bumped to July By MEGAN STEPHENSON
Staff Writer
KINGSTON — Boaters, prepare for some interruption this summer: the Port of Kingston’s maintenance dredge of Appletree Cove will begin in July. The boat launch and marine traffic will be affected by “period-
ic” closures during the two-week dredge. The port declared a state of emergency and began applying for permits in September, when it became clear the cove was becoming shallower because of silt buildup.
During low tide, A, B and C docks and the boat launch are not always accessible. Several boats have grounded since summer. Silt has been steadily building up since the marina was originally dredged in 1967, and became worse when the Kingston Road
bridge was completed last spring, opening up the Carpenter Creek estuary to its natural flow into the cove. The effect of the opened estuary into Appletree Cove pressured the need for a dredge but did not cause it, Port Manager Kori Henry said.
Search for permanent home continues
By RICHARD WALKER
Editor
By RICHARD WALKER
Editor
See FOOD BANK, Page 3
See DREDGING, Page 2
Deadline nears for option on Pope land
Kingston Food Bank safe for now
KINGSTON — The Kingston Food Bank is settled into its cozy new quarters. But the new site, in the Windermere Real Estate building on 26569 Lindvog Road NE at Highway 104, is temporary. And so the search for a permanent home continues. “We are settled in. We’re not sure about a permanent place yet, but we still have our feelers out,” said Barb Fulton, food bank director. The food bank is open Wednesdays and Fridays, noon to 3 p.m. The phone numbers are the same: 297-4861 and 297-7100. Kingston Food Bank also has a Facebook page. The food bank was forced to leave the site it shared with a VFW post and a church because the Kitsap County Parks and
The port was racing to have its environmental testing and permit applications approved by January, so it could complete the dredge before the fish spawning window closed Feb. 28. However, Henry said the port’s soil analysis
From right, Kingston Food Bank director Barb Fulton talks to a client Jan. 23 at the food bank’s new location. The food bank continues its search for a permanent home. Kipp Robertson / Staff photo
Neighbor Aid raises $56,785 for ShareNet KINGSTON – The community contributed $56,785 to ShareNet’s 2012 Neighbor Aid campaign. That’s down from the $73,846 contributed in the 2011 campaign but, ShareNet executive director Mark Ince writes in his column in this edition of the Kingston Community News, each donation will “support ShareNet’s efforts
Community PO Box 250, Kingston WA 98346 360.297.2266 • www.sharenetfoodbank.org
fighting hunger and poverty issues in the North End.” All told, donations were made by 394 households, individuals,
organizations and companies. “Neighbor Aid 2012 enjoyed the support of hundreds of local See SHARENET, Page 3
PORT GAMBLE — Fifty-six days. Assuming you’re reading this on Feb. 1, that’s how much time the Kitsap Forest & Bay Coalition has left in its option agreement to purchase up to 7,000 acres of North Kitsap timberland and shoreline from Pope Resources. Jon Rose, president of Pope Resources’ Olympic Property Group, said he doesn’t think the coalition will raise enough money by the March 28 deadline to buy all of Pope’s North Kitsap land. But transactions are likely as the coalition and Pope consider a complex package of price offsets and funds from a variety of sources. Pope Resources agreed in fall 2011 to keep the land off the market while the coalition raises money to purchase the land for conservation, public open space, trails and non-motorized access to the water. The agreement expires March 28. After that, Pope Resources officials have said they plan to See LAND, Page 12
Sizable donation for Village Green will be revealed Jan. 26 KINGSTON — A “sizable donation” will be revealed at a public fundraising kickoff for the new Kingston Community Center, proposed for the Village Green. A source close to the donation said he could not disclose the
source or amount, but called it “sizable.” It’s bound to give a shot in the arm to the fundraising campaign, which gets under way Jan. 26, 3 p.m., at the Village Green Picnic Pavilion.
The event is called “Gather for the Green.” Those attending will participate in a group photo, forming the outline of the new community center. Next, there will be a parade to the existing community See VILLAGE GREEN, Page 12
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