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“I’m surprised how strong she is, how brave she’s been ... She’s a kid with a lot of spirit.” — Jaci Garringer, mother of Carmen Garringer
Jim Oas / Contributed photo
Pope: Permit before removal Cleanup stalled by disagreement over old docks By megan stephenson
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Left, Kallen Anderson visits her friend, Carmen Garringer, at Sorella Salon & Spa in Kirkland for a Locks of Love fundraiser Feb. 11. Right, Kallen had all of her hair cut off as a show of support for her friend, who is being treated for extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma. Brian Rotsten / Courtesy photos
Support is growing for 8-year-old being treated for a rare cancer By RICHARD WALKER
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OULSBO — On the surface, Carmen Garringer and Kallen Anderson seem like typical, active 8- and 9-year-old girls. The Suquamish Elementary School third-graders like dance, gymnastics, jumping
on the trampoline, science experiments, Harry Potter, and “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Carmen was a 2012 Miss West Sound Little Sister; Kallen likes cheerleading. But within those little-girl exteriors beat some big hearts. The day Carmen, 8, checked into the hospital to begin treatment for extraosseous Ewing’s
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sarcoma, she conspired with nurses to throw a hospital-room birthday party for her mom, complete with banner and confetti. When Kallen found out that her friend would lose her hair while undergoing treatment, she vowed that she, too, would shave her head. In fact, she let her pal Carmen do the cutting;
her hair was donated to Locks of Love, which makes wigs for children undergoing cancer treatment. On the ferry home, Kallen told her mother, “Now that I’ve shaved my head, I feel I can do anything.” Back at school the next day, Kallen got high fives from classmates. As of Thursday, four other people have shaved their heads in support: library technician Gail Petranek, thirdgraders Thomas Grant and Tyler Wilson, and first-grader Talon Grant.
PORT GAMBLE — The agreement to clean up the old Port Gamble mill site and the southern portion of the bay is stalled, as officials from the state Department of Ecology and Pope Resources haggle over the fate of two docks. Tim Nord, land and aquatics cleanup manager for Ecology, said an agreement was reached with Pope in August, but then Pope had an unexpected request: leave the two docks on the southern side of the mill site in the water until Pope receives the permits for a new dock, to be built on the north side outside the bay. “The challenge is we need to make sure we remove all the contamination,” Nord said. “I think
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Poulsbo mailboxes hit in theft spree; suspect arrested in Port Townsend By RICHARD D. OXLEY Bainbridge Island Review
POULSBO — A Port Townsend man was arrested this week on charges of mail theft and identity theft, and police said he may be responsible for some of the recent mail thefts in Kitsap County. Adam Justin Lysiak, 38, is being held on $250,000 bail after he was arrested Tuesday in Port Townsend. More than 1,000 pounds of mail was discovered in
his possession. The bust came after police received a tip that he was living in the area and was running an extensive identity theft operation. Port Townsend police were joined by six other agencies when they See MAIL THEFT, Page A9
Port Townsend police sort mail that was recovered from identity and theft suspect Adam Justin Lysiak. Port Townsend Police
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