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Poulsbo Farmers Market season starts Saturday POULSBO — The Poulsbo Farmers Market’s 2013 season opens Saturday, at its regular location at 7th Avenue and Iverson Street. This year marks the market’s 10th anniversary. Opening Day will begin at 8:45 a.m. with a ribboncutting attended by Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson and other local elected officials, as well as Kitsap royalty, courtesy of the Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce. The market officially opens at 9 a.m. with the ringing of the opening bell, and will close at 1 p.m. Live music will be provided by the band Celtic Capers, which will perform reels from New England, Cape Breton, Ireland, and Shetland. The market’s own Farmer Fjord may make an
appearance. Approximately 35 vendors are expected to attend Opening Day, many old favorites and some new faces. Returning vendors include long-standing staples of the market, such as produce farmers Abundantly Green Farm and Pheasant Fields Farm; meat vendors Clark Farms and Flying Dog Farm; food vendors Borrowed Kitchen Bakery, Cottage Jams, Mt. Townsend Creamery, and Anna Christina Fudge; and artisans like children’s clothing vendor Molasses Tree and garden art vendor The Bramble Patch. New vendors will bring some new products to the market, like raw milk from Blackjack Valley Farms, a variety of juices from Zive
Juice, and handmade ceramics from Pottery Song. A wide variety of locallyraised meat products that will be on offer at the market, including beef, chicken, goat, lamb, mutton, pork,
and rabbit. The Poulsbo Farmers Market is one of the longestrunning farmers markets in the region, with the 2013 season running from April 6 to Dec. 21. The market will
be open during Poulsbo’s Viking Fest this year, which means 38 consecutive weeks to shop at the market. In addition, the market will extend its hours in July and August to 2 p.m. The market will continue to host a variety of popular special events this year,
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dogs escaped the friend’s custody and attacked another dog and its walker the morning of Feb. 16. “The officer may impound the animal — emphasis on ‘may,’” Animal Control officer Chase Connolly said in a previous interview. “In this case, we thought the [owner] was going to be taking responsibility … It’s very unfortunate in this circumstance, the person did not abide by animal control’s authority … to keep the animals confined to
property.” The two dogs are not in the owner’s care anymore. After the second attack, the owner, a 29-year-old woman from Poulsbo, surrendered one of the dogs. The Kitsap Humane Society acts as the county’s animal control agency, and KHS’ behavioral team determined the boxer could not be reconditioned and euthanized the dog. A few days after the attacks, the owner returned the second boxer to its
breeder in King County. Connolly said KHS has informed King County Animal Control that the dog is Potentially Dangerous. Animal Control has the authority to issue infractions for code violations, KHS Executive Director Eric Stevens said. KHS issued an infraction against the owner for two offenses: animal at large, and damaging property. Each offense carried a $250 fine. Debbie Fischer, the woman who was attacked
on Bainbridge Island, is disappointed with the prosecutor’s office decision. “I think it’s horrible,” she said. “The attack on me shouldn’t have happened. After the first attack, those dogs should have been sequestered and we would have never been the second victims.” The dog in the second attack, a small poodle, has died, leaving his owner distraught, according to Fischer. She walked the poodle for her elderly
Continued from page A1 boxers severely attacked the dog, a bichon frise, which later died. When an animal control officer arrived, he opened an investigation on the boxers as Potentially Dangerous Dogs, and told the owner to keep the dogs confined to her property. Instead, the owner gave them to a friend to watch on Bainbridge Island. The
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such as Health & Wellness Day on May 11 and Kids Day/Touch-A-Tractor on July 20. New this year is the Poulsbo Farmers Market’s Picnic at the Pig, a farm picnic hosted after the market by Slippery Pig Brewery in Poulsbo, Aug. 24. This event will include an outdoor picnic dinner, farm games, and a silent auction featuring local products donated by market vendors and Poulsbo businesses. Contact the Farmers Market by calling 7796720, emailing info@poulsbofar mersmarket.or g, or going online to www. PoulsboFarmersMarket. org. The Poulsbo Farmers Market can accept credit, debit, and EBT cards.
friend, and said the owner most likely won’t be filing a civil suit. Calls to the owner of the bichon frise weren’t returned. “It’s assault, that’s what really floors me,” Fischer said. “If any human came up to you, biting or whatever, it’s assault, but if it’s an animal it’s not. More polluted thinking.”
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Kitsap’s royalty celebrate opening day of the Poulsbo Farmers Market in 2012. They’ll be back for the opening of the 2013 season, Saturday.
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