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shot in three of her home’s windows. Cronan, who lives on the 200 block of Flower Meadows Street in Port Orchard, said she believed the attack was part of an ongoing dispute with Keehn, whom she alleges has been running a hair salon out of her home without a business license and in defiance of a city “stop-work” order. Keehn, 30, said she filed for permission from the city of Port Orchard to operate a hair salon out of her home on the 2300 block of Flower Avenue soon after pur-
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Five Minot State University football players, including a South Kitsap High School graduate, were arrested in late August on misdemeanor drug charges in North Dakota. The Associated Press reported four members of the team — Kwajo Bansu, 22, Thomas Armstrong, 19, Grant Jansent, 18 and Leon La Deaux, 21 —
were each charged with marijuana possession and ingesting a controlled substance, which are both misdemeanors. La Deaux, who transferred to Minot State from Central Washington Univesity, graduated in 2010 from South. He plays wide receiver. Another member of the team, linebacker Jesse Ili, faces three misdemeanor and three felony charges, including attempted murder, after he fought with
police officers, knocking one out and leaving another with minor injuries. According to the police report, the incident occurred Aug. 30 when officers responded to a report of suspected drug use in a vehicle parked off-campus in Minot, which is about 50 miles south of North Dakota’s board with Canada. MSU officials released a statement Aug. 31 that all five players were suspended.
The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee presented their recommendations to the Port Orchard City Council for $58,000 to be allocated to various groups and events in 2014 during the Sep. 10 meeting. Chris Stansbery, Sidney Museum and Arts Association respresentative, said there is an estimated $64,000 to distribute for 2014 and $125,075 was requested. She said the LTAC set aside $6,000 in reserve for next year. Stansberry said the committee determined the ratio of the total amount requested to the amount available to be allocated was 46 percent. “We reduced each request by 46 percent of the total,” Stansbery said. Of the 13 request, 10 were approved for recommendation by the committee. LTAC recommendations include the following: • $10,464 to Chamber of Commerce. • $10,000 to Fathoms o’ Fun. • $9,522 to Port Orchard Bay Street Association. • $7,103 to Sidney Museum and Art Association. • $6,500 to extended foot ferry service. • $3,811 to Chimes and Lights. • $3,500 to Concerts by the Bay. CHARLOTTE GARRIDO
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hard to say what was in the man’s mind that lead him to shoot himself.” Marti said there was evidence of alcohol at the home, but the none of the individuals present at the time of Gleason’s death will face charges. Gleason was a 2008 graduate of South Kitsap High School and was a member of the varsity boys swim team. A memorial service for Gleason is set for 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Christian Life Center, 1780 Lincoln Ave. SE.
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• $3,000 to police department overtime. • $2,100 to Saints Car Club. • $2,000 to Kitsap Habor Festival. Stansbery said LTAC eliminated request by Cedar Cove Association and the city’s Economic Development Committee based on the average points assigned by the committee. Total points were determined by a application template with 10 points for summary/review, 20 for budget, 20 for goals and objectives, 10 for work plan and 20 for evaluation statement. Stanbery said the Cedar Cove Association proposal was “difficult to understand” and did not appear to be tourism related, while the EDC request “lacked substance and was hard to understand.” LTAC did not recommend allocating any funds to Visit Kitsap, which requested between $12,000 to $18,000. “The committee determined a better use of funds would be to support the local tourism marketing group coordinated between the Chamber of Commerce, Port Orchard Bay Street Association, Sidney Museum and Art Association and Fathoms o’ Fun,” Stanbery told the council. The council will take action on the recommendations at a later meeting this year. LTAC members are Councilman Fred Chang, chair; Stansbery; Kathy Michael, Cedar Cove Inn; Christine Daniel, Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce; Frank Graziani, Saints Car Club; Lorraine Olsen, Mrs. Howe’s B&B; and Chan Park, Comfort Inn.
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The Kitsap County Coroner’s Office is waiting for results from a toxicology test on a 23-year-old Olalla man who died Aug. 31 in an apparent case of Russian roulette. The coroner’s office said they should receive the results in about seven weeks in the death of Justin Gleason, who died from a fatal self-inflected gunshot wound to the head. Port Orchard Police Chief Geoffrey
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Man dies from self-inflected gunshot wound Marti said officers responded to the shooting about 10:49 p.m. at a home located in the 1400 block of Bill Avenue, near the intersection of Sidney Avenue and Tremont Street. Two guns — a .45-caliber handgun and a .38 caliber-revolver — belonging to Gleason were found at the home, Marti said. Officers found an empty casing in the revolver. “Our preliminary investigation indicated the victim was making remarks about Russian roulette,” Marti said. “It’s
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Expectations were turned on their head in two Kitsap County political contests during Tuesday night’s primary election, as the perceived front-runners came in third and were disqualified in their respective races. Republican Tim Matthes drew the most votes in the South Kitsap commissioner’s race, followed by Democrat Charlotte Garrido. Monty Mahan, who was the first to declare for the seat and earned the endorsement of local mayors, came in third (See related story, page A3).
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and pension rates along with inflation as issues. In addition to the money saved on custodians, Patton said the district will dip into its reserve fund for $1.72 million. She said that’s not all bad because the district saved more than it anticipated in its last fiscal year, which ends Aug. 31. Patton said they also will save through not filling other vacant positions in the district, and through cutting expenses on supplies. The board unanimously adopted the budget. Patton warned in previous meetings that the “hard decisions” likely won’t end
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activities she reported as stemming from Keehn’s attempts to operate a business out of her home. Weaver said following an April 11 hearing with the city’s Hearing Examiner, certain conditions were placed on Keehn’s permit to mitigate Cronan’s concerns before she would be allowed to operate her business. “(Keehn) has addressed all but one of those conditions, with the last being the letter from the (Kitsap County) Health Department,” Weaver said, explaining that Keehn’s current sewer facilities are
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Custodians won’t be replaced, $1.72 million will be taken from reserve fund.
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The South Kitsap School District is a little closer to closing its $2.9 million deficit for the upcoming school year. Terri Patton, assistant superintendent for business and support services, said at Wednesday’s school board meeting that the district won’t replace five full-time custodians who left the district after the last school year. She said that will save the district $250,000. Patton said the deficit stems from unforeseen circumstances when the district presented its last levy to voters in 2004. She cited escalating teacher salaries
chasing it last spring. City Development Director James Weaver confirmed that Keehn received a conditional-use permit to operate a onechair hair salon out of her home, which he described as “pretty innocuous” and something that doesn’t typically reach “the level of intensive use,” as far as impacts on the neighborhood are concerned. However, since November of 2007, Cronan has filed multiple complaints with the city regarding traffic, noise and other
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Artist Roy Carr paints a sea turtle from a photograph during last week’s First Friday Art Walk in downtown Port Orchard. Carr was stationed in front of the Candy Shoppe. Last Friday’s event, sponsored by the Port Orchard Bay Street Association, was the final one of the season.
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Both sides report feeling harassed in rift over home business.
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Tensions between two Port Orchard neighbors that erupted after one attempted to open a home business last year led both women to head down to the Kitsap County Courthouse Monday and file restraining orders against each other. Shelia Cronan, 49, said she filed a restraining order against Amber Keehn after returning home from a camping trip Aug. 17 and discovering pellets had been
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Cody Wright from Milford, Utah, got a mouth full of mud and a zero score after falling off Strawberry Delight in the Saddle Bronc Riding competition Wednesday night at the Kitsap County Stampede. The fair runs through Sunday.
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