Kingston Community News, September 27, 2013

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Vol. 30 No. 10 • October

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County Commission dissolves GHAAC Members will decide whether to continue or disband

By KIPP ROBERTSON

Editor

HANSVILLE — The Greater

Hansville Area Advisory Council is no more.

The County Commission cut the council, known as GHAAC, from its list of community advisory councils because of cutbacks at the county level, according to the resolution written to dissolve the council. County administrators is limiting advisory councils

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sory groups and some have languished for it,” District 1 County Commissioner Robert Gelder wrote to Hansville council members.

The change is not something former council members Art Ellison and Fred Nelson feel will have an immediate, negative impact on the area.

The candidates and the issues

By RICHARD WALKER

KINGSTON — Residents moving into the Village Green Senior Apartments in October or November will be pioneers of a new sort.

The completion of the senior apartments brings “the whole multigenerational concept [of the Village Green] a step closer,” said Dave Wetter, Village Green Foundation vice president.

While technically not part of the Village Green, the apartments are an important component of the Village Green, the former Navy housing and county wastewater treatment plant site turned park, community center, library, Boys & Girls Club, and community garden.

Supporters of the Village Green have long envisioned the site as a place where people of all ages will interact. The residents of the senior apartments — age 62 and older — will contribute to the demographic diversity.

The apartments “are a huge step forward in the realization of the vision, and we’re kind of excited to see that coming about,” Wetter said.

to those more closely aligned with Urban Growth Area or Local Areas of More Intensive Rural Development, according to the resolution, dated Sept. 23.

“With the loss of Community Development staff over the course of the recent recession, it’s been challenging to adequately resource our community advi-

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Kingston candidates agree on issues, but would take different approaches

By RICHARD D. OXLEY

Staff Writer

KINGSTON — The two candidates for Kingston Port Commission District 1 agree on aspects of the port’s future — it needs to focus on economic development, for example — but not necessarily on Bruce MacIntyre Nels Sultan approach.

Bruce MacIntyre and Nels ment.

Sultan are on the Nov. 5 ballot.

“I’ve always been a serviceBruce MacIntyre oriented person,” MacIntyre Recently retired, MacIntyre said. “I like helping people solve had a varied career. He worked problems.” as an educator in Bellevue and He added, “I realized there Montana, ran his own electron- was an opportunity here. It’s an ics store in Helena, Mont., and opportunity to guide the next was a lawyer in the Seattle area few years to help shape how for nearly 20 years until retire- Kingston will look like.”

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MacIntyre holds no agenda coming into the job, he said.

“I think that no matter what candidates think, events will overtake them,” MacIntyre said. “You can have a grand agenda and you will spend your time dealing with whatever comes up.”

There are a few projects, however, that MacIntyre said the port should engage. For example, the recently acquired park. He would like to see it developed in a manner that draws people out of the ferry lot, into Kingston, and, in turn, its businesses.

MacIntyre notes the port’s See KINGSTON, Page 8

“I don’t see one right now,” Ellison said. Hansville residents are accustomed to working together, he added.

Members of the council still plan to meet sometime in October. During that meeting, members will discuss whether to continue working as a group in See ghaac, Page3

And the survey says: Green space 102 people share ideas for port’s proposed parks

By KIPP ROBERTSON

Editor

KINGSTON — Kingston will get more park space in the near future.

Of the 102 people that responded to the property survey issued by the Port of Kingston, the majority of respondents said they would like to have the former Kingston Inn and West Kingston Road properties kept open.

“We got a good read on what the community wanted,” said Jessica Olanie, the port’s assistant business manager. “People want seating and green space.”

Most people who responded to the survey said they would be happy with park space and seating. Suggestions for the former Kingston Inn property, located at 25882 Washington Blvd. NE, also included public art, a covered area, a memorial, playground, Wi-Fi, and a water feature. (See Port Commissioner Walt Elliott’s See survey, Page 8

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Hancock drops out of school board race; endorses opponent rant manager and former Poulsbo reserve police offiPOULSBO — School cer, said he made the deciboard candidate Cindy sion to drop out of the race Webster-Martinson after talking to his picked up an campaign managimportant endorseer and friends. ment this week — “I have no from her opponent. qualms about Steve Hancock what I can do. I posted on the can jump in and NK Education learn as I go Facebook page along, but what Sept. 21 that he’s Cindy Webster- the board needs at dropped out of this point is someMartinson the race for North one with a little Kitsap School more experience Board District 1. However, and a background in eduhis name will still appear cation,” Hancock told the on the ballot; that deadline Herald Sept. 25. “The new was May 20, according to board member will need to county elections office. start off running. I kind of Hancock, a restau- felt, it’s not about me or

winning a position on the board. I think she would do a good job.”

Hancock is endorsing Webster-Martinson. “I am,” he said.

We b s t e r - M a r t i n s o n is poised to become, it is believed, the first Native American elected to the North Kitsap School Board; Marie Hebert, Port Gamble S’Klallam, was appointed to a board vacancy and served in 2000-01.

Webster-Martinson will succeed Tom Anderson, who was first elected to the position in 2005.

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at large, but must live in the districts they represent.

We b s t e r - M a r t i n s o n served on the Suquamish Tribal Council in 1980-82 — her grandfather, Lawrence Webster, was chairman at the time — and this year she was elected to the Suquamish Tribe Elders Council.

She has a BA in education and K-8 teacher certification from Pacific Lutheran University, and a master’s degree in education administration from Seattle University. She taught in grades K-6 for three years and for the past five years has worked as an educator/teacher for the Suquamish Tribe education

department.

She said her likely election to the school board has amped up her preparation for the job. “I’ve been printing out minutes and attending meetings as much as I can, but I can’t afford to miss them anymore now,” she said.

Her top priority: “I know the budget is a huge and challenging issue. For my part, I really want to [ensure] students and teachers are supported in the best way possible.”

In her candidate statement in the voter pamphlet, Webster-Martinson wrote that art, music, drama and sports are not “unnecessary extras.” “These

are important to student growth and participation in school and a well-rounded education. Research shows that students flourish with lower class sizes and quality teacher-student relationships. We cannot know this and still provide substandard conditions for the teachers and students.”

She wants more transparency in board decisions, and increased board member consideration of “educational research and practice, classroom conditions, and the community’s educational concerns.”

Meanwhile, Hancock said he plans to stay involved to “learn more about the process.”

GHAAC

Center; the two are unrelated, and the community center is overseen by its own board of directors.

But that fact was often not understood.

“My input is that [the Greater Hansville Community Center] and the county would both be better off when [the council goes away,” Don continued.

The general concern over cutting the Greater Hansville Area Advisory Council as a county council was the possible disconnect between the county and the community, Gelder wrote.

“I want to assure you county staff will continue to be involved in the community on proposed projects and developments through vehicles such as the Hansville Log, the county’s GovDelivery electronic

communications, local media and organizations,” Gelder wrote.

The Hansville Log is a newsletter produced by the Greater Hansville Community Center and distributed to 2,000 residents.

The Greater Hansville Area Advisory Council did make some notable accomplishments in its six years, Nelson said: Drafting the area’s comprehensive plan, pushing for speed tables to slow traffic, creating sign standards, and spotlighting concerns over Hansville Road; the road is the one way in and out of the county’s most northern area. Other issues the council brought to the county’s attention was stormwater management and the need for a stronger law enforcement presence at Point No

Point, Nelson said.

“It was a united voice,” Ellison said. “Who are you going to listen to: someone who speaks for a group, or 100 different letters from people with slightly different viewpoints?”

For now, however, neither Nelson or Ellison believe there are any “real, big pending issues.” There is still a traffic-speed issue in the Driftwood Key area, Ellison said; however, the county is “apparently addressing those.”

Community issues, such as traffic speed and speed tables, may resurface, Ellison said. But no matter what issues may occur in the future, Nelson said the community will be prepared. There’s enough volunteer committees to keep the north end in good shape.

“That’s what Hansville does,” Ellison said. “We’re known as the volunteer capital of the county … That’s what the Parks Department says.”

By RICHARD WALKER

STAFF WRITER

Continued from page 1 some capacity, or disband, Nelson said. Even if it’s not an official county council, interested residents can still meet and make recommendations to county leaders.

With the removal of the Hansville council from the county’s list of advisory groups, four remain: The Kingston Citizens Advisory Council and the Suquamish Citizens Advisory Council in the north end; the Manchester Citizens Advisory Council and Central Kitsap Community Council mid-county.

County commissioners annually review all councils, boards and commissions.

The decision to dissolve the Hansville council is not a total surprise; it was discussed in June and, prior to the county’s resolution to dissolve the council, Gelder asked members to write what they would want to accomplish as a county advisory group that could not be done alone or as a club or neighborhood. Gelder received nine responses.

Some respondents were disappointed the council will be dissolved. A letter writer who identified herself

as Judy wrote to Gelder, “your letter seems to me to be a foray into how to disconnect us from the county … None of us can get together in a ‘club’ or any other forum and do business similar to that of [the council] without the overtones of being sued should our actions ‘dissatisfy’ any of those who have held this stick over our heads.”

She went on to write: “It saddens me greatly that this grand experiment in democracy is coming to this end. But I am greatly heartened knowing that it was affirmed by this community and that is a triumph.”

Another letter writer, who signed his name Don, wrote, “Personally, I think [the Greater Hansville Community Center] can carry out its role and mission better without [the council]. On average and over the time of its existence, [the council] has probably done more harm than good for [the community center]; and I believe that its legacy will continue in that regard.”

One point of contention: People often confused the roles of the Greater Hansville Area Advisory Council and the Greater Hansville Community

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OPINION

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GHAAC: Residents can keep a good thing going

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he Greater Hansville Area Advisory Council is no more, at least as we know it.

The County Commission, wanting to focus its resources in growth areas, has cut GHAAC from its list of official county community advisory councils.

GHAAC will meet to decide whether to continue as an independent organization or disband.

This is not a negative reflection on the north end; it’s quite the opposite. One of the major concerns that north-end residents have is preserving the area’s rural character. They’ve accomplished that so far. Secondly, as Art Ellison points out in our story on page A1, Hansville is known as the volunteer capital of Kitsap.

The area is not without a voice, with the Greater Hansville Community Center, Friends of Point No Point, Friends of Norwegian Point Park, Hansville Greenway Stewards, the North Kitsap Trails Association, and the U.S. Lighthouse Society. And, the county is still maintaining a presence; Norwegian Point Park, Point No Point Light, Buck Lake and the Hansville Greenway are county parks. Should GHAAC members decide to continue as an independent organization, it could help provide a unified voice for the north end.

The elephant in the room is Hansville Road being the only road in and out of the north end. Technically, there are two other options in an emergency: Little Boston Road-Hansville Road, and 288th-Gamble Bay Road, but those connections are two- and one-mile, respectively, from Highway 104. If an emergency occurs on Hansville Road between 288th and Little Boston Road, as happened last year, you can’t get to and from the north end. We don’t know what the solution is, but we know the discussion has to happen.

The Greater Hansville Area Advisory Council was established in 2007 as a communication forum, information exchange, and direct link to county government. It can continue to do so, if residents so desire, as an independent organization. We encourage them to keep a good thing going.

Bad timing on vote to pay commissioners

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wo candidates for Indianola Port Commission have made it clear that they will not accept a paycheck for serving. Good for them.

Commissioners will each receive $100 a meeting, beginning in January. The district budgeted $3,744 for commissioners’ compensation in 2014.

Bad timing for two reasons.

One, the priority right now must be dock improvement and maintenance. It doesn’t make sense to approve nearly $4,000 in new expense — 10 percent of the district’s budget — before we know what the dock needs and how much it will cost.

Two, the district is asking voters to approve an increase in its property tax levy, presumably to help pay for the costs of improving and maintaining the dock.

Commissioner Jeff Henderson said the levy increase will bring in an additional $18,000 in revenue.

Commissioners should forego pay, at least until issues related to the dock are settled.

Letters Supports MacIntyre for Port of Kingston I strongly support Bruce MacIntyre for Kingston port commissioner.

Integrity, quiet, thoughtful leadership and broad business experience followed by team player, focused, listening and excellent critical thinker best describe Bruce. His educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in economics and history, a master’s degree in education, and a law degree. Bruce used each degree in career pursuits including 10 years in education administration, owning and operating a retail electronics business, and practicing law with a Seattle law firm.

His law career focused on complex commercial bankruptcies where he negotiated compromises and built bridges between corporations and businesses of all sizes and types and on all sides of the issues. Bruce received national and local recognition for ethics, professionalism and effectiveness.

I have worked with Bruce on several committees and I would welcome

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Bruce has lived in Kitsap County since 1989 and has grandchildren attended Kingston schools. He is a service-oriented person and is running for port commissioner to add value to his community and to help guide it through uncertain times.

I have seen him at Kingston Citizens Advisory Council meetings, Kingston Chamber of Commerce meetings, Port of Kingston meetings, Greater Kingston Economic Development Council meetings and even Pie in the Park, listening and absorbing information to better understand the needs and challenges of the community. His willingness to serve is reflected in his 15 years as a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for child dependency cases) attorney and several nonprofit and professional boards.

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Syria conflict remains murky, certain to continue I

magine a country about the size of Washington state with three times the population.

Syria’s west borders the Mediterranean instead of the Pacific, north is Turkey instead of British Columbia, east is Iran instead of Idaho, and south is Jordan, Israel and Lebanon.

Syria is nearly 75 percent Arab Sunni Muslims and ruled by Arab Alawite Muslims who make up a mere 12 percent of the population. Bashar al-Assad succeeded his father’s 30-year military dictatorship in 2000. Hafez al-Assad was notorious in his own right.

“Arab Spring” rose up in

Syria with peaceful protests in April, 2011. Bashar alAssad’s repressive dictatorship government responded by killing and torturing protesters and their families as a deterrent to further uprisings.

Soon there was a civil war as rebel groups began to organize and fight back.

The army’s forces escalated to bombing entire neighborhoods and towns. On Aug. 21, sarin gas was used on civilians while they slept.

Estimation of damage to Syrian life since the “Arab Spring” of 2011: 100,000 dead, 2 million refugees in neighboring countries, and 5 million internally dis-

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be seeing the birth of a younger version of Pete.

Good luck, Jared, as coach in South Kitsap We have faith that you will do as great as you always have.

Just be you.

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Dear people of Kitsap County, I grew up in Kingston and graduated from North Kitsap High School. I moved away in 2000 for university and stayed in the Seattle area.

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placed. The vast majority of this damage was caused by conventional weapons.

Use of chemical weapons broke a big-time rule of war, per the Geneva Protocol,

that the rest of the world wants dearly to uphold.

The apparent distinction between weaponry is that conventional warfare has and always will occur, usually forces against forces. But chemical warfare is most effectively used for killing civilians.

President Obama felt an obligation to stop, punish, and make an example of Assad for taking this horrific step by using a missile strike at government facilities. However, the American people said no.

Looking at Syria’s position in military options, it appears nothing would work. Removing Assad from

er fell and shattered her elbow. Not knowing how else I could help, I reached out to the community via several local churches, seeing if anyone could assist in bringing meals to them a couple of days a week until she was healed enough to begin cooking again.

The community has stepped up and rallied around my grandparents without ever having met

them. I am so grateful to St. Olaf’s Parish’s membership and Bayside Community Church’s membership for helping out my grandparents. It further confirms why I am proud to call Kitsap County my home, even though I have not lived there in 13 years.

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power without someone better to replace him has been proven bad tactics (think Iraq). Supplying weapons to rebel forces sounds like a possible humanitarian win, but is it? There are long lists of groups, some as vile as the Syrian government, involved in the rebel opposition.

Enter Russia — Syria’s long-time ally, protector from U.N. Security Council intervention, and supplier of weapons. Back to Geneva and the U.N. and there’s now a U.S.-Russia agreement to destroy all Syrian chemical weapons.

It appears the agreement will avoid immediate U.S. missiles lobbing overhead into Syria. However, Obama may still use military action should Syria fail to live up to the diplomatic deal.

Those who are for U.S. military airstrikes against Syria include Israel, Turkey and Saudi Arabia — and many Syrian rebels. All fear the Syrian government, for good reason.

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Americans, it seems, have been overwhelmed by our 12-year war in Afghanistan and nine-year war in Iraq.

Costs of these wars have been devastating: nearly 7,000 dead Americans, who knows how many dead Afghans and Iraqis, who knows how many thousands suffer incapacitating injuries and/or post-traumatic stress disorder, and trillions of dollars handed over to the booming war industry.

The U.S.-Russia agreement will probably not reduce Syria’s humanitarian crisis. The conflict is sure to continue.

It’s difficult seeing either side agreeing to peace talks.

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Heritage Park will be expanded Next: S’Klallam Tribe, Pope will discuss purchase of 1,784-acre Hansville Block

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Oct. 1 Eglon Port Commission, 7 p.m., Eglon Com-munity Center. n Indianola Port Commission, 7 p.m., Indianola Clubhouse.

Oct. 2 n Kingston Citizens Advisory Council, 7-9 p.m., headquarters fire station, 26642 Miller Bay Road NE, Kingston.

Oct. 10 n North Kitsap School Board, 6 p.m., district office board room, 18360 Caldart Ave. NE in Poulsbo.

Online: www.nkschools. org.

Oct. 14 and 28 n North Kitsap Fire & Rescue Board of Fire Commissioners, 7 p.m., headquarters fire station, 26642 Miller Bay Road, Kingston. Online: www.nkfr.org.

Oct. 15 n Village Green Metropolitan Park District Commission, 6:30 p.m., North Kitsap Fire and Rescue, 26642 Miller Bay Road NE, Kingston. Online: www. myvillagegreen.org.

Oct. 22 n Kingston Port Commission, 7 p.m., Port of Kingston office, 25864 Washington Blvd., Kingston . Online: www. portofkingston.org. — Send Public Meetings notices to rwalker@northkitsapherald.com. n

several funding sources divided into five blocks: (Grovers Creek and wet“I feel good that and numerous partners Port Gamble Upland Block, lands), and the Heritage and supporters. The proj3,316 acres; Hansville Park Expansion Block. this effort is ect principals are Kitsap Block, 1,784 acres; Divide n Why so much fundgoing to result County, Pope Resources, Block, 664 acres; Shoreline ing for shoreline acquisiPort Gamble S’Klallam Block, 564 acres, includ- tion?: Shoreline conservain a significant Tribe, and Suquamish ing 1.8 miles of shoreline; tion is seen as critical to acquisition for the Heritage Park Expansion protecting the health of Tribe. Forterra is leading the fundraising. The fundBlock, 366 acres.

Port Gamble Bay. public that not ing for the Shoreline Block n How much n Who will own only preserves alone is coming from the money has been what?: Kitsap County will National Coastal Wetlands raised?: Approximately be the owner. Various coaliopen space, but Program, state Department $12 million. tion partners would help of Ecology, state Wildlife contributes From the State of manage the land and shoreand Recreation Program, Washington: $7 million line as stewards. If the to economic and state Aquatic Lands toward purchase of Port S’Klallam Tribe acquires Enhancement Account.

Gamble Bay Shoreline. the Hansville Block on its prosperity and The forests and shoreDistribution of this fund- own, the land would evenquality of life.� lines have cultural signifiing was tied to agreement tually become part of the cance to local Tribes and — Jon Rose, president, by Department of Ecology S’Klallam reservation.

Olympic Property Group and Pope Resources on a communities; draw thoun Why is Pope sands of outdoor recrefinal cleanup plan for Port Resources selling?: Pope ationists annually; and sup- buy land and shoreline Gamble Bay. Resources is finding it port fish and wildlife in the from Pope Resources was From the U.S. Navy increasingly difficult to log integrated ecological and March 28. On that day, Mitigation Agreement with in North Kitsap as popuwatershed systems of Port the coalition notified Pope the three S’Klallam bands: lation grows near logging Gamble Bay, Hood Canal Resources it had raised $3.05 million toward pur- areas. By selling its North and Central Puget Sound. money for acquisition chase of Port Gamble Bay Kitsap forestland, the comAny land and shoreline and wanted to exercise Shoreline and/or Port pany can concentrate on acquired will be main- the option. If the coalition Gamble Upland. developing the town of Port tained as community for- hadn’t raised any money, it From U.S. Fish and Gamble into a viable, yearest, public open space, would not have been able to Wildlife Service: $1 mil- round community. recreation and wildlife exercise the option. lion for acquisition of Port n How will land and habitat. Conservation easeshoreline be used?: As The coalition now Gamble Bay Shoreline. ments will be placed on any has until March 28, 2014 From U.S. Forest community forest, pubacquired land and shore to receive any grant fund- Service: $400,000 for the lic open space, recreline to protect the bay and ing it has applied for, and to Heritage Park Expansion ation and wildlife habitat. its watershed.

Conservation easements complete the purchase of Block.

Advocates say conserva- Pope Resources’ land. How n How much addi- will be placed on a acquired tion of the properties will much land and shoreline tional money is pend- land and shoreline to proassure protection for and the coalition acquires will ing?: $3.65 million from the tect the bay and its wateraccess to the forests that be determined in negotia- Washington Wildlife and shed. contribute to the health of tions with Pope Resources. Recreation Program for n For more informathe Port Gamble and Hood n What is avail- acquisition of Port Gamble tion: www.kitsapforestbay.

Canal watersheds. able?: The acreage is Shoreline, Divide Block org. “I feel good that this collective effort is going to result in a significant acquisition for the public that not only preserves open space, but contributes to economic prosperity and quality of life,� Rose said.

Of the Heritage Park Expansion Block acquisiA community of the tion, County Commissioner Episcopal & Lutheran Church Rob Gelder said in a press release issued by Forterra: Sunday 10 AM “With terrific trails, Welcomes You Sunday&10Eucharist AM Liturgy eco-tourism, critical wildSunday 9:30am Church School Liturgy & Eucharist life habitat and more, the Liturgy &School Eucharist North Kitsap Heritage Park Church Open ToSchool All9:00 am Sunday Service Church is an invaluable resource.

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PORT GAMBLE — The Kitsap Forest & Bay Coalition has more time to sign purchase and sale agreements on blocks of North Kitsap forest land being sold by Pope Resources.

Olympic Proper ty Resources, Pope’s real estate division, agreed imn August to extend the deadline from the end of August to the end of the year. An earlier-established deadline of March 2014 to close on the acquisitions still stands.

Liz Johnston, conservation director of Forterra, the conservation group coordinating the fundraising and acquisition, said Sept. 4 a purchase and sale agreement was signed the previous week for the 366-acre Heritage Park Expansion Block.

In May, a purchase and sale agreement was signed for the Port Gamble Shoreline Block, which consists of 564 acres and 1.8 miles of shoreline.

Ownership has not yet been transferred on either acquisition.

OPG President Jon Rose and Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Chairman Jeromy Sullivan said that within a month they will begin negotiating the Tribe’s possible purchase of the 1,784-acre Hansville Block adjacent to the Tribe’s reservation.

Remaining are the Port Gamble Upland Block, 3,316 acres; and the Divide Block, 664 acres.

Johnston said the Heritage Park Expansion Block cost “approximately $2 million.� The coalition paid $4.5 million for the Shoreline Block.

Rose said the deadline extension recognizes the complexity of the acquisition effort. “Outside of North Kitsap, in the last 15 years, we’ve put at least 22,000 acres into conservation,� Rose said of Pope Resources’ land. “There’s nothing that even comes close to the level of effort that has been put out in North Kitsap. No project has been more complicated. Usually, it’s us, a funding agency and a nonprofit that pulls it together.�

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“The port has some arrows in its quiver that it can use, that other business can’t — to be a facilitator to bring outside business in,” MacIntyre said.

“I don’t want another strip mall like Silverdale has developed, but places that provide jobs for when our kids graduate from high school and college.”

He points to the port’s waterfront properties and said they should be developed with business in mind, such as a waterfront hotel or restaurant.

“I don’t think the port should run those businesses, but look into those things as a public-private partnership,” he said.

“It would be nice to have more tourism facilities to attract people here.”

MacIntyre said tourism could also lead to new residents moving to the area.

In addition to tourism, he would like the port to help facilitate partnerships with organizations such as

The Kingston Farmers Market is one of main events held on port property utilized by the public.

File photo has to realize that it is a business and it has to rethink its approach to things and think like a business,” he said. “To view the port not as just a recreational facility but as a business facility and get the maximum out of it.”

Nels Sultan A 15-year Kingston resident, Sultan raised his family in the area while continuing his career as a coastal and civil engineer.

local economic development council and the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance.

“It’s a sales force the port itself cannot afford to have,” MacIntyre said.

The port should behave more like a business, he said, and with a marina, parking lots and property to manage, it already is one.

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Sultan expresses opinions about how the commission should operate.

He does not believe commissioners should be able to keep their boats at the Port of Kingston marina.

“It’s a conflict of interest,” he said, noting that he believes — despite the port’s opposing view — that slip fees at the marina are set below market value and are subsidized by other income from taxes, parking fees, and leases.

That’s not the only change he believes commissioners should undergo.

“I think the commissioners should be off the payroll and strictly volunteers,” Sultan said, noting that in addition to $100 a meeting, commissioners get health insurance and travel expenses. It adds up to thousands of dollars going out the door each year, he said.

“There are 5,000 people or so in this district and I think they deserve better than this sleepy little port district that is not spending their money well,” Sultan said.

“Get your head out of the marina and help your district like you are supposed to.”

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Through his job and time on the Kingston Ferry Advisory Committee, he believes he has a good foundational knowledge for the port gig.

But he also has some critiques. Sultan believes focus has excessively been on the marina. Rather, it should be on the Kingston community as a whole, especially when it comes to economic development.

“I think the Port of Kingston should do a better job of spreading the wealth around and supporting the locals,” Sultan said.

“The port is too insular and inward looking.”

Sultan would like to push parking lots and ferry holding lanes upland, and use the waterfront for mixed uses of residential, retail and trails.

The port needs to actively attract business to its district too. Sultan points to the region’s heavy economic hitters such as Boeing, Costco, and Amazon.com.

“We have some great quality employers in this region and Kingston is not sharing in the prosperity,” Sultan said.

While big businesses likely won’t have an office in Kingston, he said, the area could be home to their suppliers.

Sultan said Kingston ultimately needs more than tourism.

“You hear a lot about tourism and that’s the focus around Kingston,” he said.

“I think we can do better than that. Tourism is typically seasonal, low-wage jobs.”

Sultan said the port should partner with regional government organizations such as the Kitsap Regional Council.

“We are an urban growth area and we should get a fair share of the federal dollars that come down,” he said.

Aside from engineering an economic Kingston,

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Suggestions for the two lots on West Kingston Road included a water feature, campground, public art, memorial, commercial development, and spray park. The same amount of people wanting open green space also want beach access.

Of the 102 people that responded to the survey, 76 percent lived within the port district, Olanie said.

The port will write applications for two grants for additional funding for development on the prop-

The former Kingston Inn site will be transformed into a park within one year.

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ent brews. Other beverages will be available, along with sausage, sauerkraut, potato salad and dessert.

The White Portato Um-pa-pa band will entertain.

A raffle will be held as well.

Tickets are $17 per person, which includes three glasses of beer. A total of 100 tickets are available through the Hansville Store.

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Chad Solvie, CEO of Martha & Mary, which owns the apartments, said the grand opening and ribbon cutting are scheduled for Nov. 8, 1-3 p.m. Of the 35 one- and two-bedroom apartments, 20 are “spoken for” as of Sept. 25, Solvie said.

Martha & Mary has contracted with Guardian Management to manage the apartments, though Solvie said Martha & Mary will “lean in quite a bit. We tend to be pretty engaged.”

Martha & Mary bought the land from the Village Green Foundation for $600,000, which was used to install roads and utilities for the 22,975-square-foot Craig Adams, DVM, MS building thatDVM will house the Bethany Adams, community center, library, and Boys & Girls Club.

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Village Green Park is managed by the Village Green Metropolitan Park District, which was created for the purpose by voters and is funded by a property tax levy.

The Village Green Foundation is raising money for the development of the community center/ library/Boys & Girls Club.

Kitsap County pledged the proceeds from the future sale of the community center/library on Highway 104.

Features of the Village Green Senior Apartments (www.villagegreenseniorliving.com) include views of Puget Sound, on-site management, round-the-clock emergency maintenance, a 24-hour fitness center, patios and landscaped grounds.

It’s considered to be an easy walk to downtown Kingston and the ferry landing.

Residents will also have use of the Village Green’s community garden, or P-Patch, which was developed to encourage residents to grow organic produce for themselves, their families,

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Monthly rents are relatively low, from $630 to $915, and there are income restrictions to qualify.

Solvie said the Village Green Senior Apartments expands Martha & Mary’s mission “to be the trusted agent in the community for successful aging,” with a variety of housing options that empower people to live independently as they get older.

Martha & Mary’s centerpiece is its skilled nursing, memory care, rehab, and traditional long-term care community in Poulsbo.

It operates Martha & Mary Kids, a preschool in Poulsbo; an early learning center in Central Kitsap; and has offices in Poulsbo and Port Orchard for home care and care management services.

Martha & Mary also owns and manages Ebenezer Apartments in Poulsbo, and manages Bay Vista Commons Assisted Living in Bremerton. It is in discussions with a developer to build an assisted living center next to the Poulsbo post office.

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n October, when summer fares end, our regular fares will also change.

The under 14-foot car fare drops by 12 percent to $10.70. Vehicle fares go up by 3 percent, to $13.55; and passenger fares go up by 2 percent, to $7.85.

No oversize motorcycle charge; three-wheelers under 8 feet pay the normal motorcycle fare and those over pay a length-based fare.

Youth fares are dropped by 60 percent, to $3.90.

If your fare is going up, buying a card multi-ride card before Oct. 1 will save you some bucks.

Kingston’s ferryboats

In Washington State Ferries’ earlier days, an eclectic mix of interesting ferries worked side by side at Kingston with the standard WSF-built boats we covered last month.

San Mateo (1959-1972) The steamboat San Mateo, known for her tall stack, worked here in the 1950s. Steve Pickens, a Kitsap native, recalls that San Mateo “was a little different. She was the last steam-powered ferry in operation on the West Coast, and there were little touches of a bygone era elegance: stained-glass

FERRYFARE Kingston Ferry Advisory Committee windows, wooden benches, carved posts.”

On Labor Day 1969, San Mateo made the West Coast’s last steam ferry run out of Kingston. Today, she’s on the mud in the Fraser River.

Klahanie (1959-1967), Kehloken (1961-1972) and Chetzemoka (19651972) These sister ships were three of five San Francisco wood diesel-electric ferries bought by the Black Ball line when the Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937.

The first to be towed north, Golden Bear, broke her tow in a storm off of Oregon. While rescued by the Coast Guard, her superstructure was wrecked and the hulk became a cement barge.

Undaunted, Golden State and Golden Age braved similar storms to arrive here, and went into service as Keholoken and Klahanie.

Later, the Golden Poppy was towed up to become Chetzemoka.

Klahanie ended her

A historic photo of the San Mateo at what appears to be the old Harper Dock. days abandoned on the banks of the Duwamish River. Chetzemoka sank while under tow back to San Francisco. In 1979, Kelohken burned in a spectacular Lake Washington fire. Her remains were scuttled in 1983 off the south tip of Whidbey Island, to form an artificial reef for fishermen and scuba divers.

Leschi (1967) Leschi, built in 1913 for Lake Washington service, was the state’s first auto ferry. Originally a steam side-wheeler, she had become diesel-propeller boat when WSF took her over. In 1968, she was sold to be an Alaska cannery ship whose remains are in

the mud near Valdez.

Crosline (1967) Built in 1925 by Marine Construction on the Duwamish River for the Manchester-Alki route, Crosline was a singleended, diesel ferry. After serving in Canada during WWII, she was converted to a double-ended ferry for the Vashon route. She was a backup boat for Kingston.

In retirement, she became a floating warehouse, finally being moved ashore in Coos Bay, Ore. Skansonia (1969) Built 1929 by the Skansie Brothers in Gig Harbor for service to Tacoma, Skansonia had a happy, local ending. After retire-

ment, she was renovated into a Lake Union banquet hall specializing in weddings. Today, she sits at the north end of Lake Union just down the road from Ivar’s. You can walk aboard to look her over. Rather than keep her wood hull watertight, Saskonia sits in a floating steel tray.

Kulshan (1982) “Legally, a ferry is the continuation or prolongation of a highway over a navigable stream” (Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 1893).

Gov. Langlie took this literally with Kulshan, a car-only ferry without cabin space.

Built for San Diego’s warm, sunny weather,

and a required supply kit is $32.58. Info: www.shabalastudio.com or 360-265-3188.

Nov. 8-9 Hansville Art and Craft guild Holiday fair: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Greater Hansville Community Center. Handmade items by local artists. Art, crafts and gifts will be for sale. Dollar raffle tickets available for prizes. Info: 360-440-4184 or 360638-0420.

ONGOING StillWaters’ book sale: Friday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

About 15,000 books, new and used, all priced at $1 or less. A “Bag Sale” is scheduled for Oct. 11-13; books will be sold for $5 per grocery bag on Oct. 11, $3 per bag Oct. 12, all books free Oct. 13.

BRIDGE PLAYERS: Mondays, 1 p.m. at Kingston Community Center. Info: Bill Bladen, 360638-2431.

Kingston Business Group: Tuesdays, 7:30 a.m., at The Oak Table Café. Share ideas, offer business leads, network and socialize.

KINGSTON GARDEN CLUB: Third Wednesdays, 9 a.m. (beginning

with coffee and socializing), Bayside Community Church, 25992 Barber Cutoff Road.

ROOM FOR RENT: The Greater Hansville Community Center has two rooms available for rent for special occasions. Info: Jo Nelson, 360-638-0000, www. hansville.org.

Social Hour and Lending Library: Third Thursday of each month, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Socialize with friends and

neighbors in the Hansville Community Center.

Info: Sandra Larsen 360-638-1064.

Parkinson’s Support Group: Third Thursday, 1 p.m., Bradley Center, Suite 140A, 26292 Lindvog Road, Kingston. For patients or caregivers, all are welcome. Info: Gary 360-2655993, Janet 360-265-5992.

— Send Calendar items to Richard D. Oxley, roxley@northkitsapherald.com.

CommunityCalendar Oct. 3 Free financial class: 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the activity building behind Bayside Community Church, 25992 Barber Cut Off Road, Kingston.

Presented by ShareNet and Kingston Community Resources. Learn ways to improve credit, options for repaying debts, and deal with collections on your credit report. Participants receive a $15 coupon for the ShareNet Thrift Store. Free meal and childcare available if preregistered before Oct. 2. Register and info: 360-297-2266, ext. 4.

Oct. 5 Octoberfest: 6:30 p.m., Greater Hansville Community Center. Sample three different brews from Silver City Brewing Company at a Bavarian beirgarten. Nonalcoholic drinks also available. Put on your dirndl or lederhosen and dance and sing to the five-piece White Potato Um-pa-pa band. Tickets are $17, available at the Hansville Store. Info: Fred Nelson, 360638-0000.

Pop-up book sale: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kingston Farmers Market. Sponsored by the Kingston

Friends of the Library.

Oct. 7 Saturday Yoga: Next session begins Oct. 7, from 9:55-11:15 a.m., at 32868 Hoffman Road, Kingston. Ten weeks, $100.

Info: www.shabalastudio.com or 360-265-3188.

Oct. 15 Village Green Metropolitan Park District: Park district commissioners will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the North Kitsap Fire and Rescue headquarters station, 26642 Miller Bay Road NE, Kingston.

Oct. 19 Operation day of hope: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Gateway Fellowship, 18901 8th Ave., Poulsbo. The fourth annual Operation Day of Hope offers a variety of free services, such as dental care, health care screenings, haircuts, warm winter clothing, groceries, family photographs and more. Info: www. gatewayfellowship.com or 360779-5515.

Right-brain drawing for adults: This 10-week class begins Oct. 19, 2-4 p.m., at Shabala Studio, 32868 Hoffman Road, Kingston. Tuition is $300

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Kulshan is still in service, schlepping trucks and freight out to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.

Next time, our future boats: The 144s.

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With fond memories of friend, giving continues

By Leslie Kelly lkelly@soundpublishing. com

KINGSTON — For six years, Kathleen Sutton fought breast cancer.

And for most of that time, ViviAnn Parnell was at her side, making sure that Sutton had a way to get to her treatments at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle.

Parnell, a Kingston resident, smiles as she recalls memories of her friend.

Sutton died in April 2004 of breast cancer. And the other women gathered around Parnell’s dining room table, too, smile at the memory of Sutton, even though some of them never met her.

But the memory of Sutton is what brings them together and has kept Sutton’s work living on past her death. Together, these women make up the Kathleen Sutton Inspirational Fund.

A nonprofit, the fund helps provide travel expenses for women who

From left, Cheryl Callais, Kathy Rayment, Kathy Showman, Vivi-Ann Parnell, Linda Joyce and Valerie Rotmark are the force behind the Kathleen Sutton Inspirational Fund.

Leslie Kelly / Central Kitsap Reporter are suffering from breast, ovarian and cervical cancer so they can get to, and from, their treatments and doctors appointments.

“It seems impossible, but we have women right here

in our communities who give up on getting treatment, not because they can’t afford the treatment, but because they don’t have the money to fill their car with gas and take the ferry

to their chemo appointment,” Parnell said.

“For some women, it can be as much as $100 a trip, and they have to make 20, 30 or 40 trips over the course of their treatment.”

on Virginia Avenue in Kingston at 9:28 a.m.

Aug. 25 n An Assault 4 was reported in Kingston at 8:20 p.m.

Aug. 26 n Theft was reported on Alder Street in Indianola at 4:02 p.m. n Domestic violence and driving under the influ-

ence were reported in an Indianola neighborhood at 1:47 a.m. n Theft was reported on Sunridge Way in Indianola at 11:08 a.m. n A missing person was reported in Kingston at 7:57 p.m.

Aug. 27 n Domestic violence was reported near Highway 104 in Kingston at 2:43 p.m.

Aug. 28 n Theft was reported in the 25000 block of Siyaya Avenue NE in Kingston at 12:42 p.m.

Aug. 31 n Assault was reported in the 11000 block of State Highway 104 in Kingston at 1:18 a.m.

Sept. 4 A violation of an antiharassment order was reported on Puget Street in Indianola at 9:15 a.m. n A protection order was reportedly violated in the 26000 block of Calvary Lane in Kingston at 11:50 a.m. n Violation of a no-contact order was reported on Illinois Avenue in Kingston at 1:15 p.m.

Sept. 6 n Vehicle theft was reported on Three Berry Lane in Kingston at 6:43 p.m.

Sept. 7 n A hit-and-run was reported in the 34000 block of Hood Canal Drive in

The organization helps women in Kitsap, Jefferson, Clallam and Mason counties. Since its beginning 10 years ago, it has given more than $250,000 to women in need of help with transportation. They’ve helped more than 600 women and last year alone, they gave $35,411 in aid.

The women work through local oncologists and through area hospitals, often times telling the patient navigators about what the organization does.

“We do get referrals, too,” Parnell said. “We will help any woman who comes to us and we don’t ask a lot of financial questions. We just want to be able to provide them with rides to their treatment if needed.”

When the economy took a downturn around 2007, women came for help who were professionals, owned their own homes and cars.

But they had been laid off, had little or no insurance and no cash to get them to

their treatments.

The organization makes most of the money it gives away through its annual auction which this year will be Oct. 6. It’s held at the Hood Canal Vista Pavilion in Port Gamble. A $15 ticket includes a beer or glass of wine, and hors d’oeuvres.

The event is from 4-7 p.m.

“Last year, we made $45,000,” said Parnell, noting the first year they were happy to have made $5,000.

There is a silent auction including items such as gift certificates for restaurants and spas, jewelry, artwork and wine.

The live auction includes overnight stays in Victoria B.C. and at the Great Wolf Lodge, two tickets anywhere Alaska Airlines flies, a week in a condo in Mexico, wine tours, and golf packages.

The fund has only a 2 percent overhead and 98 percent of what is raised goes directly to services.

Kingston at 11:14 a.m. n Burglary was reported on Sister Sky Lane in Indianola at 4:02 p.m.

Sept. 8 n Burglary was reported on Apollo Drive in Indianola at 6:30 a.m. n Harassment was reported on Monger Way in Indianola at 6:05 p.m.

Sept. 10 n A suspicious act was reported in the 27000 block of Miller Bay Road in Kingston at 9:30 a.m. n A 911 hang up and family dispute was reported near Highway 104 in Kingston at 6:33 p.m.

Sept. 11 n Burglary was reported in the 26000 block of Ohio Avenue in Kingston at 1:01 a.m. n Theft was reported in the 21000 block of Howard Avenue in Kingston at 4:27 p.m. n An assault and an unwanted person was reported in the 31000 block of Little Boston Road in Kingston at 12:11 p.m. n Theft was reported in the 8000 block of State Highway 104 in Kingston at 12:35 p.m. n A theft reported at Eglon Road and Hoffman

Road in Kingston at 6:04 p.m. n Burglary was reported in the 25000 block of Leyman Lane in Kingston at 7:02 p.m.

Sept. 13 n Theft was reported in the 10000 block of Shorty Campbell Road in Kingston at 7:19 p.m. n Assault was reported in the 37000 block of Aspen Way in Hansville at 2:37 p.m.

Sept. 15 n A hit-and-run was reported in the 24000 block of Lindvog Road in Kingston at 6 p.m.

Sept. 16 n Theft was reported in the 27000 block of Woodside Road in Kingston at 3:56 p.m. n A motor vehicle collision was reported in the 34000 block of Hansville Road in Kingston at 4:12 p.m. n Child abandonment and child neglect were reported near Indianola Road in Indianola at 10:43 a.m.

Sept. 17 n Burglary was reported in the 2400 block of Rocky Bluff Way in Hansville at 5:32 p.m.

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ShareNet, other food banks still face challenges

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n October, ShareNet begins Neighbor Aid, the annual fundraiser that allows us to continue to serve our community. Continuing through December, Neighbor Aid is critical to ShareNet’s next operating year.

We continue to face a challenging operating environment. In 2008, when the economy tanked, food banks suddenly became front page news as more and more people needed us or knew those who did.

ShareNet provided services more than 13,000 times in 2012, up from 2,000 in 2007. While those client numbers have been sustained, hunger’s prominence in the community has not. And like most food banks, ShareNet is faced with this incredibly increased patronage, but donations that have returned to lower levels.

With so many more customers, at a time when other agencies might have trimmed their operations just to keep up with the need, ShareNet actually innovated with new programs like Food to Grow On, ensuring the neediest children don’t go hungry in our four local schools, betting community support would be there for such an important cause. So far it has been.

Who does ShareNet help? People like you and me, lives that have broken down in ways that could and do happen to any of us.

Sharon is a single mom with three kids and no support from an absent husband. When she was laid off from her part-time job, she had many fears, including how she would put food on the table for her kids. ShareNet helped tide her family over with

sharenet & you By mark ince groceries until she found a new job, and supplemented one of her rent payments so she would not be evicted. Sharon wrote us a card recently to tell us she did not believe her family would have gotten back on its feet without ShareNet. Cora is a senior living on a small fixed income, most of which is used for her rent, medical care, and basic needs. She is as thrifty as a

person can be, shopping all the specials, and manages as well as she can, but on her budget it’s a struggle.

Two or three times a year, when food runs very low, she depends on ShareNet. With no family in the area, Cora let us know ShareNet is her lifeline.

As the registered food bank for northernmost Kitsap County, ShareNet must adhere to rigorous operating standards and undergo annual recertification for membership in Feeding America, Food Lifeline, Northwest Harvest, Washington Food Coalition, and the Kitsap County Food Bank Coalition. ShareNet is further overseen by a board and operates under the 501c3 of Bayside Community Church.

ShareNet’s services are available, without discrimination, to everyone in the community.

ShareNet must also meet federal reporting and standards guidelines.

These memberships do not change ShareNet’s basic operating costs, but they do extend our purchasing power, allow us to maximize every dollar donated, and ensure an operating environment most beneficial to consumers of our services.

We do all the additional work these memberships require so we’re in a better position to help people.

ShareNet is about community in more ways than one. ShareNet also acts as a guide to other services and resources when people in our part of the county don’t know where to turn.

ShareNet is a place where people connect and learn about opportunities, a job for example, a savings coupon, a class on how to improve your credit, a gardening or canning tip, help

with a repair or a shoulder to lean on.

ShareNet provides a site for more than 50 active volunteers, everyone from retired seniors to teens unable to find a paying summer job. One of our volunteers recently shared that participating in our work, seeing the value our service has for folks in trouble, has made his life meaningful again.

ShareNet exists to give help and support to local lives, hope they will make it through the week, the month, hope their kids won’t go hungry, they will find a better-paying job with more hours. A lot of people in North Kitsap depend on ShareNet, and ShareNet depends on you. Please consider a donation and look for more information on Neighbor Aid in the mail.

— Mark Ince is executive director of ShareNet.

‘Leisure Seeker’ selected for One Book, One Community Check It Out I

n every branch of Kitsap Regional Library during October, you will find a map of Route 66 on display. Each year, KRL librarians select one book we hope the entire county will read and discuss. “The Leisure Seeker,”

by Michael Zadoorian, is it for 2013.

Our chosen story for One Book, One Community unfolds in an unexpected manner. Pick up a copy today! A list of all related programs is available in our library and on our website.

KINGSTON LIBRARY EVENTS n Kingston Book Group Discussion led

by Susan Trinidad Brown: Oct. 2, 10-11 a.m. “The Leisure Seeker,” by Michael Zadoorian will be discussed with our guest facilitator. n Friends of the Library Pop-up Book Sale: Oct. 5, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kingston Farmers Market. n Kingston Friends of the Library meeting: Oct. 8, 10 a.m. Please join this volunteer organization that supports the Kingston Branch. n Memoir: How to Jog Your Memories to Create Your Story and Kingston Writers Group: Oct. 8, 6:30 p.m. Writer Sharon Jackson

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will help you get started writing a memoir by using family stories, genealogy and family photos. Retrieve those elusive memories and write them down. n Stuf fed Animal Storytime & Sleepover: Oct. 14, 7-7:30 p.m. Do you wonder what happens in the library at night? Children can come with their families to enjoy a special storytime and then tuck their stuffed animal in for fun night at the library. When they pick up their toy the next day, they’ll also receive photographs showing all the fun that happened during the sleepover. (Please bring a distant-favorite stuffed animal that a child can live without for a day). n Classics Book Group: Oct. 21, 6:30 p.m.

Discussion will be on “Travels with Charley: In Search of America,” by John Steinbeck; in comparison with “The Leisure Seeker.” n Legos @ the Library: Oct. 24, 3-4:30 p.m. Love Legos? Bring your friends and enjoy special Lego build-it challenges and freeplay. n Preschool Storytime: 10:30 a.m. Enjoy a morn-

ing full of stories, rhymes, songs, and fun with our youth services librarian.

Please visit our website, www.krl.org, or call us at 360-297-3330 to confirm program information. See you at the library! The Kitsap Regional Library Kingston branch is located at 11212 State Highway 104, in the Kingston Community Center.

LITTLE BOSTON LIBRARY EVENTS n Preser ving Your Family Stories: Oct. 1, 2-3:30 p.m. You’ve heard grandpa’s stories all your life, but what about your children and your grandchildren? Join personal historian Julie McDonald Zander to learn how to interview family members and preserve those precious family memories.

n Little Boston Book Group: Oct. 2, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Discussion will be on “The Sisters Brothers,” by Patrick DeWitt. n Teen Gaming: Oct. 8, 3-4:30 p.m. Come and play video games and hang out at the library. Snacks too.

All games are rated teen and younger. Grades 6-12. n ”Project Emily” with Donna Lee Anderson: Oct. 12, 11 a.m. Join local author Donna Lee Anderson at the Little Boston Library as she discusses her new book, “Project Emily.”

Donna will also talk about the writing process with examples from her earlier work, “Necessary Words for Writers.” n Legos @ the Library: Oct. 23, 3:30–5 p.m. Love Legos? The library does too. Bring your friends and enjoy special Lego build-it challenges and free play.

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n Book Discussion on “The Leisure Seeker,” with Susan Trinidad Brown: Oct. 28, 2-3 p.m. Join the discussion of Michael Zadoorian’s novel, our One Book, One Community choice, with our wonderful facilitator, Susan Trinidad Brown. n Preschool Storytime: 10:30-11 a.m. Come for a morning full of reading, rhymes, songs, and fun with our youth services librarian.

Siblings and other family

members welcome. n Adult Crafternoon: Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Bring your handwork projects and see our newest craft books.

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Keeping that small-town feel NKF&R asking for tax I

was in the post office today, and a lady came in carrying a set of “Downton Abbey” DVDs. Sure that this meant we were kindred spirits, I said, “That looks fun!”

We spoke of Downton for a bit, then she told me there is another series she enjoys called, “Lark Rise to Candleford.” I’d never heard of it. She had a pen and I was holding a package, so I asked her to write the title on my package.

She did, and now I have season one on hold at the library.

Isn’t that fun? I love small towns and I love making connections.

Our very first introduction to North Kitsap was sweet and small-town friendly. Our real estate agent, Cathy, spent a year helping us find the right house. A year! Nearly every weekend, we would show up and go visit a variety of houses and vacant lots in our price range, which would not make Cathy much cash. While Dirk and I discussed the merits of each spot, Cathy played with our baby girl.

A friendly introduction to

Roundabout By denise Roundy the typically welcoming area we have now called home for 21 years.

When my husband and I were married, we lived in another small town.

We were poor college students, so our main form of entertainment was holding hands and going for long walks around the “downtown” city streets. As we walked by people, we would smile and say “hi,” they would smile and say “hi” back. That was what everyone did.

Then in our third year of marriage, we spent a summer in Tacoma, and found that you don’t always want to smile and say “hi” to strangers on the sidewalks.

In fact, you don’t even want

to walk down the street — also known as streetwalking to Tacoma residents.

Being slow learners, we still went for our walks. We cheerfully greeted a lot of interesting characters that summer. I think we confused them.

In November 2007, Western Washington experienced one of those major wind storms. Our phone rang. Someone had dialed the wrong number and got me. It was an older woman trying to reach a family member. I told her I could tell by the caller ID she was in Kingston.

Was she doing OK during the storm? We talked for a minute or so, just being neighborly.

Some wonderful places to make little friendly connections: 1. Get your hair cut in town. This is a lot of fun. People get talking in those styling shops, and you might come away with both a new ’do and a new acquaintance.

2. Walk into the library.

Libraries are happy places.

Even if you don’t make a friend, it just feels good to be there. If you arrive

about five minutes before it opens, there are usually several people hanging out waiting for the doors to unlock — perfect candidates for a quick conversation. Plus, the library ladies always make you feel welcome.

3. Three-way-stop intersections. Smiling, waving, and many types of hand gestures help connect you to others in the intersection.

4. If your kids are like mine, you make friends wherever you go without trying. When Jacob was younger, he would include strangers in our conversations all the time. Actually, he still does that.

In the foreseeable future, there will be the best place of all to meet people: the Village Green Community Center and Kingston Library. It’s getting closer, people! Keep an eye out for opportunities to help. It’s going to be awesome.

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renewal on ballot north kitsap N fire & rescue orth Kitsap Fire & Rescue (NKF&R) is asking voters this fall to renew the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) property tax levy at the current rate of 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value.

This is not a new tax, but a simple continuation of an existing tax that voters have reauthorized on a regular basis for nearly 30 years.

Medical responses are the majority of calls at NKF&R. Last year, our crews responded to 1,768 EMS calls. That’s 67 percent of the 2,628 total responses for 2012. Fire districts receive no ongoing county, state or federal funding. Nearly 90 percent of NKF&R’s budget comes from local property taxes.

The EMS levy provides about one-quarter of NKF&R’s operating budget.

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By michÈle laboda Little Boston.

Fire Prevention Week

Oct. 6-12, we are joining forces with the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to remind local residents to prevent kitchen fires.

During this year’s fire safety campaign, fire departments will spread the word about the dangers of kitchen fires — most of which result from unattended cooking — and teaching local residents how to prevent kitchen fires from starting in the first place.

According to the latest NFPA research, cooking is the leading cause of home fires. Two of every five home fires begin in the kitchen, more than any other place in the home.

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Kingston man’s survival credited to ‘Chain’ His children used CPR skills they learned in school KINGSTON — North Kitsap Fire & Rescue officials say a 53-year-old man is alive today because the links in the “chain of survival” included well-trained and equipped people — some of whom were his own family members — who came together to give him his best chance.

A recent study of data submitted to a national registry shows that this kind of success is more common in Kitsap County than in other areas of the United States.

Firefighters reunited the life-saving team, and honored the man’s children who performed CPR, on Sept. 9 at North Kitsap Fire & Rescue’s headquarters fire station.

the house. About 10 minZachary Myers and utes later, Kyleigh Potter, Kyleigh Potter were honored Sept. 9 for helping Mark’s 14-year-old daughsave their father’s life when ter who had been weeding outside, came around the the 53-year-old went into corner of the house to find cardiac arrest. Zachary her father unconscious and and Kyleigh were congratulated by North Kitsap not breathing in a chair in the yard. Kyleigh screamed Fire & Rescue Fire Chief for help, sparking several Dan Smith, left, during 911 calls. the recognition ceremony.

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The term “chain of survival” is used to describe the collection of links that, when strong, provide victims of cardiac arrest with the best odds for complete recovery, NKF&R spokeswoman Michele Laboda

reported. The chain starts with early recognition of the emergency and a call to 911 to get responders on the way. The next link is CPR, followed by an automated external defibrillator (AED) to shock the heart

out of a lethal rhythm.

Paramedics form the next link, ensuring that the patient has a good airway, and delivering stabilizing drugs while transporting the patient to a hospital.

The final link in the chain is

hospital care where patients receive definitive treatment to correct the problem that caused the arrest.

On a sunny Sunday afternoon in late April, a local family was taking advantage of spring weather to do chores around the house.

Mark Potter, 53, was mowing his lawn. Mark’s stepson, Zachary Myers, 20, was on his way to wash a car when he saw his stepfather shut down the mower and start walking toward

ered Mark to the ground as Zach joined his sister at their dad’s side. Kyleigh knew what to do. Just two weeks before, she had been practicing chest compressions in her ninth-grade health class at Kingston High School. Firefighters from NKF&R and Poulsbo Fire Department have been teaching CPR to every ninth-grader at the North Kitsap and Kingston high schools every year for more than 20 years.

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“Together, Zach and Kyleigh provided life-saving breaths and chest compressions,” Laboda reported. “Because the family’s efforts to reach 911 were made from cellular phones at their home near the water, the calls were received by towers in other counties.

Suzie estimates that more than five minutes passed before a call was successfully transferred to the local 911 center, Kitsap County Central Communications.

The region’s emergency dispatch center received the call at 2:39 p.m. and had crews from NKF&R en route by 2:41 p.m.”

The first firefighter/ EMTs arrived just three minutes after dispatch from the nearby Hansville station and, noting the quality of the CPR provided by Kyleigh and Zach, asked them to continue while the team readied their equipment. The crew delivered two shocks to the patient and was administering a third as the paramedic unit

Above, Suzie and Mark Potter react at the ceremony in which their children, Zachary Myers and Kyleigh Potter, were honored Sept. 9 for helping save the father’s life after he went into cardiac arrest. Right, Mark Potter embraces his daughter, Kyleigh, at the ceremony.

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Local experts in emergency medical services cite several factors in these success rates, such as coordinated efforts to promote CPR training, public access defibrillation, 911 callreceivers coaching callers in CPR, well-trained emergency medical personnel with cutting-edge knowledge and equipment, and the state-of-the-art cardiac care facilities and personnel of Harrison Medical Center.

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Kitsap County also had the highest percentage in Washington state of bystanders who stepped up to perform CPR on patients in cardiac arrest, according to the Kitsap County Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Council.

While the NKF&R personnel involved in Mark Potter’s rescue say they were just “doing their jobs,” they are enthusiastic about honoring Kyleigh and Zachary for their critical role in their father’s positive outcome. Every link in the chain of survival is important but Craig Barnard, the NKF&R firefighter/paramedic on the scene that day, says that good CPR and early defibrillation were the pivotal factors for Mark Potter.

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“Just over an hour after he was discovered in cardiac arrest, Mark was receiving life-saving treatment from physicians and other skilled team members at Harrison’s top-notch cardiac care facility,” Laboda reported. “Mark suffered no long-term deficits and walked out of the hospital

just 10 days after the event.”

The study documenting Kitsap County’s success rates examined data on patients who go into sudden cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest is defined as the absence of breathing and pulse. Without intervention, cardiac arrest always results in the patient’s death. Data on these patients is submitted to the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (or “CARES” Registry). Kitsap County eclipsed the state and the nation in resuscitation rates for 2011, with local overall survival at almost 17 percent compared to the state’s record of 15.1 percent and the nation’s 7.7 percent.

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A glance at Kingston’s first school bus Telling the tale of

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By jacque thornton A truck owned by William Long, which became Kingston’s first school bus in 1920.

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chool is back in session, so we thought we would show the picture of the first school bus in Kingston and tell a little about it and the driver.

William Long owned the truck used as the bus. He was awarded the contract for transporting the children to and from school for the 1920 school year.

There was only one problem. The contract required that the driver be at least 18, and William was only 17.

His mother, Bertha Long, came to the rescue.

She sent one dollar in the

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A glance At the past By harriet muhrlein mail to Olympia for a driver’s license (no driving test was required).

She was most successful in driving the truck straight and true and carefully, but she never learned how to shift the gears with the shift on the floor nor control the speed with the lever on the steering wheel. William sat beside

that started in the kitchen, the residents tell us that they had only left the kitchen for a few minutes. Sadly, that’s all it takes for a dangerous fire to start.

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nce upon a time there was a lively old queen nicknamed the “Nosey One” who loved to slip outside the castle walls to spend evenings in the king’s beautiful fruit orchards. Her favorite fruit was from the wonderful, magical, purple, sweet plum trees that in the far future became the “Hollywood Plum,” renowneed all over the world.

Once the queen started sampling one tree after another, she found she could not stop eating the sweet fruit. Each day the queen left the handsome castle to roam the gardens and orchards — always stopping to sample the plums first. After about a week of this daily routine, the good king, “Love Her Anyway,” warned there would be severe consequences of eating so many plums every day and she should listen to him.

The queen, who was very much of a know-it-all sort,

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who wrote the kingdom ballads sung in every village with the news of the area, shrugged off the king’s advice with “oh, tish and tush,” and continued her daily walks and sampling in the orchards.

Now, one day not long after the good king’s warning, while eating a handful of plums, the flux began to come upon her. Running as fast as her bad knees could carry her, she reached the castle only to fall over “Prince You Blew It,” the guard dog, who was sleeping in the entry. Picking herself up, she ran to the most used room in the castle, where the great king was sitting upon the less-thanregal throne and unable to rise and greet his beloved queen. She screamed “get up, get up” as the king’s cursed warning was about to come true. We shall leave the tale here to one’s own imagination.

The good king could not watch this daily routine any longer and sent his queen into exile until the orchards were picked bare by the villagers of Egling, a few miles away. Every year after that, the queen was permitted to visit the fruit orchards one day a week with a warning written by the Royal High Court of the kingdom of Dumlingham and signed by the king who added “no more than two plums per visit.’”The queen decided to obey the king from then on.

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When you started school or when you had a new sibling born into your family, then your life changed, and a new way of life was established.

If you found a spouse or a special person with whom to share your life, or when you started a new job, or especially when you retire, it is another beginning.

Everyone can count quite a few beginnings, but recently I challenged one of my classes to write about a new beginning. I got the usual topics: First day on a job, first day of college, first day the baby was brought home, etc. But the one that stuck in my mind was the person that stated that every morning he wakes up is a new beginning.

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As I’ve mentioned before, September is my beginning of the year and this year I’ve added a few new activities.

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“The one that stuck in my mind was the person that stated that every morning he wakes up is a new beginning. What a good concept.” of writing down those past adventures and new beginnings for the children and grandchildren to read and enjoy.

Another activity on my plate is to organize all my columns from the past into

book form. I have all of them on my computer but I’m thinking I need to photocopy the actual columns and use that format. That would be a challenge, but I am thinking of doing it anyway.

And the last new activity is to organize the garage. I know this one will be easy (right?).

On the local front, don’t forget Octoberfest at the Greater Hansville Community Center, on Oct. 5; the information meeting on Oct. 13 to show Hansville residents what will be available if there is a disaster; and the Social Hour on Oct. 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and again that evening at 7 p.m. Greg Johnson will tell all about his Skunk Bay Weather site. Go to www. hansville.org for details.

Wow, October is almost as busy as September.

Wonder if that is setting a trend for this year?

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Indianola Port candidates differ in vision

By KIPP ROBERTSON Editor

INDIANOLA — What separates three of the four Indianola Port Commission candidates the most may be their vision for the dock’s future.

District 2 candidate Matthew Smith and District 3 candidates Patrick Hatchel and John Lane weighed in Sept. 18 during a candidates forum in the Indianola Club House.

District 2 candidate Eric Cookson did not attend.

The forum, in the Indianola Clubhouse, was presented by the North Kitsap Herald.

An estimated 80 residents attended.

Ideas for the dock ranged from keeping it the way it is, to using it as a venue for public events.

Lane said he would like work done on the substructure of the dock, but would leave the superstructure alone as much as possible.

He suggested the port has the ability to add more fea-

tures to the dock, such as kayak storage, and widen it to make it more pedestrian friendly, if that’s what taxpayers wanted.

Smith said it’s “critical to maintain the dock’s character.” Smith would like to see public events, such as an art walk featuring local artists, hosted on the dock if a public event is ever deemed safe.

Hatchel said port commissioners need to do what the citizens it represents ask them for.

“The dock is Indianola,” Hatchel said.

When asked what, if anything, it would take for them to support a resolution to close the dock again, the answers were as follows: Lane: “Hell freezing over.”

Hatchel: “For me, if it was unsafe. If the dock was unsafe I would move to close it.” The only way he would close the dock, he said, is if engineers specifically said it was not safe.

Smith: “Barring any unforeseen catastrophes …

But outside that — and until the maintenance issues that have already been identified are complete — I would limit the dock to normal use.” If necessary maintenance is not done, however, he would suggest closing the dock during peak-use times again next summer.

When asked why they are running for commission, Smith said he is well qualified. He would like to heal the tension between the port and community.

In response to a question, Smith — who owns a design-build company — said he is not a licensed architect but is a licensed contractor. He has described himself as an architect in interviews with

Levies would continue EMS services, boost port

By Richard Walker

Staff Writer

POULSBO — The last time these measures were on the ballot, they passed with more than 70 percent voter approval – one received 82 percent approval in 2000.

Residents of the Poulsbo and North Kitsap Fire districts will decide Nov. 5 whether to continue paying a property tax to support emergency medical services in their respective districts.

If approved, each measure would continue taxes at the current rate for another six years -- up to 50 cents for every $1,000 of assessed property valuation. That comes out to $100 a year for a house assessed at $200,000.

The levy means $1.5 million to Poulsbo Fire Department, a good chunk of its $7 million budget. (By the way, Poulsbo Fire’s official name is Kitsap County Fire Protection District No. 18; that’s how you’ll see it on the ballot).

The levy doesn’t cover the cost. EMS service is supplemented by other rev-

enue the districts receive.

Fire equipment and personnel are a big expense – making sure the equipment works right every time, and that the people are trained and available when the call is made.

But the biggest demand is for emergency medical services. Of a combined 5,937 calls the departments responded to in 2012, 69 percent were medical. In 2013, North Kitsap Fire & Rescue estimates it will

respond to 1,644 calls for EMS service, 78 fires, and 726 miscellaneous.

In both departments, firefighters are also trained in EMS. In addition, Poulsbo Fire has two full-time paramedics on duty at all times; North Kitsap Fire has one full-time paramedic on duty at all times.

On the firefighting side, the departments have combined efforts in order to save money and avoid duplication. The depart-

the North Kitsap Herald; on his blog, www.smith4ipc. blogspot.com (“… feeling well qualified with my years of experience in construction and architecture,…”); and on the Facebook page for his business, Smith’s Design + Build (“… using my experience as an architecture [sic] with a life time of carpentry …”).

“I have described myself as an architect in relation to my understanding of architecture and wooden structures, and having worked in the profession for ‘x’ number of years,” he said later.

“It would be illegal for me to advertise myself as an architect in the context of my business.”

Hatchel, who also serves on the Public Facilities District board, said he would like to see the port working for the public. The politics of the port, he said, aren’t important.

Lane, a former editor of the Indianola Breeze, said he is committed to the com-

ments train together and share equipment and facilities maintenance.

Still, if the EMS levy is not approved, “We’d have no way to provide the same level of [EMS] service,” North Kitsap Fire & Rescue Chief Dan Smith said.

In the Port of Indianola, residents will vote on whether to increase the local property tax by 6.5 cents per $1,000 of assessed property valuation. The district received $45,445 in property tax revenue in 2012.

The increase in annual revenue — about $18,000, according to Commissioner Jeff Henderson — will be used to help fund improve-

munity. He wants to have a “forward thought process on the future of the dock.”

Neither Hatchel or Lane want to see much in the way of economic development on port property — which consists of the historic dock and a stairway leading to the beach. Lane did say kayak storage is one way to generate revenue.

Smith, on the other hand, suggested another way to look at economic development and how it could benefit the port and community. Ideas such as an art walk, he said, and revenue-raising events could help with the upkeep of the dock.

All candidates believe maintenance of the dock is paramount. Lane pointed out that, if pilings are replaced, creosoted pilings cannot be used. He sug-

gested the port consider wrapping the current pilings with steel to save money and protect the marine environment from creosote leaching into the water.

Smith said he has no “romantic attachment” to the current dock materials, and new materials need to be introduced.

Hatchel said the port needs to wait and see what engineers suggest following an assessment of the dock, and look at alternatives for maintenance.

On the subject of commissioners being paid — they will start receiving $100 a meeting beginning in January — all candidates were unenthusiastic.

Hatchel and Lane said they wouldn’t accept it.

Smith said the money is a gesture from the community for the work commissioners do but, to him, “it isn’t make or break.”

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Profiles: Indianola Port candidates, District 2

By Richard Walker Staff Writer

INDIANOLA — The way County Commissioner Rob Gelder sees it, Eric Cookson’s appointment to the Indianola Port Commission doesn’t give him an advantage in the Nov. 5 election.

“He could make or break it,” Gelder said. “If he doesn’t do a good job, Indianola is a small enough community that voters could make a different choice.”

The County Commission voted Sept. 4 to appoint Cookson to the Indianola Port Commission’s District 2 position, after two resignations left the port with one commissioner. The position is also on the Nov. 5 ballot. The candidates: Cookson and write-in candidate Matthew Smith.

Advantage or no, Cookson got right to work.

He and Commissioner Jeff Henderson reopened the dock with restrictions, opened an application period for the District 3 vacancy and then focused their attention on the dock.

According to Henderson, engineers will soon bore into pilings to determine how much creosote they contain, and will conduct other tests to determine the structural integrity of the pilings. He expects a

plan for improvement of the dock would be completed within a month of those tests.

With cross bracing, strapping and restrictions on foot traffic, Henderson said he believes the dock could be reopened before the more significant improvements are made.

Cookson’s consideration for appointment raised concerns from Smith.

Smith said he decided not to apply for appointment after reading a North Kitsap Herald editorial that stated a candidate in the Nov. 5 election should not be appointed lest he or she gain an unfair advantage on Election Day. He said he agreed, but didn’t know Cookson planned on applying.

Cookson, 50, has advanced degrees in leadership and management from City University in Seattle.

He works for U.S. Coast Guard Sector Joint Harbor Operations Center; he retired from Coast Guard active duty in 2007.

In a Herald interview for a candidate profile, Cookson said he wants to complete the process of determining the extent of repairs that are necessary for the dock, and determine how those repairs will be paid for. He doesn’t believe the property tax increase

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on the Nov. 5 ballot will generate enough revenue for those improvements.

Additional money may have to come from grants and/ or a bond issue and donations.

He doesn’t believe in a short-term fix. “I would not like to see us exert energy and money on something that we’re going to have to turn around and redo,” he said. “I want to make the dock a place where people want to go and take evening walks, and fish and swim, and that we will have for the

next several generations, and not end up with no pier or one that is dangerous to use.”

Cookson said that, “in hindsight,” the commission should have done more to engage residents in the process that led to the dock’s closure, so that residents understood the information that led the commission to make the decision it did.

Susan Henry, a port advisory committee member, said she thinks highly of Cookson. She looks forward to the port district

healing the wounds caused by the dock’s closure.

“I think it will be fine.

Hopefully, next week will bring some movement forward in the process,” she said in reference to Cookson’s first commission meeting. “I think it’s going to take some time [for the district to heal], because it’s been sort of fractured.”

Smith wrote in a letter to the Herald that the dock closure was “based upon a hypothetical failure, despite any evidence the structure is in real jeopardy.” One week before the Fourth of July, the port district’s engineers recommended the district “prohibit use of the pier by large gatherings of and numbers of people” until an assessment of necessary improvements could be completed. Henderson told the Herald that the district didn’t have the resources to police the number of people on the dock, so the commission voted to temporarily close it. Smith said residents offered ideas to limit the number of people on the dock, including a turnstile counter and a lockable gate for holidays, but those ideas were ignored.

“I felt like the democratic process was being circumvented,” Smith said. “There could have been more public information [of the dock’s needs] and more public disclosure of commission meetings.”

Smith wants to use his background as an architect and designer-builder to engage the public in the

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pletes an assessment of the dock’s needs. Crossbracing could stop the sway at the head of the dock, but some pilings may need to be replaced.

The port’s annual operating budget for 2013 was estimated at $38,648, according to the port’s comprehensive scheme.

Another new expense in 2014: Effective Jan. 1, port commissioners will be paid

$100 a meeting, effectively adding $300 a month — $3,600 a year — to port district expenses. Two commission candidates, Patrick Hatchel and John Lane, said they won’t accept pay if they’re elected. And Hatchel supports taking the money currently allocated for security — about $6,000 a year — and putting it into a capital improvement fund for dock maintenance.

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Eric B. Cookson Name: Eric B. Cookson.

Age: 50.

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Education: Graduated from North Kitsap High School in 1980. Earned degrees in leadership and management from City University in Seattle.

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“I’ve done a lot of work in community design and urban renewal at the grassroots level,” he said. “I’ve led design charettes and gotten community members to the table to find common ground. I’ve served on the board of Architects/ Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility. I know what it’s like to facilitate a community meeting, to engage the public and get their ideas, and take those ideas and crystallize them into a plan or design that reflects the desires of the community. A lot of those skill sets could be employed here around the dock.”

He supports the property tax levy on the Nov. 5 ballot but doesn’t think it will generate enough revenue to pay the costs of dock improvements. He would seek contributions from other potential sources who have “an interest in the dock and in marine health,” such as the Suquamish Tribe’s Port Madison Enterprises.

Smith also wants the port district to do more to promote recreation and economic development. As an example, he wants to work with the community to start an art walk on the dock; the event would promote participating artists and raise money for dock maintenance.

Political Notebook Kingston port candidates forum coverage online KINGSTON — Look for coverage of the Sept. 26 forum for Kingston Port Commission candidates on KingstonCommunityNews. com.

The forum took place in the Kingston Yacht Club as the print edition was on the press.

The forum was sponsored by the North Kitsap Herald, Kingston Community News and Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce.

Candidates Bruce MacIntyre and Nels Sultan each had three minutes for an opening and closing statement, and two minutes to respond to each audience question.

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Profiles: Indianola Port candidates, District 3

By RICHARD WALKER

Staff Writer

INDIANOLA — It’s a sunny Friday in Indianola, and Patrick Hatchel and John Lane are chatting with neighbors about the upcoming candidates forum and sundry topics — Hatchel, in the Indianola Country Store; Lane, on the street within view of the dock.

In disposition, the candidates for District 3 Port Commission are as warm as the afternoon sun on the Indianola Dock they love, and seemingly as sincere in their desire to serve their community. But each differs in experience, in their vision for the Indianola Port District, and in their ideas of how to ensure the iconic structure’s long-term care.

Why they chose to run for Port Commission.

Hatchel: “I have lived in Indianola for almost 20 years and would like to serve my community,” he said. “I have experience serving on boards and I'm currently on my second term as the North Kitsap representative to the Kitsap Public Facilities District.

This has provided me with the experience necessary to move the port past the current problems and develop a plan for the future.”

Hatchel also serves on the board of North Kitsap Little League, the county’s Juvenile Diversion Board, and a state Fish and Wildlife advisory board.

Lane: “I’ve lived in Indianola since 1960. This dock was my stamping ground,” he said. “As kids, we crabbed and fished and swam here. It was hard for my mom to get us to come home.”

Lane decided to run because he knew then-commissioner Jan Wald planned not to run for election and, in the fallout after the dock’s temporary closure, she resigned.

What they see as priorities for the Port Commission.

Hatchel: The port has “only one real priority,” he said: To maintain the port district’s properties, i.e., the stairs and dock.

“The dock needs repair work and a long-term plan to maintain the dock for the future,” Hatchel said. “The Port needs to hire a firm to evaluate the dock and determine what needs to be done now and also to develop a long-range maintenance schedule. Once this is done, the Port can determine how much money is needed and how to obtain the money to do the work …

“The dock needs work but it’s not unsafe. It’s 100 years old, it’s made of wood, it needs regular maintenance. Some think it’s fine the way it is, but that’s not true.”

Lane: The Port District’s mission is to facilitate the repair and maintenance of the dock, and ensure the safety of people on the dock, Lane said.

The fallout over the temporary closure of the dock shows that the commission must “move forward in an open manner,” Lane said. “There needs to be more open communication on port issues. Regarding the dock closure, people felt blindsided. If there had been more communication, residents might have had more understanding of why the dock needed to be closed. And with public input, maybe the commission wouldn’t have felt closing the dock was necessary.”

Lane said his work as a seating host at Seattle Mariners’ home games has helped him hone his communication skills. “You have to be able to communicate with people from all backgrounds, from all over the world,” he said.

On how the Port District will fund dock maintenance and improvements.

Hatchel: “Right now, there is no capital improve-

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ment fund for these repairs and it will be a challenge to get the money. The citizens will need to give some direction as to what they want in a dock and how much money they want to spend. The Port can use grants and fundraisers, but the majority of the money will have to come from taxes. A levy or a bond may be options that will need to be explored.”

The Port District pays about $6,000 a year to the Indianola Beach Improvement Club for the club’s security officer to patrol the Indianola Dock and the stairway to the beach. According to Commissioner Jeff Henderson, the port’s contribution is almost half of the IBIC’s security budget.

Hatchel prefers the port instead invest the money in a capital improvement fund for the dock.

Lane: “Our primary mission is to maintain the dock,” Lane said. He believes cross-bracing at the head of the dock would alleviate swaying. He said the district is correct in hiring an

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engineer to determine what the dock needs to ensure its structural integrity. “As lay people, we need to have an outside source,” he said.

He differs with Hatchel on the issue of sharing security costs with the IBIC. “I think the amount spent currently is appropriate.

It gives residents peace of mind to know that if something is wrong, it will be reported.”

On their vision for the dock.

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an auto ferry dock, then narrowed to accommodate pedestrian use.

He wants to see some of the dock’s earlier features restored. He supports widening the dock so it’s “more friendly”; building a fishing shelter at the end of the dock, for use during inclement weather; the reinstallation of a navigation light at the end of the dock; and construction of “proper kayak storage” below the dock.

He couldn’t say how those improvements would be funded. He said he supports the property tax levy on the Nov. 5 ballot for improvements to the dock, but said the amount raised by the levy won’t be enough.

Hatchel agrees. “The levy is not going to scratch the surface. And most grants are 50/50; they’re not as easy to get as people think.”

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exactly as it is now. The wooden dock is Indianola — it’s the symbol of the community and has an almost spiritual meaning for many [and] should be maintained. I believe that a concrete or metal dock would ruin what is Indianola.

“Expanding the Port to promote economic development or tourism is not really an option for Indianola.

There isn’t a need and it’s not what the residents want the Port to be doing.

Indianola does not generate very much revenue and there is no money for property acquisition and development, even if this is what the community wanted.”

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT - DAN MARTIN Autumn is here!

Fall has arrived in Kitsap’s North End with leaves swirling in the wind, cooler days and nights, and a host of improvements and construction going on in Kingston. You may have noticed that the Port of Kingston is working on developing a small park near the entrance to the ferry tollbooths. A nicely designed park with benches will greet visitors exiting the ferry and Photography by also provide a place for locals and visitors to sit and Johnny Walker of Almost enjoy the spectacular view.

Candid Photo & Frame Fine Art Gallery Along Highway 104, trees have been removed to make way for a new sidewalk and street-scaping.

The present sidewalk, which ends at the Visitor’s Center on West Kingston Road, will be extended all the way up to the traffic light on Bannister Avenue (site of the old Saks Feed building). This will be a welcome addition for those who walk to the ferry, as well as visitors who walk to our uptown stores, restaurants, theater, and art gallery. It is hoped the street scaping will slow the traffic as we become a more “walkable town”.

The new sidewalks, which are partially funded by the “Safe Walks to School” program, also bring new challenges. As part of the streetscaping, Puget Sound Energy will be installing 16 new “old-fashioned” light poles, similar to those that now support our hanging baskets.

This means that our Chamber Beautification Committee will need to raise money for an additional 32 powder coated flower baskets. At $50 per basket, the expected cost of the new baskets will be at least $1600.

If you’d like to join a small group of people who help keep our town beautiful by watering the baskets, scheduling town clean-up days, and raising funds for the baskets to keep Kingston beautiful, contact Gail Halsaver or Colleen Carey at the Chamber Office.

The Senior Living at Village Green is almost complete and there will be an open house on November 8, providing an opportunity to tour this great new facility. If you’d like more information on the units, contact villagegreenseniorliving.com. Applications are now being processed for 22 of the 35 units.

On Thursday evening, October 10, at 6:00 people will be lining the streets along West Kingston Road for the 4th Annual Homecoming Parade and Street Dance. This event is sponsored by the Chamber Events Committee and led this year by Shannon Castillo of Nancy’s Green Garden with the help of local merchants and high school students and parents.

The parade begins at Village Green Park and ends at the Port of Kingston with a band performance, games, food vendors, and a street dance. It’s a great event for young and old to acknowledge all of the teams and activities which contribute to the accomplishments of Kingston High School. Merchants show their support by decorating for the event using the school colors or mascots. Go Bucs!

None of these things would be possible without the support of our Chamber of Commerce members. We appreciate all of you – from our individual members to our patron members who are loyal in their support, and especially all of those who volunteer at the Visitor’s Center or on one of our committees. You are the people who make the north end of Kitsap County a great place to live, work, and enjoy life.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT - Village Green Foundation You may be surprised to find the Village Green Foundation, a nonprofit organization, in the Chamber’s “Member Spotlight”. Consider this: Many non-profits adhere to business organizational methods - they sell a product, work with partners, and seek to provide a dividend to stockholders.

With our partners, who include Washington Department of Commerce, Kitsap Regional Library, Kitsap Community Foundation, Martha & Mary, the C. Keith Birkenfeld Memorial Trust, Kitsap County, Suquamish Tribal Council, Snohomish County Boys & Girls Clubs, and our local Rotary and Kiwanis, the VGF intends to “produce” a new community center located in the already-established Village Green Park.

The stockholders in our “company” are those who have volunteered their time and labor over the years; made pledges; donated to our capital campaign; purchased pavers; and continue to support our fundraising events. Just in the last month, we thank Nancy Martin for our 5th successful Pie in the Park, Mark and Amy Anderson for a fabulous dinner at their Axe Handle Café, and George and Sandy Morgan for making the Apple Cider Press a huge success.

The “dividend” to our partners and shareholders is a building that will be home to a new library, a congenial senior center, a place for our

youth and their activities, meeting rooms that can be re-configured to fit large and small events, plus a certified kitchen. It promises to be a special gathering place for our very special community.

And thus, the Village Green Foundation - a non-profit organization whose mission is to build a place that connects and strengthens our community - is indeed operating in a manner that emulates a business: It has product, partners, stockholders and will provide a dividend to all.

Come join us: Visit www.kingstonvillagegreen.org or e-mail nick@kingstonvillagegreen.org to get involved.

KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING WEEK Hey Kingston Merchants! Let us show our Tuesday, October 1st @ 11:45 am at the Kingston Cove Yacht Club OCT. 7 - 11TH community spirit and deck out our stores in

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Our sponsor is the Firefighters of North Kitsap Fire and Rescue.

Our speakers will be Dan Smith, NKF & R’s Fire Chief and Community Services Specialist, Michele Laboda.

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by Crave Catering. We were given the opportunity to voice our concerns and ask questions. It was very interactive. Everyone was engaged and seemed to enjoy it. We are looking forward to a similar format with our Firefighters this month. Please join us.

Non-members are welcome to check it out.

Just call or email Colleen Carey, Executive Director, for an invite! (360)297-3813 or director@kingstonchamber.com

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The Buccaneers and their families will be walking in the annual KHS Homecoming parade on Thursday, Oct. 10th. Wouldn’t it be a special treat for the kids, families and KHS faculty to see how we all love our small community?

If you are not familiar with Homecoming Week; local businesses celebrate by decorating their storefront in a Buccaneer theme and the school colors, crimson and gold.

Questions? Contact Shannon Castillo at Nancy’s Green Garden: 360-638-2849

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OCT 23 Kingston Historical Society 10-11:30am @ the Kingston Community Center

OCT 31 Victorian House of Horrors All Day @ the Tea Room in Port Gamble

OCT 25 Community Meal 5-6:30 @ Bayside Community Church

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OCT 17 The Greater Hansville Community Center presents Skunk Bay Weather

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ur Kiwanis club had another successful Mustang Raffle and the winning ticket was sold to a lucky guy in Poulsbo.

I hope he has a lot of fun with his Mustang convertible and doesn’t have a lead foot. That car is hot.

We elected our new board for the 2013-14 years and I congratulate them for volunteering their time to steer our club in the right direction. They are as follows: Pat Bennett-Forman, president; president-elect, open; Dahlia Malin, vice president of programs and a lot more, along with husband Glenn; Eric Roth, secretary; Judy Osborn, treasurer; Dave Wetter, trustee; Marylou Iverson, trustee; Hal Hoover, emeritus and adviser.

We had a great program that featured Aline Bradley, a member of the Kingston Farm/Garden Co-op. Aline and her husband are fairly

new to Kingston, but she jumped right in and got involved in her community.

They are a military family and I know just how they feel. Thirty-four years ago when my family arrived in Kingston, after reporting to the new Bangor Submarine Base, I met Mike Wallace (Mike Wallace Park), Cy Wyse (Kingston High School) and Hap Dakota (Kingston Inn) my first night in town. The next thing I knew, I was helping with the 4th of July celebration, building a Kiwanis Club, and I never looked back.

Volunteering is really a lot of fun and rewarding. Aline talked about how much fun volunteers have working in the garden, and that new volunteers are always needed. All the food raised goes to the ShareNet Food Bank. Many hundreds of pounds of fresh produce have been donated, along

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Good for you, Aline, and the Kingston Farm/Co-op.

Next meeting, we will be doing our planning for fall and winter — specifically our Halloween Carnival, a huge success that focuses on young children. Our next regular meeting on Sept. 26

will feature Lindsey Phillips of Kitsap Mental Health, who will deliver a report on how they are helping our citizens in Kitsap County with mental health. Come on down to the Oak Table Café and join us.

One thing I like to do is highlight folks that support our children and residents in Kingston. Most of the time it concerns adults, but this time I’d like to talk about the Key Club, made up of students at Kingston High School.

The Key Club mission statement states it is “an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership.”

These young people have their own projects supporting our community, and volunteer their time helping our Kiwanis club with food drives, Boys & Girls Club

fundraising at our annual gala in February, and many other Kiwanis projects that serve the children of our community.

Margaret LeMay, our Kiwanis adviser for Key Club, reported some things the students were proud of: They built two raised beds using beautiful cottage stone at the Village Green Pea Patch to benefit local families, using funds donated by the Kingston Garden Club. The kids had a lot of fun with this project and a feeling of accomplishment.

They helped with the Food for Kids summer food program and are going to carry on this program throughout the school year.

Key Club members are excited about Homecoming Week Oct. 7-12 and will be involved in helping with the parade, football game, and the homecoming dance.

Besides working on projects all the time, these

young people have fun and get to meet new people all the time, with a feeling of belonging to a great organization. Their next project will be collecting funds for Unicef this Halloween to raise funds for iodine deficiency and HIV/AIDS programs worldwide.

Key Club members have fun, meet new friends, and support their community. I believe that any student that joins Key Club will make their time in high school much more rewarding and learn skills that they will use throughout their life.

If you are interested in volunteering and getting involved in your community, come on down to the Oak Table Café on Thursday mornings at 7 a.m., or call our president, Pat BennettForman, 360-697-4849, or me, 360-297-4462.

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Fantastic and seemingly unbelievable things happen when one’s nervous system is freed of life-robbing interference with a spinal adjustment.

At the risk of sounding like a snake-oil salesman, it’s not uncommon to see chronic pain and headaches relieve, constipation issues clear, digestive difficulties dissipate, asthmatic problems recede, sleeping troubles improve, and moods elevate.

It’s hard to know exactly what will happen when one’s Life Power is restored and allowed to flow freely.

Sometimes, these changes are instantaneous.

Sometimes, they are a process. Either way, for doctor and patient, they’ve had the privilege of watching a miracle manifest.

We like to label these — as Dr. Eric Plasker, author of the “100 Year Lifestyle,”

spinal Column By thomas lamar, d.c. has aptly described — “Loud Miracles.” These are the types of miracles that everyone talks about. They are shared with friends, family, and anyone who will listen. These are the types of miracles that find themselves in the testimonial section of the chiropractic office newsletter. These are the types of miracles that humble the chiropractor who doubts.

But there is another type of miracle that happens in a chiropractor’s office that is often overlooked and not given credit, and that is what Plasker refers to as the “Silent Miracle.”

Silent Miracles are the “non-story.” They miss the headlines of the newsletter and are not shared on

Facebook. They can be so stealth that even the recipient ignores their presence, and the chiropractor needs reminding. But in reality, they are the greater of the two.

When one is the recipient of a Loud Miracle, a “shift” sometimes occurs. That shift is the realization that chiropractic adjustments are not for headaches, low back pain, sciatica, or any type of chronic condition — but rather something you do to stay healthy. It happens when one begins to utilize chiropractic not as an analgesic — or even as a form of prevention, for that matter — but as something that supplies the body’s innate capacity to heal, regenerate, and optimally function By maintaining a nervous system free of interference, the body is simply able to carry forth its intended function of peak health through its encoded ability to self heal and self regulate. And when the body is able to do that regularly, a Silent Miracle occurs.

Unfortunately human nature, coupled with our over-stressed and busy, burdened lives, tends to divert our attention and focus away from these

sweet and silent miracles and forces us to triage the “loud” things that capture our attention. Throngs of people have adopted lifestyles of healthy living — finding themselves in the best shape of their lives — but were forced to do so because of a heart attack.

Why is it that our lifestyles are so far off course that we need to almost die in order to truly live?

Why is it that so many of us desperately require a “Loud Miracle” for positive change to ensue? How would our lives be different if we skipped the “need” for this type of intervention and made the “shift” because we wanted to? Because by embracing the wisdom of living a lifestyle that enables our bodies to excel and operate free of interference, we begin to experience a life of “Silent Miracles”: a life in which we’d come to know, appreciate, and “Expect Miracles.”

— Dr. Thomas R. Lamar is a chiropractor at Anchor Chiropractic in the Health Services Center and hosts the Internet radio program SpinalColumnRadio.com.

Lamar can be reached at 360-297-8111.

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Kingston Rotary helping scare up a haunted month Rotary News I

f your image of a Rotary club is a group of stuffy old men in suits, then you haven’t met a Kingston Rotarian.

This fun-loving group of men and women are involved in community service and fundraising events, and their latest fundraising event promises to be a hairraising experience.

Kingston Rotary, along with Kitsap Haunted Productions, will present Kitsap Haunted Fairgrounds. The “haunt” will debut on Fridays and Saturdays, beginning Oct. 11, and will be open every Friday and Saturday until Nov. 2.

The “haunt” will also be open on Halloween, Oct. 31.

There are two versions of the “haunt”: n A lights-on version for those easily scared, daily from 5-6 p.m. and on Nov. 1 and 2 until 7 p.m. n The full-scare experience, Fridays and Saturdays from 6-11 p.m.; and Nov. 1 and 2 from 7-10 p.m.

You can get the scare of your life for only $12; VIP admission lets you into The Haunted Fairgrounds twice, plus front of the line privileges. If you bring a can of food to benefit the local food banks, there is a $1 off the regular admission price.

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This is the first year that Kingston Rotary has formed a partnership with Kitsap Haunted Fairgrounds, although the ”haunt” has taken place at the fairgrounds for six years. All proceeds will directly benefit local community Rotarian projects as well as other Rotarian efforts.

The Kitsap Haunted Fairgrounds team is busy building sets for the

20,000-square-foot extravaganza. Rotarian Dr. Mitch Brockett of Kingston Eyecare Center joins the team most weekends as they construct the sets.

Rotarians will be on hand to sell tickets and calm frightened nerves.

Traditionally, there have been long admission lines, but part of the fun is the anticipation of what is to come. Music, food and entertainment will be provided while you wait in line.

As long as you have purchased your ticket by the time the window closes, you will get to go through.

The “haunt” is loosely based on a storyline that

begins with several unconfirmed reports of a small meteor strike in Kitsap with an unusual slime substance appearing, and a glowing light coming from the sheep barn at the Fairgrounds.

Lab reports on the slime substance indicate a highly unusual molecular structure that has some speculating that it is of alien origins.

When put in contact with dead rats, the substance seems to have almost regenerative properties.

Weeks after the appearance of the strange alien slime, zombies have begun to emerge throughout the fairgrounds — lots of zombies. But you will have to

attend the “haunt” to get the full experience.

For a much calmer event, plan to attend a regular Rotary Club meeting. Join the Kingston Rotary Club for lunch on Wednesday at noon to learn more about Rotary and its many opportunities for service.

Rotarians gather at 11:45 a.m. at the North Kitsap Fire & Rescue Station 81, 26642 Miller Bay Road in Kingston.

Please contact Fredrick Branchflower at 425-4459975 for directions and questions. We’d love to have you join us.

— Contact Nancy Martin at nanjmartin@mac.com

Rotarians and Kiwanians work together on ‘Food for Kids’ program

program during the school year. Summer school funding is provided by an external grant to the school.

During summer school, ShareNet provides weekend food packets for 80 students. After summer school ends, the “Food for Kids” program provides each student one meal packet per week between the end of summer school and the beginning of school. The packets are delivered

through the Port Gamble S’Klallam Early Childhood and Family and Children’s Services and are available at the Kingston Food Bank.

Each of the weekly packets includes the following food items: 1 piece of fruit, popcorn, tuna with mayo packet, 2 slices of bread, instant oatmeal, cocoa packet, cup of soup, pop tart, peanut butter and jelly packet, pudding cup, a pack of cookies, juice box, string

cheese, baby carrots, a spoon and a handy wipe.

This year, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Family Assistance Program provided a daily lunch meal for all children 18 and younger from June 24 through Aug. 30 for children in Greater Kingston. This is an exciting new nutritional addition to summer support for children in the Greater Kingston area.

The new meal program at the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Center is available to all children, 18 years and younger, however, “Food for Kids” is looking to maintain the one packet per week in summer 2014 and is exploring the possibilities of continuing our partnership and extending our weekly packets at Wolfle Elementary into the school year. As you might expect, this will be a significant funding challenge, but to date, our community has been incredibly supportive and generous.

The “Food for Kids” program also gives the Kingston High School ser-

ple greeted me with wide smiles and I thought I must look especially fetching today. We spent the first night at Jon’s sister’s home outside of Tacoma. Donna at the dinner table suggested I use her new eyebrow pencil because it was more my color. I declined. For some reason, Laura had been looking closely at me since we arrived too. The next morning, Donna again

offered that I should use her brow pencil. Stubbornly I said no thanks. Then she hesitantly said, “Mom, you should know something, but I don’t mean to hurt your feelings.” She then told me my eyebrows looked a Florissant orange in the sunlight, and, thinking I was trying something new, felt I should know that it was not becoming.

I thought she had flipped,

but the others confirmed the statement. Looking in my makeup case realized what I had done. In my hurry the day before had grabbed the wrong pencil and had used a light coral lip liner on my brows instead of my eye pencil.

Oh, what a picture I must have been!

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Columnist

KINGSTON — The Kingston Rotary Club and the Greater Kingston Kiwanis Club are working together on a program to provide food for children who need food after the school meals program and school year end.

There are 243 students (60 percent of the total students) at Wolfle Elementary School in Kingston who qualify for free or reduced breakfast and lunch. Eighty of these students will attend summer school, which does not provide the free/ reduced breakfast and lunch programs provided during the school year.

While the summer school program provides some food (breakfast/snack), this is only partially funded by an external grant to the school.

It is important to know that the school district does not fund summer school or provide food during the summer months for the approximate 234 children in the free/reduced meals

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I went on a short vacation with daughter Donna and son-in-law Jon, to Vancouver, Wash. As we shopped, peo-

The Kingston Rotary Club and the Greater Kingston Kiwanis Club are working together on a program to provide food for students who need food after the school year ends.

Nancy J. Martin / Contributed

vice clubs — Interact from Rotary, Key Club from Kiwanis, and Leos from the Lions Club — an opportunity to work on community service projects. These groups hold food drives and request donations at community activities and events such as 4th of July Celebration, Kingston

Saturday Farmer’s Market and the Concerts at the Cove.

If you would like to support the Food for Kids program or attend a Rotary meeting, please contact Fredrick Branchflower at 425-445-9975.

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Port Gamble shaking up to be spooktacular this month F

alling leaves, the slow yet noticeable drop in temperature and the arrival of pumpkin spice lattes are sure signs that autumn is upon us.

And in Port Gamble, the changing seasons signal the return of paranormal fun.

Port Gamble’s popular Ghost Walks return Oct. 4, giving visitors a hands-on opportunity to spend some time inside some of the town’s infamously haunted buildings and to learn about Port Gamble’s spooky past.

For information on available dates and times for Port Gamble Ghost Walks, please call 360-297-8074, but don’t wait, these events frequently sell out in advance.

And remember to leave the little goblins at home — the Ghost Walks are for ages 16 and older.

One of the highlights of the season is the annual Port Gamble Ghost Conference, one of the largest paranormal conferences of its kind on the West Coast. Scheduled for Oct. 18-19 at the Hood Canal Vista Pavilion, the conference offers hands-on investigations led by professional paranormal experts, a Psychic Panel Q&A and fas-

cinating presentations, such as Neil McNeill’s “Anatomy of a Séance.” To register for this unique event, please call 360-297-8074 or visit www.portgamble.com.

Keeping with October’s spooky theme, the Port Gamble Theater presents “Hound of the Baskervilles,” perhaps the most famous and popular of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. It’s a gripping tale which deals with the curse of the Baskerville family and the fiendish killer hound which stalks its members. The show, directed by Kristi Ann Jacobsen, runs Oct. 4-20. For tickets, please visit www.brownpapertickets.com and search Port Gamble Theater.

Did you know that Port Gamble was home to zombies before zombies were cool? The town served as the backdrop for the cult thriller “Zombies of Mass Destruction.” You can enjoy the movie at a special free showing at 7 p.m. on Halloween night at the Hood Canal Pavilion. Feel free to bring out your inner zombie by dressing up and participating in the “Best Zombie Costume” competition that evening, judged

port gamble gazette By shana smith by a cast member from the show.

October in Port Gamble isn’t all about zombies and haunted houses. Roots Rock Run will host its seventh annual Spooky 12K & Kids Dash Oct. 27 on the Port Gamble trails. More information, including registration for this popular event, is available at www. rootsrockrun.com.

In less frightening news, books are back in Port Gamble with the opening of the town’s newest business, No. 7 Bookstore. Owned

by Danya Simkus and Rik Scott of Mr. B’s Bookery in Kingston, No. 7 Bookstore can be found next door to the tea room in the blue

A lone stool stands in the basement of the WalkerAmes house in Port Gamble.

It’s believed a male spirit haunts the basement.

The house is a popular stop for paranormal enthusiasts.

house, the New York House, on Main Street.

Speaking of blue houses, the Port Gamble Guest Houses have turned their Little Blue House into a little artist retreat and studio that is perfect for knitters, painters, writers and other hobby enthusiasts.

Available as a dedicated art workspace from midNovember through midApril, the Little Blue House Art Studio — along with the two guest houses — will be open for viewing during the Fall Stash Dash, Oct. 4-6, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For information, please contact Rhea Schneider or Doug Nicholson at 360-930-8783.

Calling all bakers for the annual Holiday Fruitcake competition

Does your fruitcake have what it takes to take the cake? If so, then don’t miss your opportunity to participate in the annual Port Gamble Holiday Fruitcake Contest, the oldest and largest fruitcake contest in the Pacific Northwest. We’re gearing up for the 2013 contest, which promises to be the biggest and best yet.

In addition to the amateur

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division, this year’s contest will include a professional division with fruitcakes submitted by bakeries and baking professionals in Kitsap County. The judging process will be open to the public and a panel of celebrity judges will evaluate the fruitcake entries in front of a live audience.

Winners will receive an engraved plaque, a special basket of holiday goodies from Port Gamble and the title of “Best Fruitcake in

Kitsap County” for 2013.

The 2013 Port Gamble Holiday Fruitcake Contest will be held Dec. 14 during the annual Country Christmas celebration in Port Gamble. For information and contest details, please contact the Port Gamble events office at 360297-8074, or email portgamble@orminc.com.

— Shana Smith is general manager of Port Gamble.

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Reservations are required, must be 16+, $20/person, takes place from 7p.m. – 9:30p.m. Call 360.297.8074 to make a reservation.

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Around Town Kingston Food Bank moves into engine repair shop

miles from downtown.

“It’s farther out of downtown than we had hoped,” Fulton said Sept. 24 of the food bank’s new location.

“We’ll deliver if we have to.”

The Food Bank has been located in Fulton’s motor home since moving out of temporary donated space April 22. Earlier, the food bank was forced by the county to leave its longtime home because the countyowned building no longer met code.

The 58-year-old food bank, founded by Fulton’s parents, currently meets the needs of 50 families a

week, she said.

The food bank’s hours are noon to 3 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays.

The phone numbers are 360-297-4861 and 360-2977100.

Food Bank supporters include The Pizza Factory, which donates ice; The Grub Hut, which donates fruits and vegetables; and The Borrowed Kitchen, which donates bread.

Besides foods, the Food Bank also provides school supplies to local students in September, and has a clothing for people in need.

Meanwhile, Fulton con-

Thea Layton, Daniel and Ethan Berg, and Doren and HANSVILLE — Carl Davis Berg.

Walter Berg died Carl suggested on Sept. 6 in Kailua that remembrancKona, Hawaii. He es be made in the was 87. form of donations He led a full and to the Corinne active life up until Berg Memorial his final few days.

Scholarship Fund Carl was born through the in Aber-deen on American Guild Jan. 24, 1926 to Carl Walter of Organists, or Thor and Bergliot Berg to the Bainbridge Berg. He graduatIsland Historical ed from Aberdeen Society.

High School and from the — Family of Carl Walter University of Washington.

Berg With his parents, he moved to Bainbridge Island in 1945, where he became PORT GAMBLE — the first employee of the fledgling Bainbridge Island Glenn W. Hirschi died Sept.

Bank and met the new 11 at the Retsil Veteran’s music teacher in the local Home, four days after his school district, Corinne Van 92nd birthday.

Glenn was born in Port Doren. Carl and Corinne were married June 10, Gamble Sept 7, 1921 to 1950. They raised three Walter and Daisy Hirschi. children on Bainbridge: His family settled in the area in the 1850s, arriving Adele, Richard and Erik.

Carl spent his career from East Machias, Maine with the bank, which with some of the first Port changed its name to Gamble mill town resiAmerican Marine Bank in dents.

Glenn attended 1970. Carl was active in the Elementary Bainbridge Island Rotary Breidablik Club and the Chamber of and was a 1940 graduate Commerce, and served of North Kitsap, where on the Bainbridge Island he played football and pole-vaulted for the track School Board.

Corinne died of cancer team. Upon graduating, he in 1990. Carl later married worked on the Pope and Virginia Wilson and moved Talbot tug, P&T Pioneer, with her to Hansville in until WWII broke out when 1997. Carl and Virginia he joined the Navy. While bought a second home in stationed in Galveston, Texas prior to serving in Kailua Kona in 2001.

Carl is survived by his the Pacific, Glenn met his wife, Virginia, and her four bride to be, Doris Hoffman.

The couple returned to sons, Geoff, Crix, Mark, and Matt and their families; Port Gamble after the war his brothers, Tom (Lesa) where they raised their and Dick (Gayle) Berg and family. Glenn worked in the their families; his daughter, mill for 35 years before retirAdele Berg-Layton (David); ing as master mechanic. his sons, Richard (Kristin), He was an avid Seahawks and Erik Berg (Patricia); fan and loved deer and elk and grandchildren, Lia and hunting. He built many

boats and enjoyed woodworking as well as fishing and spending time out Glenn W. on Hood Hirschi Canal.

Glenn is survived by his brother, LaVerne (Alma) of Poulsbo; daughter, Pam (Bill) Gremmert of Port Orchard; son, Ron (Brenda) of Poulsbo; grandchildren, Nichol, Tom, Lisa, and Matt; great-grandchildren, Thomas, Tiffany, Cameron, Leanna, Andrea, Benny, Kayla, and Dawson; and great-great-grandchildren, Gage and KC. Glenn was preceded in death by Doris, his wife of 65 years.

KINGSTON — The Kingston Food Bank’s new digs aren’t ideal — too far from downtown, Barb Fulton said.

But the Food Bank can’t be located in a 22-foot motor home over the winter. So Fulton is moving the food bank into her husband’s small-engine repair shop at 29630 Rash Road, off Parcells Road.

The location is 1.7 miles north of Highway 104 and 3

tinues to look for a new home closer to downtown; most of the Food Bank’s clients are older, homeless or live on boats.

Year-round 4H club starts in October in Kingston KINGSTON — A new, year-round 4-H club begins Oct. 1.

The club’s primary focus will be dog-related, but will include other activities as well.

Participants can expect to learn about pet therapy and

veterinary science, as well as cooking, environmental stewardship, gardening, photography, and robotics.

The club is open to ages 7-18. Cost is $20 per person, with scholarships available.

The club will meet once per week, from 6:30-8 p.m. from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30.

For more information, call Marion Bond, 360-6921182.

Music program in Hansville church planned for Oct. 6 HANSVILLE

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The

“Singing His Praises” music program is scheduled on Oct. 6 in the Hansville Community Church.

The program, sponsored by the Hansville church and Eglon Community Church, will begin at 6:30 p.m. It is expected to end at 8:30 p.m.

The program will feature favorite hymns, southern gospel, folk, and country gospel. There will be performances and sing-a-longs, with an intermission for refreshments.

— Send Around Town items to editor@kingstoncommunitynews.com.

Obituaries Carl Walter Berg

Glenn W. Hirschi

There will be no memorial service.

— Family of Glenn W. Hirschi

gral part of Kitsap-based MacKichan Software for 14 years.

Her healing journey inspired positive change in so many and included the founding of KINGSTON two local cancer — Patricia Louise support groups.

Kear ney of Ultimately, she Kingston moved found her blissful, on from this world happiest self in on Sept. 1 after a her final days at transformative home. experience with She enjoyed cancer. She was 58. kayaking, tenPatricia Louise She was born nis and traveling in Whittier, Calif., Kearney with her survivMay 27, 1955 to ing husband Robert Kearney and Gladys and two children, Colton Nelson. Patti graduated Bangs of Antwerp, Belgium from UC Berkeley with a and Kearney DeFillipo of bachelor’s degree in architecture and married David Bangs amidst the pines in 1982.

Her accomplished eye for design made her an inte-

Philadelphia. She will be greatly missed.

— Family of Patricia Louise Kearney

Patricia Kearney

Contact us The Kingston Community News publishes obituaries in print and online.

Submit obituary information and photograph to Jodi Blackmore, Kingston Community News, P.O. Box 278, Poulsbo, WA. 98370. Email jblackmore@ nor thkitsapherald.com.

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With our beautiful summer weather this year, I’ve been more reluctant than usual to let get of the shorts and T-shirts wardrobe and settle into the rain and gray skies lifestyle. But we must, and there are ways to make our homes in winter more earth-friendly. This is a good time of year to take stock and make some changes in our habits.

Here are some homebased ideas to think about, ones we certainly consider at our house: n How warmly do you dress? This is a very obvious and easy way to cut our energy use, but amazingly, many people don’t think about it.

Many people shed their down jacket that they are wearing outside, and expect to run around their home and office in a cotton shirt.

It’s really easy to put on an extra sweater or pair of socks, get your family cozy slippers, and keep some warm blankets handy for when you’re sitting still to watch TV or work on the computer. Flannel-lined jeans and a wool sweater, or an extra quilt on the bed, will let you keep the thermostat turned down several degrees. n Do you have a thermostat that can be shut off when heat is not needed? If you can, program your heat to go off when you are at work, or at night when you only need heat in bedrooms. Or just manually turn off the heat when you are gone.

You only need to heat the rooms you are using frequently; close the doors on unused or seldom-used spaces. Simple curtains in archways can enormously reduce heat loss between rooms. n Does your home

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insulate. n How many lights are on in your home, on average? This will vary with the number of people in your home, but keeping it down to one to four lights at a time is great.

Think about it — do you have to spread out in different rooms? Do you need the lights for the whole room if you are working at your desk and can use a desk lamp? Do you remember to shut them off when not in use? I cannot tell you how many times I realize that we’ve left on a light in the bedroom, when no one is there except the cat. Really.

The cat can sleep in the dark, I think. n How many of your lights have you changed to CFLs or LEDs? Compact fluorescent lights and LED bulbs are very efficient. If a 75-watt incandescent (old style) bulb costs $3.80 a month to run, a comparable light from a

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12-watt LED will cost only 43 cents. If you can’t change them all at once, change the bulbs you use the most; you can wait on the ones in the guest room. n Lack of warm sunshine means giving up the backyard clothesline for the winter, but can you skip the clothes dryer? Can you use a dryer rack or line in the basement or back room or sun porch? It may take a little longer for your clothes to drip dry, but you will save loads of energy. We were amazed at the reduction in our energy use when we quit using the clothes dryer (except for fluffing already dry clothes). n Do you know those sneaky energy suck-

ers? All the TVs, computers, monitors, printers, and other electronics suck energy even when they are turned off. They are in constant standby mode.

One estimate is that shutting down all the appliances and electronics for seven or eight hours every night could save an average household about $100 per year in power. One easy way to shut them all down is to use a power strip that can be turned off or unplugged easily. Then remember to do it. n When was the last time you changed your furnace filter? If you have a furnace, this is a good time to get a new filter in there — the cleaner the filter, the less energy it takes to get the heat circulated.

All of these ideas will not make you warmer, necessarily. But they will make your energy consumption less, allowing more of your energy to go to the necessary heating to get you through the winter.

Stay warm.

— Naomi Maasberg is director of Stillwaters Environmental Learning Center. Contact her at naomi@stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org.

Stillwaters’ used book sale continues to mid-October KINGSTON — There’s still time to pick up used books at Stillwaters Environmental Center.

The Stillwaters Book Sale continues every Friday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., until Oct. 13.

The sale has about 15,000 books. Almost all the books are 25 cents to $2, and cover a range of genres.

The Native Plant Nursery will be open during the book sale; plants are available for purchase.

During the last weekend of the sale, Stillwaters will

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What should Kingston ‘be’? Tell the EDC Survey and film series part of branding efforts KINGSTON — When you are in the Kingston area, where do you hang out on weekends or after 6 p.m.? What would you like to see in downtown Kingston? What would you like downtown Kingston to be known for?

The Greater Kingston Economic Development

Council wants residents and visitors’ answers to these questions and more in a survey beginning on Oct. 1 and continuing for two weeks. Look for the QR code around town to directly access the survey on your mobile device or log directly onto the website at www.tellkingston. com. You can also stop by the Kingston Chamber of Commerce at 11201 NE State Highway 104 and fill out a paper survey.

The survey, by the Greater Kingston EDC, is

designed to gather information from residents and visitors to Kingston to identify potential next steps in the pursuit of sustainable economic vitality for Kingston.

The Greater Kingston EDC is offering educational videos and community discussions about why branding is important, and identification of the steps to successfully brand the community. Roger Brooks, a leading destination development expert, will present his two-part series on community branding in four ses-

sions.

Part 1 was shown Sept.

24, 6:30 p.m., at North Kitsap Fire and Rescue headquarters station, 26642 Miller Bay Road NE. Part 1 will be shown again Sept. 27, 9 a.m., at the Firehouse Theater, 11171 NE State Highway 104.

Part 2 will be shown Oct. 3, 9 a.m., at the Firehouse Theater; and later the same day, 6:30 p.m., at North Kitsap Fire and Rescue headquarters station.

“The videos are part of

a series of webinars created by Roger Brooks on Destination Development,” Nancy Langwith wrote in an email. “We thank Rick Bjarnson of the Kingston IGA for funding the All Access Pass allowing the Greater Kingston EDC to have access to Brooks' entire video library. The video is one hour followed by a discussion. The sessions are free and all community members are welcome. No reservations are required.”

Alma Hammon, Managing Broker 360-509-5218 alma@windermere.com

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Bedroom: 3 | Bathroom: 1.5 $499,000 MLS# 538896 28371 Gamble Bay Rd NE Kingston, WA 98346 Winding drive lined w/tall firs & sunny gardens leads to this spellbinding 1,953 sq ft waterfront cottage. Sweeping views from expansive picture windows. Covered full length porch on water side. Watch otters frolic, eagles spin through the sky, & fisherman bringing in their hauls. 100’ bulkheaded waterfront w/steps to beach, landing for viewing.

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Peyton Watland wins S’Klallam Days Talent Show LITTLE BOSTON — Peyton Watland, 10, a Port Gamble S’Klallam tribal member, won the 2013 S’Klallam Days Talent Show, Sept. 14 in the longhouse in Little Boston.

Peyton, a fourth-grader at Pearson Elementary School, more than impressed the judges with her performance of “The Great Escape,” by Pink.

She exhibited great range and maturity, singing with seeming understanding of the lyrics: “... the passion and the pain / are gonna keep you alive someday.”

Nizhoni Price won second place for her performance of “The Cup Song” — a folk-pop combination of the old Carter Family song, “When I’m Gone,” and the Cup game; the song was popularized this year by the singer-actor Anna Kendrick.

Angel Ives, the only adult to place, won third place for her soulful performance of Alannah Myles’ 1990 Grammy award-winning hit, “Black Velvet.”

Other competitors: Harmony Tyson, who sang Alicia Keys’ “This Girl is On Fire”; Bethany Swift, Harmony’s mother, who sang a song by Adele; and modern dancer Jayla Moon.

Winners received VISA gift cards; others received participation prizes.

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Area Acres Price Hansville 16.43 (SOLD) $120,000 Hansville 2.5 (SOLD) $40,000 Hansville 1.14 (SOLD) $299,000 (125 ft. waterfront) Kingston 2.53 $39,500 Kingston 2.53 (Pasture) $90,000 Kingston 2.53 (Pasture) $90,000 Kingston 2.53 (Pasture) $110,000 Kingston 9.89 (Pasture) $325,000 Kingston 0.62 (View) $95,000 Kingston 0.62 (View) $120,000 Kingston 7.85 (Wooded) $165,000 Kingston 21.7 (SOLD) $860,000 (675 ft. Waterfront) Kingston 2.5 (Commercial) $330,000 Kingston 7.85 (SOLD) $110,000 Kingston 2.5 (Commercial) $330,000 Eglon 0.9 (SOLD) $155,000 (100 ft. waterfront) Eglon 1.27 (100 ft. waterfront) $209,000

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Drain fields complicate plans

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ear Jan: Our friends were about to close on their home when it was determined that the drain field was not big enough.

Our friends question this, as the drain field was designed for a four-bedroom house.

The house has three bedrooms. The garage has a little apartment above it with only one bedroom.

How can the drain field be too small? — SEC Dear SEC: Oh … the drain field saga continues. Suddenly everybody is talking drain fields.

I must be truthful, I already heard about this situation from another realtor before I received your question, otherwise I would have been stumped.

The key to the snafu was the little apartment. It had a stove in it. Kitsap County code says that if there is a stove, there must be another leg to the drain field. Therefore, this drain field needed to be a fivebedroom system.

There is a new twist on who is watching our drain field status during escrow.

Just Ask Jan By jan zufelt Before a transaction can close, the seller must provide a reconveyance letter from Kitsap Public Health Department. They physically come to the home and check the drain field to make sure it is not compromised in any way.

Discussions with other brokers as of late have brought to our attention a recently noticed new trend.

The appraiser and/or the lender’s under writing departments are crossing a fictional line and making calls about the drain fields, ignoring our county codes.

One killed a deal over the studio above the garage, which had no stove, closets or beds because the rooms

could be used as bedrooms.

That is not what our code says. No closet, it is not considered a bedroom.

The key here is that one does not just add a leg to the drain field. The land and soils have to accommodate an additional leg; many times, they will not.

So now, suddenly, a nongovernment entity is killing a real estate deal without just cause. (Read the code, peeps!)

The appraisers and underwriters are to protect the lender. Killing the transaction, though, when a violation of code has not happened is not in the best interest of anyone. (Please note, most appraisers and underwriters do an excellent job — thanks to them.)

The moral of this story is to know your drain field before you list. Make sure there are no stoves, beds or closets where they should not be located. That way, everything will go down as it should — pun intended.

— Jan Zufelt is an agent with John L. Scott Real Estate in Kingston. Email janzufelt@telebyte.com.

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October 2013

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