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NKF&R sued for sexual harassment Charges denied; claim spurred investigation, annual training for all department personnel By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — Several male super-
HOMECOMING Kingston High celebrates — Pages A12-13
visors at North Kitsap Fire & Rescue are accused in a lawsuit in Kitsap County Superior Court of frequently
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Kingston Port candidates forum: page A14
Indianola Port Commission has a full house: page A18
Profiles: Poulsbo City Council No. 7 candidates Melody Eisler, Jim Henry By RICHARD D. OXLEY
Staff Writer
sports Swimmers break 28-year record — Page A8
6th. Avenue
local news 6th Avenue project update — Page A2
The area’s largest Classified section — In Kitsap Week
making gender-biased remarks and sexual comments about women — including a firefighter’s daughter. Superior Court Judge Jeanette Dalton declined a request on Sept. 27 from NKF&R’s lawyer that the lawsuit be dropped. “Clearly I’m not going to grant the
POULSBO — Three seats on Poulsbo’s City Council are on the Nov. 5 ballot, however, only one is contested. Melody Sky Eisler is running for Position 7, held by Jim Henry, who is running for reelection. Melody Sky Jim Henry Both candidates bear a fervor Eisler for Poulsbo, but come at the city from entirely different angles. Washington, and a bachelor of The 2012 campaign season in fine arts. She previously served Poulsbo is certain to pit an expe- as public arts manager for the rienced “known quantity” against arts commission of Boise, Idaho, a spirited fresh perspective. where she was also a librarian. Melody Sky Eisler More recently, she graduated www.vote4melody.com as part of the Leadership Kitsap Eisler emerged onto the local Class of 2013, a course aimed at scene in 2011 when she took “emerging leaders in business, over as manager of the Silverdale government and the communibranch of the Kitsap Regional ty to expand their skills in and Library. commitment to voluntary civic She has a master’s degree responsibility,” according to its in library and information sci- website. With Leadership Kitsap, ence from the University of she worked on a team tackling a
By RICHARD D. OXLEY
Silverdale — Two Poulsbo firefighters went above and beyond their duties last week when they
found themselves in the midst of an alleged roadside assault and kidnapping. Firefighter Bruce Lowrie and paramedic Frank Leamer
See LAWSUIT, Page A3
Shutdown How Congress’ impasse hurts North Kitsap STAFF REPORT
were returning from dropping two patients off at a hospital in Bremerton when they intervened
POULSBO — Here’s how the government shutdown affected Kitsap County the week it went into effect. n Puget Sound Naval Shipyard: Approximately 3,500 civilian employees furloughed, according to Mary A. Mascianica, public affairs n What you need officer. to know about the n NaAffordable Care Act — val Base NorthKitsapHerald.com Kitsap: 97 of 453 civilian employees furloughed, according to Chief Petty Officer Daniel Pearson, public affairs officer for Navy Region Northwest. Employees assigned to fire and emergency services are not furloughed; Naval Base Kitsap has six fire stations and two police stations. n Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northwest: “137 employees will be receiving a furlough letter sometime today,” said Leslie Yuenger, public affairs officer. NAVFAC NW headquarters is located on Naval Base Kitsap — Bangor. n U.S. Navy Region Northwest: Approximately 16,000 Navy civilian employees will be furloughed
See THWART, Page A11
See SHUTDOWN, Page A7
civic project. “My team worked on the waterfront for the city of Port Orchard and the Port of Bremerton to add public art enhancements,” Eisler said. “It includes a reflexology path and a beautiful bench. It’s featured in all their tourist information.” She was honored as one of Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal’s 40 Under Forty in 2012 for her work with community building in her position at the library, involvement with Leadership Kitsap and work on the Kitsap County Arts Board. Eisler is drawn by Poulsbo’s sense of community, and it is there she wishes to make a difference, particularly on the City Council. “When I first lived here I had to pinch myself, it’s so beautiful See CANDIDATES, Page A15
Poulsbo firefighters thwart kidnap attempt roxley@northkitsapherald.com
motion to dismiss,” Dalton said. “It’s clear to me the plaintiff intends to pursue her complaint.” Tamara Dotson was a firefighter for NKF&R from January 1999 to July 2009 — first as a volunteer firefighter, and from November 2001 to
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