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Both sides report feeling harassed in rift over home business.
Neighbor denies pellet gun shooting
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By JUSTINE FREDERIKSEN
Staff Writer
Independent
Tensions between two Port Orchard neighbors that erupted after one attempted to open a home business last year led both women to head down to the Kitsap County Courthouse Monday and file restraining orders against each other. Shelia Cronan, 49, said she filed a restraining order against Amber Keehn after returning home from a camping trip Aug. 17 and discovering pellets had been
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▼ Matthes, Garrido advance in SK commissioner race; Dalton, Danielson in judicial contest.
By CHARLIE BERMANT
Staff Writer
Expectations were turned on their head in two Kitsap County political contests during Tuesday night’s primary election, as the perceived front-runners came in third and were disqualified in their respective races. Republican Tim Matthes drew the most votes in the South Kitsap commissioner’s race, followed by Democrat Charlotte Garrido. Monty Mahan, who was the first to declare for the seat and earned the endorsement of local mayors, came in third (See related story, page A3).
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Participating in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the reopening of the Port Orchard Library are (left to right) John Lyall, chairman of the KRL board of directors; Jill Jean, KRL director; Sen. Nathan Schlicher, District 26; Charlotte Garrido, Kitsap County commissioner; Kathleen Wilson, library branch manager; John Relaford, Friends of Library president; and Cindy Lucarelli, Port Orchard city councilwoman. BRUCE DANIELSON
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Port Orchard resident Lt. Barry Doll poses for a photograph at one of the seven bases around Kabul, Afghanistan. He was responsible for ensuring the bases were built to specifications as the contracting officer for the Special Operation team he was assigned.
Custodians won’t be replaced, $1.72 million will be taken from reserve fund.
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By CHRIS CHANCELLOR
Election
Staff Writer
Port Orchard will keep its second-class city status and mayorcouncil government after citizens casted their ballots in Tuesday’s general election. Proposition No. 1 would have changed Port Orchard to a code city and change t h e form of government to a councilmanager was defeated by a 2-to-1 margin. According to unofficial results Wednesday morning, 1,382 (67.7
and pension rates along with inflation as issues. In addition to the money saved on custodians, Patton said the district will dip into its reserve fund for $1.72 million. She said that’s not all bad because the district saved more than it anticipated in its last fiscal year, which ends Aug. 31. Patton said they also will save through not filling other vacant positions in the district, and through cutting expenses on supplies. The board unanimously adopted the budget. Patton warned in previous meetings that the “hard decisions” likely won’t end
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percent) of Port Orchard voters opposed the measure to 658 (32.3) in favor with eight of 12 precincts reporting. Bek Ashby will fill the Port Orchard council Position 2 seat after Carolyn Powers retires. Ashby collected 64 percent (1,194) of the vote to Kim Punt’s 35 percent (657). Ashby said she was humbled by the voters’ support. “My first reaction was of gratitude to the voters,” Ashby said. “The accessibility to my campaign and my responsiveness to voters are foundations I will move forward to my role on the council. Now it’s time to take down campaign signs, then dive into the city’s preliminary budget.” Incumbent Jerry Childs kept his council at-large seat with more than 60 percent (1,104) of the vote to newcomer Eric Gonnason’s 38.6 percent (708). Childs said he was “humbled once again” by the community’s support. SEE SCHOOL, PAGE A2
activities she reported as stemming from Keehn’s attempts to operate a business out of her home. Weaver said following an April 11 hearing with the city’s Hearing Examiner, certain conditions were placed on Keehn’s permit to mitigate Cronan’s concerns before she would be allowed to operate her business. “(Keehn) has addressed all but one of those conditions, with the last being the letter from the (Kitsap County) Health Department,” Weaver said, explaining that Keehn’s current sewer facilities are
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By DANNIE OLIVEAUX
The South Kitsap School District is a little closer to closing its $2.9 million deficit for the upcoming school year. Terri Patton, assistant superintendent for business and support services, said at Wednesday’s school board meeting that the district won’t replace five full-time custodians who left the district after the last school year. She said that will save the district $250,000. Patton said the deficit stems from unforeseen circumstances when the district presented its last levy to voters in 2004. She cited escalating teacher salaries
chasing it last spring. City Development Director James Weaver confirmed that Keehn received a conditional-use permit to operate a onechair hair salon out of her home, which he described as “pretty innocuous” and something that doesn’t typically reach “the level of intensive use,” as far as impacts on the neighborhood are concerned. However, since November of 2007, Cronan has filed multiple complaints with the city regarding traffic, noise and other
Unofficials results show 27.2 percent voter turnout in Kitsap County
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Proposition No. 1 fails, Bek Ashby elected to council shot in three of her home’s windows. Cronan, who lives on the 200 block of Flower Meadows Street in Port Orchard, said she believed the attack was part of an ongoing dispute with Keehn, whom she alleges has been running a hair salon out of her home without a business license and in defiance of a city “stop-work” order. Keehn, 30, said she filed for permission from the city of Port Orchard to operate a hair salon out of her home on the 2300 block of Flower Avenue soon after pur-
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Library back and running after reopening By DANNIE OLIVEAUX Editor
More than 120 people packed into the newly renovated Port Orchard Library after it opened its doors after a two-month closure on Nov. 1. The “Renovation Celebration” reopening ceremony attracted more than 120 people as the Port Orchard Library unveiled its newly reno-
vated interior. “I am so excited and it’s been an amazing journey,” said Kathleen Wilson, branch manager. Wilson said the project would not have happened without the efforts of Kitsap Regional Library Director Jill Jean. “This building really shows what can truly happen when people come together and form a wonderful partnership,” Jean said. “What
you see here is the result of a lot of creativity, a lot of tenacity and a lot of people putting forth a gigantic effort.” Jean thanked the City of Port Orchard for the joint partnership, along with the Kitsap Regional Library Foundation, Friends of the Port Orchard Library, South Kitsap Rotary, Phil Grey Foundation, Port SEE LIBRARY, A11
Doll shares on providing peace of mind at home, abroad This the first in a two-part series on Port Orchard businessman Barry Doll serving as a lieutenant of the Supply Corps in the Navy Reserve working overseas as a logistical officer. By DOUGLAS H. STUTZ
Public Affairs, Naval Hospital Bremerton
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here are Individual Augmentee tales to tell, stories to share and duties to describe, as well as honoring those doing the telling, sharing and describing. That is exactly what will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 15 at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Chapel as Navy Region Northwest Fleet and Family Support Center hosts the “Heroes Welcome” recognition ceremony.
The annual event has been tailored specifically for all active duty and activated reservist men and women who have deployed as an Individual Augmentee (IA). Each IA who has served in that capacity will be honored, including one activated reservist officer who will share his challenges of being mobilized and the associated impact on career and family, and also touch upon his duty and accomplishments while deployed. In his civilian job as an American Family Insurance agent, Barry Doll understands giving people peace of mind by providing dependable protection for their personal auto, home, business and life needs. As a lieutenant of the Supply Corps in the
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Navy Reserve working overseas as a logistical officer, Doll found himself providing another form of peace of mind that was based on professional safety and security needs. Assigned to Combined Special Operations Force Task Force 10 at Camp Vose, Kabul, Afghanistan, Doll took on the task of becoming a contracting officer to handle the need of constructing seven forward operating bases, all within a 200-mile radius of Kabul. It was his duty to ensure that the fortified Special Forces bases were built to specifications for the Task Force members, not only U.S. military personal but also soldiers from SEE DOLL, A11