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Friday, November 22, 2013 | Vol. 112, No. 47 | www.northkitsapherald.com | 50¢ Poulsbo Lions / Raab Foundation Bellringer Fund
Fishline moving to Viking Ave. Could spur move of Farmers Market, other businesses to area
Fishline director Mary Nader said the Viking Avenue building is twice the size of the 3rd Avenue site.
By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — North Kitsap Fishline will move to the old Poulsbo RV site on Viking Avenue by February, giving it room to consolidate and expand its services — and possibly spur new development on the struggling thoroughfare. Fishline bought the site from
$1,000 kickoff for B’ringer POULSBO — This year’s Poulsbo Lions/ Raab Foundation Bellringer Fund campaign got off to an early start with a $1,000 donation from Ed and Lori Stern of Poulsbo. The Sterns made the donation in memory of Dale Rudolph, a former Poulsbo City Council member who died July 6. Ed Stern is a financial adviser and City Council member. The fund raised $28,846 last year and $33,061 the year prior. The money makes a difference in a lot of local lives, fund chairman John Macdonald said. See fund, Page A3
Richard D. Oxley / Herald
Poulsbo RV for $900,000, the appraised price, Fishline execu-
tive director Mary Nader said. The sale is scheduled to close Dec. 2.
Mayor’s plan to fight heroin Cameras in parks included in action plan
Mayor Becky Erickson introduced a threepronged plan to combat heroin use in Poulsbo. These are some of the syringes recovered from Poulsbo police.
By RICHARD D. OXLEY
roxley@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — Poulsbo parks will soon capture more than the beauty of the season, or contribute to the scenic landscape of the city. Soon, they will capture all park activity on camera — and, the mayor hopes, contribute to heroin busts. Cameras are planned for installation in city parks, and park hours will now be strictly enforced. Poulsbo residents are also being encouraged to use their smart phones to photograph suspicious behavior and email it to a city email address. The tech-savvy developments are part of Mayor Becky Erickson’s action plan to combat the rising use of heroin in the community. “This is our town, and we all love it,” Erickson told the City Council
Nov. 20. “I don’t know about you folks, but I’m not tolerating this. We can’t cure addiction and we are not going to stop drugs from coming into our community, but we certainly can combat the behavior.” Poulsbo Police Chief
Alan Townsend made a dramatic presentation Nov. 13 about the city’s heroin problem and the crime left in its wake. This week, the mayor responded. “I haven’t had a lot of sleep since last Wednesday, to tell you
Remodeling will take about six weeks, with Fishline moving in by February. Fishline owns outright its current location on 3rd Street. Nader said Fishline hasn’t decided whether to lease it out or sell it and pay down its mortgage on Viking Avenue. The move will come at a good time for Fishline. The non-profit agency is currently located in a 3,000-square-foot building on narrow 3rd Ave. where parking is at a premium. So is privacy; people queue up outside because the food bank can only accommodate five people at a time. See FISHLINE, Page A6
Student approached by car ‘did the right thing’ By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — The driver of the minivan may have tried to lure the boy into his vehicle. Or he may have wanted to ask him a question. Either way, the 12-year-old Poulsbo boy did the right thing, police said. He ran. The boy said a stranger tried to lure him into a minivan as he walked from his home to Poulsbo Middle School, around noon Nov. 20. Poulsbo Police The boy’s mother said he was Department / walking along Noll Road when Contributed a man drove past him, turned around in a cul de sac and drove by him again and “motioned the truth,” she said. “I did for him to get in the van.” The a lot of reading about how encounter occurred a half-block other communities fight from Poulsbo Elementary School. drugs.” The boy ran away from the Erickson said there is road and through the elementary a lot of information about school property to the middle treatment and health polischool, where he reported the cies, but there is not as much information about See HEROIN, Page A3
See STUDENT, Page A7
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