INSIDE Swim Deck owners intend to pay former employees A5
BUSINESS Dickey’s opens new location in Port Orchard A9
SPORTS Hammel gets into ‘playoff- type’ atmosphere A23
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Email answers mayor’s concerns about agreement
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Mayor sends email to council members, not city attorney By DANNIE OLIVEAUX Editor
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A man examines a 1932 Ford Roadster during the fourth annual Car Show and Shine event hosted by the Port Orchard Eagles. More than 80 vintage and classic cars and trucks rolled onto the grounds and parking lot of the Eagles Hall.
Two Republicans, Democrat seek top two spots in state House race By DANNIE OLIVEAUX Editor
A pair of Republicans and a Democrat are seeking the top two spots in the Aug. 5 primary for the District 26 state representative seat to be decide in November. Incumbent State Rep. Position 1 Jesse Young is being ch a l l e nge d by fellow Republican Bill Scheidler, a political activist, and former Democratic state senator Nathan Schlicher. Young, 37, was appointed to the House seat in January to fill the unexpired term of Jan Angel who won the district’s senate in
November. He was raised in Tacoma and graduated as valedictorian from Wilson High School. Young went to Young Scheidler Schlicher the University of Notre Dame and earned a dren,” Young said. “The startbachelor’s degree in management ing point for that is getting our economy going and promoting information systems. He works as a technology con- job growth. As a technology consultant and software engineer. sultant, I work in an industry that Young ran unsuccessfully for is increasingly sending its best job opportunities offshore. We must Congress in 2010 and 2012. Young, who grew up homeless reverse this trend. As a legislator, in Tacoma, said he’s running to I can advance legislation to create ensure than his five children grow an environment for those jobs to up in an environment that pro- stay and grow here.” He resides in Gig Harbor with vides them with opportunity and a chance to pursue their dreams. SEE CANDIDATES, A21 “I want this for all of our chil-
An email sent by Port Orchard’s city attorney on July 3, answered questions that Mayor Tim Matthes asked pertaining to wanting the city council to reconsider action it took on June 24 in approving an agreement with C&M Golf LLC that restored a water right to the city from a mistake in a 2008 contract. City Attorney Greg Jacoby stated in an email sent to Matthes and the council, that he was surprised the mayor didn’t include him in an email sent to council members on June 30. In the email, Jacoby wrote that the mayor claimed that he failed to provide him with a list of specific information.
C&M Golf LLC Agreement Timeline Jan. 3, 2003: City council approved an agreement (signed by Mayor Jay Weatherill) with McCormick Land Co., that the city agreed once the Department of Ecology (DOE) has approved the water right application for Well 4B, the city would assign the water right to McCormick. December 2005: The city applied for a water right on Well 4B and DOE approved the water right May 5, 2008: Mayor Lary Coppola signed the assignment for water right to McCormick Land Co., acting under the authority of the city council’s Jan. 27, 2003 approval. June 24, 2014: City council approved an agreement with C&M Golf LLC that restored a water right to the city from a mistake in a 2008 contract.
Jacoby stated he’d never seen the list and that he recalled one conversation SEE EMAIL, A22
SKSD’s fund balance increases up rapidly By CHRIS CHANCELLOR Senior Reporter
South Kitsap School District officials expect a significant increase in its fund balance. Al Jones, SKSD interim chief financial officer, who made the budget presentation during Tuesday night’s school board meeting, projects that number to increase to $8 million when school begins. He said the explanation behind that is simple: several departments spent
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less money than anticipated during the 2013-14 school year. Jones, who assisted SKSD officials with developing a budget for the upcoming school year, said the fund balance should increase at a more modest rate in 2014-15. He and his colleagues expect the fund balance to increase to about $8.5 million at the conclusion of the 2014-15 school year. That would represent the district’s largest fund balance since it was more SEE BUDGET, A22