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Ex-student charged with making ‘threats to kill’ At Kingston High School By KIPP ROBERTSON
krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
KINGSTON — A former Kingston High School student was charged in District Court on
Sept. 8 with felony harassment for making threats to “shoot up” the school. Matthew Allen Smiley, 18, was arrested the morning of Sept. 5 at his Kingston home. He was arrested for felony harassment and second-degree unlawful pos-
session of a firearm. He was formally charged in District Court with “felony harassment for making threats to kill.” Smiley is being held on $2 million bail. His next court date is Sept. 23. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison
and/or a $10,000 fine. Kitsap County Sheriff’s patrol deputies initiated the investigation into Smiley’s alleged threats the afternoon of Sept. 4 following a 9-1-1 report made by Kingston
‘Kilo’
A look back at the great fire of 1914
By LUKE WESSON
By JUDY DRISCOLL
lwesson@northkitsapherald.com
Herald columnist
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See KILO, Page A7
Poulsbo Police Officer Nick Hoke and Kilo, the department’s new K-9. Kilo will go on active duty after completing 200 hours of on-the-job training. Luke Wesson / Herald
Family, now scattered throughout U.S., reunites in Pearson to remember their roots By LUKE WESSON
lwesson@northkitsapherald.com
PEARSON — Victor Frank Hill immigrated from Waasa, Finland to the States in 1906 when he was 19, sailing from Liverpool to New York where he renounced allegiance to
■ 4 more arrests in connection with alleged threats. — Page A3 ■ New program to make schools safer. — Page A4
It was 100 years ago, Sept. 15 ...
Meet the city’s newest police officer OULSBO — Poulsbo’s newest addition to its police force understands German, has run a marathon, and expects to retire in 12 years. Kilo, a German Shepard/Malinois, is the department’s new K-9, trained to sniff out cocaine, heroin and meth. The department hopes Kilo will help deter drug use and drug sales in Poulsbo. Kilo lives with his handler, Officer Nick Hoke. Kilo is 18 months old, 68 pounds, loves greeting visitors and walking the waterfront docks with Hoke,
See THREATS, Page A3
INSIDE
Nicholas II, “emperor of all the Russias.” He asserted, as required at the time, that he was not an anarchist, was not a polygamist, and that he intended to become a citizen of the United States.
His occupation was listed as “laborer” then. He made his way to Aberdeen, Chehalis County, in 1914 and, in 1917, Kitsap County. He and his wife, Erika, made a nice life here. They raised their See REUNION, Page A17
POULSBO — One hundred years ago, the summer of 1914 was hot and dry, similar to this year. Several fires had foreshadowed the disaster to come. On July 31, the Grand Trunk dock and about half of the Colman dock in Seattle burned, causing an estimated loss of $400,000. Poulsbo’s steamer Athlon was charred and singed badly at Colman dock before she got up steam to leave. Fires plagued Fjord Drive during the first week in August. An overturned oil lamp at the Matson home burned the summer kitchen and part of the fence. Neighbors fought to keep the fire from spreading to the house and barn. Later that week, a brush fire in the woods spread near the Matson property again. Poulsbo’s volunteer See FIRE OF 1914, Page A13
Sue Keene wipes her grandfather’s headstone at Pearson Cemetery, during the family’s Sept. 6 visit. The family revisited its roots. Luke Wesson
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