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Friday, December 5, 2014 | Vol. 113, No. 49 | WWW.NORTHKITSAPHERALD.COM | 50¢ Poulsbo Lions / Raab Foundation Bellringer Fund
Neighbors Helping Neighbors: A Four-Part Series
Family holds on to hope Crab fisherman missing since Nov. 25 STAFF REPORTS
Bellringer at onefifth of 2013 total By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — North Kitsap residents gave $6,155 in two weeks to the Poulsbo Lions/ Raab Foundation Bellringer Fund. That’s a healthy start toward meeting or exceeding the 2013 campaign total of $32,431. The campaign continues through the year end. Donations are tax-deductible and can be mailed to P.O. Box 1244, Poulsbo, WA 98370. Donations are also accepted at the North Kitsap Herald, 19351 8th Ave. NE, Poulsbo; and Union Bank, 19950 7th Ave. NE, Poulsbo. John S. Macdonald, a Poulsbo CPA and co-director of the fund, said money raised in 2013 provided holiday meals for local families in need, and helped local households in a rough patch keep roofs over their heads, pay their utility See BELLRINGER, Page A6
you need shelter, need a meal, or need help keeping the heat on. A good place to start is 2-1-1. This information and referral service can connect you with the service you need. (If 2-1-1 is tied up, call 866-736-9634). Otherwise, here’s where
ANACORTES — The official search for a missing crab fisherman has ended. But his family and friends are holding onto hope that he’s out there, waiting to be found. Dean Harvey may be alive but unable to reach help, said Tanya Christenson, a longtime friend of Harvey’s and spokeswoman for the family. Or, she said, he may be confused or otherwise unable to com- Dean Harvey municate. “He could be on land. He could be in a hospital. No one knows what happened,” she said Dec. 1 as friends, family members and volunteers joined the search from Port Townsend to Boundary Bay. The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s Natural Resources Enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard ended their search efforts. Harvey, 48, a Bremerton resident and Port Gamble S’Klallam
See HELPING HAND, Page A2
See MISSING, Page A6
Miranda Hoffer, in black jacket, loads food into a cart to take into ShareNet, in Kingston, during a food drive in 2013. Numerous local agencies and volunteers are part of a safety net to help North Kitsap residents get through crises during the winter months. Kipp Robertson / 2013
Cold, hungry, or homeless? These neighbors want to help you By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@northktisapherald.com
Editor’s note: This is the second of four stories in a North Kitsap Herald special holiday series, Neighbors Helping Neighbors. The series calls attention to little-known causes that change lives in our community — and how you can help.
P
OULSBO — Baby, it’s cold outside. And that’s no sweet song for those who have hit a bad stretch, or can’t afford to turn up the heat or keep the fire stoked, or don’t have a roof over their heads. When winter throws punches, there are places to turn to if
Time is running short for boathouse in Liberty Bay By RICHARD D. OXLEY
roxley@northktisapherald.com
POULSBO — Another chapter has emerged in the ongoing tale of the boathouse anchored in Liberty Bay. John Zetty had 30 days to remove his boathouse after he anchored it in the bay, after the
Port of Poulsbo evicted him from the marina for repeated late payment of moorage fees. That deadline passed on Nov. 29. “I was supposed to have it moved [from the bay] Saturday, but we had a storm then,” Zetty said Dec. 1. “Every time it seems like this thing is resolved, I turn
around and it’s not.” The state’s Department of Natural Resources will now proceed with plans to remove the boathouse from the bay, but if Zetty can manage it, he would like to sell it before that happens. Zetty’s wooden Owens boat is moored inside the boathouse.
Zetty said he is in the midst of negotiations between a couple of parties that could purchase the boathouse — one being the Port of Poulsbo, which evicted him. “We got people who want to buy the boathouse,” Zetty said. See BOATHOUSE, Page A9
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