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Friday, December 26, 2014 | Vol. 113, No. 52 | WWW.NORTHKITSAPHERALD.COM | 50¢ Poulsbo Lions / Raab Foundation Bellringer Fund
City fees may halt port’s plans Liveaboard proposal could cost $50,000 By RICHARD D. OXLEY
roxley@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — The Port of Poulsbo began an effort to
increase its liveaboard numbers in March 2014. Since then, it has engaged the City of Poulsbo to find a process to do so.
Port commissioners have attended City Council and city committee meetings, and met with staff city members, often finding a new process thrown into the mix. Now, another process may halt
Filled the bus, and local needs
Neighbors Helping Neighbors: A FourPart Series
Morrow Manor will provide stable homes for DV survivors as they build new lives
Poulsbo Lions/Raab Foundation Bellringer
See FUND, Page A2
See LIVEABOARDS, Page A8
A place of nurture, renewal
Local fund $4K behind 2013 to date POULSBO — If you need a late holiday gift idea, or you want to balance all that you have received with some philanthropy, or you’d like another tax deduction before the year’s end, here’s a worthy cause: The Poulsbo Lions/Raab Foundation Bellringer Fund. As of Dec. 22, the North Kitsap Herald’s early holiday deadline, the fund was $4,196 behind the 2013 total at this same time last year. Last week, 19 generous individuals, households or organizations donated a combined $2,483 to the fund, bringing the year’s total to date to $13,764. Still, that’s behind the $17,960 donated to date in 2013. The fund helps North Kitsap residents in crisis meet basic needs and emergency expenses. In 2013, North Kitsap
the effort altogether. “Brad [Miller] and I went up in April and talked with [city officials] face-to-face and we thought that was a pre-application meeting, and then they tell us
Margaret Rodriguez, executive director of Stand Up for Kids, helps transfer donated supplies from a school bus to her rented van, Dec. 17. For two months, students at North Kitsap High School and Kingston Middle School collected food for local food banks, and supplies for homeless and at-risk youth. Jenn Markaryan / Contributed
Food, supplies collected for food banks, Stand Up for Kids POULSBO — The third annual Fill the Bus campaign collected more than 1,000 pounds of food for local non-profits and supplies for Stand Up for Kids. Buses parked from the end of October to Dec. 12 at North Kitsap High School and
Kingston Middle School were filled with food and supplies. At the end of the campaign, the food was distributed to North Kitsap Fishline, ShareNet and the Kingston Food Bank. Fishline received 1,017 pounds of food.
The supplies go to Stand Up for Kids, a non-profit that works to provide services to homeless and at-risk youth. Supplies included blankets, sleeping bags, socks and more. The campaign was led by the schools’ Interact clubs and ASB. The Interact Club is a community service organization supported by Rotary. North Kitsap High School librarian Mary Fox started the campaign three years ago. She See FILL THE BUS, Page A9
Editor’s note: This is the fourth 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. By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — Amy Sanford said she got the courage to escape a physically abusive marriage when, during another visit to the hospital emergency room, her daughter asked her, “Mom, when is this going to end?” Sanford and her daughter escaped with the help of a pastor. A stable, supportive place to live while she rebuilt her life enabled her to return to school and earn a degree in accounting. She now works in Seattle and lives on See MORROW, Page A8
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