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Love, romance and acon Pages 12-18
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Annual CVG Show announces winners — page 10
Pinot Noirs drive Oregon’s wine scene
The many ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your sweetheart in Kitsap
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New Poulsbo bus route is free, for now By RICHARD D. OXLEY
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Nearly 100 handmade Valentines are on their way to Haiti, where local dentists are providing care to children in an area devastated by the earthquake in 2010. Richard D. Oxley / Herald
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POULSBO — Poulsbo is a city on the move: population, downtown events, updated roads. And now residents and visitors have a little extra help getting around. Kitsap Transit began a new bus route — route 44 — on Feb. 1, which loops around Poulsbo’s most visited locales, such as downtown and Olympic College. “These are Poulsbo’s
ONLINE ■ Photos from the inaugural run of the Poulsbo Loop bus. — NorthKitsapHerald. com
most frequented spots with a lot of vehicles,” said Steffani Lillie, service and capital development director with Kitsap Transit. “That’s what we were looking at — how we could reduce traffic congestion by getting people out of cars and onto the bus and still be able to get to all the places they need to go, like to a shop or to a medical center.” See LOOP, Page A3
NKHS students make Valentines for Now online: Documentary children in quake-devastated city about Poulsbo pot ban By RICHARD D. OXLEY
By RICHARD D. OXLEY
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OULSBO — The pile is quite large, and it isn’t known how many Valentines are in it. But one thing is for certain, there’s at least 88. That’s the number, at least, of children that Dr. Lyle Beck will be
serving in Haiti when he travels there on Feb. 6. He will spend a week in the island country before returning on Feb. 14. Beck will take with him the pile of Valentines crafted by students in Lola Haveman’s French classes at North Kitsap High School. “They called me and said they
are going on a trip to Haiti and they thought it would be nice to do Valentine cards,” Haveman said. “We spent a part of the lesson putting together the cards. They are all in French. Students were saying things like ‘Hang in there,’ ‘Happy Valentine’s Day,’ ‘I’m sorry See HAITI, Page A10
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POULSBO — It’s been nearly seven months since the Poulsbo City Council banned recreational and medical marijuana operations in Poulsbo. But one local man hasn’t forgotten the controversial decision. Branden Heinemann
of Poulsbo was a vocal opponent of the ban as it was being discussed by the council in June 2014. Heinemann has now made an 18-minute online documentary about Poulsbo’s ban on marijuana, expressing his opinion that the City Council’s arguments for the See POT BAN, Page A3
Most City Council, school board positions on 2015 ballot By RICHARD WALKER
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POULSBO — A majority of positions on the Poulsbo City Council and North Kitsap School Board will be
on the 2015 general election ballot. Depending on where they live, North Kitsap residents will also vote for commissioners in two fire pro-
tection districts, five port districts, and a park district. But we just finished a big election and, heck, it’s only February, you say? Well, the 2015 election season
is closer than you might think. By the time you’ve finished counting the Easter eggs in your basket (the first Sunday in April),
potential candidates will be thinking of their pitches to you: How they will be responsible stewards of See ELECTION, Page A7
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