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COMMUNITY NEWS Vol. 32 no. 2 • February
KingstonCommunityNews.com
2015
Meet POK’s feathery friend school district
may get police presence again Poulsbo PD could temporarily help in Kingston By rICHArD D. OXLEy STAFF WRITER
POULSBO — North Kitsap schools may soon have a little more enforcement than a hall monitor. Talks between the district and the City of Poulsbo could result in
Quackers the Muscovy duck frequents the Port of Kingston and Mike Wallace Park. The duck can be found searching the park’s grounds for food, or lounging in the marina or on a boat. Kipp Robertson / Staff photo
‘Quackers’ the duck becomes latest port resident By KIpp rOBErTSON EDITOR
K
INGSTON — It’s a foggy morning in Kingston. The sun is attempting to break through the clouds on what looks like a clear, cold day. And the dew-covered lawn at Mike
a police officer being assigned to schools in Poulsbo. A deputy from the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office may also become present at NKSD’s schools in Kingston in the future. “Both (Mayor Becky Erickson) and (Chief Alan Townsend) have met with the North Kitsap School District to establish, finally, a See pOLICE, Page 2
July 4 fatality investigation over Infraction recommended By KIpp rOBErTSON
EDITOR
Wallace Park is perfect for waddling on in search of breakfast. That was Quackers’ morning on Jan. 19. The Muscovy duck is a common sight, and has
KINGSTON — A Kitsap County Sheriff’s investigator found the driver of a North Kitsap Fire & Rescue fire engine “failed to give right of way” to the driver of a Yamaha scooter who was killed July 4, and
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Kingston marina dredge project finishes on time and under budget By KIpp rOBErTSON EDITOR
KINGSTON — The marina dredge at the Port of Kingston finished on schedule and under budget, according to Port Manager David Malone.
The dredge was completed Dec. 18. It cost $317,880.92. The original estimated cost for the dredge was $463,000. American Construction Company Inc. had the low bid of
$334,361.20. The company finished the project under their own bid. “I am both impressed and quite satisfied with American [Construction’s] performance on this project,” Malone wrote to the
North Kitsap Herald. About 17,000-cubic yards of sediment was removed from the marina. The sediment was transported to waters north of Mukilteo and Everett. The dredge increases the depth of the
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shallow marina. The port will have to monitor the dredged area, and eelgrass that was relocated just outside of the breakwater, for five years. If more sediment has filled in the marina another dredge
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may be necessary. The likelihood of another dredge being necessary down the road potentially increases with the plan to remove a second culvert in the estuary. The culvert See DrEDGE, Page 2
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