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Friday, September 4, 2015 | Vol. 114, No. 36 | NorthKitsapHerald.com | 50¢
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Candidate drops City Council bid Wants to focus his attention on ‘personal matters’ By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — Gregory A. Mueller has a lot on his plate. He’s in the middle of
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a child suppor t case. He allegedly violated an anti-harassment protection order Gregory Mueller involving an ex-girlfriend. He was charged with reckless
endangerment after his car rear-ended another vehicle on Interstate 5 in Lewis County. Despite it all, Mueller — a retired Navy chief petty officer — had hoped to continue a life of public service. He thought he could help straighten out some issues in the community — he was concerned about drug use in Poulsbo — even as
he worked to straighten out some issues in his own life. He turned to his faith and was baptized in a local lake. He helped build a house. But there was something else that needed to be taken care of. Issues that wouldn’t go away no matter how level each board, no matter how straight each nail. Even his ex-girlfriend wrote the court that she
doesn’t want him to get into trouble; she wants him to get the help he needs. So, on Aug. 28, after a Kitsap County Superior Court hearing to determine whether he could resolve the protection order charge in the county’s veterans court, Mueller came to his own conclusion: that he needed to focus right now on getting his personal life
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Students were welcomed back to school Sept. 2 in the North Kitsap School District. Students began arriving at Poulsbo Elementary School with their parents or on school buses around 9 a.m. Afterward, some parents took the time to celebrate the return of their free time.
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POULSBO — The Ronettes are singing “Be My Baby” and carhops on skates are delivering footlong hotdogs and cheeseburgers and cherry limeades and chocolate shakes. Suddenly it’s 1963 again and you’re not at Sonic at 305 and Viking but, perhaps, at Mel’s Drive-In in “American Graffiti.” “I think the whole community See SONIC, Page A7
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■ Sept. 11: Jeffrey McGinty, now-lone candidate for City Council, Position 4, talks about his priorities for his seventh term. ■ Sept. 18: Profiles of Scott Henden and Glen Robbins, candidates for North Kitsap School Board, District 4.
Sonic brings retro experience to Poulsbo
By SARA N. MILLER
See COLORING, Page A10
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Coloring: It’s not just for kids anymore POULSBO — There’s a new way to paint the town red. Or should we say, color? Liberty Bay Books offers adult coloring sessions once a month at different bars and restaurants around Poulsbo. So far, Hare and Hounds, That’s-ASome-Italian and The Loft have taken part in this new craze. “I think everybody’s life is so busy, and it’s nice to
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