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Friday, September 11, 2015 | Vol. 114, No. 37 | NorthKitsapHerald.com | 50¢
McGinty now unopposed in bid for seventh term
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Road test for Poulsbo RV
Cut a tree, plant a tree Staff report
Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson, at the Poulsbo RV lot on Viking Avenue Sept. 8, hopes Poulsbo RV will return Sara N. Miller / Herald permanently to Viking Avenue.
POULSBO — The City of Poulsbo is updating its development regulations, aka the Comprehensive Plan, and Mayor Becky Erickson plans to propose changes to protect more trees from being removed for development. Currently, a developer must leave 25 percent of all trees measuring at least 10 inches in diameter; such trees are considered “substantial” trees. She’d like to See TREES, Page A8
Pharmacist Mayor hopes company’s return to Viking Avenue State: overprescribed and namesake city will be permanent medication
By RICHARD WALKER
POULSBO — Poulsbo RV may return to its namesake city. The RV show it is presenting on Sept. 11-27 on its vacant Viking Avenue lot is a test, Poulsbo RV Auburn manager Randy Edwards
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Mayor will propose ‘no net loss’ in revised Comprehensive Plan
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Jeff McGinty ... seeking seventh term on council.
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CALENDAR, NIGHTLIFE PAGES 5-8 STARS ABOVE KITSAP PAGE 9-11 NORTHWEST WINES PAGE 19
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By RICHARD WALKER
POULSBO — When Jeff McGinty joined the Poulsbo City Council in 1991, Poulsbo was a much different place. The population was 1,900. The Olhava area was still forested and largely undeveloped. The fire department was housed in the old city hall; the department hadn’t become Kitsap County Fire Protection District No. 18. “There was no Rite Aid, there was a limited selection of restaurants,” McGinty said. “If you wanted McDonald’s, you had to go to Bremerton.” Ah, but population growth was coming to God’s country (the state’s population would grow from 4.9 million in 1990 to 7 million in 2014). And a new tool — the comprehensive
KITSAP WEEKLY Point No Point SPORTS Big start for Vikings
told the Herald on Sept. 4. If it looks like there’s enough consumer support for an RV dealership in Poulsbo, the ultimate vacation vehicle could once again be a daily presence on the thoroughfare. Mayor Becky Erickson is excit-
ed by the prospect of Poulsbo RV’s return. “I think it’s a big deal for everyone involved,” she said Sept. 8, as she visited the lot. “People see the advertisements and they come to
See POULSBO RV, Page A7
“People see the advertisements and they come to Poulsbo and [Poulsbo RV] is not here. So, it’s a big deal for Poulsbo RV, it’s a big deal to Viking Avenue and Poulsbo, and we’re ready to help them anyway we can.” — Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson
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POULSBO — A Poulsbo pharmacist overprescribed medication to a patient from January 2009 to July 2010, the state Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission determined, and faces sanctions that could include revocation of his license. The commission states that Nicholas Wyatt, while pharmacist at now-defunct Liberty Bay See WYATT, Page A8
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