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VOLUME 1, NO. 34 | 18 NOVEMBER 2011
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Prison evangelist fills gaps at Navy brig
NCAA on deck
By JJ Swanson jswanson@soundpublishing.com
Though it is often difficult for civilians to gain access to inmates detained in the brig at Naval Base Kitsap, Rock of Ages minister reaches out with a message of careful compassion. The brig at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor is
SEE BRIG | PAGE 8
THIS EDITION Michigan State University and the University of North Carolina tip off the inaugural Carrier Classic basketball game on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Nov. 11, 2011. President Obama was in attendance.
County blasts Navy for oversight Commissioners say Navy is ignoring local environmental compensation By JJ Swanson Jswanson@Sounpublishing,com
The Kitsap Board of County Commissioners sent a letter to the U.S. Navy expressing discontent over the lack of environmental spending in the county. In the Nov. 14 letter, the county took issue with the the Navy’s continued failure to spend money on Kitsap County environmental projects. Instead, the
BOCC said the Navy favored spending money to restore remote areas in Jefferson County. The supplement to the draft environmental statement, released this fall, informed the public on the level of environmental harm expected during construction of a second explosive handling wharf. The report also made a statement on the in-lieu fees that the Navy planned to pay the county for the inevitable damage. The in-lieu program provides money to to replace taxes to local governments because the federal government does not pay property tax. The in-lieu money in this case should be applied to restoring or cleaning up other habitats to compensate for the environmental impacts expected from the new wharf’s construction. The county argued that the language of
the supplemental EIS was too vague and that mitigation efforts were misappropriated. “We are astonished that there is no compensatory mitigation for Kitsap County locations in the Supplement. This critical project on our shoreline will negatively impact Kitsap County’s marine and nearshore environments. Yet, there is no compensatory mitigation,” stated the letter which was drafted by Patty Charnas, manager of environmental programs. Commissioners Charlotte Garrido, Robert Gelder, and Josh Brown also signed the letter. In their original comments to the draft environmental statement on April 28, the county suggested Big Beef Creek Estuary Restoration as a “pre-capitalized site” for the Navy’s mitigation efforts.
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Navy teen charged for taking gun to school .........pg. 3 Prop 1 failed, now is the time to give | Opinon ....pg. 4 Back to the drawing board, veterans rethink .....pg. 5 Twelve battle stars for light carrier Bataan ..... pg. 14