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By BRETT CIHONStaff writer
Irene San Nicolas saw the fire. She tried to stand up, but her
legs didnt move.
I didnt know how bad I was hurt until I realized my legs werent
work-ing, she said.
The 28-year-old Bremerton woman was traveling south on State
Route 3 in Gorst with her one-month old infant
girl and 8-year-old daughter when she lost control of her car
Monday morn-ing, causing a multi-vehicle crash that temporarily
closed the highway near Division Avenue, the Washington State
Patrol reported.
It happened so fast, she said Tuesday by phone from her hospital
room in Tacoma. All I could think about was Im going to die. I was
just hoping the skidding would stop somehow.
Woman who hit FedEx van rescued by driver
SEE CRASH, A4
Baby, 8-year-old also pulled from car that caught fire after
crash
Humane Society silent on shakeupBy BRETT CIHONStaff writer
Kitsap Humane Societys board of directors remained quiet this
week after allegations of mismanagement mounted against the
nonprofit.
An online petition started last week on the website
www.change.org demanded that the Humane Societys nine-member board
of directors be elected positions, voted on by donors and
volunteers.
The online petition raises more questions about an organization
still reeling after the sudden departure of executive director Sean
Compton.
The petition purports to repre-sent The Donors, Tax Payers and
Citizens of Kitsap County on Behalf of Organizing Senior Staff,
Teamsters and Volunteers at the Humane Society, and it alleges a
variety of abuses perpetrated by the board, including:
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Living on a rural-urban fault line By TIM KELLYEditor
Scaling back the Urban Growth Areas within Kitsap County is a
complicated task, but for a group of neighbors in a rural spot
south of Port Orchard, its a simple issue.
We dont want a city built around us out here, says Bill Simmons,
who lives on 6.5 acres off SE Baker Road.
Regardless of shifting UGAs and future expansion of city limits,
some change is probably inevitable in the woodsy enclave where
Simmons and his neighbors live near Emelia Lake, west of Phillips
Road.
The area has been a fault line for years in the wrangling over
UGA boundaries and development in general in South Kitsap, but an
18-acre site adjacent to Simmons property and Phillips Road has
been approved for building 125 homes.
The investor who owns the land, Fred Depee, said the outcome of
the countys revision of UGAs wont affect his planned Ridgeline
development. But until the housing market improves, there wont be
any construction.
A ruling in September by the Central Puget Sound Growth
Management Hearings Board directed the county to reduce the size of
Urban Growth Areas, because they encompassed more land than
necessary to accommodate future population growth.
At a hearing the county commissioners held Monday night, about
50 people turned out and many of them spoke about the four resizing
alternatives presented for each UGA.
KITSAP COUNTY UGA REVISIONS
SEE UGA REVISION, A5
Bill Simmons has lived on his 6.5-acre South Kitsap property for
35 years and wants the area to retain its rural character.
Tim Kelly/Staff photo
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The petition also calls for among other things an audit of tax
and donor dol-lars, minutes of board meet-ings, a complete
separation of personal pet-related businesses from organization
governance, and an explanation of why the same contractors show up
over and over. It is addressed to the Kitsap County Board of
Commissioners; city councils in Port Orchard, Bremerton, Bainbridge
Island and Poulsbo; Invisible Fence Brands Peninsulas, where KHS
board president Karyn Kline works; and Speak up for Horses.
As of Tuesday afternoon, 259 individuals had signed the online
petition.
Phone calls to board mem-
bers, including Kline, by the Port Orchard Independent were not
returned.
Following the departure of Sean Compton, the board appointed
Abby Ouimet, the organizations director of pub-lic relations and
development, and Steve Graham, the shel-ters finance and
administrative director, to be in charge of the shelters day-to-day
operations while the board interviews for interim executive
director.
Ouimet said she is aware of the online petition, but could not
address any of the allega-tions made.
We are focused on our mis-sion and focused on our ani-mals,
Ouimet said Tuesday. We want the community to stay focused on our
mission.
She also said she could not address personnel changes, including
Comptons depar-ture, in any great detail. She said the board of
director
wishes him well, and that his effort and enthusiasm for the
shelter will be missed.
On behalf of all the staff, we miss him very much and I want to
say he was well respected among us, she said. Everyone here got to
experience the changes he brought forth and we hope to continue his
mis-sion. We want to continue the things Sean put in place.
When pressed about the alle-
gations including potential mismanagement of taxpayer funds
Ouimet again stated she could not comment.
Concern about the state of administration at the Humane Society
has apparently gone beyond an online petition. On Jan. 31, Kitsap
County Commissioner Robert Gelder sent a letter to Kline inquiring
about the reorganization of the Humane Societys administra-
tion and any impacts it might have on ongoing contract
negotiations for animal control services with Kitsap County.
The county, along with the city of Port Orchard and other
cities, negotiates a contract with the Humane Society for animal
control services. In 2011, the county paid $428,883 for animal
control. The City of Port Orchard which has a contract signed
through 2014 will pay $37,908 in 2012.
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Commissioner Charlotte Garrido said the letter was sent to the
Humane Society board mostly as a clarification of where the two
parties stood moving forward. She said Kline had responded to the
let-ter in a message left after hours last Friday, saying she hoped
to review plans with the commis-sioners in the coming weeks.
The terms of our current agreement are being met, Garrido
said.
Garrido said the Kitsap Humane Society has a respon-sibility to
be transparent in its actions and to keep the public informed of
their plans mov-ing forward. She is aware of the online petition
and is keeping close watch on its progress.
They (the Humane Society) are a nonprofit, she said. They need
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The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Citizen Advisory Committee asked tough
questions of Washington State Department of Transportations Toll
Division Director Craig Stone at Wednesday evenings toll-rate
discussion.
The nine-member adviso-ry group fielded some tough questions,
too.
Peninsula residents packed the Gig Harbor Civic Center to hear
the CAC hash out the particulars of a projected bud-get shortfall
that is expected to spur a $1-$2 toll increase on the Tacoma
Narrows Bridge starting July 1.
The CAC took two hours to ask Stone and his team a bevy of
esoteric financial particulars related to tolling, ranging from
pay-by-mail impacts to why $31,000 in toll money should go to state
coffers after pay-ing sales tax on bridge bond insurance.
Stone and his team did their best to answer the questions, many
of which came from a packet of 31 questions previ-ously compiled by
the CAC.
The Wednesday meeting
was in advance of a March 20 deadline for the CAC to make a
recommendation on toll rates to the Washington State Transportation
Commission.
Though the CAC was care-ful to point out that no recom-mendation
has yet been made, a toll increase appeared neces-sary to maintain
a mandatory reserve fund of 12.5 percent of annual debt services
for the bridge.
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the tolls was important, CAC member Jim Pasin said.
Three or 4 million dollars (in costs) represents 30-40
cents in additional tolls for people on this peninsula, he
said.
Previously searched ave-nues by the CAC to keep tolls down
appeared to come up dry. A request to eliminate the required
reserve fund did not seem possible because restruc-turing payment
on bonds used to purchase the bridge was not an option, said
Washington State Transportation Com-mission Director Reema
Griffith.
A bill pushed by Sen. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, for an
exemption on the nearly $50 million in sales tax owed on
the bridge is still under consid-eration. However its passing,
Stone said, wont necessarily have a drastic impact on the budget
shortfall.
After the CAC finished its questions for the Stone and his team,
area residents were encouraged to make com-ments to the board.
Peninsula resident Megan Lawrence said for low-income residents
seeking cheap health services, an increase in tolls cuts off a
vital lifeline.
Medical care for low-income is not available out here, she said.
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Janet Gonzalez, resident of Gig Harbor, said she would not only
have to pay more for her daily commute to Renton, but also for a
caretaker to come over from Tacoma to look after her son.
I use the bridge five days a week, she said. What about care
providers coming across the bridge?
One resident from Gig Harbor called on the CAC to be
diligent.
I think tolls can be far below (the projected amount), he said.
This group has a
responsibility to influence the Department of Transportation to
keep the tolls as low as pos-sible.
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Feb. 22 to further discuss raising the tolls. CAC
member Alan Weaver said Wednesday nights meeting was just one in
a series aimed at helping the committee make a recommendation.
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As she was taking her daugh-ter to school in Port Orchard, her
1999 BMW started to skid, she said, striking a guard-rail and then
crossing over the center line and hitting a north-bound FedEx van.
The colli-sion caused the BMW to rotate back into the southbound
lane, where it struck a third vehicle and caught on fire.
San Nicolas had to get her-self and her children out of the
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when she realized how badly she was injured.
I tried to pull myself out, she said. But I couldnt.
The FedEx driver, 36-year-old Jonathan Calfy of Port Orchard,
ran over to the smashed BMW, grabbed San Nicolas by the shirt and
drug her away from the burning vehicle. Others who stopped at the
scene, including 51-year-old Catherine Edwards of Bremerton, who
was the third
driver involved in the crash, helped get the children out of the
car.
The guy in the FedEx truck drug me across the road, San Nicolas
said. He was holding me up. I was in a lot of pain.
Calfy could not be reached for comment.
San Nicolas was transported by ambulance to St. Joseph Medical
Center in Tacoma. She was treated for a fractured right and left
pelvic bone, a broken rib and fractured verte-
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The State Patrol reported that all drivers and passen-gers were
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San Nicolas said from the hospital that she was lucky to be
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Simmons, a 68-year-old diesel mechanic who has a workshop on his
property, and one of his neighbors, Loretta Anderson, spoke in
favor of Alternative 1 for Port Orchard/South Kitsap because it
would remove their area from the UGA.
And even though that wouldnt prevent Depees development from
coming in, they still dont want to be part of a UGA that may
eventu-ally be annexed into the city. Simmons said they want to
maintain the rural character of their community.
Weve been opposed to this from the very beginning, and all our
words have fallen on deaf ears, Simmons said Tuesday. What were
trying to get across to the county com-missioners, is they dont
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OPINIONPort Orchard
Browsing through the list of bills our state representatives are
considering can provide a little insight into their wishes
regarding taxes and spending.
A couple of examples indicate that some of them wish to change
the limits on taxes and tax increases that now exist.
Thats not surprising, but the way they propose to change things
raises questions about their understanding of the impacts.
Our regular property taxes have long been limited to annual
increases of 1 percent plus the amount gener-ated by new
construction, unless voters approve bigger increases.
One effect has been to increase the competition among programs
for funding that doesnt grow at the previ-ous rate of more than 6
percent each year.
To ease this competition for one set of programs, Senate Bill
6452 would move the levy for the veterans assis-tance program out
of the countys gen-eral levy and make it a stand-alone levy which
can rise each year by the rate of inflation rather than 1
percent.
With such a change, the veterans assistance program would not
com-pete directly with the countys general fund programs, but would
continue to compete with levies that must fit within the
constitutional limit on total regular property taxes.
Since there is a limit on total regular levies, no increase for
one purpose can be authorized without creating the pos-sibility
that either the new levy or other levies must be reduced at some
point.
So long as the state school tax is kept well below its maximum
statu-tory rate, other levies for emergency
medical services, county ferry dis-tricts, park dis-tricts,
etc., can be added to the mix as they have been.
But what happens when assessed values
fall or the state school tax is increased? Some other levies
have to be reduced to make room.
The state school tax probably ought to be increased to reduce
reliance on excess levies approved by school district voters, but
when other levies would be affected it may be harder to do so.
Choosing between assistance to indigent veterans and other
county programs is difficult, but is anyone considering that there
is also a choice to be made between the state school tax and other
levies?
Another example is Senate Bill 6582 which would allow, among
other things, the county to increase its road levy each year by 3
percent plus new construction rather than 1 percent.
Granting that the 1 percent limit on annual increases makes the
need for voter-approved lid lifts inevitable, it may be true that
the 1 percent limit factor ought to be changed.
But why change it for two levies and not all? If the levy for
veterans assistance and the county road levy can rise faster than 1
percent without voter approval, there may come a time when
other levies are crowded out.Staying within the
constitutional
limit on the aggregate regular levy amount requires competition
among the programs that are funded by prop-erty taxes.
Picking one or two levies and giving them an advantage in this
competition ought to be done after considering whether they should
have an advan-tage.
If they rise at a faster rate simply because they were treated
differently without considering the possible con-sequences, it
would be harder when the squeeze comes to reduce them and fund a
higher priority.
It seems better to have all regular levies continue under the
same limit on annual increases, so changing priorities can be
accommodated each year.
It seems unwise to act as though new stand-alone levies can be
added or higher limits on annual increases for some levies can be
authorized without risking a future in which choices are even
harder to make.
Especially since the relatively low state school tax is a major
reason that any new levy authority or levy increase is possible
without hitting the consti-tutional limit, our legislators ought to
take a step back and study the whole situation.
In the competition for property tax funding, public schools are
supposed to be our highest priority and we arent supposed to be
relying so much on local excess levies rather than the state school
tax.
Bob Meadows isa Port Orchard resident.
EDITORIAL
Its hard to know for sure whats going on these days with the
Kitsap Humane Society, because the entire board of direc-tors seems
to be lying low since the nonprofits executive director left
suddenly and an online petition leveled accusa-tions of
mismanagement.
Its not even clear whos in charge right now, and
thatsunacceptable at an organization that receives a big chunk of
public funding to provide animal control services.
As a story in todays paper reports, Kitsap Humane Society has
contracts for hundreds of thousands of dollars with the county,
Port Orchard and other cities.
And its money that seems to be at the root of the misman-agement
alleged in the online petition, which apparently has collected more
than 250 electronic signatures.
But the origin of this petition also is not as clear as it
should be. There are no named sponsors or organizers, though it
claims to represent donors to the Humane Society, its staff and
volunteers, and taxpayers.
Who knows whether theres any basis to the claims and demands in
the petition, or if these folks are barking up the wrong tree.
But the public should know whats going on at this organiza-tion,
and if board members are cavalierly evading all inqui-ries from
stakeholders, county officials and media, then they should be more
forthcoming, and without any more stalling.
This is an instance where calling for transparency isnt just a
political clich. The Humane Society needs to explain the
cir-cumstances of its executive directors abrupt departure, and to
address legitimate issues raised by the online petition.
The directors of this nonprofit agency that receives
signifi-cant public funding cant just hunker down in their dens to
hibernate and avoid controversy, and they shouldnt muzzle their own
staff from discussing whats going on.
Its about doggone time for this situation to be explained.
Humane Society needs to be more forthcoming
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What were trying to get across to the county commissioners, is
they dont just workfor the developers and for the real estate
people. They work all the people who liveon the land in Kitsap
County. Bill Simmons, rural South Kitsap resident
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As we begin the year in the garden we take notes in our head of
past years, things we grew, what we want, kinds of budgets to work
with. Even other gardens you may have visited.
Spring is on the way. It is time to take inventory of your
tools. Have you sharp-ened your pruners yet?
My name is Joe Machcinski, CLT owner of Pangea Gardenscapes, an
organ-ic and natural landscape firm offering education, design,
consulting and care. I have over 13 years in the green industry
gaining knowledge and certifications along the way. I want to put
my knowl-edge to work for you and help you get on the right foot. I
will take you through what needs to get done in the yard as well as
answer questions you may have.
My garden blog for this week is getting started in the yard for
this year. February is a sign that spring is around the corner.
Buds on the trees are starting to swell, bulbs are starting to push
through the soil and the smell of sarcococca or sweet box is in the
air. It smells like jasmine.
It is almost time to start pruning your
plants. Before you prune it is very impor-tant to understand the
plant beforehand. Just because the leaves are off a deciduous tree
or shrub, it may not always be the right time. I will take you
through that task.
But for now, take inventory of your tools. In my arsenal I have
a folding saw, hand pruners, pole saw, and an assort-ment of other
tools to get the job done. It is real important to have the right
tools.
In my next blog I will go over some pruning rules and some
examples. For now, go out in the shed to see what you have. Get
them ready. If you need help on sharpening there are many books
that can show you. Always wear the right safety equipment when
sharpening.
Besides the tools, Another thing that you should do is make sure
your lawnmower is in top shape. Have you ser-viced it lately? In my
upcoming blogs we will go over proper lawn care and I just want to
make sure that youre ready.
So in conclusion of todays blog, think about preparing
for the garden season. You need to get those pruning tools,
sharpen them or buy some new ones. You should at least have a pair
of hand pruners, folding saw, eye protection, gloves, and an
orchard ladder. Remember safety should always be your number one
priority.
Happy Gardening to you and yours,Joe
Joe Machcinski is owner of Pangea Garden-scapes, a natural and
organic yard care busi-ness that offers design, education,
consulting and care. He has over 13 years in the green industry. He
received certifications through planet network and WSU master
gardener pro-gram. He is active in Washington Association of
Landscape Professionals. He can be reached at (360) 990-3035 or
[email protected].
Get your tools ready for the spring seasonGardener JoeA South
Kitsap gardening blog
Remember a few months ago, when there was a disturbingly
negative campaign being waged in Port Orchard before the
November election?At least one person who
had a stake in that elec-tion does, and he took an opportunity
last week to ask a question thats been gnawing at him since
then.
Now that the elections over, City Councilman Jerry Childs said
Friday as the council began its annual retreat, there are some
issues that have been kind of lingering for me.
Childs was the only incumbent who wasnt run-ning unopposed in
his re-election bid, so he was the only council member who was out
knocking on doors in the fall. And he was dismayed at all the
negativity he encountered regarding peo-ples views of how the city
was being run.
At various candidate forums there was a lot of talk by the man
who wanted to be mayor, Tim Matthes, about the need for more
transparency in city government. Candidate Matthes also regularly
held up a prop a hand-lettered blue pamphlet as an example of an
ethics manual that he said
the city needed. He didnt say why an ethics manual was a
pressing need, nor did he identify any issues on which there was a
glaring lack of transparency.Childs, who stressed how important his
integrity and reputation were to the leadership positions he held
during his long fire department career, said this unsubstantiated
innuendo was kind of troubling, because accusations made by Matthes
and/or his supporters were not docu-mented.So he politely but
effectively called out the new mayor who was elected by a five-vote
margin on what he was talking about during the campaign when he
repeatedly said there should be more transparency and urged
adoption of an ethics manual.He asked, in essence: Whaddaya got?And
heres what the mayor had: Nothin he had nothing.His vague response
was that he still thinks an ethics manual would be a good idea, his
inten-tion was to write it together with the council (and maybe
sing Kumbaya?), and that his cam-paign comments were not personal
nor meant to disparage anyone on the council.It was Childs that
brought the issue up, but oth-ers on the council didnt hold back
once he did, and they didnt take kindly to having their ethics or
integrity questioned.Carolyn Powers said in all her years on the
coun-cil she hasnt had any colleagues who werent ethical, and added
that without a manual, we should understand what ethics is all
about.I also take offense at the ethics manual issue, and how it
was used for political purposes, Rob Putaansuu said. But I want to
put that behind me.He seemed to express the consensus view when he
said I dont see any need at all for this body to have an ethics
manual.As for the negativity that permeated the fall campaign, the
mayor knew Childs was referring
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The family medicine cabinet is increas-ingly becoming a deadly
drug dealer, stuffed with expired/leftover prescription and
over-the-counter (OTC) medicines that can be dangerous to a familys
health and to our environment.
For once, there is a solution that is simple, straightforward,
cost-effective and endorsed by a wide coalition of organiza-tions,
including those of us in law enforce-ment. Its the Secure Medicine
Return Bill, Senate Bill 5234, and it presents the states first
proposed perma-nent drug takeback program, one that would be funded
entirely by pharmaceuti-cal companies.
Illegal drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine are
a huge source of concern for parents. The reality is that
prescription drug abuse is the fastest-growing drug problem in the
nation.
Many teens mistakenly think prescrip-tion and OTC medicines are
safer to abuse than illegal drugs. Three out of five teenage drug
abusers say that prescription pain relievers are easy to obtain not
clandes-tinely, but from their parents bathrooms.
Law enforcement agencies across the
state have firsthand experience with the dangers these leftover
prescription and OTC drugs pose.
The state Department of Health finds that Washington has one of
the highest rates in the nation of teenager abuse of pre-scription
pain medications. Drug overdos-es in our state have surpassed car
crashes as the leading cause of accidental death. Meanwhile, fatal
poisonings increased 395 percent from 1990 to 2006, with 85 percent
of those involving medicines.
Reliable studies suggest that anywhere from 10 percent to 30
percent of all drugs go unused. Once they become unwanted,
medicines designed to improve our lives can become devastating
destroyers. The problem goes beyond drug abuse and accidental
poisoning. Leftover medicine is toxic waste when its flushed,
poured down the drain or dumped in the garbage where it can end up
polluting our waters, hurting aquatic life and contaminating water
supplies.
A voluntary system in place in parts of our state, including
Kitsap County, has already proven to be popular and useful to
consumers, with more than 160,000 pounds of leftover drugs returned
and
safely destroyed since 2006.Unfortunately, these voluntary
programs
are nonexistent in many parts of the state and endangered by
government cutbacks in others. Medicine takeback programs, like the
one that Senate Bill 5234 would create, offer a secure and
environmentally sound solution.
The success of mandatory electronics takeback programs in
Washington state has established and shown that electron-ics
manufacturers can effectively operate return programs.
Pharmaceutical companies sell $4 bil-lion worth of medicines
every year in our state, and have a responsibility to help keep
families safe. Unlike financially strapped law enforcement, they
have the resources.
The Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs
supports medicine take-back legislation during the current 2012
legislative session. And more than 240 organizations health,
environmental groups, retail drugstores, local govern-ments,
consumer groups and law enforce-ment leaders agree that a secure
state-wide medicine return program is needed.
Failure to act is a prescription for disas-ter.
Stephen A. BoyerKitsap County Sheriff
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A small staff of librarians led by Kitsap Regional Library
digital branch manager Sharon Grant werent sure what to expect as 3
p.m. rolled around on Jan. 19. KRL libraries were closed that day
because of the snow that disrupted all of Kitsap. But
the planned Facebook Challenge read-ers advisory event was going
to happen anyway.
The idea of a Facebook Challenge came from other library systems
that have used the social networking site to encourage
readers and librarians to interact. The basic idea was that
readers would post on the KRL Facebook page the names of a few
books they had enjoyed reading, and
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By BRETT CIHONStaff writer
A measure to reduce the length of terms for Port of Manchester
commissioners is still slated to be on a special election ballot in
April, against
the wishes of many involved. The ballot measure, aimed
at reducing the three commis-sioners terms from six years to
four, will cost the port some-where between $6,000 and $10,000, an
amount much higher than the $800 cost to
run the measure in a general election, according to Kitsap
County elections manager Dolores Gilmore.
Manchester activist David Kimble filed the petition in late
January. He said it was never his intention to increase the
cost for the port by running a measure in the April 17 special
election.
It wasnt my goal to do that, he said. Thats not the purpose of
this.
Kimble filed the petition in January under the assumption
the measure would be held for the pri-mary election Aug. 7 or
the general elec-tion on Nov. 7. He said under
his reading of a state law which he said was confirmed by
Gilmore turning in the petition in January wouldnt set the election
date in stone.
After turning it in, though, he received a different
response.
Because it was turned in, they cant change the file, he
said.
Kimble has tried to retract the petition in order to not cost
the port a sizable chunk of its $100,000 annual operat-ing budget.
But Alan Miles, a Kitsap County senior deputy prosecuting attorney
in the civil division, said one person cant retract a petition once
submitted.
There is no mechanism for it to be withdrawn once it has been
submitted, Miles said. (Kimble) is one person. The petition is from
each of the signers suggesting that this matter appear on the
ballot.
The petition was submitted with 341 signatures and was verified
as meeting the states requirement of 10 percent of the number of
port district vot-ers in the last general election.
Submitting a petition is one of two triggering events that can
get a measure on the ballot, Miles said. Once a successful petition
is submitted, the mea-sure will go on the first special
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Matt Carter of Carters Chocolates gives a lec-ture at the
downtown library Tuesday, titled A History of Chocolates from the
Mayans to Valentine, in anticipation of Valentines Day.
Tim Kelly/Staff photo
Young cheerleaders enjoy the opportunity to show their spirit at
halftime of Wednesday nights South Kitsap boys bas-ketball game.
The youngsters participated in the annual South Kitsap Hight School
Cheer Kids Clinic.
SCENE & HEARDPort Orchard
partly to the committee of Matthes supporters who sent out
controver-sial mailers. So he tried to deflect that by saying he
did not control how the campaign went, and Matthes insisted that
people should believe him when he says over and over that he had
nothing to do with that committee even though his closest advisers
were among the handful of people in that much-maligned
group.Matthes also tried to find a way out of his awkward situation
by using a well-worn political clich: I think we should put all
this behind us and move for-ward for Port Orchard.Not so fast, said
Childs, who made clear that he and the council hope to work well
with the new mayor going forward. But he also wanted to basical-ly
set the record straight and get some closure on the issues of
transpar-ency and ethics, so he pointedly asked if there was any
specific example that prompted Matthes
to focus on those themes during his campaign.The mayor looked a
bit baffled that he was being called to account for his own words,
and he meekly offered that his comments were in general, and if
there was something spe-cific I would have brought it up.So:
nothin.Before they moved on to their discussion of short-term and
long-range goals for the city, Childs succinctly stated why hed
asked for such a discussion to start their retreat.Because Tim was
raising these questions (dur-ing the campaign), I just thought
there might be something specific he could tell us, he said. But I
havent heard anything yet.No, and thats perhaps instructive.
Matthes did the job he was recruited to do be the front man for
getting the previous mayor out of office but now its time to find
out if he can do the job he was elected to do.
From Thinking Allowed by Tim Kelly
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TuesdayThe local chapter of National Active and Retired Federal
Employees will hold its monthly potluck meeting at 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday at the Eagles Lodge, 4001 Jackson Ave. in Port Orchard. All
active and retired federal employees and their spouses are welcome
to attend. The guest speaker will be Deputy Schon Montague of the
Kitsap County Sheriffs Office. For more information, call (360)
876-3757.
Feb. 21Elim Lutheran Church is offering a free eight-week series
for women that will be held Tuesday nights begin-ning Feb. 21. This
will be a support/
discussion group intended for women approximately 25 to 50 years
of age to explore relationships (past, present and future),
parenting challenges, coping mechanisms and personal, spiritual and
emotional growth issues. Topics will vary depending on
par-ticipants needs. The church is 5911 E. Hillcrest Drive near the
intersection with Woods Road. The sessions will run from 7-8:30
p.m. and will include a professional facilitator. For more
information, call (360) 769-0591.
Feb. 21The Port Orchard Christian Womens Connection will hold
its monthly luncheon Feb. 21, at First Christian Church, 4885 SW.
Hovde Rd., in Port
Orchard. The theme of the meeting is Spring Forward With Fashion
featuring a fashion show from Christopher and Banks. Judi Hine of
Evergreen, CO will present My Plans for Mr. Right were Wrong. The
gathering will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. and includes a
buffet lunch costing $14.00. Reservations should be made by Feb. 16
by calling Lynne at (360) 981-9811 or Glenna at (360) 895-3083.
Feb. 23The local chapter of Beta Zeta Master, a social and
cultural group, will hold its regular meeting Feb. 23 at the home
of Debbie Knight, who will give a program. For more information,
call (360) 876-3170.
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community events in our online calendar.
Our upgraded calendar access pro-vides step-by-step directions
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GAME OF THE WEEK Today at 5 p.m. the South Kitsap boys play Gig
Harbor at Foss High School in Tacoma for the leagues fourth seed at
districts.
By TIM KELLYEditor
When a basketball game is a grind as Wednesday nights contest
was for South Kitsap from a sluggish start to a tense overtime
finish it helps to have some hard-nosed offensive rebounding.
Thats what senior forward Angelo Hazley provided, and his
determined play under the basket was a key factor in the Wolves
52-50 win over Mount Tahoma.
He played great, and we needed him, South coach John Callaghan
said. We had some guys who didnt play their best basketball
tonight, but we found a way anyway.
With the win, South (7-7, 11-9)
ended the season tied for fourth place with Gig Harbor. The
Wolves will play the Tides at 5 p.m. this evening at Foss High
School in Tacoma, and the winner will advance to districts next
week as the fourth seed from the 4A Narrows League.
Obviously that was a difficult game, Callaghan said after the
strug-gle against Mount Tahoma. But at least were still
playing.
A shooting clinic it wasnt, as both teams put up waves of
wayward shots, and the score was tied at 34 starting the fourth
quarter.
Midway through the period the Wolves went up 41-37 when Hazley,
who scored all eight of his points on the offensive glass, grabbed
a rebound and powered up for a bucket.
When he scored on another putback with 1:26 left, South led
45-41 and looked poised to close things out. But the visiting
Thunderbirds answered with two baskets to tie the score, and had a
chance to win when Mychael Rollins, who scored a team-high 14
points, stole the ball in the closing seconds but missed a final
shot.
In overtime, Ryley Callaghans three-point play gave South a
51-48 edge, but Rollins banked in a shot to cut the lead to one
with just over a minute left.
After an exchange of turnovers and there were plenty by both
teams throughout the game the Wolves had the ball and ran the shot
clock down. Nars Martinez missed a shot, but Hazley again collected
the offen-sive rebound and South kept posses-sion.
But presented with another chance to put the game away, the
Wolves
missed three of four free throws and the Mount Tahoma had the
ball with 10 seconds to go.
The Thunderbirds missed a shot, but the ball went out of bounds
off a South Kitsap player with 0.6 seconds showing on the
clock.
On the final play, Chris Davis cut across the lane and tipped
the inbounds pass toward the hoop, but the shot fell short.
Both teams were playing pretty good zone defense, Callaghan
said. Throughout the whole game we were getting to the rack, but I
dont know how many layups we missed.
He noted that his team has played seven games in the last two
weeks, due to makeups of games that were can-celed when school was
out for a week due to a snowstorm last month.
Its been a blitz, he said. But were in a playoff game, so were
happy about that.
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Davis 9, Byrne 5, Williams 0.SKLaDeaux 8, Callaghan 10, Simpson 2,
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Overall LeagueBellarmine Prep 13-1 18-2 Olympia 13-1 17-3
Central Kitsap 10-4 13-7 South Kitsap 7-7 11-9 Gig Harbor 7-7 10-10
Stadium 3-11 3-17 Mount Tahoma 3-11 4-16 Shelton 0-14 2-18
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Two South Kitsap wrestlers at opposite ends of the weight
spec-trum took first place at Saturdays sub-regional tournament at
Foss High School in Tacoma.
Kolby Fenton (106 pounds) and Eddie Meisner (220) were
sub-region-al champions, and the Wolves had a total of 19
wrestlers, including one girl, who finished in the top four in
their weight class to qualify for the regional tournament that will
be held this weekend at Olympic High School in Bremerton.
Heres a list of Souths wrestlers who qualified for
regionals:
First place: Kolby Fenton 106 Eddie Meisner 220
Second place: Joel Sherman 120 Sean Lutovsky 126 Brenden
Hartshorn 138 Cody Rose 145 Bryce Broome 152 Tristan Hartmann 182
Jake Villars 195Third place: Jesse Grice 113 Ben deLacy 132 Josh
Smeland 152 Sam Skinner 160 Daniel Muttillo 195 Damien Medeiros
285Fourth place: Adam Lutovsky 126 Matt Haberlach 132 Adam Gascoyne
160 Girls Sub-regional First place:Amberlee Brasch 137
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last weekends sub-regional meet.
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Three bowlers from South Kitsap High Schools bowling team
competed in the state tournament at Narrows Plaza Bowl in
University Place last Friday.
Seniors Alex Tweedy and Brittni McCloud and freshman Sarah
Layton all did well at the tournament, SK bowling coach Kathy
Hamill said.
Tweedy and McCloud placed 26th and 21st, respectively. Layton
finished 32nd, and Hamill said you will see
more of this lady. The state tournament marked the
end to a season of good memories and lots of great bowling,
Hamill said.
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The arm moves east. Further east. South Kitsap graduate and
major
league pitcher Jason Hammel was traded from the Colorado Rockies
to the Baltimore Orioles on Monday.
The trade marks the third team the 29-year-old has played for
since he
was drafted by the Tampa Devil Rays in the 10th round of the
2002 amateur draft.
Hammel has a major league record of 34-45 with a 4.99 ERA in 115
starts.
Hammel and reliever Matt Lindstrom went to the Orioles in
exchange for veteran righthand pitch-er Jeremy Guthrie.
Guthrie being traded to the Rockies should mean Hammel will
compete for a spot in the Orioles starting rota-tion. In order to
do that he will need to rebound after a 2011 season in which he
went 7-13 with an ERA of 4.76.
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SchoolsBe safe around school buses thats the message
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FootballWolves woes continue in 27-3 loss to Bellarmine.
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Grace on the grassBecca Schoalesbeats big odds, stars for SK
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Volunteers plentiful, but attendance at church-sponsored meals
has dwindled
Leaders at the local Family Kitchen at First Lutheran Community
Church on Mitchell Avenue have had increas-ing difficulty finding
people to take the free meals they give away. We have lots of
volunteers and good meals, but our attendance is down, said Bea
DeBoer, whos vol-unteered with the kitchen since it opened 22 years
ago.Several leaders attribute the low attendance to increased
difficulty finding transportation.Weve noticed that when gas prices
went up, our people coming went down, said Nobi Kawasaki, a
Family
Kitchen volunteer. Also, theyve cut down on bus routes, and
thats anoth-er way that they get there.The Family Kitchens
volunteers try to make every guest feel welcome by not pushing a
particular belief sys-tem even though most of them are Christian
said Sally Murphy, a volunteer. The tables are set. No questions
are asked. We just want to help, said DeBoer. Its a good, warm,
friendly setting and good food.About 30 to 50 people eat at each of
the kitchens dinners, but volunteers still try to cook enough food
for about 100 people the number who used to go back in the programs
heyday. Leftover food is boxed and sent home with Family Kitchens
guests. Support for the program comes from food and money donations
as well as unpredictable free food from the federal government
through com-modities.
Commodities are a strange thing, said DeBoer, because theres no
telling
what kind of food they will bring. Sometimes you plan on making
a certain dish and then you see that half the ingredients are
missing, said Bill Kepper, who has cooked dinner on the last Friday
of each month for the kitchen for about three years.
The menu varies from meal to meal, but each dinner has a main
course, a salad, a roll, a dessert and a beverage.They like the
spaghetti and meat sauce that I make, said Kepper. Another very
popular dish is a salmon
loaf with fresh celery cream sauce. Volunteers prepare the free
dinners on the last two Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays of
each month at 5 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Port Orchard.
Sharon Demianiw put some of the extra cilantro, lettuce, apple
and carrot salad into a to go box for a guest.
Family Kitchen aims to feed SKs hungry if it can find them
Cindy Ondracek, the 49-year-old co-owner of a local drive-in
theater, was sentenced on Friday to three years probation and fined
$30,000 for tax evasion.Ondracek entered a plea agreement in March
of this year. Cindy and her husband, Jack Ondracek, received more
than $2 mil-lion in gross receipts between 2001 to 2005 from two
movie theaters that they owned, but they didnt file federal tax
returns for themselves or for either
of their theaters during that time, according to the indictment
and plea agreement. They also admitted that they knew what they
were doing, and they inten-tionally concealed their gross receipts
from the IRS.
It is clear that both Jack and Cindy Ondracek willfully
attempted to evade their taxes, according to the plea agreement.
But only Cindy will face charges, since Jack didnt deal with the
couples banking paperwork.Because Cindy Ondracek did the
couples banking, she committed the affirmative acts of evasion,
according to the plea agreement. Several letters in support of the
defendant described her as a smart, honest woman who loves her
family. Her sister said that Cindy was the valedictorian of her
graduating class in 1979, and she said Cindy partici-pated in many
high school extracur-ricular activities including honor soci-ety,
cheerleading, pep band, volleyball and basketball. A film buyer,
who has worked with the Ondracek for the past 16 years,
wrote: she has worked at creating a loving home for her family,
at the same time she has helped create a safe, dependable
entertainment resource for the community.Through the years, the
Ondraceks operated two local theaters. They bought a drive-in
theater near the Bremerton National Airport in 1986, and they also
opened the Redwood Cinema in Bremerton in August 2002. The Redwood
closed in 2005, but the drive-in still shows movies start-ing at
7:30 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
According to the website, the drive-in has three screens and a
total car
capacity of over 850, which makes it the second largest outdoor
theater complex and by far the largest and oldest family-owned
drive-in in the Northwest.
Drive-in theater owner gets probation, fine for tax evasionCindy
Ondracek will pay $30,000 to settle the complaint
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formation Since 1890
The blessing is for all creatures great and s
mall,
which describes Rylie Jo Cudahy and her ch
ihua-
hua, Josie.
Pastor Orv Jacobson blesses the animals by d
ousing them with water from a palm branc
h dipped into a pan of
water held by Pastor George Larson. This yea
rs event attracted around 60 pets, including a
llama.
Last year we had 99
percent dogs and one tur-
tle, recalled Pastor George
Larson. This year its 99 per-
cent dogs and one llama.
All told, Larson estimates
about 60 pets and their
owners participated in
First Lutheran Community
Churchs annual Blessing of
the Animals service on Sept.
25 at the Mitchell Avenue
location.Larson began perform
ing
the blessings about a dozen
years ago while pastor at
Spirit of Life Community
Church in Port Orchard.
Since retiring, he has affili-
ated with First Lutheran and
has brought his dog and pony
show to is congregation.
The idea is to recommit to
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theAnnual service gives pe
t owners a
chance to show animals a little love
Tacoma Narrows Bridge com-
muters wont be paying less for the
privilege of crossing the span anytime
soon, but they could be getting a
choice in how those tolls are paid.
Photo tolling and pay-by-mail are
among the TNB Citizen Advisory
Committee will consider when the
TNB group looks at tolling optionsAdvisory board will co
nsider photo billing,
pay-by-mail when it convenes next week
The numbers never deviate much.
But South Kitsap School District
transportation director Scott Logan
hopes that will change in the next
few years.Bus Ridership Coun
t Week ran
from Monday through today in the
district, but Logan said there has been
SKSD again calculates whos riding its busesParticipation numbers
d
etermine state funding
This week has been Ridership Week
for the South Kitsap School District.
If you go What: Tacoma Narro
ws
Bridge Citizens Advisory
Board Meeting
When: Oct. 6, 5 to 7
p.m.
Where: Gig Harbor Civic
Center, Chamber Room;
3510 Grandview St., Gig
Harbor, WA 98335
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Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of Daniel James
Mustard, a South Kitsap teen accused of kill-
ing his 87-year-old neighbor, Ruby Andrews, on April 5,
2009.
Depending on how long the prelim-inaries take, opening
statements were expected by the end of the week.
Mustard pleaded innocent by
insanity to the murder.I cannot defend this act. No one
can, said Mustards lawyer Bryan G. Hershman. Its god-awful, and
its a tragedy, but thats not what this story is.
This is a mental health problem, he said, that was accelerating
and becoming more acute during a period when we can confirm that he
was 100 percent sober and not taking drugs.
Mustard, Hershman said, was in a
period of psychiatric crisis so severe that he was taken to the
emergency room at Harrison Medical Centernine days before the
murder accord-ing to Hershman.
Even the states expert witness will testify that, had he been in
the
Mustard trial hinges on insanity defenseDefendant claims a
laundry list of mental problems led him to kill his 87-year-old
neighbor
Fisherman cast their lines at the mouth of Curley Creek in the
shadow of the Southworth Bridge, which is scheduled to be replaced
starting next summer.
Southworth Bridge workneeded for public safety,
environmentReplacing span means a year of traffic detours
When many South Kitsap residents hear Southworth Drive and
widen-ing in the same sentence, they just naturally get
defensive.
But the latest road project, which involves replacing the aging
Southworth Drive Bridge with a wider,
Despite public skepticism, investi-gators are convinced the
Monday night incident in which a 4-year-old
boy apparently wounded his 23-year-old mother with a shotgun
happened exactly as reported.
When we first heard about it, we couldnt imagine how a thing
like that could happen, either, said Kitsap
County Sheriff s Office spokesman Deputy Scott Wilson. But once
we arrived on the scene, the evidence made it pretty clear.
The episode began around 4:16 p.m., when deputies were
dispatched
to a report of a gunshot injury sus-tained by a young woman at a
resi-dence in the 10400 block of Glenwood Road SW, in South
Kitsap.
According to Wilson, deputies arrived at 4:21 p.m. followed by a
South Kitsap Fire & Rescue medic
4-year-old accidentally wounds mom with shotgunAs improbable as
it sounds, investigators say it happened as reported
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TACOMA Maile Keanu scored 29 points and had 21 rebounds, both
career highs, to lead South Kitsap to a hard-fought 67-63 win
Wednesday night at Mount Tahoma, as the Wolves clinched the second
seed in the 4A Narrows League for next weeks dis-trict
playoffs.
Keanu, a senior, scored 13 of her teams 19 points in the fourth
quarter, and the Wolves converted clutch free throws down the
stretch to secure the victory.
She carried us, South coach Mike Hulet said. She was incredible.
She took it upon herself that we were not going to lose that
game.
South will host a first-round dis-trict game Wednesday night
against an undetermined opponent from the South Puget Sound
League.
Taylor Sunkel had 14 points and Gabrielle Stewart added 10 for
the Wolves, who finished the regular sea-son 12-2 in league and
16-4 overall.
Hulet said the hard-fought win Wednesday night should be good
preparation for the Wolves going into the postseason.
It was a great tune-up for the playoffs, he said. You have to
fight
for everything, and every possession means something.
South held a 19-9 lead after one quarter, but the Thunderbirds
closed within 34-32 at halftime and the game was tight the rest of
the way.
Taylor Sunkel scored 14 points and Gabrielle Stewart finished
with 10. Ali Davis, usually one of the Wolves top scorers, was held
to four points.
With this team this year we dont really depend on one person,
Hulet said. Its kind of nice not having to depend on one or two, or
even three people. Someone always steps up.
He said a key difference between Wednesday nights outcome and
Souths loss a week earlier at Central Kitsap which knocked South
out of first place was how the Wolves came through in the
clutch.
We kept our composure tonight, he said. They were coming after
us trying to foul us, and we hit our free throws down the
stretch.
South had a chance at finishing in a three-way tie for first in
the league, but that didnt happen because Bellarmine Prep won at
Central Kitsap to clinch the league championship Wednesday
night.
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though she was held to four points Wednesday night as the Wolves
ended the regular season with a 67-63 win over Mount Tahoma.
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Harbor 4-10 7-13 Stadium 4-10 5-15 Shelton 0-14 1-19
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KRL Librarians would re-spond by suggesting other books they
might like to read.
All fears that we had sched-uled a party but no one would come
were erased in the first five minutes of the event as homebound
readers from across Kitsap County started posting the titles of
books theyve read and liked. So many people came to the KRL site
that the library staff could not respond to all of them in the
allotted two hours.
By the time the dust settled on the event at 5 p.m. that
afternoon, a total of 267 people had posted on KRLs Facebook page
seeking reading sugges-tions. KRL staff worked over the next five
days to respond to each and every request, much to the satisfaction
and surprise of the participants. KRL received more than 60
messages of thanks for the dedication shown by the staff in
responding to the requests.
In addition to providing the people who posted with
rec-ommendations for good reads, the posts on the page created a
virtual reading list. Many people commented about all the
interesting books that were being mentioned by the read-ers who
posted.
To put the event in con-text, a library system serving the
county where Cleveland, Ohio, is located sponsored a similar
Facebook event. In a much larger urban area, over a six-hour time
period, that library system drew the participation of about 200
readers. In just two hours, and in a smaller population center, KRL
prompted 33 percent greater participation.
KRL now has more than 2,600 fans on Facebook, after adding 231
new fans just in the week of the Facebook Challenge. More than
3,850 people came to KRLs Facebook page that week.
For more information, contact Sharon Grant, 360-405-9036.
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As any high school senior knows, perfect attendance is no easy
feat.
Try perfect attendance for 43 years. Lee Daly has been a member
of the
Kiwanis Club of Port Orchard since
1968. And in nearly half a century since he first signed up, the
95-year-old Daly has not once missed out on credit for one of the
clubs weekly meetings.
I have perfect attendance so far, he said. That is, so far.
Most of the clubs 50 or so mem-
bers gathered at the American Legion Hall on Wednesday to
celebrate Dalys
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Trustees Sale #: WA01000011-11 Loan #: 7159402440 Order #:
722867 NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE PUR- SUANT TO THE RE- VISED CODE OF
WASH- INGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. I. NO- TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that on March 9, 2012, 09:00 AM, at the main entrance to the
Superior Courthouse, 614 Divi- sion Street, Port Or- chard, WA, MTC
FINAN- CIAL INC. dba TRUSTEE CORPS, the under- signed Trustee, will
sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in
the form of cash, or cashiers check or certified checks from
federally or State char- tered banks, at the time of sale the
following de- scribed real property, situated in the County of
Kitsap, State of Wash- ington, to-wit: Exhibit A PARCEL l: UNIT
100, BUILDING A, WYATT COURTYARDS, A CON- DOMINIUM RECORDED IN
VOLUME 8 OF CON- DOMINIUMS, PAGE(S) 181 THROUGH 185, IN- CLUSIVE,
AND AMEND- ED IN VOLUME 8 OF C O N D O M I N I U M S , PAGE(S) 191
THROUGH 193, INCLUSIVE, AC- CORDING TO THE DEC- LARATION THEREOF
RECORDED UNDER AU- DITORS FILE NO. 200801240087 AND AMENDED UNDER
AU- DITORS FILE NO. 2 0 0 8 0 5 0 1 0 1 2 9 , RECORDS OF KITSAP
COUNTY, WASHING- TON. PARCEL II: UNITS 200, 202, 206 AND 208,
BUILDING B, WYATT COURTYARDS, A CON- DOMINIUM RECORDED IN VOLUME 8
OF CON- DOMINIUMS, PAGE(S) 181 THROUGH 185, IN- CLUSIVE, AND AMEND-
ED IN VOLUME 8 OF C O N D O M I N I U M S , PAGE(S) 191 THROUGH
193, INCLUSIVE, AC- CORDING TO THE DEC- LARATION THEREOF RECORDED
UNDER AU- DITORS FILE NO. 200801240087 AND AMENDED UNDER AU- DITORS
FILE NO. 2 0 0 8 0 5 0 1 0 1 2 9 , RECORDS OF KITSAP
COUNTY, WASHING- TON. APN#: 8191-000-000-0002,
8191-000-100-0001, 8191-000-200-0000, 8191-000-202-0008,
8191-000-206-0004 & 8 1 9 1 - 0 0 0 - 2 0 8 - 0 0 0 2 which is
subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated April 9, 2007, re-
corded on April 20, 2007, as Instrument No. 200704200293 of Offi-
cial Records in the of- fice of the Recorder of Kitsap County, WA
from WYATT COURTYARDS, LLC, A LIMITED LIABIL- ITY COMPANY as Gran-
tor(s), to PACIFIC NORTHWEST TITLE, as Trustee, to secure an
obligation in favor of FRONTIER BANK, as the original Beneficiary.
More commonly known as 271 WYATT WAY, BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA 98110;
Property is now known as: UNIT 100, BUILDING A, WYATT COURTYARDS;
UNIT 200, BUILDING B, WYATT COURTYARDS; UNIT 202, BUILDING B, WYATT
COURTYARDS; UNIT 206, BUILDING B, WYATT COURTYARDS; UNIT 208,
BUILDING B, WYATT COURTYARDS II. No action com- menced by the
current Beneficiary, UNION BANK, N.A., SUCCES- SOR IN INTEREST TO
THE FDIC AS RECEIVER FOR FRONTIER BANK of the Deed of Trust is now
pending to seek satis- faction of the obligation in any Court by
reason of the Borrowers or Grantors default on the obligation
secured by the Deed of Trust/Mort- gage. Current Benefici- ary:
UNION BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR IN INTER- EST TO THE FDIC AS RECEIVER
FOR FRON- TIER BANK Contact Phone No.: (858) 496-5484 Ad- dress:
P.O. BOX 85416, SAN DIEGO, CA 92186 III. The default(s) for which
this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: FAILURE TO PAY UN- PAID
PRINCIPAL BAL- ANCE AND / OR INTER- EST PLUS IMPOUNDS AND / OR
ADVANCES WHICH BECAME DUE
PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE NOTE AND/OR DEED OF TRUST PLUS LATE
CHARGES, AND ALL SUBSEQUENT INSTALL- MENTS OF INTEREST, BALLOON
PAY- MENT(S), PLUS IM- POUNDS AND/OR AD- VANCES AND LATE CHARGES
THAT BE- COME PAYABLE PUR- SUANT TO THE NOTE, THE DEED OF TRUST AND
ALL RELATED LOAN DOCUMENTS when due; the following amounts which
are now in arrears: THE PROP- ERTY COVERED IN THIS NOTICE OF SALE
IN- CLUDES ALL REAL PROPERTY AND PER- SONAL PROPERTY, WHICH
PERSONAL PROPERTY IS ALSO SE- CURITY FOR THE SAME ELECTION OF THE
BEN- EFICIARY UNDER SAID DEED OF TRUST TO CAUSE A UNIFIED SALE TO
BE MADE OF SAID REAL PROPERTY AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE REVISED CODE OF W A S H I N G T O N
62.9A-604; IN ADDI- TION TO THE DE- FAULT(S) STATED ABOVE, THE
BENEFICI- ARY HEREBY ELECTS TO CONDUCT A UNI- FIED FORECLOSURE SALE
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE REVISED CODE OF W A S H I N G T O
N 62.9A-604 AND TO IN- CLUDE IN THE NON-JU- DICIAL FORECLOSURE OF
THE ESTATE DE- SCRIBED IN THE NO- TICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO
SELL AND THIS NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE, ALL OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY
AND FIX- TURES DESCRIBED IN (I) THE CONSTRUCTION DEED OF TRUST RE-
CORDED APRIL 20, 2007, AS INSTRUMENT NO. 200704200293 OF THE
OFFICIAL RECORDS IN THE OF- FICE OF THE RECORD- ER OF KITSAP
COUNTY, WASHINGTON, AND (II) THE CONSTRUCTION LOAN AGREEMENT DATED
APRIL 9, 2007,
AND (III) THE COM- MERCIAL PLEDGE AGREEMENT DATED APRIL 9, 2007,
AND (IV) THE CONSTRUC- TION LOAN AGREE- MENT DATED APRIL 9, 2007,
AND (V) THE COMMERCIAL SECUR- ITY AGREEMENT DAT- ED APRIL 9, 2007,
AND (VI) THE UCC FINANC- ING STATEMENTS, NAMING TRUSTOR AS DEBTOR
AND BENEFI- CIARY AS SECURIED PARTY, RECORDED ON APRIL, 20, 2007 AS
IN- STRUMENT NO. 200704200294 OF OFFI- CIAL RECORDS IN THE OFFICE
OF THE RE- CORDER OF KITSAP COUNTY, WASHING- TON AND (VII) THE UCC
FINANCING STATE- MENTS, NAMING TRUSTOR AS DEBTOR AND BENEFICIARY AS
SECURED PARTY, FILED ON MAY 8, 2007 AS FILE NO. 2007-129-5372-8 IN
THE OFFICE OF THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LI- CENSING; THE
FINANC- ING STATEMENT COV- ERS THE FOLLOWING COLLATERAL: ALL
LEASEHOLD IMPROVE- MENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ATTACHED
EXHIBIT A; WHETHER ANY OF THE FOREGOING IS OWNED NOW OR ACQUIRED
LATER; ALL ACCES- SIONS, ADDITIONS, RE- PLACEMENTS, AND
SUBSTITUTIONS RE- LATING TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING; ALL RECORDS OF
ANY KIND RELATING TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING; ALL PROCEEDS RELATING TO
ANY OF THE FORE- GOING (INCLUDING ANY INSURANCE, GEN- ERAL
INTANGIBLES AND ACCOUNT PRO- CEEDS). A) ANY AND ALL BUILDINGS AND
IMPROVEMENTS NOW OR HEREAFTER ERECT- EDON THE REAL PROPER- TY,
LEGALLY DE- SCRIBED ON EXHIBIT A, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
FIXTURES, ATTACH- MENTS, APPLIANCES, EQUIPMENT MACHIN-
ERY, AND OTHER AR- TICLESATTACHED, AN- NEXED OR AFFIXED TO THE
PROPERTY OR TO SUCH BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND IM- PROVEMENTS, ALL
OF WHICH ARE HEREIN COLLECTIVELY CALLED THE PROPERTY. B) TOGETHER
WITH ALL INTEREST, ESTATE OR OTHER CLAIMS, BOTH IN LAW AND IN EQUI-
TY, WHICH DEBTOR NOW HAS OR MAY HAS OR MAY HEREAFTER ACQUIRE IN THE
PROP- ERTY; C) TOGETHER WITH ALL EASEMENTS, RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND
RIGHTS USED IN CON- NECTION THEREWITH OR AS A MEANS OF AC- CESS
THERETO, AND ALL TENEMENTS, HEREDITAMENTS AND A P P U R T E N A N C
E S THEREOF AND THERE- TO, AND ALL WATER RIGHTS AND SHARES OF STOCK
EVIDENCING THE SAME; D) TOGETH- ER WITH ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND
INTEREST OF DEBTOR, NOW OWNED OR HERE- AFTER, IN AND TO ANY LAND
LYING WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF ANY STREET, OPEN OR PROPOSED,
ADJOIN- ING THE PROPERTY; AND ANY AND ALL SIDEWALKS, ALLEYS AND
STRIPS AND GORES OF LAND ADJA- CENT TO OR USED IN CONNECTION WITH
THE PROPERTY; E) TO- GETHER WITH ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND IN- TEREST OF
DEBTOR IN AND TO ALL PERSONAL PROPERTY (THE PER- SONAL PROPERTY)
NOW OR HEREAFTER OWNED BY DEBTOR AND NOW OR AT ANY TIME HEREAFTER
AT- TACHED, ANNEXED OR AFFIXED TO THE PROP- ERTY SO AS TO BE- COME
FIXTURES, IN- CLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, GOODS, MACHINERY, TOOLS,
EQUIPMENT (INCLUD- ING FIRE SPRINKLERS AND ALARM SYSTEMS, OFFICE
AIR CONDI- TIONING, HEATING, RE- FRIGERATING, ELEC- TRONIC
MONITORING, WINDOW OR STRUC-
TURAL CLEANING RIGS, MAINTENANCE AND ALL OTHER EQUIPMENT OF ANY
KIND), FLOOR COVER- INGS, DRAPERIES, DRAPERY RODS AND BRACKETS,
AWNINGS, WINDOW SHADES, VE- NETIAN BLINDS, CUR- TAINS, LIGHTING
FIX- TURES, AND ALL PRO- CEEDS THEREOF AND ALL RIGHTS OF DEBT- OR
AS LESSEE OF ANY PERSONAL PROPERTY; F) TOGETHER WITH ALL RIGHT,
TITLE, AND INTEREST OF DEBTOR IN THE FUNDS DEPOS- ITED WITH SECURED
PARTY AS SECURITY FOR TAX, ASSESS- MENT, LABOR, OR MA- TERIAL LOENS
FILED AGAINST THE PROPER- TY OR AS RESERVES FOR THE PAYMENT OF
TAXES, SPECIAL AS- SESSMENTS, OR PROPERTY INSURANCE PREMIUMS; G)
TO- GETHER WITH ALL THE ESTATE, INTEREST, RIGHT, TITLE, OTHER CLAIM
OR DEMAND, WHICH DEBTOR NOW HAS OR MAY HERE- AFTER ACQUIRE, IN THE
PROPERTY, IN- CLUDING ALL UN- EARNED PREMIUMS UNDER INSURANCE
POLICIES NOW OR HEREAFTER OBTAINED BY DEBTOR, CLAIMS OR DEMANDS
WITH RESPECT TO THE PRO- CEEDS OF INSURANCE, ALL PROCEEDS (IN-
CLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FUNDS, ACCOUNTS, DEPOSITS,
INSTRUMENTS, GEN- ERAL INTANGIBLES, NOTES OR CHATTEL PAPER) OF THE
CON- VERSION, VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY, OF ANY OF THE PROPERTY
DESCRIBED ABOVE INTO CASH OR OTHER LIQUIDATED CLAIMS, INCLUDING
PROCEEDS OF HAZARD, TITLE AND OTHER INSURANCE AND PROCEEDS RE-
CEIVED PURSUANT TO ANY SALES OR RENTAL AGREEMENTS OF DEBTOR IN
RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY DE- SCRIBED ABOVE INTO CASH OR OTHER LIQUI-
DATED CLAIMS, IN-
CLUDING PROCEEDS OF HAZARD, TITLE AND OTHER INSURANCE AND
PROCEEDS RE- CEIVED PURSUANT TO ANY SALES OR RENTAL AGREEMENTS OF
DEBTOR IN RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY, ALL REFUNDS OR RE- BATES OF
TAXES OR ASSESSMENTS ON THE PROPERTY, ALL RIGHTS OF ACTION IN
RESPECT OF THE PROPERTY AND ALL JUDGEMENTS, DAMAG- ES, AWARDS,
SETTLE- MENTS AND COMPEN- SATION (INCLUDING INTEREST THEREON),
HERETOFORE, OR HEREAFTER MADE TO THE PRESENT AND ALL SUBSEQUENT
OWNERS OF ANY PROPERTY OR RIGHTS DESCRIBED OR ENCUMBERED HEREBY FOR
ANY INJURY TO OR DECREASE IN THE VALUE THEREOF FOR ANY REASON, OR
BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL OR OTHER LAWFUL AUTHORITY FOR THE TAKING BY
EMINENT DOMAIN, CONDEMNA- TION OR BY ANY PRO- CEEDING IN LIEU
THEREOF OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE PROPERTY, INCLUD- ING, WITHOUT
LIMITA- TION, ANY AWARDS RESULTING FROM A CHANGE OF GRADE OF
STREETS AND AWARDS FOR SEVER- ANCE DAMAGES; H) TOGETHER WITH ANY
AND ALL EXISTING AND FUTURE LEASES (INCLUDING SUBLEAS- ES THEREOF),
WHETH- ER WRITTEN OR ORAL, RENTAL AGREEMENTS AND ALL FUTURE
AGREEMENTS FOR USE AND OCCUPANCY, AND ANY AND ALL EXTEN- SIONS,
RENEWALS AND REPLACEMENTS THEREOF, UPON ALL OR RELATING TO ANY PART
OF THE PROPER- TY (HEREINAFTER COL- LECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS THE
LEASES); I) TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL GURANTIES OF TENANTS PERFOR-
MANCE UNDER ANY AND ALL OF THE LEAS- ES; J) TOGETHER WITH THE
IMMEDIATE AND
CONTINUING RIGHT TO COLLECT AND RECEIVE ALL OF THE RENTS, FEES,
CHARGES, AC- COUNTS, INCOME, RE- CEIPTS, REVENUES, IS- SUES,
PROFITS AND OTHER INCOME OR OTHER PAYMENTS OF ANY NATURE NOW DUE OR
WHICH MAY BE- COME DUE OR TO WHICH DEBTOR MAY NOW OR SHALL HERE-
AFTER (INCLUDINGANY INCOME OF ANY NATURE COMING DUE DURING ANY
REDEMP- TION PERIOD) BECOME ENTITLED TO OR MAY MAKE DEMAND OR CLAIM
FOR, ARISING OR ISSUING FROM OR OUT OF THE LEASES OR FROM OR OUT OF
THE PROPERTY OR ANY PART THEREOF, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
FEES, CHARGES, ACCOUNTS OR OTHER PAYMENTS FOR THE USE OR OC-
CUPANCY OF ROOMS AND OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES, MINIMUM RENTS,
ADDITONAL RENTS, PERCENTAGE RENTS, PARKING OR COMMON AREA,MAIN-
TENANCE CONTRIBU- TIONS, TAX AND INSU- RANCE CONTRIBU- TIONS,
DEFICENCY RENTS AND LIQUIDAT- ED DAMAGES FOLLOW- ING DEFAULT ON ANY
LEASE, ALL AC- COUNTS, INSTRU- MENTS, AND GENERAL INTANGIBLES
RELATED TO DEBTORS OPERA- TION OF THE PROPER- TY AND ANY BUSISI-
NESS OPERATED THEREON BY DEBTOR AND ALL PROCEEDS THEREOF, AND ALL
PROCEEDS PAYABLE UNDER ANY POLICY OF INSURANCE COVERING LOSS OF
RENTS RE- SULTING FROM UN- T E N A N T A B I L I T Y CAUSED BY
DESTRUC- TION OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL
RIGHTS AND CLAIMS OF ANY KIND WHICH DEBTOR MAY HAVE AGAINST ANY
TENANT UNDER THE LEASES OR
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Emma Jayde Joyce
Emma Jayde Joyce, 3 weeks old, died Jan. 31 at Seattle Childrens
Hospital.
She was born Jan. 8 at the University of Washington Medical
Center to David Joyce and Kelsey Littleton of Port
Orchard.Besides her
parents, survi-vors include a brother, Andre Joyce, and two
sisters,
Yuliana and Yesenia Joyce, all of the family home; maternal
grandparents Steve and Susan Littleton of Port Orchard and paternal
grandparents
David and Kim Muniz of Port Orchard.
A memorial service will be at noon today at Rills Life Tribute
Center in Port Orchard. Inurnment will be at Sunset Lane Memorial
Park, also in Port Orchard.
An online memorial is at www.rill.com.
OBITUARIES
Emma Jade Joyce
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