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    South Kitsap
    Still no Wi-Fi service on Southworth run
    Still no Wi-Fi service on Southworth run
    March 28, 2008 5:31 pm

    Despite an earlier prediction that wireless Internet service would be available on the Southworth-Vashon-Fauntleroy route of the Washington State Ferries by the last day of 2007, equipment delays have pushed the estimate into this year.

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    Angel mulling run for Legislature?
    Angel mulling run for Legislature?
    March 28, 2008 5:31 pm

    South Kitsap Commissioner Jan Angel is scheduled to announce plans for her political future on Monday, ending speculation whether she would run for another term as commissioner, retire or seek another office.

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    The Carlisle II foot ferry unloads its passengers Friday in Port Orchard after arriving from Bremerton.
    Missed connections irk foot ferry riders
    March 28, 2008 5:30 pm

    Last Wednesday when the 8:45 a.m. Washington State Ferries sailing from Seattle pulled into the Bremerton terminal, the Carlisle II was at the foot ferry dock, seemingly waiting patiently for the larger boat.
    But just as the group of walk-on passengers began to unload and head to the smaller boat, the foot ferry pulled away from the dock — despite the service’s claim that the boats will wait up to five minutes before departing.

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    City Hall finishes downtown work, plans for future
    City Hall finishes downtown work, plans for future
    March 28, 2008 5:30 pm

    Port Orchard City Hall saw its fair share of major issues throughout 2007, drawing in crowds and subsequently spurring a downtown residential movement with growing political clout.

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    Cuts starting to take effect at PO Library
    Cuts starting to take effect at PO Library
    March 28, 2008 5:30 pm

    Starting this week, the Port Orchard branch of the Kitsap Regional Library will lose a few hours and its readers will lose a few days of book reading after new cost-cutting measures take effect.

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    Humane Society gives malnourished horses a new start
    Humane Society gives malnourished horses a new start
    By Rachel Brant • March 28, 2008 5:30 pm

    Kitsap Animal Control Chief Rance McEntyre and Officer James Aiello on Wednesday unloaded nine malnourished thoroughbreds and Arab mixes at the Kitsap Humane Society headquarters in Silverdale.

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    Five vying for ’08 Fathoms o’Fun crown
    Five vying for ’08 Fathoms o’Fun crown
    March 26, 2008 6:00 am

    After welcoming its first prince in about a decade in 2007, the Fathoms o’Fun Pageant will crown only princesses this year as five young women will compete to become royalty.
    Saturday at Christian Life Center the group of South Kitsap resi-dents will complete what pageant director Kim Martin described as “four months of work … competing for scholarships and to serve and represent their community.”

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    If Rossi expects Dems’ help, he shouldn’t
    If Rossi expects Dems’ help, he shouldn’t
    March 26, 2008 6:00 am

    It’s going to be interesting to see whether those Democrats who were so offended by the way King County beat Republican Dino Rossi out of election for governor will stand by their 2004 vows to atone for it the second time around.

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    New ferries director set to visit SK
    New ferries director set to visit SK
    March 25, 2008 1:08 pm

    The newly appointed head of the struggling Ferries Division of the Washington State Department of Transportation is scheduled to be in South Kitsap tonight to meet local riders.
    “I want to meet face-to-face and have constructive conversations with the people who depend on the services we provide every day,” said David Moseley, who took the helm of the maligned agency which has struggled recently to keep enough boats on the water.

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    Kitsap County Auditor Karen Flynn
    Auditor’s office faces changing of the guard
    March 21, 2008 2:19 pm

    Karen Flynn’s office is in chaos. As she prepares to retire as Kitsap County Auditor next week, she has built piles from the awards, documents and memorabilia.
    There are stacks of commemorative plaques, as well as samples of every voter’s guide and election report published during nearly 22 years in office.

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    Boy Scout brothers up for service awards
    Boy Scout brothers up for service awards
    March 21, 2008 4:38 pm

    hree South Kitsap brothers who have each done their part to nurture the local environment have been nominated for a state award that recognizes people who are dedicated to serving their community.
    Eighteen-year-old twins Jon and Andy Gallent, seniors at South Kitsap High School, and their older brother Jarrett, 19, were nominated as a trio to receive Jefferson Awards, which honor people who have shown “special dedication, sacrifices and significant accomplishments” when it comes to community involvement.

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    Who’s that knocking on my door?
    Who’s that knocking on my door?
    March 21, 2008 11:25 am

    A 47-year-old Sammamish woman was at her boyfriend’s house in Bremerton playing a video game when there was a knock on the door about 8 p.m.
    She opened the door to a young woman who asked the couple if she could use a telephone. As the Sammamish woman was walking to get her cell phone, the visitor came into the house, saying it was cold, asked for a drink of water and if she could move some items from a chair to sit down for a minute.

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    Whoever wins, SK will have an advocate again
    Whoever wins, SK will have an advocate again
    March 21, 2008 2:19 pm

    Unless another candidate emerges soon who’s more accomplished or qualified than either Jan Angel or Kim Abel, it appears at least one of the two Washington state House of Representatives members from the 26th District for the next two years will be from South Kitsap.
    It’s also pretty clear that whoever wins the seat will be a marked improvement over incumbent Pat Lantz, who announced this week she wouldn’t seek re-election. But for the moment let’s just stick with geographical advantages.

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    Garrido seeks to reclaim SK Commissioner’s seat
    Garrido seeks to reclaim SK Commissioner’s seat
    March 17, 2008 1:54 pm

    The race for South Kitsap commissioner heated up this week, with the formal rollout of Monty Mahan’s campaign and former commissioner Charlotte Garrido’s expected candidacy announcement.

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    Janet Osborne’s Manchester Elementary School third-graders show off their hand-drawn art next to a table of completed quilt pieces.
    Jellyfish, orcas and sharks! Oh My!
    March 12, 2008 6:36 pm

    Students of Janet Osborne’s third grade class at Manchester Elementary worked amid piles of fabric, sheets and scraps of every color littering the tables. On two large tables shoved together, a grid of their hand-drawn artwork shows what will eventually become a quilt.
    Long-time quilters Sarajane Rants and Madeleine Fraley are working with the students to create a large, colorful quilt showing different creatures from the Puget Sound.
    Photo slideshow: See a slideshow of the students’ artwork.

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    Olalla homemaker’s life flowering
    Olalla homemaker’s life flowering
    March 12, 2008 6:00 am

    Sharon Gakin of Olalla isn’t afraid to take on new tasks and skills. She’s been doing it her whole life.
    From shucking oysters and picking blackberries for canneries when her husband, Bob Gakin, was in the military to floral arrangements and garden structures in her retirement, Gakin’s resume reflects an entrepreneurial outlook on life.

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    Macomber’s publisher donating to Cedar Cove Days
    Macomber’s publisher donating to Cedar Cove Days
    March 5, 2008 6:00 am

    Cindi Lucarelli brought her fundraising presentation to the Port Orchard City Council last week, which she used to pitch her goal of a Cedar Cove Days festival celebrating the books of area author Debbie Macomber.
    Lucarelli’s slide show presentation included pictures of South Kitsap’s waterfront and nearby communities Bremerton and Gig Harbor, and she presented it to Macomber’s publishers at Harlequin Publications in the hopes of raising more money for the $400,000 to $500,000 festival scheduled for August of 2009.

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    There’s a good reason for my dizziness
    There’s a good reason for my dizziness
    March 5, 2008 6:00 am

    The first time I had labyrinthitis, back in 2000, it was something, according to medical authorities, that you usually only get once in a lifetime.
    When it hit me again in January, I asked the physician how come and he said, “That’s in one ear.” It turned out it was in the other ear this time.

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    Port cancels Botkin’s contract as SEED director
    Port cancels Botkin’s contract as SEED director
    March 4, 2008 12:58 pm

    Shortly after the Port of Bremerton board of commissioners clarified what a pause in the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) plan will mean, consultant Tim Botkin was fired from his position as the project’s director.
    Board President Cheryl Kincer confirmed Monday that port Chief Executive Officer Ken Attebery dismissed Botkin on Friday, a month before his contract was to expire at the end of March.

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    Port clarifies SEED ‘pause’
    Port clarifies SEED ‘pause’
    March 4, 2008 12:54 pm

    The Port of Bremerton’s Board of Commissioners clarified Friday what a “pause” in its Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) project will entail, voting unanimously to delay any new contracts until independent reviews of the endeavor’s merits are completed.
    “I did not call for killing the project,” said board president Cheryl Kincer, explaining that pausing progress on the clean technology business park and incubator represents “due diligence on the part of the port,” something she said she had been asking for “as far back as the end of last year.”

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