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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

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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.

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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.

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Bill Simmons has lived on his 6.5-acre South Kitsap property for 35 years and wants the area to retain its rural character.

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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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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 to be respectful of keep-ing people up to date.

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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.

But the particulars of each dollar spent by area residents on 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. We just dont have it.

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.

Another meeting will be held at the Gig Harbor Civic Center on 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.

But regardless of the rec-ommendation they make, he said, the Washington State Transportation Commission has the final say.

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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 vehicle and away from a fire that had started under her hood. Thats 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-

brae. Her baby also was taken to St. Joseph and her older

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The State Patrol reported that all drivers and passen-gers were wearing seat belts or proper restraints. San Nicolas was driving too fast for condi-

tions, according to the WSP report, and charges against her are pending.

San Nicolas said from the hospital that she was lucky to be alive, and now has a long recovery ahead.

I need to focus on recov-ery, she said.

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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 just work for the developers and for the real estate people.

They work for all the peo-ple who live on the land in Kitsap County.

The timeline for the UGA remand calls for a draft of the countys comprehensive plan, maps of the preferred UGA alternatives and environmental impact assessments to be done in May.

The commissioners adop-tion of a final plan is supposed to be done in August.

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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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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].

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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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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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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.

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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.

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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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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.

South Kitsap 52, Mount Tahoma 50MT 9 13 12 11 5 50 SK 11 10 13 11 7 52TahomaRollins 14, Hammond 9, Williams 8, Pate 5, Craig 0, Davis 9, Byrne 5, Williams 0.SKLaDeaux 8, Callaghan 10, Simpson 2, Newquist 4, Traxell 5, Hazley 8, Martinez 7, Hyson 5, Osinski 0.

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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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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FootballWolves woes continue in 27-3 loss to Bellarmine.

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Grace on the grassBecca Schoalesbeats big odds, stars for SK soccer

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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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CommunityHumane Society to concentrate onanimal abuse cases

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Election26th DistrictHouse hopefulsmake their cases

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South Kitsaps Source for News & In

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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to 1-3 aft er loss to Shelton

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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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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.

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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-

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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 described 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, recorded on April 20, 2007, as Instrument No. 200704200293 of Offi- cial Records in the office 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 satisfaction 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.

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