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Ringing in the Christmas season with Salvation Army bell ringer Bruce Danielson

Port Orchard's shopping season is nearly a week old, with stores adding seasonal festivities. In this POI Video Extra, local attorney (and two-time judicial candidate) Bruce Danielson takes us along as he serves as a volunteer bellringer in front of the Port Orchard Wal-Mart. www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/poi/lifestyle/78485552.html

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Kitsap County Crime Incident Map

Westsoundguide.com's criminal incident map is made up of reports taken by law enforcement officers from the Bainbridge Island Police Department, Bremerton Police Department, Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, Port Orchard Police Department, and Poulsbo Police Department. The reports made by officers do not reflect actual criminal convictions, only the initial report taken at the scene by a law enforcement officer. Some incidents, such as suicides and rapes, aren't published in adherence to the Kitsap Sun's policies of what is published in the newspaper and on kitsapsun.com. westsoundguide.com/living/crime-map/

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07/16/10-Mason County Hearing Examiner rules in favor of Peninsula Top Soil asphalt batch plant

The appellant appeals a determination by the Manager of the Planning Division of the Department of Communty Development ('Manager") that an asphalt batch plant is not permitted at the Bear Creek-DeWatto Gravel Pit. The determination is reversed and an asphalt batch plant of the size proposed by the appellant is interpreted as an authorized use. Conclusions of Law Mason County's nonconforming use provisions authorize the proposed batch plant. The proposed batch plant is similar in scale and impacts to the current large collection of machinery located at the existing gravel pit, will not create any significant additional impacts, and will be located within the footprint of existing mine operations. Consequently, the activities are not considered a change in use and are authorized by regulations that allow an expansion in use. The Examiner concludes that the proposed asphalt batch plant does not constitute a change in use because it is subordinate to and serves existing gravel pit operations and is similar in scale, volume and intensity to existing operations. 100716-ruling-peninsula top soil asphalt plant

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02/09/09: SR3, Belfair Area Stormwater Alternatives Analysis; from WA Dept of Transportation to Pacific NW Salmon Center by Bill Elliott, project engineer

The project team conducted a strong, good faith effort to define and compare the two alternatives. I believe the report provides a thorough description of the criteria used in the analysis and the results. ...We have concluded the preferred alternative is locating stormwater ponds along the SR 3 corridor... Read 26-page WSDOT Report here: www.commonsensemason.com/uploads/090209-dot-stormwater_Alternatives-sr3-belfair_Widening.pdf 090209-dot-sr3-belfair Stormwater Alternatives Analysis

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JOIN the Belfair Area Round Table discussion group

The Belfair Area Round Table is a place where North Mason residents can "gather round the table" to discuss local issues. Click to join BelfairAreaRoundTable

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Casad Dam on the Union River

The City of Bremerton supplies 3.3 billion gallons of water each year to 55,000 people, representing 36% of all the water supplied in Kitsap County. When the river floods, it may not be due to heavy rain, but also to releasing excessive amounts of water from behind the dam to protect Bremerton's "remarkable and valuable investment. If you live on the Union River and want to be included in the emergency phone tree for the Union River, the Department of Emergency Management in Shelton at 360-427-7535 or download the Union River Telephone Flood Notification System form here: http://www.ci.bremerton.wa.us/forms/publicworks/waterresources/MCfloodnotification.pdf?bremcity=7146dadab342784f83dbe03aecaa50d8

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Preparedness

Practical Preparedness Planning by Jeffrey R. Yago

In light of recent terrorist attacks around the world, it's time to renew our preparedness and readiness to cope with such an attack. And don't think you won't be a terrorist target if you live in rural America. It is the belief of some terrorist analysts that Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups will change its tactics and begin targeting America's rural communities. There are some very easy and low-cost things we can all do today, whether at home or traveling through a large town or city, and whether the catastrophe is caused by terrorists or nature. There are three critical areas of potential danger we need to address: 1. How do we prepare and where is safe if caught in a large city during a terrorist attack, blackout, building fire, or civil unrest? 2. How do we prepare and where is safe if caught in a vehicle during traffic gridlock, a multi-car pileup, rising water, or road closure? 3. How do we prepare a home for extended power outages? www.backwoodshome.com/index.html  0401-backwoodshome-preparedness Planning

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Major earthquakes and other natural disasters can happen

Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network

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Circle of friends: The importance of other people in our preparedness plans by Claire Wolfe

Hardcore survivalists cherish what I call the "George Romero Scenario." It goes like this: The proverbial poop has hit the propeller. Cities collapse into chaos. But we, the prepared, are...well, we're prepared. We hunker in our rural bunkers, clutching our Super Whiz-Whacker 3000 combat arms, eagle-eyed and ready for any eventuality. We boldly fend off wave after ravenous wave of starving city folk who stagger at us like unstoppable zombies in a Romero horror flick. These zombies crave not our living flesh, but our six-gallon, mylar-lined superpails of dried lentils, our root cellars full of last year's carrots, and our genuine, federally issued Meals Ready to Eat. Well...maybe... The fact is, for most of us rural people, one of the biggest things we're going to face in event of a major or minor disaster is this: a need to cooperate with others who are in the same boat and who share similar privations. Other people are not the enemy. They may be our lifeline—and we theirs. We need a circle of well-prepared friends more than we're likely to need a .50 cal long-range scoped rifle with a muzzle brake that has "Have a nice day" carved into it... www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/wolfe111.html

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