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Jefferson County elections personnel Karen Cartmel, left, and Betty Johnson, foreground, draw ballot position lots Friday as candidates John Wood, Ravey Kierann, Raven and Paul Richmond, from left in background, observe.
51 to vie for 15 positions Pair pleads not guilty in as freeholder care death of woman, 77 CHARLIE BERMANT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Luke O’Hara, 3, center, and his sister, Juliette O’Hara, 6, practice their artistry during Saturday’s Uptown Street Fair in Port Townsend. Several hundred attended the event, which is intended as a local gathering rather than one for visitors. In addition to booths and artistic stations along the streets, the fair included the Very Local Parade.
BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Charges of second-degree manslaughter and second-degree criminal mistreatment-domestic violence were added at their Friday arraignment by Jefferson County Deputy Prosecutor Chris Ashcraft. The defendants can be convicted of either of the manslaughter charges but not both, court documents say. The two are scheduled for an omnibus hearing Sept. 20, a readiness hearing Oct. 11 and a pretrial hearing Oct. 25.
clothing, her hair was matted, and her knees were stained with dried blood. The next day, the Sheriff’s Office learned that Johnson was severely dehydrated and in renal failure, with a fractured kneecap and multi-organ failure, the report said. She died April 18. During a subsequent investigation, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Detective Barb Garrett said she found that Huber had removed $20,000 from Johnson’s bank accounts shortly after Johnson’s huband, Ray, had died. Garrett said Kathleen Johnson had suffered “a rapid decline into dementia” after her husband died and that Haley, who would “push and yell at” Johnson, was executing control over Huber.
PORT TOWNSEND — Two Port Townsend residents have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and theft charges stemming from the death of a 77-year-old Marrowstone Island woman who police said was in their care. Richard M. Huber, 56, and Betty June Haley, 70, are accused of neglecting Huber’s mother, Kathleen Johnson, and contributing to her April 18 death. They also are accused of taking some $20,000 from Johnson’s Account in court documents bank accounts. According to a probable-cause Charges added statement filed with the court, Trial is set for Nov. 4-5 in Jef- Huber and Haley had moved in with Johnson in October 2012 ferson County Superior Court. Arrested Aug. 9 in Port after Johnson’s husband died. On April 14, Huber brought Townsend, each has posted the $10,000 set by Superior Court Johnson into the emergency room ________ Judge Keith Harper on Aug. 12, at Jefferson Healthcare hospital. Hospital personnel contacted when each was charged with firstJefferson County Editor Charlie Berdegree manslaughter and first- the Jefferson County Sheriff’s mant can be reached at 360-385-2335 or Office, saying Johnson wore soiled cbermant@peninsuladailynews.com. degree theft.
Interest keen in guiding charter county BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — Fiftyone people filed for 15 positions on the Nov. 5 ballot, showing that interest is high in becoming one of the freeholders who will craft a charter that could redefine Jefferson County government. Five people from each county commissioner district will be elected during the general election to create the charter if voters also approve the process with a separate vote at the same time. Each voter will be allowed to select five individuals. The preferences of voters who choose more than five will not be counted, County Auditor Donna Eldridge said. The top five vote-getters in each district will take office as freeholders.
District 1, which includes the city of Port Townsend and the adjacent area, has the most candidates of any of the other district: 20 Fifteen filed for the seats in District 2, which covers Cape George, Kala Point, Nordland, Chimacum, Port Hadlock, Irondale and Four Corners. Sixteen filed in District 3, which covers southeast Jefferson County and then extends west to the Pacific coast and the communities of Quileute, Kalaloch and Queets.
Nov. 5 decision If voters approve, the freeholders will be charged with developing by June 20, 2015, a county charter, which then will be weighed by voters. Home-rule charters are permitted by the state constitution as a way for counties to provide forms of government that might differ from the commission form prescribed by state law. TURN
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Free clinic for mental health Pilot project aimed at services for youth BY JOAN WORLEY FOR PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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The new Port Townsend Youth Mental Health Clinic opens Thursday in this building at 1136 Water St..
PORT TOWNSEND — A clinic to provide free and confidential mental health counseling for youths will open Thursday. The Port Townsend Youth Mental Health Clinic at 1136 Water St. will provide free and
confidential mental health counseling for clients 13-25 years old. The pilot project aims to help troubled young people, especially those wary of seeking help through regular channels. “I don’t think you can have too many services for vulnerable populations,” said registered nurse Karen Ciccarone. She said she “tried to retire” to Port Townsend after a career as a psychiatric nurse but found her-
self volunteering to help at-risk youth. “From what I’ve seen, there is a lot of need out there,” she said. In addition to her own experience, Ciccarone cited 2011 statistics from the Jefferson County Public Health Department showing that the county has a higher percentage than state averages of students in grades 6-10 reporting “serious suicidal ideation.” TURN
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