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CKF&R to host Kids’ Day June 7
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Ronny Smith, left, was named CKF&R Career Firefighter of the Year and Ryan Orseth, right, was named Volunteer Firefighter of the Year.
Fire district gives annual awards BY LESLIE KELLY LKELLY@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue announced its 2013 employee honors. According to Ileana LiMarzi, public information officer for the district, ballots were distributed and employees voted for the person they found to be deserving of each title. The following awards were made: Career Firefighter of the Year 2013: Ronny Smith Volunteer Firefighter of the Year 2013: Ryan Orseth Career EMS Person of the Year 2013: Kevin Bernt Volunteer EMS of the Year 2013: Judy Henneman Career Officer of the Year 2013: Greg Platz Volunteer Officer of the Year 2013: David Brisbon Support Services Member of the Year 2013: Joe Calkins Most Inspirational employees in 2013:
Firefighter: Trevor Stanley and Staff Assistant Karen Lunden. In addition, the following members were awarded their 2013 Service Year Pins: 5 years: Mickey Cotter, Medina Crawford, Joel Davies, Jeff Denton, Kyle Good, David Mackovjak, Shawn Mahoney, Joshua McGaughey, Kara Putman, Amy Sanchez, Thomas Sullivan, Jr. and Craig Wellbrock. 10 years: Steve Whitish 15 years: Greg Snyder, David Krause, Greg Platz, Matt Porter, Aaron Rankin, Orville Stoner, Sr. 20 years: Chris Bigelow, Joe Eberle, Eric Keim, Dan King, Mark Tuemler 25 years: Brian Danskin 30 years: Valerie Quill and Mike Tague 35 years: Ed Bentley, Henry Henneman, Ed Scholfield
Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue is gearing up for its 29th annual Kids’ Day to be June 7. Events will be at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Kids’ Day is a free fire and life safety event for kids of all ages, according to Ileana LiMarzi, CKF&R public information officer. The event features booths inside the buildings, entertainment and food, as well as an entire outdoor area with “touch-a-truck” displays and demonstrations by CKF&R firefighters. “Each organization that joins us puts together an engaging, interactive activity with a safety message,” LiMarzi said. “One of the biggest draws of our event is the bike helmet fitting area. We offer free bike helmets to children and adults and we make sure they’re fitted properly. We fit an average of 600 helmets at Kids’ Day.”
Activities include a fire engine bounce house and bouncy obstacle course, Navy Region Northwest fire safety house, Home Depot build station, barbecue with firefighters, live pirate show with Cap’n Arrr, free flowers from Lowe’s, live car extrication and fire suppression demonstrations, the Kitsap Regional Library bookmobile and meet Sparky, Chuck E. Cheese, and the Skipper Parrot. For more information, call 360-447-3603.
Kitsap Jayhawkers to meet June 7 The Kitsap Jayhawkers will meet Saturday, June 7, at The Airport Diner, at 11:30 a.m. This is a great opportunity for native Kansans to get together to talk about “the good ol’ days” back in The Sunflower State, enjoy friendships and good food. Since it’s Father’s Day month, attendees may share
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Kitsap awarded funding to reduce unemployment On May 13, Gov. Jay Inslee announced that Kitsap County, along with two others, were awarded $193,000 to help return “the long-term unemployed to work.” The funding will be used to serve 80 long-term unemployed individuals with a goal of placing 64 of them into jobs, according to a press release from the Kitsap County Human Services. “Thousands of workers with good work histories have been left behind in our economic recovery,” Governor Inslee said. “It’s
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