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TAP-TAP-TAP: Bremerton man continues to fix typewriters IN THIS EDITION
One of the region’s last typewriter repairmen is still at it in Bremerton. — page 2 65,000 circulation every Friday in the Bainbridge Island Review | Bremerton Patriot | Central Kitsap Reporter | North Kitsap Herald | Port Orchard Independent
Central Kitsap woman hit and killed by car BY KEVAN MOORE KMOORE@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
Central Kitsap resident Alana KemppainenCartwright, 23, was killed early in the morning Wednesday, Sept. 10, after being struck by vehicle in the 5500 block of Tracyton Boulevard. A 25-year-old
man she was walking with was also hit by the car and was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with critical injuries. The driver of the four-door Subaru Legacy that struck Kemppainen-Cartwright and the 25-year-old man was arrested by sheriff ’s
deputies and booked into Kitsap County Jail for one count of vehicular homicide and one count of vehicular assault. The collision, which occurred near the site of the former Tracyton Elementary School, was first reported at 2:17 a.m. Deputy Scott Wilson, a
spokesman for the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, says the driver is a 26-year-old Bremerton resident. Also in the vehicle with him were a 29-year-old man from Poulsbo in the backseat and another man in the front passenger seat who fled the scene following the collision.
“The right front-seat passenger bailed and fled so we’re still trying to determine his exact identity to go and talk to him,” Wilson said late Wednesday morning. Wilson said the occupants of the vehicle and the pedestrians had all been at the Tracyton Tavern earlier
in the night, but he didn’t know if they all knew each other. He said KemppainenCartwright and the man that was struck were both walking in the northbound lane of travel, not along the shoulder, when they were hit. Wilson said the driver was set to be charged Thursday.
Hales Ales will close its restaurant Dad, daughter plan to escape from Alcatraz
BY RICHARD D. OXLEY ROXLEY@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
After more than four years trying to establish a foothold in Kitsap County, Hale’s Ales is closing up shop at the mall in Silverdale. “We’re kind of licking our wounds at the moment,” said owner Mike Hale. “We gave it a great shot and it’s a shame.” Hale’s Ales in Silverdale will remain open until Sept. 30. The restaurant employs 35 servers, cooks, bartenders and other staff. Hale’s Ales employees were given a month notice of the closing, and two weeks severance pay. The mall location that Mike opened with his wife Kathleen Hale wasn’t ultimately conducive to the restaurant, he said, and the brewer couldn’t seem to make the location profitable. “We never could quite get it to produce the numbers it needed to cover all the overhead,” Kathleen said. “We gave it a college try, kept it going for four years, but we had to squeal uncle.” “The mall traffic is pretty light, that was probably one of our mistakes of moving into a mall,” she
BY LESLIE KELLY LKELLY@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
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Hale’s Ales’ Silverdale location will remain open until Sept. 30. said. Mike agreed that the mall wasn’t a good fit for the company, but also noted that they tripped up when they first attempted to create a large restaurant out of their pub. “When we first opened we kind of stubbed our toe and service and food quality wasn’t as we intended,” Mike said. “We attempted to
correct that over the years, but people have long memories, and we never were able to recover the volume. It may be that the place was too big to begin with and that it has high rent volume there.” The Silverdale restaurant is one of two Hale’s Ales locations. The
Silverdale’s Bruce Waterbury will turn 55 years old on Sept. 17. His daughter, Kristi Balant, will turn 28 on Sept. 13. But the dad-daughter duo has special plans for a joint celebration on Sunday, Sept. 14. They’re going to swim from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco. “When I tell people about it, they tell me I’m crazy,” said Waterbury. “Many people believe that you can’t swim Alcatraz because of the extremely cold, choppy water,
the strong current and the sharks. Many people believe this because of the movie ‘Escape From Alcatraz.’ Obviously, it can be done and many people do it each year.” According to his daughter, the two planned a birthday trip to visit Alcatraz, and the swim came about a bit later. “Dad’s always had an interest in Alcatraz,” Balant said. “He’s a history buff. So we planned a birthday trip to go see it and when I got looking into it, I found out there was a swim that weekend. SEE ALCATRAZ, A9
SEE HALES ALES, A9
IN THE REPORTER NAVY NEWS Jonathan Adviento, an injured sailor with local ties, heads to London to compete in inaugural Invictus Games — Page 11
OPINION Get to know candidates ahead of the election — Page 4
SPORTS Cougars, Wolves clash in Silverdale — Page 3
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Bruce Waterbury and his daughter Kristi Balant plan to swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco Sept. 14. They are seen here at the Olympic Swim Trials in Omaha, Neb.
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