Central Kitsap Reporter, March 27, 2015

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IN THIS EDITION

NEWS OC ranked as one of top ten colleges

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NEWS Harrison selects contractor

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OPINION Fossil fuels not going away soon

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SPORTS All-American Ashli Payne

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Linda Joyce ‘found the best in everyone’ BY LESLIE KELLY LKELLY@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM

BREMERTON — She was known as someone who never gave up on anyone or anything. Linda Joyce fought to help survivors of domestic violence. She fought to honor women and their achievements and she fought cancer to the very end, working through chemotherapy and several stays in the hospital. But Joyce succumbed to her battle with cancer March 22. “She was a fighter for what she believed

in to the end of her life,” said her good friend Vivi-Ann Parnell. “We will forever keep Linda’s smile and laugh in our hearts and she will forever be missed.” Parnell, who worked with Joyce on the board of the Kathleen Sutton Foundation, said Joyce had taught her compassion. “She had a contagious positivity,” Parnell said. “There was such an honesty ingrained in her. I always admire her positive look on life. Linda brought not only her experience and skills to the Kathleen Sutton Fund board, she brought her love for life, compassion, her dedication for the less fortunate in life and, last but not

Boater rescued from chilly Hood Canal waters

least, her humor.’ Joyce was 62. Her son was with her at the time of her death at Martha & Mary in Poulsbo, where she resided since February. Joyce was honored last June with an official retirement party, attended by more than 200. It was there that Kitsap County Commissioner Charlotte Garrido summed up what many people think of when they think of Joyce. “It’s that laugh,” Garrido said. “We all love your laugh.” Linda Joyce

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KITCHEN FIRE DAMAGES HOME

BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM

A boater who had been on Hood Canal in a small aluminum boat was lucky to get a bit of help after observant citizens plucked him from the cold water March 18. According to Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue, someone called 911 to report a possible boat adrift and a boater having problem on Hood Canal near the area of NW Rhoda Lane at 4:08 p.m. The caller and his brother hopped in their own boat to investigate. They found the small aluminum boat, but it was empty. At this time the caller had been contacted by Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue’s duty chief. The duty chief advised the caller to travel back to the original location where the boater had been sighted. The caller and his brother returned to that area, approximately three quarters of a mile away, and found the boater in the cold water. The boater was not wearing a life jacket and it was estimated he had been in the water for approximately 30 minutes. The brothers pulled him into SEE BOATER, A9

Photo courtesy CKFR

Firefighters work at the scene of a structure fire at Peony Place NW in Silverdale on March 24. They cut a hole into the roof to clear smoke from the building.

No one hurt in Peony Place house fire BY CHRIS TUCKER

CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM

No one was hurt in a residential structure fire that broke out at a suburban two-story home on Peony Place NW in Silverdale March 24. Upon arrival, firefighters observed

smoke coming from the backside of the home and a second alarm was called. Firefighters entered the home and located the fire in the first floor kitchen. The fire was extinguished and a hole was cut in the roof to ventilate the structure. There was nobody home at the time of the fire.

Several fire engines were parked at the scene and numerous area residents watched as firefighters pulled fire hoses and hauled ladders. A neighbor had called 911 to report the fire around 3:25 p.m. SEE FIRE, A9

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