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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015 | Vol. 30, No. 37 | WWW.CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM | 50¢
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With whoops and hollers, seniors graduate Some students nervous, others looking forward to getting paid to wake up early BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
NEWS Former sailor hopes to donate kidney to wife
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OPINION Congrats to area graduates
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OLYMPIA Lawmakers wrangle over budget
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MILITARY Stennis completes exercise
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Flinging graduation caps and flowers into the air, the class of 2015 from area high schools celebrated a significant milestone in their lives during commencement ceremonies this past week. Camera flashes fired and friends, family and graduates waved at one another as the Olympic High School Class of 2015 Commencement got under way at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds on June 11. “We are seniors … did anyone really expect that we would get here this soon?,” asked Valedictorian Allisa Horst the blue-gowned sea of fellow students seated before her. “Well, after all of the drama and the dances and the late night procrastinating and the Oreo shake Fridays, we finally arrived and we arrived together. “Now, let’s do that cheesy thing and look around us: Look at your friends, look at your family and realize that this is the last day that we will be together.” Horst said time wasted is not wasted time, and that students should enjoy life even if they felt what they were doing – such as eating with friends – seemed rather mundane. Don’t look back, keep moving forward with curiosity, Horst said. “Let’s not look backward … let’s now go forward and do great things. Congrats class of 2015. We made it.” At Central Kitsap High School’s commencement on June 12, senior class speaker Kelsey Scott said CKHS teachers have given the class of 2015 the knowledge needed to be successful. “Graduating high school is a significant accomplishment, that much is true. But the actual experience of graduating means something different for all of us,” Scott said. “Some of us are nervous, anxious
Chris Tucker / staff photo
Wearing several colorful leis that were bestowed upon him, Central Kitsap High School graduate Matthew Kim gets a hug from Jamie Kim while standing at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds June 12. or terrified of the big scary world and being swallowed up in it. Others of us are excited, relieved, or merely happy to
think that soon we will be getting paid to wake up early. “Realize deeply that the present
moment is all you have and make ‘now’ the primary focus of your life. SEE GRADUATION, A9
Ground broken for Silverdale Elementary renovation BY STELLA KIM
SKIM@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
SILVERDALE – Silverdale Elementary hosted a groundbreaking ceremony June 17 to officially mark the beginning of work to renovate the school. Central Kitsap Superintendent David McVicker began the ceremony by introducing
the some of the key figures who helped make the renovation possible. Silverdale Elementary Principal Ninette SEE RENOVATION, A9 Stella Kim / staff photo
From left: Robin Schumaker, David McVicker, Mark Gaines, Edward Wolfe, Ninette Rivera, Rhylan Ferguson.
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