PATRIOT BREMERTON
KITSAP WEEKLY: ‘Leap’ into yachting history Two sections 36 pages
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 | Vol. 19, No. 27 | WWW.BREMERTONPATRIOT.COM | 50¢
9/11 remembrance: Kilmer calls for a national return to unity BY BOB SMITH RSMITH@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer talks at the 9/11 Memorial in Bremerton’s Evergreen Rotary Park Sept. Bob Smith / Staff photo 11.
BREMERTON — As visitors picnicked and children scampered over Evergreen Rotary Park, a somber commemoration was taking place at the other end of the park last Sunday afternoon, Sept. 11. Several hundred people formed in a semi-circle in front of the Kitsap 9/11 Memorial to listen to local elected officials and a local Naval seaman on the 15th anniversary of 9/11 to speak of their remembrances of the first foreign terrorist act on American soil. A touching highlight during the remembrance was the playing of “Taps” as U.S. Naval crew members raised the American flag from half-staff, then saluted as a bugler in the background played in response to the call. Years after the devastating attack, a section of
twisted steel from one of the collapsed towers was transported to Bremerton, where it resides in Evergreen Rotary Park. U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer of the 6th District was the guest speaker at the remembrance ceremony. He spoke of how the event impacted not only New York and Washington D.C., but the nation and the world. “No matter where you were, the hours that followed were filled with such raw emotion,” he said. “With fear. With grief for the lives lost. With uncertainty.” Kilmer told the crowd that Americans responded to the attack in a very American way: “Something else happened that day. Our nation came together. First responders plunged into the wreckage to look for survivors. Folks called SEE REMEMBRANCE, A13
One dead, one injured Bremerton man gets feeling of in bus stop crash Sept. 9 flight from wingsuit skydiving BY MICHELLE BEAHM AND MARK BRIANT SOUND PUBLISHING
BREMERTON — One woman was killed and a man was injured after a car was driven into a bus stop at about 11:49 a.m. Sept. 8 outside the state Department of Social and Health Services building on Auto Center Boulevard. The woman, 31-year-old Margaret Parnell of Bremerton, was transported by air to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with severe injuries, where she succumbed to her injuries. David Baird, 63, of Bremerton, was
taken to a Tacoma hospital in critical condition. Bremerton Police said they were not authorized to share his status as of Sept. 13. The driver of the car, Calob Courtney, 23, was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide. He was arraigned Sept. 9 in Kitsap County Superior Court for the hit-and-run crash. Police say the driver was high on meth, pot and alcohol at the time of the incident. Superior Court Judge Stephen Holman set bail at $500,000 after prosecutor Jeanine Christenson noted that Courtney was from Idaho and a probable flight risk.
Saying goodbye to Maggie Hen BY MARK BRIANT MBRIANT@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
BREMERTON — Margaret Kelli Parnell, widely known among her friends as “Maggie Hen,” was waiting at a bus stop at 11:49 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8 at Auto Center Way when a car suddenly smashed into the bus stop. The
careening vehicle caused mortal injuries to Parnell and severe leg injuries to a 63-year-old Bremerton man also waiting at the stop. When police and medics arrived at the scene, 23-year-old Calob Courtney was smoking a cigarette as he waiting for SEE GOODBYE, A13
Scott Callantine skydives in a wingsuit, which can enabled to remain in the air about three minutes before deploying a parachute. Curt Vogelsang / USPA BY MICHELLE BEAHM MBEAHM@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
BREMERTON — What started 29 years ago with someone else’s hobby has turned into a successful competitive career
for local wingsuit skydiver Scott Callantine. Callantine, 47, of Bremerton, was recently awarded a spot on the eight-person U.S. Parachute Team after competing in the Parachute Association Nation-
al Skydiving Championships in Rochelle, Illinois. “When I was growing up, my uncle used to skydive,” Callantine said. “When I went to college, I SEE SKYDIVING, A13
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