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FRIDAY, September 2, 2011 ■ Vol. 120, No. 27 ■ www.portorchardindependent.com ■ 50¢
Trying to stay in business of helping
Charges possible in fatal crash
Finding more places to sell what’s grown at food bank site may help make ends meet for nonprofit
Driver could face vehicular homicide charge in death of Southworth man
By TIM KELLY Editor
By KAITLIN STROHSCHEIN Staff Writer
A car crash near the intersection of Sedgwick and Long Lake roads last weekend left a 52-year-old Southworth man dead and a 23-yearold sailor facing possible vehicular homicide charges. The suspect, Peter M. Sedrak of Port Orchard, drove his vehicle into the back of a car driven by Harold L. Keith, who was pronounced dead at the scene after his car rolled down a 20-foot embankment around 2 a.m. Saturday, according to a report by the Washington State Patrol. The report says both vehicles were eastbound on State Route 160 when Sedrak drove his 2003 Infinity G35 “at a high rate of speed” into the back of Keith’s 1990 Geo Prism, forcing Keith’s car off the roadway to the right. Sedrak’s vehicle veered to the left, struck a guardrail and spun around. It continued east, hitting a second guard rail and a housing development sign SEE FATAL CRASH, A13
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Master Gardener Mary Cathern-Edwards looks through a crate of beans brought in from the Master Gardeners’ Olalla plot to the South Kitsap Helpline food bank.
As seasons change, fares rise on ferries
South Kitsap Helpline runs its food bank and grows a variety of vegetables, herbs and flowers in garden plots and a greenhouse at the former Port Orchard Nursery.
SEE WNPA AWARD, A14
Southworth-Fauntleroy (one-way)
New fares for state ferries
Standard car (14’-22’) & driver Oct. 1, 2011 $9.85 May 1, 2012 $12.70 (peak season thru Sept. 30)
Small car (up to 14’) & driver $8.90 $10.25
Adult/youth/ senior passenger $5.85/$4.75/$2.90 $5.95/$4.80/2.95
Bremerton -Seattle (one-way) $12.75 $16.40
$11.50 $13.25
$7.50/$6.05/$3.75 $7.70/$6.20/$3.85
Southworth-Vashon Island (round-trip) $16.25 $20.90
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The bounty from the food bank’s own garden and others is providing a welcome addition of fresh vegetables to free lunches prepared for youngsters and to food boxes distributed this summer. But the providers themselves are in a real pickle, financially. “I’ve got to come up with a substantial amount of money by the end of the week, to cover some bills,” South Kitsap Helpline executive director Jennifer Hardison said Tuesday. The agency recently had to make some difficult cuts to reduce expenses as it struggles to make ends meet. Two
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Fares are going up this year and next on the Washington State Ferry system, to help boost revenue from fares to a total of $310 million over the next two years. The state Transportation Commission, which sets the fares, announced last week that there will SEE FERRIES, A5
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$14.65 $16.75
$4.90/$3.95/$2.45 $5.00/$4.05/$2.50