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“What I like about ‘Ghost Sniffers’ is being able to empower my kids the way I hope their characters are empowering other kids.” — Jennifer DiMarco, writer, “Ghost Sniffers”
Miss Kitsap 2011 Hannah Wood crowns Jessicajae Townsend Miss Kitsap 2012, Jan. 7 in the Bremerton Performing Arts Mike Scott Auditorium.
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AMBITIOUS PLATFORMS FOR PAGEANT TITLEHOLDERS BREMERTION — Three young women are now wearing crowns — and carrying ambitious agendas — as Miss Kitsap, Miss Poulsbo and Miss Silverdale. The annual scholarship pageant was Jan. 7 in the Bremerton Performing Arts Auditorium. Miss Kitsap is Jessicajae Townsend 18, a senior at South Kitsap High School. She received $3,800 in scholarships in addition to a $1,000 scholarship to Olympic College. Her platform is “One Can at a Time — The Fight Against Local Hunger.” She is the senior class president and vice president of her Key Club and will be working with local food banks this year. Krystal Jimenez, 16, a junior at Bremerton High School, was named first runner-up to Miss Kitsap and received $1,600 in scholarships. Also participating in the Miss Kitsap Pageant were Elaina Ausbrooks, 17, of Bremerton; Kaitlyn Gervais, 19, of Bremerton; Taylor Mahoney, 18, of Bremerton; and Kiara Serantes, 17,
Faith DiMarco on the set of an episode of “Ghost Sniffers.” The Port Orchard girl plays Faith Forge, a nine-year-old ghost hunter whose Type 1 diabetes has given her the special ability to sniff out ghosts. GhostSniffers.com
Ghost SNIFFERS Local TV web series shows superabilities. Kitsap Week
In this local TV web series, characters’ medical challenges give them superabilities. Story by Erin Jennings, page 2
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Fire destroys six Silverdale businesses Tanning bed bulb is cause of biggest fire in a decade BY GREG SKINNER GSKINNER@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
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Marianne Haukli, owner and trainer at Rain City CrossFit, lifts the slosh pipe during a Saturday training session Jan 7.
Bremerton athletes train for ESPN CrossFit Games Pipes, beer kegs and giant tires are their equipment of choice BY JJ SWANSON JSWANSON@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
Cory Goffrier swayed under the weight of a 10-foot long metal pipe filled with water as his workout buddies hooted and hollered from the sidelines. He grunted and heaved the pipe until it cleared the top of his head. “I told them to fill that with beer, so if we drop it, it’s a party,” said Bill Simpson, a fellow gym member. The “slosh pipe,” created by gym owners Carol Clingan and Marianne Haukli during the Christmas holiday is one of many unusual objects athletes use to
train with instead of traditional exercise equipment at Rain City CrossFit in Bremerton. Before the pipe, it was a giant truck tire that a member found discarded at the dump for “tire flips” and jumps. Passersby often mistake the gym for a storage space, said Haukli. The warehouse bay door is connected to four other storage bays in Navy Yard City. The floors are covered with the same mats used in horse stables. “It’s just your body and raw materials pipes, kegs, tires,” Clingan said. “You learn to control your body without a whole bunch of equipment.” Clingan, 42, is following this regime in her training to compete for the Fittest Woman on Earth competition at the ESPN CrossFit games. Joining her is the gym’s youngest member, Greg Celia, 20,
who is gunning for the title of Fittest Man on Earth. “It’s our youngest and oldest going for it in the same games,” Haukli said. The international competition is broadcast on ESPN, and the grand prize is $1 million. It will be the first attempt by both athletes, and they are training every day for the regional opens, first round of competition, on Feb. 22. The CrossFit Games are comparable to the Ironman Triathlon in intensity, Haukli explained, but with a twist. CrossFit events are kept secret throughout the 3-day competition so that athletes never know what event they will face. “You have to be ready for anything,” said Celia. “It’s not like you can just run a lot or lift some weights.” SEE CROSSFIT, A9
A three-alarm fire destroyed six businesses in a Silverdale retail complex Sunday afternoon sending various employees into the parking lots at 9995 Silverdale Way NW as it quickly devoured the building. The fire was the biggest in Silverdale for more than a decade. The fire and resulting damage displaced an estimated 40 employees, but none were hurt in the blaze that started in the Desert Sun Tanning Salon shortly after 2 p.m. Authorities said that the fire started after a tanning bed bulb malfunctioned. The first call to Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue Station 51, about one mile away, was made at 2:07 p.m., was described as an “appliance fire,” according to Battalion Chief Steve Hostetter, the commander on scene during the fight. By the time the first truck and supporting ambulance arrived four minutes later, it was clear to firefighters that more than an appliance was burning on Silverdale Way and the call bumped to one alarm structure fire. Quick ly growing to three alarms, the Bremerton Fire Department and the Navy’s Federal Fire Department joined CKFR to battle the blaze. Monday, fire
crews worked to kill hotspots still smoking in the Forza Coffee Company shop as business owners met with insurance agents in adjacent parking lots. An exploding lightbulb in a tanning bed at Desert Sun caused the fire, according to the Kitsap County Fire Marshal’s Office. Forza Coffee, Cigar Land, Hearing Solutions, Ed Wyse Beauty Supply, Cruise Holiday and Desert Sun Tanning Salon sustained severe fire, smoke, and water damage, said Ileana LiMarzi, spokeswoman for Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue. Ken Hwang, the retail complex owner, said he bought the building seven years ago and plans to rebuild as soon a possible. Hwang said the fire started “small” and that he was concerned how it moved into the attic and spread so quickly to destroy his building and all the businesses within. Generally tanning bed fires are contained to the salons in which they occur, largely due to the engineering of drywall material that is rated to withstand fire for up to 45 minutes before succumbing. “No one expected the whole thing to burn,” Hwang said. Hostetter said a few factors contributed to the surprisingly quick spread of fire into the SEE FIRE, A8