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Port Orchard man faces child rape charge Teen tells school counselor she was molested, raped by suspect By DANNIE OLIVEAUX Editor
A 58-year-old man was charged with one count of second-degree child rape Tuesday in Kitsap County District County. Bart Randall Lawrence, of Port Orchard, was arrested Jan. 17 after Port Orchard police detectives interviewed him about allegations made by a 15-year-old girl. He was placed in the Kitsap County Jail under $100,000 bail. According to charging documents, the 15-year-old victim told a school counselor Jan. 9 about the alleged rapes and Port Orchard police were notified. She told investigators that Lawrence had molested and taken sexually explicit photographs of her from age 7 to 13. Court records stated the victim said two years ago, Lawrence attempted to touch her in bed, but that she scratched and threaten ed him. He had not touched her since, the victim told detectives. Police obtained a search
warrant Jan. 15 for the man’s computer and digital camera. They were confiscated after the detectives arrested Lawrence. The following charges were filed in Kitsap County District Court recently: Jan. 21: Timothy Roy Trousdale, 25, Port Orchard, possession of a stolen vehicle; Rodney Eugene Higgins, 50, Gig Harbor, second-degree burglary; Robert Samuel Hickerson II, 27, Port Orchard, second-degree burglary; Meaghan Safah Ammar, 28, Port Orchard, possession of meth; Chelsea Ann Marie Rowden, 22, Port Orchard, violation of court order (gross misdemeanor); Jonathan Escobar Karns, 31, transient, violation of court order (gross misdemeanor). Jan. 17: Donovan Jessie Blanco, 23, transient, failure to register as a sex offender (felony). Jan. 16: Steven Wayne Parkinson, 55, Port Orchard, possession of meth; Michael Ray Wiggins, 42, Port Orchard, two counts of violation of court order (felony). Jan. 15: Cherie Ann Jacobs, 39, Port Orchard, second-degree malicious mischief; Cynthia Louise Schultz, 51, Olalla, violation of court order (gross misdemeanor).
DAHP seeking nominations for historic preservation OLYMPIA — The Washington state Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) is seeking nominations for the 24th Annual Awards for Outstanding Achievements in Historic Preservation. This awards program recognizes persons, organizations, and projects that have achieved distinction in the field of historic preservation. Award recipients will be recognized at a May ceremony during National Historic Preservation Month. The May 13 ceremony, sponsored by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, will take at the Legislative Building. Nominations can be made in one of the following categories: historic preservation planning, historic property rehabilitation projects, career achievement, public education, stewardship, special achievement media and cemetery preservation. A nominee in the cemetery preservation category should demonstrate outstanding career achievement, stewardship, or a completed preservation effort in the context of preserving a historic cemetery. Nominations must be postmarked or submitted to DAHP by Friday, March 14, at 5 p.m. Nomination forms, instructions and other information may be obtained by visiting www.dahp.wa.gov, or by contacting Russell Holter at 360586-3533 or email russell.holter@dahp.wa.gov.
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The South Kitsap School District was awarded $17,500 from Puget Sound Energy for power conservation on Jan. 15.
Conservation earns SKSD grant School district officials plan to use PSE money for lighting upgrades By CHRIS CHANCELLOR Senior Reporter
South Kitsap School District’s energy conversation will be worth more than just the money it saved. On Jan. 15, district officials announced that Puget Sound Energy awarded it $17,500 for its power management throughout SKSD. The district participants in PSE’s voluntary Resource Conservation Management program. PSE annually reviews energy data of those customers and compares that to past results. In its most recent review, PSE noted that SKSD reduced energy consumption by 9.5 percent from the 2011-12 school year. That saved SKSD $119,644, according to Paula Rossa, SKSD’s facilities operations coordinator. Sheryl Anayas, program manager for RCM Support Services, said SKSD was among 14 school districts
that received grants from PSE. Rossa said this marks the third time in seven years that the district has been awarded an “incentive grant” by PSE. “It speaks to the ongoing commitment of everyone in the district,” she said. Mike Riley, SKSD’s assistant director of facilities and operations, said he expects the incentive grant to be earmarked toward equipment and lighting upgrades throughout the district. Those include the conversion to LED lighting in the parking lots at Hidden Creek, Mullenix Ridge and Sidney Glen elementary schools and inside South Kitsap High School. Riley said those schools were selected because the district already has made upgrades on other campuses. Riley described lighting upgrades as “low-hanging fruit” because it is less expensive than other projects, but saves SKSD a lot of money.
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SKSD has made several energy upgrades in recent years. In 2012, director of facilities and operations Tom O’Brien said that SKSD was awarded a $204,588 grant from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction along with a $99,220 grant from Puget Sound Energy. Those grants along with $163,000 SKSD used in energy savings from previous projects enabled the district to make an estimated $400,000 investment in the SKSD’s infrastructure. Those projects included replacing the control ventilation in the gymnasiums and commons areas at Hidden Creek and Sidney Glen elementary schools and Cedar Heights Junior High. Instead
of having those systems running nonstop, O’Brien said sensors detect whether people are in rooms. “It won’t pump fresh air into rooms without people,” he said at the time. O’Brien also said there was a “major modification” to the heating and cooling plant that was installed in the late 1970s at Marcus Whitman Junior High, and the cooling unit at SKSD’s central kitchen, which was installed during the 1940s, was replaced with a walk-in cooler. He said the district also finished replacing the remaining T12 fluorescent light bulbs — a project that began in 2000 — with T8’s in the parking lots and portables where they remain.
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