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Reid Real Estate set to be sold
MAKING A SPLASH
FEATURES The Admiral Theatre is set to mark 75 years — Page 8
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Members of the Central Kitsap swim team lead a cheer as members of the Bainbridge team watch before the start of Saturday’s Spartan Relays at the Bainbridge Island Aquatics Center. The Cougars placed fourth at the invitational, which also included swimmers and divers from Sehome, Port Angeles, Marysville-Pilchuck and Marysville-Getchell high schools.
SPOTLIGHT Youngsters spend summer as interns — Page 7
Central Kitsap schools go wireless BY RICHARD D. OXLEY ROXLEY@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
The Central Kitsap School District is embarking on the final leg of its journey to a wireless education. “We’ve been very excited about it. We’ve seen some very positive results in the schools,” said Mark Summers, director of information services for the Central Kitsap
FOLLOW-UP Dad, daughter swim from the rock to San Fran — Page 11
School District. “Eventually, a student who has their own smartphone or iPad can come into the building and access resources from their own device while the y’re doing homework and school work.” The purpose of the Wi-Fi project is to offer wireless connectivity in all buildings in the district, wether it be a school or an administration building. Staff and students will then
be able to access the Internet from wherever they are. “We go through each of the buildings in the school district and we run network cabling into the locations on the ceiling or where we need to install wireless access points and connect it all to our network,” he said. “That gives a wireless device, with authority, to connect to the Internet from anywhere in the
John L. Scott Real Estate is announce this week that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Kitsap County offices of Reid Real Estate, a well-regarded real estate brokerage firm that services Kitsap and Mason counties. Reid Real Estate has over 45 brokers in Kitsap County with offices in Silverdale, Bremerton and Port Orchard. The acquisition of Reid Real Estate comes in advance of the upcoming Kitsap County retirement of owner Jerry Reid. John L. Scott will now have the unique opportunity to expand and enhance its services in Kitsap County by adding the experience and local expertise of Reid Real Estate’s brokers to John L. Scott’s existing network of real estate professionals. The Reid Real Estate Silverdale and Port Orchard offices will be merged with John L. Scott’s existing offices in those cities. Reid Real Estate’s Bremerton office will be re-branded to John L. Scott Real Estate. Jerry will retain the Mason County Reid Real Estate office in Belfair. “Jerry Reid set the standard for professional real estate service in Kitsap County and the real estate market would not be where it is today without his leadership for nearly 50 years,” said J. Lennox Scott, Chairman and CEO of John L. Scott.
SEE WIRELESS, A9
SEE REID, A9
Hansen, Olsen square off in 23rd District race This is part 1 in a series of Q&As with candidates for local office in the Nov. 4 general election. This week: Drew Hansen and James Olsen, 23rd District state House of Representatives, position 2. Members of the state House of Representatives are
elected to two-year terms, are paid $42,106 a year plus per diem, and receive the same benefits provided to other state employees. Their salaries are set by the Washington Citizens Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials. NAME: Drew Hansen
CITY/TOWN OF RESIDENCE: Bainbridge Island. O C C U PAT I O N : Legislator, lawyer. EDUCATION: B.A., Harvard University; B.A., Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar); J.D., Yale. R E L E VA N T EXPERIENCE: I have served in the
Washington state House of Representatives since 2011, focusing on job training and higher education. Before I entered the Legislature, I served for many years on the Olympic College Foundation board, helping students from Kitsap County realize their dreams of a college education, and I
volunteered on several school levy campaigns so we can keep supporting our public schools. I have also been active in my church (Bethany Lutheran). In my nonlegislative life, I practice law at Susman Godfrey LLP, where I am a partner, and I have taught parttime at the University
of Washington Law School. I live on Bainbridge Island with my family, where we have two young children in public school. 1. What are the top issues in this campaign? Jobs and education. 2. What are your priorities if elected? SEE 23RD RACE, A9
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