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Man dies after crashing vehicle through ferry dock barricade By DANNIE OLIVEAUX Editor
SOUTHWORTH — A Mason County man died Oct. 3 after he crashed his vehicle through a barricade at the Southworth Ferry Dock and drove into the water, reported KOMONews.com. He was identified as Thomas Eisner, 60, of Belfair, according to Washington State Patrol. Deputy Scott Wilson,
spokesman for the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, told KOMO that calls came in about 6:11 p.m. about an SUV driving off the dock and ending up in the water. Witnesses said the driver appeared to be going 30 to 35 miles per hour, Wilson reported. The man was driving a 2012 Ford Escape. “We know that a car drove fairly rapidly through the exit lane at the Southworth Dock,” said Marta Coursey
with Washington State Ferries. “They went through the barrier and went into the water.” KOMO reported that rescue divers from the Seattle Fire Department arrived at the dock and searched for roughly an hour until they retrieved a body out of the water at about 7:15 p.m. The rescue operation also involved boats and rescuSEE DOCK, A25
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Members of U.S. Coast Guard assist in the recovery of a man who drove his SUV through a ferry dock barricade.
Students slicing into Spanish Immersion
ZOMBIE PRINCESS
New program has 18 first-graders enrolled By CHRIS CHANCELLOR Senior Reporter
She places the knife against the red apple, dividing it into even slices as her students stare in anticipation. “Uno, dos, tres, quatro” Lucy McAlister says as the blade split a section of the fruit. For her first-grade class at BurleyGlenwood Elementary School, this is
Animal building dam under Long Lake Road bridge Staff report
Jesse Musial, 5, of Bremerton, sits as she is being turned in a “zombie” with makeup during the First Saturday Art Walk on Oct. 4 in downtown Port Orchard. The event’s theme was “Zombie Apocalypse.”
Kitsap County will spend $15,000 to contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the end of the year to trap a Long Lake Road beaver and to deal with beaver problems in other areas, reported KOMONews.com.
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not just an introduction to fractions. It marks the implementation of a new language. In June, South Kitsap School District superintendent Michelle Reid announced that a Spanish Immersion program would be added to BurleyGlenwood’s curriculum. McAlister, who worked the last seven years in Cody Wright from Milford, Utah, got a Tacoma Public School, where she was Saddle Bronc Riding competition Wed an instructional facilitator for literacy and math, was quick to apply. “I missed the classroom, so when I SEE SPANISH, A25
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A Section Editorial Robert Meadows Scene & Heard Sports Kitsap County Roads Superintendent Legal Notices Jacques Dean told KOMO that crews Mary Colborn have had to dismantle a beaver dam Obituaries
County plans to trap beaver
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SPORTS SK girls blast Yelm for league win at home A26
beneath a bridge on Long Lake Road Fred Meyer, RiteAid, three times since August. Each time, Inserts: Office Depot, Best Buy, Staples, the beaver returns to the same spot Wal-Mart, Valassis and starts over. He said at one point the dam was 40-feet long and 3-feet tall. Printed with recycled paper and environmentally friendly soybean oil-based ink. “They’re workers, you know,” Dean said. “They’re busy all the time, I appreciate that about the animals. But at some point what they’re doing is comSEE BEAVER, A25
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