REPORTER CENTRAL KITSAP
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Planning for new $7M library underway
CLEANING UP CREOSOTE PILINGS
BY LESLIE KELLY LKELLY@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
Chris Tucker / staff photo
Blackwater Marine workers gently pull a creosote piling from the water near the Port of Tracyton on Oct. 10. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources contracted with Blackwater to dispose of Kitsap County pilings and debris. The project planned to remove 245 pilings and 18 tons of debris from eight sites along the Kitsap Peninsula shoreline.
CKSD school board names new superintendent BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
Central Kitsap School District has a new superintendent, but his face is familiar. During its meeting Oct. 8, the CKSD board of directors unanimously agreed to remove the “interim” designation and appoint David McVicker as a permanent superintendent. “All the board members had very positive things to say about what he’s done so far in his short term here as superintendent,” said Mark Gaines, president of the board. “There was absolutely no disagreement at all that David will be the right candidate for our district to keep moving us forward. Keep working what on what you already have in place to make us a great
district. Congratulations,” he said. Gaines said the board could have embarked on a national search but felt McVicker was as good as anyone they could find nationally. The move comes after the board spent several months developing a superintendent job description and new evaluation process. As board members considered the requirements and responsibilities of the superintendent position, they also shared their thoughts on the type of leader they wanted. It was during those conversations that board members realized they were seeking the same qualities and strengths already held by McVicker. “It’s an honor and a pleasure to work with five great people (on SEE SUPERINTENDENT, A9
Chris Tucker / staff photo
David McVicker, right, receives a celebratory hug from Kari Clithero with Central Kitsap Educational Support Professionals following the announcement that McVicker would be the long-term Central Kitsap School District superintendent on Oct. 8.
In the three and a half years that Melody Sky Eisler has been the branch manager for the Silverdale Library, hardly a day has gone by where someone doesn’t ask about a new library building for Silverdale. But since the decision was made two months ago to build it at Bucklin Hill Road and Blaine Avenue, the conversation has changed. “Now they ask, ‘When will our new library open?’” Eisler said. “Everybody’s excited and they want it to happen now.” But before the doors swing open to the new 10,000-square-foot building, several things have to take place, said Jeff Brody, director of community relations for Kitsap Regional Library, of which the Silverdale Library belongs. The first things was to select an architect for preliminary work. Last week, KRL awarded a contract to Rice Fergus Miller Architects of Bremerton to develop a conceptual design and rendering for the new Silverdale Library. The contract includes conducting a public process to gather ideas from the community for the library on the site adjacent to Clear Creek at the corner of Bucklin Hill Road and Blaine Avenue. Rice Fergus Miller will then develop a conceptual rendering of a library at the site that can be used in the fundraising process. Brody said there is no cost as of yet for the architectural work, but the firm is putting together a quote for their services based on the scope of the work. KRL hopes to have the rendering by the end of this year so they can begin to approach potential major donors to the library project. SEE LIBRARY, A9
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