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School district will combine two director positions BY KEVAN MOORE KMOORE@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
Inslee said that the state and private industry will need to follow the Navy’s lead to keep Washington exceptional. “This exceptionalism, this world-class quality, both of life and entrepreneurship, is not guaranteed in the constitution,” he said. “It’s not something that we have as a birthright.
The Bremerton School District is set to combine its human resources and finance offices into one shop, with one director, and save about $65,000 in the process. But Dr. Aaron Leavell, who is in his second year as superintendent, said costs are not the main driver for the reorganization. “It doesn’t hurt that there’s a cost savings that we can reallocate without the salary and benefits of an extra director,” he said. “It wasn’t the driver, but I think it’s nice that we can show some level of savings.” Instead, it was the retirement last June of Human Resources Director Denise Zaske and the pending Dec. 31 retirement of Finance Director Wayne Lindberg, that presented Leavall with an opportunity to have one director for both departments. “We had two critical people, two critical positions, with Denise and Wayne, with tons of experience and tons of history in the district, who both earned their retirement at almost the same time,” Leavell said. “It’s a pretty big deal. As you can imagine, those are both key positions to any school district.”
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Governor Jay Inslee speaks to members of the Bremerton Chamber of Commerce during an Oct. 21 luncheon.
Governor praises Navy innovation BY KEVAN MOORE KMOORE@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
Addressing a packed house at the Kitsap Conference Center, Governor Jay Inslee praised the United States Navy and the shipyard workers who support and maintain the fleet. “This is the best place, with the best people, the best people anywhere in the United States to
maintain naval ships, are right here in this community,” he said. Inslee, who was the keynote speaker at the Oct. 21 Bremerton Chamber of Commerce luncheon, also praised the Navy’s ongoing commitment to clean energy, citing recent efforts at Trident Training Facility Bangor which upgraded its chill water plant and installed direct digital controls. He noted that those
changes helped reduce energy use by 25 percent and reduced water consumption by 48 percent. “Now this is why I love the Navy, not only are they providing us security they’re really leading the world on technological change when it comes to clean energy,” he said. “And it’s all up and down the command chain.”
Community turns out to ‘Walk in Her Shoes’ BY LESLIE KELLY LKELLY@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
They came in hot pink tennis shoes, glittery red pumps and Seahawkthemed stilettos. And they walked — right down Fourth Street — to bring attention to the issue of domestic violence. More than 80 men, women and children gathered Saturday at noon at the corner of Pacific Avenue and Fourth Street, many of them in high heels to Walk In Her Shoes. The third
annual walk, sponsored by the Kitsap YWCA, is a way to bring attention to the issue of domestic violence. It’s also a fund raiser for the work done at the YWCA ALIVE Shelter, which houses women and children who are escaping from violence they’ve endured from their partners. Among the teams participating were members of the Northwest Derby Company, a women’s roller derby team from Port Orchard, board members and employees of the YWCA, Tracy Flood for
Judge, and county government officials. “We’re out here to support women,” said Tiffany Munson, of the Northwest Derby Company, some of whom donned purple tutus. “We’re here being strong for women because together we can accomplish anything.” The Kitsap County team included Prosecutor Russ Hauge, County Commissioner Linda Streissguth, County Assessor Paul Andrews, County Coroner Greg Sandstrom, County Auditor
Walt Washington and assistant Delores Gilmore, and County Clerk Dave Peterson. They wore 12th Man t-shirts, Wilson and Lynch jerseys and other Seahawks gear. Sandstrom and Andrews made Seahawks stilettos for the event, painted in Seahawks blue and green with glitter ands stickers to boot. “I’ve been a long-time supporter of the YWCA,” said Hauge, who wore tan SEE SHOES, A9
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The Walk in Her Shoes event kicks off with a ribbon-cutting.