Cody Wright from Milford, Utah, got a mouth full of mud and a zero score after falling off Strawberry Delight in the Saddle Bronc Riding competition Wednesday night at the Kitsap County Stampede. The fair runs through Sunday.
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Caldier holds slim lead over Seaquist; Young, Angel headed back to Olympia By DANNIE OLIVEAUX and CHRIS CHANCELLOR
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Police chief: Communication, education key to preventing school violence By DANNIE OLIVEAUX and CHRIS CHANCELLOR
In the wake of the Oct. 24 shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, Port Orchard Police Chief Geoffrey Marti believes being proactive is key in preventing a similar incident from happening at South Kitsap — the largest high school in the state. Jaylen Fryberg, 14, opened fire in a bustling cafeteria before turning the gun on himself. Fryberg was a rising star in the Tulalip tribe and freshman
football player. Zoe R. Galasso, 14, was shot in the head and died at the scene, while Gia Soriano, 14, died Oct. 26 at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. Shaylee Chuckulnaskit, 14, died Oct. 31 at Providence, while Andrew Fryberg, 15, remains in critical condition in intensive care at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Nate Hatch, 14, was upgraded to satisfactory condition at Harborview. Marti, who spent 20 years on a
SWAT team before coming to Port Orchard, said that communication and education are important in preventing school violence. “They are huge keys,” he said. While serving on the SWAT team, Marti drilled for countless hours on school violence, school shooting and active shooting at businesses. He said his team responded to an incident at a business that was similar to the Marysville shooting. But on a daily basis, one topic remains on Marti’s mind.
“The one thing I think about every day is the safety in our schools,” he said. “I try to think of ways to prevent that and make our department and the school district better at reacting.”
Proactive, not reactive “With school shootings, you don’t hear people talk about communication between schools, police and other stakeholders that have an interest in protecting the kids at school,” See SChOOl viOlenCe, A26
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Sheldon chosen as 35th District state senator A7
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and pension rates along with inflation as issues. In addition to the money saved on custodians, Patton said the district will dip into its reserve fund for $1.72 million. She said that’s not all bad because the district saved more than it anticipated in its last fiscal year, which ends Aug. 31. Patton said they also will save through not filling other vacant positions in the district, and through cutting expenses on supplies. The board unanimously adopted the budget. Patton warned in previous meetings that the “hard decisions” likely won’t end
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Republicans would fill the District 26 Senate and both House seats if newcomer Michelle Caldier can hold her silim lead over incumbent State Rep. Larry Seaquist for the Position 2 House seat in the Nov. 4 general election. As of 5 p.m. Nov. 5, Caldier
had 19,078 votes (50.3 percent) to Seaquist’s 18,846 or 49.7 percent. In Kitsap County, Caldier received 8,904 — 10 votes more than Seaquist. When the second results were posted, the county Election’s Division reported that 62,987 or 40.7 percent of registered voters cast ballots. “I’m excited,” Caldier said Tuesday night. “I think more people began getting involved and people came out
and voted. That event though you have hundreds of thousands of dollars put in nasty attack ads against you — you can still win in spite of all the adversity.” But Seaquist still is optimistic. “It’s a very tight race and we’ll keep counting ballots,” Seaquist said. “This is the first night of returns and I look forward to seeing both counties returning ballots. We knew from the beginning this was going to be very close.” In the House Position 1 seat,
Robinson has slight lead in prosecutor’s race A3
during Tuesday night’s primary election, as the perceived front-runners came in third and were disqualified in their respective races. Republican Tim Matthes drew the most votes in the South Kitsap commissioner’s race, followed by Democrat Charlotte Garrido. Monty Mahan, who was the first to declare for the seat and earned the endorsement of local mayors, came in third (See related story, page A3).
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By CHRIS CHANCELLOR
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Republican State Rep. Jesse Young talks on his cellphone during a gathering at the Kitsap Convention Center in Bremerton on Nov. 4. Early election results show a 5-point lead for Young over Democrat Nathan Schlicher.
activities she reported as stemming from Keehn’s attempts to operate a business out of her home. Weaver said following an April 11 hearing with the city’s Hearing Examiner, certain conditions were placed on Keehn’s permit to mitigate Cronan’s concerns before she would be allowed to operate her business. “(Keehn) has addressed all but one of those conditions, with the last being the letter from the (Kitsap County) Health Department,” Weaver said, explaining that Keehn’s current sewer facilities are
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Gilmore, Peterson, Sandstrom win county races A3
The South Kitsap School District is a little closer to closing its $2.9 million deficit for the upcoming school year. Terri Patton, assistant superintendent for business and support services, said at Wednesday’s school board meeting that the district won’t replace five full-time custodians who left the district after the last school year. She said that will save the district $250,000. Patton said the deficit stems from unforeseen circumstances when the district presented its last levy to voters in 2004. She cited escalating teacher salaries
chasing it last spring. City Development Director James Weaver confirmed that Keehn received a conditional-use permit to operate a onechair hair salon out of her home, which he described as “pretty innocuous” and something that doesn’t typically reach “the level of intensive use,” as far as impacts on the neighborhood are concerned. However, since November of 2007, Cronan has filed multiple complaints with the city regarding traffic, noise and other
A South Kitsap man accused of murdering his girlfriend and then posting graphic photographs of her and comments on the Internet was arrested in Oregon. Deputy S c o t t Wi ls on, Kitsap County S h e r i f f ’s Office spokesman, said Kalac that David Michael Kalac, 33, was taken into custody around 9 p.m. Wednesday by officers from the Wilsonville Police Department in Clackamas County, Ore. Wilsonville is 20 miles south of Portland. Kalac was taken into custody at the Westside Express Service transit center, 9699 SW Barber St., at 8:50 p.m. He was booked into the Justice Center Jail in Portland early Thursday morning, according to The Oregonian. He is accused of the Nov. 4 murder of 30-year-old Amber Lynn Coplin.
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Both sides report feeling harassed in rift over home business.
shot in three of her home’s windows. Cronan, who lives on the 200 block of Flower Meadows Street in Port Orchard, said she believed the attack was part of an ongoing dispute with Keehn, whom she alleges has been running a hair salon out of her home without a business license and in defiance of a city “stop-work” order. Keehn, 30, said she filed for permission from the city of Port Orchard to operate a hair salon out of her home on the 2300 block of Flower Avenue soon after pur-
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By JUSTINE FREDERIKSEN
Staff Writer
Tensions between two Port Orchard neighbors that erupted after one attempted to open a home business last year led both women to head down to the Kitsap County Courthouse Monday and file restraining orders against each other. Shelia Cronan, 49, said she filed a restraining order against Amber Keehn after returning home from a camping trip Aug. 17 and discovering pellets had been
murder suspect arrested in Ore.
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