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KITSAP COUNTY KITSAP COUNTY KITSAP COUNTY COMMISSION PROSECUTOR ASSESSOR Wolfe: Slight lead Nov. 5 Neck and neck on Nov. 5 Cook: Slight lead Nov. 5
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KITSAP COUNTY AUDITOR Dolores Gilmore
KITSAP COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Claire Bradley
Results put hopefuls on hold Wolfe pledges to work in a bipartisan way STAFF REPORT
PORT ORCHARD — Early Nov. 6, after updated election results showed him holding onto his narrow lead for Kitsap C o u n t y Board of Commissioners from District 3, Edward E. Wolfe said his possible victory would Ed Wolfe not necessarily be a Republican victory. “I’ve always felt that most people think a moderate can’t win,” he said. “I am a moderate, I ran as a moderate, and it looks like a moderate can win.” Wolfe, a lawyer who negotiated the Pacific Salmon Treaty as President Reagan’s assistant secretary of state, was leading See WOLFE, Page A8
$2 million endowment for Olympic College
Three county races too close to call day after Prosecuting attorney candidate Tina Robinson reacts to early election results on Nov. 4. First returns showed incumbent Russ Hauge with a slight lead; later returns showed Robinson with a slight lead.
By RICHARD WALKER
rwalkr@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — Dolores Gilmore will cross-train employees to improve efficiency in the county auditor’s office. As county clerk, Dave Peterson will take Superior Court judges from paper files to electronic files, will start a courthouse facilitator program to assist people filing for guardianship, and will upgrade the court management system from a 38-year-old system. As county coroner, Greg Sandstrom will continue to partner with other counties to share services and expenses on a larger scale, evaluate practices and policies to find efficiencies and cost savings, and continue his outreach work to prevent premature deaths. That’s the first order of business for the winners in the Nov. 4 general election. Updated election results Nov. 5 showed Gilmore leading Kelly Emerson 31,167 to 27,923. Gilmore will succeed
By CHRIS TUCKER
ctucker@soundpublishing.com
BREMERTON — Students who can benefit from a science and technology full-tuition scholarship every year will triple thanks to a $2 million endowment given to the Olympic College Foundation last week.
Kevan Moore / Bremerton Patriot
Walt Washington, who is retiring after six years as auditor. Peterson led Gerald (Gary) Chaney 34,118 to 24,851, to win a fourth term as clerk. Sandstrom led Jeff Wallis 39,278 to 17,838 win a fifth term as coroner.
The Robert B. Stewart Trust donated the funds to invest in students studying science, technology, engineering and math. The gift brings the trust’s total donations to the foundation over the past eight years to $3 million. The number of scholarships — valued at $4,000 each — jumped
Gilmore, the county’s elections supervisor, said Nov. 6 the results in the races for assessor, prosecuting attorney and County Commission are “too close to call.” She said her department had another 21,000 ballots to count Nov. 6.
from seven per year to 23, according to OC Foundation director David Emmons. Olympic College President David Mitchell addressed an audience of about 100 people during a gift announcement ceremony at the college’s science and technology building on Oct. 31.
Historically, vote leads of at least 5 percent tend to trend and hold, she said. Public Defender Tina Robinson, Republican candidate for prosecuting attorney, was leading with 32 votes over See ELECTION, Page A3
“I’ve been doing this president thing for almost 18 years now and this is the biggest single gift that I’ve ever been a part of,” Mitchell said. “It’ll impact, literally, hundreds and hundreds of students. This will go on in perpetuity.” See $2 MILLION, Page A8
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