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Bremerton Foodline prepares for turkey day
Vote tally shows Wolfe elected to commission
Ham, cornbread, squash and cake ready for baskets
BY LESLIE KELLY LKELLY@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
With a 1.5 percent margin in the latest vote count, Bremerton lawyer Ed Wolfe has been confirmed as the new Kitsap County Commissioner for District 3. He also is the first Republican elected to serve on the Kitsap County Commission in the past 10 years. “I want to thank all who worked so hard to support our effort to Bring Balance Back to Kitsap County,” Wolfe said after final vote totals were announced on Monday of this week. “The voters Ed Wolfe agreed – the cycle of partisanship and political appointments needs to end. Perhaps most effective in this race was our positive, inclusive campaign that urged voters to put aside special interest and divisive politics.” With 209 of 209 precincts reporting, Wolfe had 50.7 percent of the vote, according to the Kitsap County Auditor’s election division. That represents 41,073 actual votes. Linda Streissguth, who held the seat for almost the last year, had 49.1 percent of the vote, or 39,792 votes. Streissguth was appointed to the commission last January when former commissioner Josh Brown resigned to go to work in Seattle for the Puget Sound Regional Council. After the vote totals were announced on Monday, Wolfe spoke to supporters via email. “Now the real work begins,” he said. “I’m anxious to roll up my sleeves and get to work for the families and businesses of Kitsap County who are looking for a balanced perspective on land use and economic growth. “To those who supported my opponent, I’d ask that you join me to build a constructive and inclusive county government. The truth is we have much in common and if we work together we can accomplish great things in the years ahead.” Wolfe has said he hopes to take SEE WOLFE, A9
BY LESLIE KELLY LKELLY@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
Chris Tucker / staff photo
Cadets with the Washington State Academy slowly and silently place flags on the graves of veterans buried at Miller-Woodlawn Memorial Park in Bremerton on Nov. 8.
Memorial Park, cadets honor fallen veterans BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
Standing in formation, 150 cadets from the Washington State Academy attentively listened to their morning orders: to place hundreds of small U.S. flags at the graves of veterans buried at MillerWoodlawn Memorial Park in Bremerton. The cadets quietly fanned out across the dewey grass, bundles of flags in-hand. Cadre supervisor First Lt. Steve Wood watched the young men and women do their work. Wood retired from the Navy last year after 22 years. He served aboard Ohio-class submarines. “Our cadets here, they’re required to meet service community hours for giving back to the community,” Wood said. His goal was to instill in the cadets a sense of selfless giving and to pay respect to veterans. When the flags were placed, the cadets re-formed for the Nov. 8 ceremony to honor veterans, including 17 buried at MillerWoodlawn who died in combat, and Medal of Honor recipient Bud Hawk, who is also buried there. SEE VETERANS, A9
It’s just a couple of weeks until Thanksgiving and volunteers will soon be putting food baskets together at Bremerton Foodline. But there’s still time to help out. “We’re preparing to hand out lots of baskets for this Thanksgiving,” said Patti Peterson, executive director of Bremerton Foodline. “We have 536 households signed up to get a basket on Nov. 23 or 24. And we’ll give out another 130 baskets to clients at our partner agency – Kitsap Mental Health and Kitsap County Public Health. Most of them are shut-ins.” That means volunteers will assemble 666 baskets, plus another 50 to 75 to hand out to walk-in clients on Nov. 25, who failed to sign to for a basket. The baskets will be assembled on Nov. 22. More than 150 volunteers have signed up to help. Baskets are prepared for one to two people, two to eight people, and for families of more than eight. There will be whole chickens, hams, or turkey roasts in the baskets for less than eight people and the larger families will get whole turkeys. Along with that, there will be canned vegetables, canned fruit and packages of gelatin, rolls or cornbread, stuffing mixes, acorn squash, cake or dessert mixes, coffee, margarin and half-a-dozen eggs. “We’re hoping for fresh onions and celery, too, and gravy mixes in each,” she said. “And we’re going to try to add cranberries if we can.” Many of the meats were already purchased in bulk to get better prices. What’s still needed are potatoes to mash, or powdered mashed potatoes, stuffing mixes, and dessert bar or cake mixes. “We welcome any items, though, because the need doesn’t go away on the Friday after Thanksgiving,” she said. “We can always use anything we get later, if we don’t use it
Leslie Kelly / staff photo
Patti Peterson holds card that will be given out in each food basket. The Thanksgiving greeting includes a recipe and instructions for how to make turkey soup. for the food baskets.” And, she said, there’s always the Christmas holiday right around the corner when they’ll do food baskets all over again for their clients and those in need. She could use volunteers on Dec. 20 to assemble baskets for Christmas. Those baskets will be handed out on Dec. 21, 22, and 23. For Thanksgiving, Peterson plans to open the food bank overnight on Wednesday before Thanksgiving and again on Thanksgiving night so that the homeless can have place to stay over during the holiday. “Thanksgiving is about family and comfort and love,” Peterson said. “It’s the one time when no one should be cold and alone.” She plans to serve soup, macaroni and cheese, tea and hot cocoa. She and a few volunteers help prepare those warm foods for those who sleep over. As for a warm turkey dinner on Thanksgiving, the Salvation Army offers that on Thursday, Nov. 27, beginning at 11 a.m. “There aren’t many places around here to go to for a free, prepared dinner on Thanksgiving,” she said. “In the past the Eagles and others have done that. Anyone who is doing that should let me know and I’ll post it in our lobby so people will know.” Contact Bremerton Foodline at www.Bremertonfoodline.org or call 360-479-6188.
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