PATRIOT BREMERTON
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FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2015 | Vol. 18, No. 5 | WWW.BREMERTONPATRIOT.COM | 50¢
City’s fight with KRCC goes on
IN THIS EDITION
NEWS Dentist helps veterans at stand down
BY PETER O’CAIN POCAIN@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
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OPINION Columnist says goodbye to Patriot readers
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Photo courtesy of Matthew Johnson
Matthew “Dr. J” Johnson photographs himself with what he says is Bigfoot at the Southern Oregon Habituation Area (SOHA). The photo allegedly shows the hairline, mouth, nose and eyes of the mythical creature. Dr. J says the Bigfoot species is part human.
How to really find Bigfoot BY PETER O’CAIN
MILITARY Bremerton sailor arrives in Vietnam
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POCAIN@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
The story goes as many before. Man hikes through woods with family. Man stops so family can rest. Man sees Bigfoot staring at his wife. Man spends next 15 years chasing Bigfoot. Classic American tale, right? Not exactly. For every guy who says he saw Bigfoot there’s a thousand
“Everything they show the public on ‘Finding Bigfoot’ on TV is what you should not be doing to find Bigfoot” – Matthew Johnson, Bigfoot habituation researcher commenters calling him a liar or dumb or both or worse. And they wouldn’t be without reason. There hasn’t been any truly definitive evidence — people are still arguing whether Bigfoot exists, after
all. There are thousands of hours of television documenting unfulfilled quests to find Sasquatch. Hollywood Bigfoot hunters take to the woods, cameramen in tow,
looking for the money shot. They could just as easily be looking for Kim Kardashian at a Los Angeles airport. But what if you really did see Bigfoot? If you talk about it a lot of people will think you’re crazy. If you don’t talk about it you might go crazy because you saw Bigfoot — the Bigfoot — and now you can’t talk about it. Matthew “Dr. J” Johnson, SEE BIGFOOT, A9
Bremerton science fair blows minds SPORTS CK boys take title at Lil’ Norway meet
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Students wow judges with high quality projects BY PETER O’CAIN POCAIN@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
Some of the brightest academic minds in the state competed against each other in Bremerton recently.
They shared ideas on using microbes that live in soil to break down polyethylene and how to isolate lipids from leftovers from the winemaking process and then turn them into biodiesel. And most of them weren’t old enough to vote. It was the 58th annual Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF) hosted by Bremerton High
School March 27-28. An estimated 3,000 people attended the fair over the weekend — the largest in the fair’s history. “Each and every year the Fair achieves another level of accomplishment due to the students and their ability to meet the challenges of today’s complex world with true scientific research and engineering ingenuity,” said Caroline
Stein, who’s been involved with WSSEF for 15 years. The fair awarded $1.8 million in awards and scholarships, Stein said. Much of the work was university-level quality, said Paul Verell, a biology professor at Washington State University. “Some of the work is of incredibly high quality,” Verell SEE SCIENCE FAIR, A9
Bremerton representatives finally aired their grievances with the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council (KRCC) in person April 7. Members of the Bremerton City Council have openly mused of leaving the KRCC altogether at recent study sessions after it unanimously rejected the KRCC’s proposed interlocal agreement March 4. Bremerton City Council President Greg Wheeler said his issues with the KRCC lie in its organizational structure. The KRCC currently uses McClure Consulting to manage its administrative duties, but there has been discussion regarding a switch to an in-house staff. Wheeler believes that to employ a competent and willing staff would require an structure that allows upward mobility for its employees. “You start talking those types of decisions, which is what our goal with KRCC is talking about when you talk about continuity you’re talking about increased costs, significant increases,” Wheeler said. “Personal standpoint: I did not want to come to this table without an equal vote. I did not want to see our city represented with any other structure the way we felt binded here with this in our proposed amendment.” However, the most controversial topic centered around changes to voting structure, although no decisions were made. SEE KRCC DEBATE, A9
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