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FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2015 | Vol. 18, No. 13 | WWW.BREMERTONPATRIOT.COM | 50¢
IN THIS EDITION
NEWS
Preventing abuse key to YMCA’s future
Carter visits Kitsap for USS Jimmy Carter change of command ceremony
SILVERDALE — Former President Jimmy Carter visited the Kitsap Peninsula May 29 to attend a change of command ceremony for the submarine named in his honor – the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) at Naval Base Kitsap - Bangor. During the ceremony, Cmdr. Melvin Smith relieved Cmdr. Brian Elkowitz as commanding officer of the Seawolf-class attack submarine
at Deterrent Park at the base. “What makes me so proud is to have been the only submariner to have served as commander in chief and also to have a submarine named after me,” Carter said. “Of all the honors I have ever received, I’ve never had anything of greater honor than the chance to be the namesake of USS Jimmy Carter.” Carter is one of six living
people with ships named after them. He has been actively interested in the ship over the course of its life and previously visited during its christening and commissioning. Carter remains the only U.S. president to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy as well as the only one to qualify on submarines. Graduating in 1946, SEE PRES. CARTER, A9
Photo by Knneth Takada
Former President Jimmy Carter speaks at Naval Base Kitsap.
City offers to leave KRCC early
OVER THE TOP
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OPINION Close gap with capital gains tax
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NEWS
Brothers charged in odometer scam
County group balks for now
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BY PETER O’CAIN POCAIN@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
Michael Dashiell / staff photo
Christopher Rowe, of Bremerton High School, tries to clear a high jump attempt at state competition in Tacoma on May 30.
Over 1,000 to graduate next week SPORTS Local teams compete in state track
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BY STELLA KIM SKIM@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
KITSAP — When he dons a cap and gown and walks as one of about 373 Central Kitsap High School seniors who graduate June 12, Jeremy Carlson will be looking forward to his future, but he also has fond memories of his high school
days. “I’m going to miss traveling to sporting events with friends. Before football games we threw a few tailgates which were pretty fun,” Carlson said of what he would miss about high school. “Also, high school dances were a blast,” he said. “One of my favorite memo-
ries was being on homecoming court. I got to walk in the gym with my mom and be recognized and cheered on by the school. And that same day at the homecoming football game I got to ride in a golf cart and throw a bunch of free stuff at the fans.” Carlson said he plans to attend Seattle University in the
fall with an undecided major. A total of about 1,095 seniors like Carlson in the Central Kitsap and Bremerton school districts are getting ready as graduation approaches. The graduation ceremony for Olympic High School SEE GRADUATION, A9
BREMERTON — The City of Bremerton offered to leave the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council early at its June 2 meeting. KRCC Chair Robert Gelder said he doesn’t see a reason to ask Bremerton to leave early, but expects the topic to be an agenda item at the next meeting in July. “It’d be a mutual agreement,” said Greg Wheeler, Bremerton City Council president. “This is more of our way of saying we want to do what’s best for KRCC.” SEE KRCC, A9
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