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FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2015 | Vol. 30, No. 39 | WWW.CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM | 50¢
Walking for a cure
IN THIS EDITION
NEWS A great day on the water for everyone
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OPINION Kitsap Transit: Listen up; plan better
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EDUCATION Local students graduate from academy
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Cancer survivors clad in purple shirts make the first lap of the Relay For Life last weekend. The Bremerton-Central Kitsap relay raised over $25,000 for research. BY PETER O’CAIN POCAIN@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
They started walking about noon Saturday, June 27. As the heat crested 90 degrees, they kept kept walking. When the moon peaked, they were walking. And as the sun crept over Sinclair Inlet, they were
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the 20th time it’s been done in Bremerton-Central Kitsap. Originally, over 350 people from over 40 teams signed up. “It was extremely hot, which I think deterred a lot of people,” said Robert Hanlon, community manager for the Bremerton-Central Kitsap relay.
The relay is personal to Hanlon. He’s had melanoma twice – first in 2004 and again in 2012. He also lost his mother, brother-in-law and best friend to cancer. Cancer survivors in purple shirts led the first of hundreds of laps. The survivors ranged from Vietnam veteran to a boy
who’d never lived in a world without Facebook. Many took turns walking with their teammates. As one looped the reddish brown track, the others took refuge from the sun under tents or the stadium roof. Participants raised more SEE RELAY FOR LIFE, A13
Food bank in need of summer donations BY STELLA KIM
SPORTS Kickin’ it on the golf course
still out there, wearing out the soles of their shoes. For almost 24 hours, about 200 people from 30 teams walked the track at Bremerton High School during the 2015 Relay For Life at Bremerton High School to benefit cancer research. This is the 30th anniversary of the relay and
SILVERDALE—Anyone who works or volunteers at a food bank knows that food donations come pouring in during the holiday season. But as the warmer months approach, the supply of food decreases and the demand increases. Because many children in families that rely on food banks qualify for free or reduced school lunches, summer also means no school and no free lunch. So local food
bank sources say they can really use some help. From June to August, Bremerton Foodline also coordinates a “Summer Kids’ Bags Project” which provides supplemental food for families and children – along with the monthly full service food. Bags are prepared in units of one or two servings per bag. A maximum of four servings per family is provided and a flyer listing free lunch sites – provided by the Bremerton School District, is given out with the food.
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D rak e Gagarin a n d Sharon P f o s t load a cart with food for Gagarin to take home.
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