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IN THIS EDITION
Widow replaces Back to school fair gives late husband on supplies to hundreds city council Patricia Sullivan to lead District 1 BY PETER O’CAIN
NEWS Truck and RV crash blocks SR3
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OPINION Remember those killed in wildfires
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VETERANS Honoring residents who died in WWII
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About 840 people attended the Back to School Fair and Fun Run at Mountain View Middle School on Aug. 26. Hundreds stood in a line that wrapped around the building. The Bremerton School District collected over 1,000 bags of school supplies — double the amount donated last year. “It just goes to show how many families are in need,” said Patty Glaser, the district’s community relations coordinator.
follow Mike’s footsteps.” Sullivan said she learned to love District 1 in a way that she “never thought possible.” The city council interviewed Sullivan and Cynthia Galloway separately for about 30 minutes each. A third candidate, Tony Stephens, withdrew before
Goats expected to be Man says he stepped allowed in city limits on gas meter prior to Motel 6 explosion BY PETER O’CAIN
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Patricia Sullivan
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SPORTS Football season begins Sept. 4 for local teams
BREMERTON – The Bremerton City Council unanimously selected Patricia Sullivan to fill the open District 1 council position Aug. 31. The position was vacated in early August when Councilman Mike Sullivan died of pancreatic cancer. Patricia was Mike’s wife. “I hope to be guided through the service that my husband gave,” Sullivan said. “I’ll do my best with the representation for District 1 that I can possibly do.” Sullivan was visibly emotional throughout the interview, often pausing to collect herself. “I am here because I have a very large void in my life,” Sullivan said. “And I can’t think of anything I’d rather do than
BREMERTON — Weed whacker broken? No? OK, is your weed whacker fine, but you wish it was a goat? Good news: The Bremerton City Council is looking to amend the city charter to allow goats for vegetation control. The city council is expected to amend Ordinance No. 5283 (prohibited animals) at its Sept. 2 meeting. It will allow residents to use goats to eat away unwanted weeds or bushes, so long as they’re not in the same place for more
than 15 days. The idea was first proposed in January by Councilman Jerry McDonald after a rat chewed through some wiring in his neighbor’s car. It seems a nearby demolition had pushed rats into blackberry bushes near the downtown condominium where he lives. McDonald hopes goats can eat away the bushes that rats like to live in. “There’s a lot of people that employ goats and basically they’re another tool for the tool kit,” McDonald said. SEE GOATS, A13
BREMERTON – Police aren’t entirely sure, but they released details Aug. 26 that backs-up an earlier theory as to why the Bremerton Motel 6 erupted into a fireball Aug. 18. The rumor that spread across the Internet immediately following the blast was that someone was seen climbing down the side of the building from a third-story window, and that the climber might have inadvertently broken a gas line.
According to Bremerton Police, that theory has some weight to it. Shortly before the motel exploded Aug. 18, officers were called to the motel to handle a disturbance of some kind related to a family dispute. The disturbance was in relation to a juvenile female who had fled her home in Brownsville following a family argument. Her step-father, who lives in the home, had spoken with her by cell SEE MOTEL 6, A13
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