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PE teachers object to proposed waiver policy BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
SILVERDALE — Two physical-education teachers expressed opposition to a Central Kitsap School District plan that could allow student athletes to waive up to half of their PE classes.
NEWS Navy Wives Club of Bremerton
“We think we should be trying to improve physical education, not setting it backward,” said CKSD teacher Lars Jorstad, who has taught PE and biology for 26 years. He addressed his comments to the CKSD school board recently. “The Center for Disease
Control reports that obesity rates have doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the last 30 years. We believe that students should be more active, not encouraged to be less active. We believe students should be taking courses like SEE PE WAIVERS, A9
“Childhood obesity (and) our own obesity is going through roof. And instead of pushing our kids where we can do something about it, we’re taking it away in favor of standardized testing and advance placement classes.” – PE teacher Mark Ward
Motorcyclist flees deputy, crashes bike into guard rail Rider is an active Navy man who was riding without proper licenses BY CHRIS TUCKER
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OPINION Billionaires shouldn’t buy elections
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SPORTS Standings, scores and schedules
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Washington State Patrol Trooper Manning spins the rear wheel of a crashed motorcycle at the intersection of NW Waaga Way and NE Gluds Pond Road in Central Kitsap Oct. 5, 2015.
A motorcyclist who sped 90-100 mph past a Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office deputy on a red sport bike and then crashed into a guard rail has had his case forwarded to the prosecutor’s office for review. According to Deputy Scott Wilson, the 19-year-old active duty Navy man blew past a deputy on patrol southbound on State Route 3 around 5:46 p.m. Oct. 5. The speed limit is 50 mph at that part of the highway. Because of the motorcyclist’s high rate of speed and because of the heavy traffic, the deputy decided not to pursue him. But shortly afterward, the motorcyclist became tied up in traffic, and at that point the deputy decided to pull the biker over and activated his emergency lights to initiate a stop. The motorcyclist turned to
look at the deputy, braked as if he was going to pull over and then weaved to the left and accelerated out of sight. The deputy decided not to chase him but instead provided a description of the motorcyclist to Bremerton Police over the radio. As the deputy continued to drive south on SR303, he saw several vehicles pulled over near Gluds Pond Road. Motorists there were looking at the motorcyclist’s crashed Yamaha sport bike that had slammed into a guard rail. Witnesses said the motorcyclist had gone down, but then left the scene in a tan pickup truck driven by another man. Wilson said the pickup truck driver wanted to drive the motorcyclist north to Harrison Medical Center in Silverdale, but the motorcyclist didn’t want to go, and so they returned to the crash scene. SEE BIKE CRASH, A9
HomeGoods to open at The Trails at Silverdale Oct. 25 NEWS Rescue subs to be celebrated Oct. 10
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BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
SILVERDALE — A HomeGoods home fashions store will open 8 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25 in Silverdale. The store is located in the new Trails at Silverdale shopping center located near the intersection of Clear Creek
Road NW and Greaves Way. With the addition of this store and a second new store opening in Olympia, HomeGoods will have six stores in the Puget Sound market. HomeGoods offers an ever-changing selection of home fashions at prices generally 20-60 percent below department and specialty store
prices. During the grand opening day, the first 1,000 shoppers at the Silverdale Olympia stores will receive a free reusable HomeGoods shopping bag. HomeGoods will hiring store management and associates from the local area. SEE HOMEGOODS, A9
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A HomeGoods “now hiring” banner hangs on a wall at The Trails at Silverdale Oct. 7.
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