Bremerton Patriot, October 16, 2015

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PATRIOT BREMERTON

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Annual haunt is an unsettling night

No one injured in duplex fire BY MICHELLE BEAHM MBEAHM@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM

BREMERTON — There were no injuries in a residential fire that started around 11:33 p.m. Oct. 13 in Bremerton. A duplex on Stephenson Avenue caught fire, starting in the kitchen, though the official cause was unknown as of Wednesday morning. Fire Chief Al Duke of the Bremerton Fire Department said the cause was “probably food on the stove,” but that investigators were still working. One half of the duplex was empty, Duke said, but the other

NEWS Miss West Sound teen a KSS student

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OPINION Panel gets an earful on school funding

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Ghosts, goblins, ghouls and hotel clerks: beware the horrors that await you in Kitsap Haunted Fairgrounds’ Hells Motel. BY MICHELLE BEAHM MBEAHM@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM

“Expect the unexpected,” said Todd Josal. “I’m excited to scare people,” said Alexandria McGrew. “There’s a saying in the haunt industry,” said James Tubberville, “scare one,

NEWS $136 fine for violation of marijuana law

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and the other nine go away happy.” One thing Kitsap Haunted Fairgrounds does well, every year, is scare people. Josal and Tubberville, two of the people responsible for the yearly haunting of Kitsap, have been in the “haunt industry” for well over a decade. The Kitsap Haunted Fairgrounds started in 2003, Josal said, but its predecessor, a backyard haunting, founded by Tubberville, his sister and his brother-in-law, had been going on for five years before that. “We did it for about five years there,” Tubberville said, “and then the county approached us. They said, ‘Hey,

we have empty buildings, want to put on a show, and we’re willing to sponsor you.’ “That’s kind of how it began. And it’s just been growing.” This year’s theme is the Hells Motel. “If you’re looking for luxurious accommodations, the Hells Motel is not for you,” says the promotional material. “If you’re interested in a terrifying experience with unsavory, rude, surly and sometimes homicidal staff, this is your place!” And the haunting lives up to the name. With three distinct exhibits — black light, swamp and hotel — there’s something for everyone. “We like to make them feel very unsafe,” Josal said, “while we go to a lot of trouble to make sure everyone’s safe. “We like to hit all the senses.” SEE HAUNTING, A9 SEE PHOTOS, A7

Every vehicle purchased this month, West Hills Auto Plex will donate $25 to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Coach to resume postgame prayer BY PETER O’CAIN POCAIN@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM

BREMERTON — Bremerton High School football coach Joe Kennedy announced Oct. 14 that he will resume prayer at the 50-yard line after games. Kennedy was expected to be accompanied to a press conference at Seattle Center by Hiram Sasser, deputy legal counsel for the Liberty Institute, a Texas-based nonprofit devoted to religious freedom. SEE COACH, A9

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*Offer applies towards vehicle purchases and service repair orders made at any dealership in the West Hills Auto Plex. Contributions to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are tax deductible to the extent allocated by federal tax law. TAX ID# 23-7156701. Offer expires 11/1/2015.


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