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Voters show strong support for CK Fire levy, bond BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
Early results show strong support for Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue’s $7.2 million maintenance and operations levy and for the $6.7 million bond to
upgrade apparatus. Voters favored Proposition 1, for the bond, by 63.4 percent, with 36.6 percent opposed. Voters favored Proposition 2 61.1 percent with 38.9 percent opposed. CKFR earlier stated it needs the
M&O levy in order to maintain existing levels of service and to cope with an increasing population. The levy would authorize a property tax to raise $7.2 million over a fouryear time period. For each of the four years, $1.8 million would be raised with
about 25 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation, not to exceed $7.2 million total. Other unofficial results (name, number of votes, percentage): SEE ELECTION, A13
Satanists’ presence riles up crowd at football game BY CHRIS TUCKER
NEWS Man drove 14 miles against traffic on SR 3
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OPINION Support for local control of schools
A4
NEWS Bremerton shooting arrest
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SPORTS Standings, scores and schedules
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CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
BREMERTON — As a flock of black-robed Seattle Satanists walked toward Bremerton Memorial Stadium at the football game Oct. 29, hordes of students pressed up against a chain link fence to watch them, cell phones in hand. Some of the students praised Jesus aloud. A few yelled their support for the dark, solemn Satanists. The fence – along with a phalanx of Bremerton Police officers – kept the two groups about 20 feet from one another. On the student side of the fence, one boy in the crowd waved a white cross in the night sky. On the other side was Lilith Starr, chapter head for the Satanic Temple of Seattle, along with around 17 fellow Satanists. One woman, who went by the name “Dice,” had brown horns attached to her head. Black hoods shrouded the faces of men in the group. And the football game that was going on? All but ignored, at least for the 15 minutes that the Satanists stood outside the stadium, chatting with local students who invited them, and with a swarm of TV and newspaper reporters. One reporter asked if the Satanists would “take the field.” “No, sorry. We’re pacifists,” Starr said, grinning. Just then, someone in the crowd yelled out, “May I take a moment of your time to speak about Jesus Christ?” One of the black-hooded Satanists smiled at the comment.
For Starr, the Temple’s efforts were a victory of sorts, as they had helped pressure the Bremerton School District to draw a clearer line between church and state. “I really liked it. It was really nice to meet the students that invited us out here,” Starr said afterward. “This is an abnormal thing to happen,” said “Case,” another Temple member. “This has never happened, where Satanists have shown up at a sports gathering.” Tight security Unusually, the game had a very large police presence. Several signs were placed at the field that read “No unauthorized personnel on field for the safety of our student athletes.” Yellow “caution” tape cordoned off the field’s borders. Each gated entrance to the field was locked or staffed with security personnel. Security was so tight that members of the school band and the cheerleaders had to walk all the way to the end of the field and past police to get onto the field. Normally, the band and cheerleaders just walked directly from the bleachers to the field. Joe Kennedy, the Bremerton assistant football coach, was seated in the stands with the rest of the fans to watch the game. On Oct. 28, he had been put on paid leave for praying on the field, in violation of school policy. [LINK: School district places assistant coach on paid leave ] “It’s one of the hardest things I’ve done,” he told Q13 Fox News. “I’m not SEE SATANISTS, A13
Chris Tucker / staff photos
Members of The Satanic Temple of Seattle and Bremerton student supporters raise their hands in the air during the Bremerton football game Oct. 29.
Bremerton Knights football fan Joe Kennedy, center, prays with Sharlene and Randy Davis, of Kent, during the game Oct. 29.
Bucklin Bridge project ahead of schedule, may be open August 2016 BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
SILVERDALE — The Bucklin Hill Bridge project is a little ahead of schedule and should be finished in July 2016. “We’re hopefully going to be ahead of schedule,” said Tina Nelson, senior program manager with Kitsap County
Public Works, during a Central Kitsap Community Council presentation Oct. 21. Previously, the county thought the bridge would be finished in August, 2016. Nelson said revisions to the bridge design were one reason why the project is ahead.
Also, construction crews did not encounter underground obstructions while installing the bridge’s 16 support shafts, which are buried up to 60 feet deep, thus allowing for faster construction. Nelson joked that she couldn’t be any more specific than July 2016. “July is a very good date … because
there is 31 of those dates,” she said. Nelson said she is often asked why it takes so long for the new bridge to be built. Her answer: the project is more than just a bridge. The project also includes enhancement of an estuary, removal of culverts, SEE BUCKLIN, A13
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