PATRIOT BREMERTON
KITSAP WEEKLY INSIDE: Striving to ensure no stomach goes unfilled; no need goes unmet
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015 | Vol. 18, No. 36 | WWW.BREMERTONPATRIOT.COM | 50¢
IN THIS EDITION
Brawl for the best food-truck fare
Culinary students shine in food competition
Second arrest for robberies
BY MICHELLE BEAHM MBEAHM@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
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BREMERTON — There’s nothing like a little competition and realworld experience to help prepare students for their futures. Culinary students at Olympic College in Bremerton got a taste of both Tuesday, Nov. 10, when they held a “Food Truck Brawl” on campus. Seven teams, comprising about 23 students, made dishes that could be food-truck fare to hand out to people between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., after which the diners were asked to vote for their favorite dish. “It was a fun thing to do, for them to have kind of a different approach to doing something outside the box,” Michelle Beahm / staff photo said Chef Chris Plemmons, a facul- Students prepare barbeque pork sliders to hand out at the Food Truck Brawl ty advisor for the culinary program. Nov. 10. This team came in second place. “This is another way of getting students to buy in and to make some“This is what they came up with, goons with sweet-and-sour dipping thing that they feel happy about putting their name on, that they say, and they did such a great job,” Ple- sauce; smoked barbecue pork sliders mmons said. on a sweet coconut bun with tangy ‘This represents me.’ ” The menu included deep-fried slaw; and caramel-apple cheesecake Plemmons said that the teams, with between two and four students oyster po’boys with barbecue cole- with carmelized apple topping. Patti Pergakis, one of the student each, came up with their own dishes slaw; five-spice chicken bahn mi; and presentations, and the teachers pork and crab shu mai; fried chick- chefs, said, “Nobody thought of the just helped guide them and “kept en with bacon-maple waffles, with same thing, not even close to the bacon-maple mayonnaise and them in bounds.” SEE BRAWL, A9 bacon-maple butter; shrimp ran-
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Security footage allegedly shows Ahmed robbing US Bank. BREMERTON — A 27-year-old Bremerton man was arrested in connection to a bank robbery. Shahid Kahn Ahmed was allegedly involved in the robbery of the US Bank at Sixth Street and Naval Avenue Saturday, Oct. 10. Ahmed was arrested Nov. 4 near 11th Street and Naval Avenue. The arrest is related to the investigation and earlier arrest of Cole Satran for two bank robberies that occurred in October, after the one Ahmed allegedly committed. The investigation of the bank robberies is ongoing. “Diligent work by our detectives and officers, in partnership with the FBI, has led to the quick arrest of the suspects responsible for these three serious crimes,” said Steve Stachan, Bremerton Police chief. As of Wednesday morning, Ahmed is still being held in Kitsap County Jail, facing first-degree robbery charges, which have a maximum penalty of life in prison and/or a $50,000 fine. — Edited by Michelle Beahm
Drowsy driving was cited as cause of fatal car crash er vehicle, a red Kia sedan, approached from behind, northbound on National, coming down BREMERTON — One man the hill at a high rate of speed. was killed in a high-speed, According to the BPD, the woman nighttime, five-vehicle crash at had likely fallen asleep, causing the the intersection of Kitsap Way vehicle to roll along the sidewalk and National Avenue Nov. 6. on the east side of National AveGian King, a passenger in the Gian King nue. car that was struck, passed away The Kia then slammed into the Sunday, Nov. 8, at Harborview Medical right rear of the stopped Honda, causing Center. extensive damage and pushing it into the According to the Bremerton Police roadway on Kitsap Way. Department, a sleepy driver was likely As a result of the collision, the Kia and the cause of the crash. Honda then struck three other vehicles. According to BPD, the crash began as The Kia then struck the curb on the a white 1990s-era Honda Accord occu- north side of Kitsap Way and “tripped,” pied by King and two other people was causing it to roll. It came to rest on its roof stopped at the light and waiting to turn. The adult female driver of anothSEE FATAL CRASH, A9 BY CHRIS TUCKER
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Police and firefighters work at the scene of a multiple vehicle crash at the intersection of Kitsap Way and National Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Nov. 6.
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