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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2015 | Vol. 18, No. 42 | WWW.BREMERTONPATRIOT.COM | 50¢
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OC breaks ground on new arts and tech building $46.5 million College Instruction Center to be ‘connection between the town and gown’ BY MICHELLE BEAHM MBEAHM@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
NEWS Clothing store H&M opens at Kitsap Mall
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BREMERTON — With golden shovels — and one excavator — digging ceremoniously into a big pile of dirt, construction of Olympic College’s new College Instruction Center has officially begun. “We’ve been working on this project for about seven years,” said OC President David Mitchell, “and we’re just delighted that this day is finally here.” The center will be a 70,000-square-foot facility for the art, music, theater, physical therapy and some nursing programs, as well as some simulation labs for nursing and high-tech, active-learning classrooms on the Bremerton OC campus. Budgeted at $46.5 million, it is the largest-funded project in state community and technical college history. It will also include a 276-seat theater to provide a venue for campus and community events like the Olympic Jazz Festival and youth symphony programs. “This building really does enhance learning,” Mitchell said. “It’s not just bricks and mortar. Students love new buildings.” Mitchell described the building as a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art
Michelle Beahm / staff photo
David Mitchell, Olympic College president, uses a small exavator, instead of a shovel, for the school’s new College Instruction Center groundbreaking ceremony Dec. 17. and math) building. Basically, it’s got something for everyone. “It’s all about community,” said Walter Schacht, principal owner of the architectural firm partnered with OC on this project, Schacht Aslani
BOATS ON PARADE
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– Sen. Christine Rolfes
Homicide suspect researched death penalty BY CHRIS TUCKER
Boats with the Bremerton Yacht Club sail past the Silverdale Waterfront Park pier during BYC’s annual Lighted Boat Parade Dec. 19. Learn more on page 4.
“It’s a continued expansion of the tremendous opportunities that this college has been offering to students in our communities for years.”
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Architects. “This building, as Dr. Mitchell says, has the arts in it, and the arts bring people together. The building also has health occupations in it, and those … programs serve
BREMERTON – A man who was jailed on a $2 million bond for allegedly stabbing his grandfather to death Dec. 15 told detectives that he researched Washington State Law regarding first degree murder and the suspension of the death penalty prior to the stabbing. William “Willie” Bradley Jackson III, 21, allegedly stabbed Hurene Bradley Jack-
son, 92, at a Shamrock Drive residence in Bremerton early that morning. He was arrested without incident. Detectives later interviewed the younger Jackson and he admitted to the assault. According to a sheriff’s office report, Jackson asked his grandfather if “he was ready for what’s going to be happening tonight.” Jackson admitted researching the death penalty laws because he had planned to kill his grandfather. Jackson told detectives he
armed himself with two knives and confronted his grandfather in his bedroom. Jackson said he tried to stab his grandfather in the chest, but that the blade was stopped by the victim’s wallet. Jackson recalled having the opportunity to stop, but then stabbed his grandfather in the heart. The grandfather began to fight back but succumbed. Jackson told detectives he then chatted with strangers on SEE HOMICIDE, A6
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