Central Kitsap Reporter, December 25, 2015

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2015 | Vol. 32, No. 11 | WWW.CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM | 50¢

College breaks ground on $46 million arts and tech building

BOATS ON PARADE

IN THIS EDITION

College Instruction Center will be OC’s connection between ‘town and gown’

NEWS Clothing store H&M opens at Kitsap Mall

BY MICHELLE BEAHM MBEAHM@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM

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NEWS Blazing Onion restaurant opens

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Chris Tucker / staff photo

Boats with the Bremerton Yacht Club sail past the Silverdale Waterfront Park pier during BYC’s annual Lighted Boat Parade Dec. 19. Several dozen people stood on the pier in the cold, windy weather to watch about 20 boats motor along the shore. For more photos, see page 4.

Case closed on CKMS bomb threat BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM

NEWS Star Wars costume group amuses fans

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NEWS Bremerton woman injured in fatal crash

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SILVERDALE — Washington State Patrol troopers used dogs to sniff around vehicles parked at Central Kitsap Middle School following a bomb threat Dec. 17. As a precaution, Central Kitsap School District evacuated students from the middle school to Central Kitsap High School after the threat was received. “Our priority was to make sure staff and students were safe,” said David Beil with CKSD. “Law enforcement was called right away. Law enforcement is investigating.” According to a grandmother of a student who attends CKMS, it is possible that a note was found in a boys bathroom at the school sometime around 11:30 a.m. According to Deputy Scott Wilson with Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, the threat was not credible and the case was considered closed as of 4:11 p.m. Wilson said someone wrote the threat on a bathroom wall. Wilson said they did not know who wrote the message. The threat apparently included a signed name, but the name was

Chris Tucker / staff photo

A Washington State Patrol trooper uses a dog to sniff around vehicles at the CKMS parking lot Dec. 17 while investigating a bomb threat. illegible. CKSD issued a statement online: “After a thorough investigation, law enforcement has advised us that it is safe to resume school at Central Kitsap Middle School. All classes and activities will continue as planned on Friday, Dec. 18. “In order to provide an added mea-

sure of safety, law enforcement will be present at CKMS on Friday.” Wilson said making threats like this one was a class B felony. Earlier this week, schools in New York and Las Vegas received threats. The Las Vegas school system decided to close in response.

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-squarefoot 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 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 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 the need of Kitsap and Mason counties’ growing populations.” Schacht added that the new center will be a “connection between the town and gown,” with the theater bringing community members in for performances of all kinds. SEE COLLEGE, A6

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