Central Kitsap Reporter, January 08, 2016

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IN THIS EDITION

Charges pending in Motel 6 explosion case 32-year-old man should have notified others that gas line had been broken, detective says BY MICHELLE BEAHM MBEAHM@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM

NEWS 4-H told to leave fairgrounds

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NEWS Murder charge in missing man case

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NEWS Cars left idling can attract thieves

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OPINION Sarah Smiley: Why we love snow

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BREMERTON — Third-degree assault charges against a 32-year-old man are pending in connection with the Motel 6 explosion Aug. 18, 2015. That day around 7:54 p.m., Cencom, the emergency dispatch services, received a call advising of a gas leak at the motel. “The manager of the motel, Tonya Hinds, reported there was a broken main outside and gas was blowing everywhere,” wrote Officer Jordan Ejde in the report. “Another caller advised someone had busted it and was leaving

in an old white GMC pickup truck.” Ejde said that he arrived on the scene and did not see a pickup truck, but blocked off the roadway near 11th Street and Adele Avenue, then contacted the firefighters already on the scene. The firefighters informed him that there was a serious leak on the main gas line, and that the motel was being evacuated. “I was approximately 50 feet away from the leak when I observed the easternmost end of Motel 6 ignite into a fiery explosion,” Ejde wrote. “I can’t remember if I was pushed or dived to SEE MOTEL EXPLOSION, A6

Chris Tucker / staff photo

Responders look at the aftermath of an explosion at a Motel 6 on Kitsap Way in Bremerton Aug. 18.

Woman seriously injured after car crashes into Narrows Firefighters pull woman from submerged vehicle TRACYTON — A female motorist sustained life-threatening injuries after the car she was driving crashed into the Port Washington Narrows waters Jan. 1. According to Bremerton Police Department, the car went off the road near the 3500 block of Tracyton Beach Road NW, just north of NW Carter Farms Court. Bremerton police were dispatched to the crash at 11:41 a.m. Officers and Bremerton Fire Department personnel arrived at the crash at 11:43 a.m. and found the vehicle had landed on its roof and that the occupant compartment of the vehicle was completely submerged. Firefighter/paramedic Joel Wulf and firefighter/EMT Craig Patti entered the water and were able to get the woman out of the car. Firefighters immediately SEE WATER CRASH, A6

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Rescuers work at the scene of a single-vehicle crash near the 3500 block of Tracyton Beach Road NW Jan. 1.

Library and Central Stage Theatre team up for building projects BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM

SILVERDALE — A new $4.5 million community theater could be built by 2018 just north of where the new Silverdale library is planned to be built near Bucklin Hill Bridge. Kitsap Regional Library and Cen-

tral Stage Theatre of County Kitsap announced last month that they would enter a formal partnership for a development plan at the corner of Bucklin Bridge Road and Blaine Avenue. KRL Director Jill Jean was excited about the collaboration. “I don’t often engage in hyperbole, and I don’t know if I believe in cosmic

forces, but I totally believe that sometimes the stars do align and bring people together … to create extraordinary projects,” Jean said. CSTOCK approached the library with the idea about two years ago. The groups realized not only did they like one another, but that they had similar goals.

“There is an energy to this partnership that we think is very special and unique,” Jean said. The groups planned to meet in January to formalize a memorandum of understanding. The library hopes to build a SEE LIBRARY CSTOCK, A6

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