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Friday, September 30, 2016 | Vol. 91, No. 40 | WWW.BAINBRIDGEREVIEW.COM | 75¢
PSNS:125 125 YEARS OF PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD
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A SUPPLEMENT OF THE BAINBRIDGE ISLAND REVIEW, BREMERTON PATRIOT, CENTRAL KITSAP REPORTER, NORTH KITSAP HERALD, AND PORT ORCHARD INDEPENDENT
INSIDE: PSNS marks 125 years.
CODING FOR GOOD
Long slide into harvest season
Computer science students design apps, websites for local nonprofits BY JESSICA SHELTON Bainbridge Island Review
Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review
The “Landslide” ride may look intimidating at first, but it ends in a big pile of hay and even bigger smiles.
Island’s favorite fair returns to Johnson Farm The annual Friends of the Farms Harvest Fair returned to Johnson Farm last Sunday, bringing with it the food, fun and farm-centric festivities that have made it a beloved seasonal staple on Bainbridge Island. Tractor and horse-drawn wagon rides abounded, as did tasty treats and live musical performances courtesy of several local talents, including Johnny Bregar, Matt Price, Songbird, Meteor Redemption Peter Spencer and Nicholas Willard Mcleod. The cider pressing operation was again in full swing, and so was the giant swing and “Landslide” slide ride.
Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review
Friends of the Farms volunteers wash apples to be used for cider.
Senioritis had struck. The AP exam was over. The students were ready to watch movies. Kick back. Come to class? Maybe. They were not particularly inclined to open their textbooks. Which was fine with Jason Sovick. He was not particularly inclined to teach Chapter 12, something about making lists — the abstract data type, not the sticky-note kind. But he did want to do Image courtesy of askBYS something with the six Jason Sovick’s AP weeks left in the school computer science year. students designed So how to inspire askBYS, an app for his competent coders, Bainbridge Youth who looked more and Services, from scratch. more like victims of the Solanum virus? The computer science teacher, who had served with the Peace Corps in Vanuatu, appealed to basic psychology. He’d get his kids to use their newfound skills to help others. The first year, he had the students make their own Mad Libs. The second year, he dreamed bigger. He asked them to create applications for first- and second-grade teachers, for practicing addition and subtraction. TURN TO COMPUTER | A29