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VOLUME 1, NO. 43 | 20 JANUARY 2012
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Bremerton set to approve 9/11 memorial Site preparation could stand in the way of hopeful schedule By GREG SKINNER gskinner@sundpublishing.com
Wednesday’s snow-canceled regular meeting of the Bremerton City Council the council will merely slow approval of the current plans for the Kitsap 9/11 Memorial. During a city planning session Tuesday
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THIS EDITION Dena Scott holds the photo she took of a bald eagle. The Bremerton vet plans to take up a full-time career as a wildlife photographer. JJ SWANSON/STAFF PHOTO
Navy veteran’s new calling, wildlife photographer By JJ Swanson
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Dena Scott’s 21-year Naval career did not prepare her for the day she would be standing face-to-face with a bald eagle. “I touched his perch,” said Scott. “That made him really mad, and he tells you just what he’s thinking in that picture.” The photo that Scott snapped of the bald eagle named “D.I.”— short for Destruction Island which is where he was found and rescued by the Northwest Raptor Center — was the piece selected by a panel of judges for the Collective Visions Gallery Show in Bremerton running through Jan. 28. The art show features 137 new and
established artists from the Pacific Northwest chosen from more than 840 entries. The show brings in some big names from around the state, such as painter Anna Hoey and calligrapher Iskra Johnson. There are $6,000 in cash prizes, including a $1,500 top prize for best in show. “The show is an excellent way for new artists to make a splash and connect with those that have been doing this for decades,” said Tess Sinclair, a member artist of Collective Visions. For Scott, the event marks the beginning of a new life she never had the time for during her military service. Scott started as a boiler technician, and ended as a senior chief petty officer. She served aboard five different ships — the USS Lincoln, USS Camden, USS Sierra, USS Simon
Lake and USS Canopus. However, the former sailor said, it was only after her Navy career ended that she found her calling as an artist. “This is what she’s going to be when she grows up,” joked Kristi Van Niel, a friend who first encouraged her to enter her wildlife photography into the show. Scott explained that wherever her ship sailed, from France to Iraq, she always had her camera by her side to capture images. What she loved then, as she does now, was the sense of adventure and mystery in new landscapes. After retiring from the Navy, Scott was at a loss of what to do with herself. She described the job market as
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Navy settles with EPA over Silverdale fuel tanks pg. 2 State lottery makes millions of veterans .............pg. 4 Pre-trial begins for USS Cole mastermind ........ pg. 10 Submarine Squadron 17 gets new CO ............... pg. 16