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THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2019 KITSAPSUN.COM PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK Volume 83 No. 355 Home delivery pricing inside Subscribe 844-900-7106 $1.00 XEJDHH-10080w BREMERTON The long-time food desert in downtown Bremerton will now have fresh, natural foods when the Kitsap Community Food Co-op opens on Thursday. Independence will cele- brate the much-awaited opening of the storefront at 421 Park Ave. from 2-7 p.m. Produced on all-volunteer la- bor, the store will be the co-op to operate in Kitsap County.

ending the food said Kitsap Community Food Co-op Presi- dent Erin Falcone, referring to a federal designation regarding the high number of households that are low-income with limited access to fresh food. nobody else has She said means the community of Kitsap. big cor- poration is coming in to help, no big political entity is coming in to help, the community itself is coming to end the food Falcone said. The Kitsap Food Co-op incorporated Grocery ends food desert Kitsap Co-op opens new store in Bremerton Jessie Darland Kitsap Sun USA TODAY NETWORK Kitsap Co-op board director Manu Alfau, right, and member Bob Dollar stock the cold shelves with produce ahead of the new grand opening. JESSIE SUN See CO-OP, Page 5A Danger on the roads: Cyclist, pedestrian deaths shoot up, even as vehicle safety improves for drivers.

3A Headed to the big leagues Former South Kitsap baseball standout Lucas Knowles signs contract with Washington Nationals. 1B Weather High Low Clouds and sun. Forecast, 10A New York Liberty defeat Seattle Storm, 84-83 SPORTS, 1B 800.562.8761 HOME CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS SILVERDALE POULSBO Visit Us ONLINE, TOO! Brent StenmanLeanne Kleinschmidt 1380891 Keith Baggerly 539565 Justin Freeland 895111 Still Local, after all these years. ROTARY AUCTION TIME Volunteer Paul Cooper is reflected in a pair of mirrors as he unloads a cart during setup for the Bainbridge Island Rotary Auction Rummage Sale at Woodward Elementary School this week. The annual event takes place on Saturday from 8 a.m.

to 2 p.m. MEEGAN M. SUN LAS VEGAS The family of a for- mer Bainbridge Island woman killed by a gunman raining down from a Las Vegas high-rise hotel suite a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against eight gun makers and three dealers arguing their weapons are de- signed in a way that could be easily to like automatic weap- ons. The lawsuit, which targets Colt and seven other gun manufacturers, along with gun shops in Nevada and Utah, is the latest case to challenge a federal law shielding gun manufacturers from liability. It charges that gun makers marketed the ability of the AR-15-style weapons to be easily to mim- ic machine guns and continuously, violating both a state and federal ban on automatic weapons.

The family of 31-year-old Carrie Parsons, of Seattle, argues in the law- suit that the are dis- machine guns that the manu- facturers knew could be easily modi- even without the use of a an attachment used by the Las Vegas gunman that allowed him to in rapid succession, killing 58 people and injuring more than 800 others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The Trump administra- tion banned bump stocks this year, making it illegal to possess them under the same federal laws that prohibit machine guns. The lawsuit charges the manufac- turers showed a lack of re- gard for public by advertising the military weapons and signaling the ability to be simply The lawsuit alleges there are dozens of videos online showing people how to install bump stocks on their AR-15 style was only a question of when not if a gunman would take advan- tage of the ease of modifying AR-15s to automatically in order to substan- tially increase the body count during a Gun makers targeted in lawsuit Ex-Bainbridge family argues can be easily Michelle L. Price and Michael Balsamo ASSOCIATED PRESS See LAWSUIT, Page 6A BREMERTON Kitsap Transit will suspend fast ferry service to Seattle for one week later this month while con- struction crews move a gangway to a new passenger-only ferry facility south of Colman Dock.

Kitsap Transit operate fast fer- ries from Bremerton or Kingston be- tween July 22 and July 27, the agency announced in a press release. King County Water Taxi has also suspended service on its routes from West Seattle and Vashon Island for the week. Passenger-only ferries from Kitsap and King County have been temporarily docking at Pier 52, located north of Col- man Dock, for the last two years. During the week of July 22, workers will move the gangway south from Pier 52 to the new passenger-only ferry facility at Pier 50. one of the steps before the fa- cility can open to the public, King County Metro spokesman Travis Shofner said.

Workers will also be installing digital monitors and ORCA card-readers ahead of the expected opening on July 29. going to be safer, going to be more and a great addition to Colman Shofner said. The facility, which will be owned and Improvements suspend ferry service Fast ferries operate July 22-27 Christian Vosler Kitsap Sun USA TODAY NETWORK See FERRIES, Page 6A.