Earth Day

An Earth Day celebration will take place April 24 at Rotary Park on Bainbridge Island from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The family event will include live music, eating local fare, getting creative with nature-themed activities and planting hundreds of wildflowers.

Gas thefts

The Bainbridge Island Police Department has received four reports of gas theft in recent weeks.

Thefts have ranged from drilling holes in tanks of cars to stealing gas cans.

Areas hit include: City dock, Hildebrand Lane, Lynwood Center and NE Kitsap Street.

Help Ukraine

Local artists are working together to help people harmed or displaced by the crisis in Ukraine.

Artists will be donating prints of their work and showing them at Grace Episcopal Church through May 30.

Minimum donation is $100, which will go to Direct Relief 1, which is working with Ukraine’s Ministry of Health and has delivered more than 164 tons of medical aid since Russia’s invasion.

Brew aids Ukraine

Bainbridge Brewing’s latest release RESIST Anti-Imperial Stout was made as part of a global effort among brewers to support humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine.

The recipe was developed by displaced Ukrainian brewers and features roasted beetroot add to the finished beer.

Proceeds go directly to Red Cross Ukraine. For details go to Instagram @bainbridgebrewing

Mail thieves

Police officers were alerted to a suspicious vehicle last week, which resulted in an arrest for mail theft.

A citizen reported a teal green jeep at several mailboxes along Manzanita Road around 7 p.m. The driver was stopped, and officers observed a large pile of mail in the car. The driver told officers that his “friend” had taken the mail, and he was returning it to keep him out of trouble.

Credit cards belonging to other individuals were found in his possession. Unable to confirm his story, the driver was arrested and booked for mail theft.

YMCA gets grant

YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties is being awarded an almost $39,400 grant from the Albertsons Foundation’s Nourishing Neighbors Program.

The grant is provided from funds donated by customers and will be used to offer breakfasts as part of YMCAPKC’s Child Care program in Kitsap County.

The YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties serves breakfast to 200 children across Kitsap County within six of its locations, often including granola and fruit.

Learn more about the YMCA’s local efforts to address food insecurity and support the health and development of youth at ymcapkc.org

Meet mayor

Mayor Joe Deets is having open office hours April 23 from 10 a.m. to noon at CUPS Espresso at 123 Bjune Drive SE in Winslow.

Everyone is welcome to meet with him to talk about city business.

BI police log

April 10, theft of a vehicle, NE Lovgreen Road E at Highway 305.

April 10, DUI, Fairmont Lane NE at NE Koura Road.

April 11, Extortion, NE Park View Drive.

April 11, Mail theft, Henderson Road NE.

April 12, Motor vehicle hit and run property damage, High School Road NE.

April 13, Motor vehicle hit and run property damage, Sportsman Club Road NE.

April 13, Assault shoplifting, Winslow Way E.

April 14, Harassment, Winslow Way E.

April 14, Harassment, Root Path NW.

April 14, Burglary, Lynwood Center Road.

April 15, Traffic accident, NE Hidden Cove Road at State Highway 305.