Madison project
The Madison Avenue Non-Motorized and Sewer Improvement Bundled Project has begun and work will continue through December.
Improvements will occur between Winslow Way and Highway 305 on Madison. There will be one-way traffic with flaggers, except near schools when two-lane traffic will resume at the start and end of their days.
Improvements will include: wider sidewalks, raised bike lane, ramp revisions, raised crosswalks, traffic calming devices and road surface updates.
City project
Learn about Bainbridge Island’s Affordable Housing Project proposed for 625 Winslow Way April 15 from 5-6:30 p.m. at the library, 1270 Madison Ave. N.
There will be a presentation and a Question and Answer session.
Water tank
Work continues on the Winslow High Water Tank project.
In mid-March, 72 augur=cast pile supports were constructed. Each 30-inch diameter support is about 58.5 feet deep and serves to stabilize the tank in firm soil.
The next phase includes constructing a concrete pile cap foundation on top of those piles. The cap will serve as a platform to which the tank column will be anchored. That installation is expected to take all of this month.
Pair die
The Mason County Coroner’s Office has identified the pair killed in an April 6 fatal car accident involving a Washington State Patrol trooper as Olalla residents.
The collision occurred as the trooper was traveling southbound on Highway 101 south of Shelton with the vehicle’s emergency lights on. Mason sheriff’s officials say the collision occurred at 2:37 p.m. near Lynch Road as the vehicle was traveling to a nearby emergency.
An April 7 news release from coroner Jaime Taylor identified Charles Ferree, 72, and Deolia Blandford, 49, as the occupants of the other involved vehicle who died at the scene. A WSP news release says the trooper was taken to a hospital but avoided severe injuries.
Run for trails
The Trillium Trail Run 10K/5K and kids’ Fun Run returns to Bainbridge Island May 11.
Race-day highlights include a free Fun Run and activities for kids, music and refreshments. Runners and walkers will enjoy a scenic course around Battle Point Park.
The run will launch the BI Parks & Trails Foundation’s “Trails Connect Bainbridge Island” campaign, to acquire, build and maintain new trails around the island including: the Lost Valley Trail, nexus of the east-west, cross-island trail route from Winslow to Gazzam Lake; Dolphin Drive to W. Port Madison Trail; Sunny Hill to Nutes Pond Trail; and the Waypoint Woods gateway trail.
Early bird registration through midnight May 8 with a course map for the timed event is underway at www.trilliumtrail.run. Cost is $35 for the 10K run and $30 for the 5K run. Race-day registration begins at 8:15 a.m. and costs $10 more.
Race packets, including timing chip-integrated bib, will be distributed the morning of the event. The race begins at 9:30 a.m.
Amabile concert
Amabile Choir, a mixed voice, Bainbridge Island choral group, presents its spring concert “All Of Us” April 12-13 at 7:30 p.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church.
The 60-voice group will bring three full-choir events to BI, including one matinee performance with the Sakai Intermediate School Choirs.
Evening concerts will be presented at Bethany on Finch Road. North Kitsap Vocal Point will perform several pieces.
The Sakai choir will join the Amabile Choir for a 2 p.m. performance April 13 at St. Cecilia Parish on Madison Avenue. The young singers will perform four pieces and join the Amabile choir for the song, “Rise and Shine.”
Admission is $20; go to www.amabilechoir.org/events
Benefit concert
A benefit concert for the Strawberry Hill Bike Park will take place at 6:30 p.m. April 18 at Wing Point Golf Course on Bainbridge Island.
BI jazz vocalist Jess Henderson and Friends will perform. Tickets are $40.
Helping Haiti
Children of the Nations, a nonprofit headquartered in Silverdale that provides holistic, Christ-centered care for orphaned and destitute children, is helping kids in Haiti and other troubled nations in the world.
Haiti has been experiencing years of civil unrest since the assassination of its president in 2021. Gangs have released more than 4,000 prisoners, attacked key buildings such as police stations and the main airport, and kidnapped and killed citizens.
While the immediate area around the Children of the Nations Haiti campus has not been directly affected by violence, the situation has threatened its operations and the families and communities it serves. The unrest has made it dangerous for staff to obtain food, gas, and other supplies. The prices of those essentials have spiked, and the nonprofit’s food budget has nearly doubled in the past two years.
To find out how to help go to visit cotni.org
Children’s book
Children’s book author Lynn Brunelle will give a free reading at 2 p.m. April 20 at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
She will read from her new book “Haiku Ew.” It celebrates the disgusting side of nature, such as fish tooting underwater and how glow worms fish with snot.
A book signing, art-making station and refreshments will follow.
Play auditions
Auditions for the 11th annual Ten-Minute Play Festival will take place May 4-5 at the Grange, 10340 Madison Ave.
The auditions on Bainbridge Island will go from 10 a.m. to noon both days. The 10 short plays by Kitsap artists have roles for 30 actors from high school to senior citizens and include dramas and comedies. Register at www.Islandtheatre.org
Actors should come prepared to read short scenes from festival plays. If unable to make it that weekend video auditions can be arranged.
Rehearsals will be set up by each play’s director with production week in mid- to late August.
Play at library
The Leisure Seeker play will be performed at the Bainbridge Public Library April 20 at 7 p.m. and April 21 at 3 p.m.
A minimum $5 donation is suggested per person.
The Island Theatre nonprofit production features the Agate Pass Threshold Choir, which offers simple harmonies to those navigating illness, grief or nearing the end of life. The play is performed script in hand and is for those high school and older.
The play is about a couple in their 80s who have cancer and Alzheimer’s, so for one last adventure, they escape from their caregivers and head off toward Disneyland in their RV along Route 66.
Concert set
Crescendo performs its season-ending concert Razzle Dazzle Spring at at 7 p.m., May 6 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 7968 Finch Road NE, Bainbridge Island.
The concert is free, but donations are appreciated.
This group of 40 sings a mix of pop, Broadway, jazz and standards. Selections include “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas; Sting’s “Every Breath You Take”; “Heart of Stone” from the hit Broadway musical “Six”; “One Day More” from “Les Miserables”; and “Happy Trails,” a cowboy salute by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
Wendi Olinger directs Crescendo, with accompaniment by Catherine Benson.
Crescendo is part of Ovation! Performing Arts Northwest, a nonprofit theater and performance group based on BI. For details go to ovationmtb.com/crescendo.
