“In her many years as a downtown booster and civic leader, Marge Williams always charted a path of community goodwill. Now, as the effort to establish a non-profit center in her name hums along, islanders have a chance to set that path in stone, one brick at a time.”
“With the jaunt half done, an islander takes time to catch his breath.Cycling for a year across 20,000 miles of the most beautiful terrain in the world seemed like a dream come true, for riders who could afford the $36,000-dollar around-the-globe adventure.But Bainbridge Islander Len Beil, who has now traveled 7,300 miles with about 250 other cyclists on the Odyssey 2000 bike ride, said, It’s turning out to be much, much more challenging than most of the other people on the ride ever imagined.”
“A North Kitsap troupe brings oddities to BHS.An Empty Space provokes a crowded stage. Or to put it another way – director Peter Brook’s book has inspired the North Kitsap-based West Sound Academy to fill the Bainbridge High School theater with dance, drama, music and visual arts. We’re looking at how different acts of theater can transform the performance space, said producer Jack Yantis. The show depends upon BHS students for technical support, and involves several West Sound Academy pupils who live on the island.”
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“An environmentalist reading of ‘Lord of the Rings.”The road goes ever on and onDown from the door where it began.Now far ahead the road has gone,And I must follow, if I can,Pursuing it with weary feet,Until it joins some longer way,Where many paths and errands meet.And whither then? I can not say.”That sounds like a bit of old Bilbo’s rhyming,’ says Pippin.But to a studied reader like islander Maggie Fitzgerald – that sounds like the work of old Tolkien.”
“You can’t teach talent, but you can nurture it.And Bainbridge High School is reaping the rewards, in the form of Washington State High School Photography Competition prizes.”
“Secretary of State Ralph Munro stopped in to the office a few weeks back, but we were too busy to see him. Now that’s a heck of thing to say – too busy to make time for the secretary of state – and the shame is going to stick with us for a while. You have our humblest apologies, sir.Thus reproved, we can relay to readers that the occasion of his visit was the establishment of the new George and Betty Munro Foundation, an annual scholarship fund that will support one or more Bainbridge High School graduates each year as they head off to college.”
“A north-end rate hike stems from higher costs, company officials say.Citing the cost of new fire safety and service improvements, the North Bainbridge Water Company has applied for a rate increase that could take effect next month.Under the proposed rates, customers who consume 846 cubic feet of water per month – last year’s average – would pay 24 percent more than they do now. Heavier users would see steeper hikes.”
“Points for the cleverest campaign button would probably go to the woman flashing Read My Lips: No New Texans.And thus commenced a season of serious sloganeering, as local Democrats rallied to promote a new campaign headquarters upstairs at Winslow Mall Thursday evening.”
“Host families are needed for a dozen foreign students.When foreign exchange students come to Bainbridge Island to learn about environmental issues, they sometimes benefit from elements of island atmosphere that natives take for granted.Suzy Cook, who hosted an exchange student from Mexico last year through the Center for Cultural Interchange (CCI), said her student often spent time outdoors at her Eagledale farm, simply breathing.’He said, ‘you don’t understand,’ Cook recalled, ‘Mexico City is so crowded that we go away on the weekends just so we can breathe clean air.'”
“State Rep. Phil Rockefeller is considering a race for Washington state lands commissioner, instead of seeking re-election to his 23rd District house seat.Either way, the Bainbridge Island Democrat says, he doesn’t support incumbent Land Commissioner Jennifer Belcher’s recent hard-line stance against liveaboards in state waters.”
“When developer Rod McKenzie first saw Bainbridge Island, he didn’t see new subdivisions in the woods, or starter castles on large lots. He saw what he calls urban living at its finest.We liked the village atmosphere of Winslow, McKenzie said. We chose to live here so we could walk instead of driving.And he has prospered on Bainbridge by making that option available to others. His Winslow Mews condominium complex on Wyatt Way between Madison and Ericksen avenues was a critical and commercial smash hit. And he hopes to repeat that success with his new Courtyards on Madison development.”
“For those staging A Comedy of Errors, the play’s name may seem like a bad joke. A mistake is no laughing matter when it comes to maintaining the precision this slippery piece of drama demands. Our production is intensely disciplined, says Amy Thone, who plays the shrewish Adriana in the Seattle Shakespeare Festival’s rendition that comes to the BPA Playhouse Friday. It’s like a dance – nobody can afford to miss a beat. And Shakespeare’s play certainly keeps audience and actors on their toes.”
