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Jun 09 2008, 9:07 PM
Art Koura, almost 90, misses Bainbridge Island. In 1919, his parents, Otohiko and Hatsuko Koura, strapped on their infant son and came here to pick strawberries. They liked it so much that a year later they left their Seattle home to try farming on the island. Six years later, they had as many children and seven acres on High School Road. The farm was successful, and Otohiko became president of the Community Association from 1936 to 1941.
Letters Jun 09 2008, 9:03 PM Recycling Around the island
Jun 09 2008, 1:41 PM Suspected thieves nabbed Sailors stay strong in bad weather, prepare for districts
Jun 09 2008, 7:11 PM Drivers along the route between Bainbridge Island and Portland, Ore., were witness to an unusual sight last weekend, as the BHS Sailing Team took two trailers and all eight FJ sailboats to Willamette Sailing Clubs second annual high school regatta. Who comes to Helpline House?
Jun 09 2008, 9:06 PM Many islanders come through the doors of Helpline House every day. Heres a sampling of the real people who stop in both to give, and to receive.
The Christmas giver
Just two months before Christmas, a young woman in her 20s walked through the door to Helpline House. She brought with her $160 worth of various gift cards and quite a few presents to be given out to children and adults alike in the Christmas store. She said that about 12 years ago she walked through that same door, homeless, seeking help. Mardell Witham, now retired, but then an active and caring social worker, helped her find temporary, safe housing. Since then, the Christmas giver said, she has done better each year. Now, each year she brings more gifts for others at Christmas time, never forgetting how she was helped and wishing to help someone else in turn.
Earth Day? Lets make it a daily eventJun 09 2008, 9:06 PM Ericksens no throughway
Jun 09 2008, 9:06 PM A recent Review editorial suggesting that Ericksen Avenue may eventually become a throughway fails to recognize the history of the street, the merits of local history and cultural tourism, the popularity of the pedestrian walkway, the special and historic trees along the lane, and the irregular mismatched intersection of Ericksen Avenue and Bjune Drive at Winslow Way.
Seven historic buildings on the east side of lower Ericksen are among the first row of houses built contiguous in Winslow. That was Ship Yard Row or Flag Alley as folks of differing nationalities first called it and flew their flags there. There were other contiguous dwellings on the Island when those on Flag Alley were built circa 1902 Suquamish houses on Rockaway beach might be considered as such, as were mill-town residences in Port Madison and Port Blakely.
Early homes in Winslow and homesteads on the island were mostly farm houses and thus spread sparsely across the landscape of tree stumps and timber. The homes of Chris Ericksen and his coworkers at the new Hall Brothers Winslow Shipyard & Marine Railway were among the first that were built close together in Winslow. There were a few near the Madrone steamer landing, too.
Insults should rise above simple name-callingJun 09 2008, 9:06 PM There was a great brouhaha in the media recently over a couple of alleged insults directed at national political figures. An advisor to Barack Obama was forced to resign from her position in his campaign when it was reported that she had referred to Hillary Clinton as a monster. And long-time Clinton friend and advisor James Carville came under substantial criticism when he referred to Bill Richardson as Judas for having forsaken Hillary and thrown his support behind Obama. Letters City government
Jun 09 2008, 9:03 PM SALLY ADAMS Community Help protect the shoreline
Jun 09 2008, 9:02 PM All of us on Bainbridge Island depend on healthy marine shorelines and the near-shore environment, whether for bird watching, beachcombing, fishing, shellfish harvesting, or shoreline stability for our homes and other structures. Together we need to come to a common understanding of the importance of a healthy, stable shoreline from an ecological and a human perspective.
