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Island man faces molestation charges — UPDATE

An island youth sports volunteer was charged this week with first-degree child molestation. John Harlan Fawley, 52, pleaded…

The score to island composer Allen Strange’s “Velocity Studies IV: Flutter” for saxophone and computer is a far cry from most musical scores. Note that the phrase durations are given to the saxophone in seconds rather than beats.

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Allen Strange knows the score

And the score, in turn, looks strange. The way island composer Allen Strange manipulates sounds in his computer…

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News Roundup — Rockefeller bills advance/Money talks at breakfast/Stake claim for home show

Sen. Phil Rockefeller’s efforts to clean up Puget Sound found favor in the state Senate Monday. The Bainbridge…

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Seniors get help sorting out Medicare choices

SHIBA offers one-on-one advice on prescription drug plans. Bombarded by mailings and pamphlets from insurance companies, it was…

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Revised ethics program drawing mixed reviews

Backers want a proposed ‘ethics board’ to have authority over City Hall workers, too. The City Council agreed…

Stephanie Wagner warms up in the Commodore gym. The junior third baseman  led the team with 18 RBIs and had a .315 batting average last season.

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Strong turnout has fastpitchers on rise

A solid core of returning players will be backed up by a JV squad this season. Last year,…

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Taking a less Hobbesian view of government

Where human nature was concerned, Thomas Hobbes wasn’t what you’d call sanguine. In his political treatise “Leviathan,” the…

Christine Rolfes

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Rolfes stepping up to challenge Woods

The council alum promises a nonpartisan approach to tackling the state’s problems. Former councilwoman Christine Rolfes is pledging…

Park employee Jean Welch (left) and volunteer Bernadette Stephen-McRae are delighted with progress at Battle Point Park’s transmitter building

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Reclamation station

The transmitter building at Battle Point Park is getting an extreme makeover. When park officials recently needed to…

Senior shortstop Matt Frazee pitches to senior third baseman Brendan Gent in the Commodore gym. Frazee led the team in nearly every offensive category last year

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Hardballers ready to defend Metro title

The starting infield returns intact, and senior C.J. Hall is back as staff ace. It was a Christmas-like…

Obituaries

Elsie Magnuson McDowell

Elsie Magnuson Backland McDowell, 88, died March 8. She was born Nov. 7, 1917 to August and Marie…

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Kenneth Edward Godwin

Kenneth Edward Godwin, age 83, died March 6 at Normandy Park, Wash. He was born March 14, 1922…

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Doris S. Harris

Doris S. Harris, 81, of Bainbridge Island died March 5. She was born on Nov. 7, 1924, in…