It’s Throwback Thursday, so let’s toss it back to Wednesday, Jan. 23, 1974 to see what was news in the Bainbridge Review.

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Park site: ‘Chance of a lifetime’

If that proposed bond issue for a Winslow park passes next month, Junkoh Harui’s taxes will go up a bit more than a mill for both his home and his business.

But he says it’s a bargain.

He’s hoping that at least 60 percent of his fellow Winslow residents agree.

Harui, a former Winslow councilman who operates a nursery and floral business in the Village Shopping Center, drew up the city’s original comprehensive plan for parks while he was serving on the council in 1965.

What did he have to work with then?

“Virtually nothing,” Harui said this week. “But we were looking at that same area.”

The area in question is an 8 1/2-acre forested waterfront site on Eagle Harbor.

“The place is unique,” Harui said. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

And he said Winslow can get it at a bargain price, thanks to state and federal matching programs that weren’t even available when the original parks plan was under study.

Winslow is seeking authority to raise $150,000 through a 15-year bond issue. The state and federal funds, available only if the city approves a bond issue, will add enough to add an estimated $380,000 to the local money.

That’s enough to buy the property, which is now zoned for apartment or condominium use, and to complete first-state development.

Ex-islander in Mexican murder probe

Richard Davis, a 30-year North Kitsap graduate whose mother lives on Bainbridge Island, was in Mazatlan, Mexico, this week to help in the investigation of a murder case.

Davis, now a Marysville resident, is serving as an interpreter for two American officers who are investigating the murder of Snohomish County Sheriff Donald Jennings and Jennings’ wife and mother-in-law.

The three Americans were killed in a parked camper in which they had driven to Mexico for a vacation.

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ROCK GROUP PLANS CONCERT ON ISLAND

This Friday night at the Bainbridge High School gym, Fun Fair, a rock group, will be heard in concert beginning at 8 p.m. Admission is $1.50.

CLASSIFIED

John L. Scott

2 Beautiful Homesites

3 acres, 330×390, paved road frontage, protective stand of fir and cedar trees around perimeter. Interior partially cleared for homes or pastures. Warm, sunny exposure. 2 legal building sites. Recent survey, terms available. $8,500

Lynwood Theatre

“Cops and Robbers”

Tagline: “They make $215.39 a week as Cops, and ten million in one day as Robbers. How did they get away with it?”

Plus

“Electra Glide in Blue”

Tagline: “He’s a good cop…on a big bike…on a bad road.”

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