Pity the potty.
Damaged by insects and the elements, its fixtures worn and its porcelain sullied, the Waterfront Park restroom has seen its last flush.
Monday afternoon, temporary fencing went up around the building, which includes a storage area and several covered picnic tables.
It will be razed after testing for asbestos and lead paint determines disposal options.
Jay Wence has spent most of his life in diners. And if all goes well, that won’t change now that he has moved to Bainbridge Island.
Wence and his wife, Michelle Enslow, will open the Big Star Diner next week in the Madison Avenue spot formerly occupied by Al Packard’s Blue Water Diner.
“I’m excited,” Wence said late last week. “Today I had a couple from Dallas knock on the door and ask if we served milkshakes.”
It’s hard to imagine a more will-motivated effort than the special education program in our nation’s public schools. As profiled in a two-part series in last week’s Review, the program’s aim is lofty indeed – educating students with physical, mental and emotional handicaps to the same level as their peers.
It might be pleasant to disappear into a Tom Fehsenfeld encaustic painting.
The lush landscapes at Kurt Lidtke Galleries glow with layers of translucent wax and rich textures that seem to invite touch.
The works are abstractions of Fehsenfeld’s Bainbridge neighborhood.
“My inspiration comes from small, local geographies,” Fehsenfeld said, “my farmhouse encircled by garden, orchard and woods – and the few miles of countryside within walking distance.”
For the creative team that produced “They Liked Noble Causes: How a Community Built a Library,” the book was their own “noble cause.”
A volunteer writing and design project to benefit the Bainbridge public library, the collaboration paid an unexpected dividend when the book recently received the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen Gold Award.
Darlene Kordonowy and a levy to save Bainbridge open space rode overwhelming voter support to victory Tuesday.
Kordonowy earned better than 63 percent against Chris Llewellyn in the race to succeed Dwight Sutton as the next mayor of Bainbridge Island.
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On a state and national level, it is generally conceded that money is indispensable to a successful political campaign – a badly outspent candidate seldom wins.
If that also holds true for Bainbridge Island, then you’d put your bets on Darlene Kordonowy for mayor and Bill Nelson for the central ward city council seat, because both have far outspent and out-fundraised the opposition.
But observers of the Bainbridge Island political scene say the personal touch may still be more important than a media campaign.
“A big part of the campaign on Bainbridge Island is vouching,” said David Harrison, a political science faculty member at the University of Washington and an adviser to Sen. Maria Cantwell, who has run for both school board and the state legislature.
“People who get behind a candidate and spread the word to their friends can be tremendously important.”
According to statements filed with the state Public Disclosure Commission, Kordonowy has raised some $24,500, compared to the $8,400 raised by her opponent, Chris Llewellyn.
In late spring of 2001, after one year in the district, special services director Merle Montani quit abruptly, citing the need to finish her dissertation.
Without time to conduct a national search for a new director – and aware of the shortage of special education personnel nationwide – the district hired the principal of Woodward Middle School, Clayton Mork.
Mork, who calls himself “a systems guy,” continued the assessment of special education programs begun with last spring’s roundtable discussion.
Fairy Queen Titania strokes Nick Bottom’s long ears.
The fairy queen is impelled by a magic spell cast by her rival Oberon to love the first being she sees upon awakening. So Titania has fallen for the ludicrous combination of donkey and man – as she has for more than 400 years, to the universal delight of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” audiences.
For most of us, the ferries are a part of the island’s charm. Those of us who don’t commute can still find the ride something of an adventure, particularly on those sunny days when the view ranks with any panorama on the planet. For commuters, the ride can be an extension of the office for work, the living room for visiting or the library for quiet reading.
Willow DaNaan’s art prints – on view at Cafe Madison for the “Holiday Island Magic” Arts Walk Nov 4 – are images of the supernatural crafted with technical wizardry.
This artist’s computer-generated prints feature three-dimensional fairies in Maxfield Parrish-like idealized landscapes.
The bad news is that the economic fallout from the September terrorist attacks definitely reached Bainbridge Island.
The good news is that for the most part, the effect seem to be dissipating.
“There was literally nothing for a few days,” said Sally Loomis of Loomis Travel. “We were busy refunding and reaccomodating people.”
State ferries may become floating advertising kiosks to keep the boats afloat.
But they won’t be floating billboards — external advertising visible from the shores is not in the cards.
“We are accepting information from companies, organizations and individuals about advertising, and asking for their best estimates on how much revenue some or all of their programs could raise,” said Washington State Ferries public affairs Director Pat Patterson.