“The World War II internment of the island’s Japanese-Americans is a significant event in this country’s history, and may well deserve protection as a national landmark, said National Park Service personnel who toured the site Wednesday.While the old Eagledale dock itself may be gone, the Taylor Avenue road end itself is still a powerful reminder of the moment. “
“As imbroglios go, it leaves us straddling the rail.A fence sits too close to the road, in the way of proposed bike lanes. The property owner wants to see the fence stay put; city officials are split on the issue. That the fence was built in the public right of way does not seem to be in dispute. The owner supports the construction of bike lanes, but wants the improvements to accommodate the fence, which went up with the blessing of a permit eight years ago; planners say the owner was warned during permitting that the fence might have to be moved in the future, but they can’t find such documents in the record.So the city will let the fence stand where it is, turn the ditch into a culvert and put the bike lane on top of that – splitting the extra construction costs with the property owner. “
“When golfers buy equipment, they pay too much for something that does them absolutely no good – product advertising.Not only that, Mike Truan says, the advertising steers them in the wrong direction – buying equipment that the pros use, instead of clubs built for golfers with more modest physical abilities.So, frustrated by an inability to find equipment that genuinely fit his short-ish stature, he began tailor-making golf clubs. Now Bainbridge Custom Clubs is a full-service business, operating out of Truan’s garage on Nakata Place. “
“The battle of good vs. good raged full tilt Monday night as the city public works officials presented various plans for Ericksen Avenue improvements.What people want, it seemed, is both more and less. “
“Gov. Locke can call all the special sessions he likes to come up with a transportation package. But the Washington Legislature won’t accomplish anything without a dramatic change in attitude somewhere, Bainbridge Island’s representatives say. And one of Locke’s political allies says that the change may have to come from the governor himself. “
“Sometimes I worry about this community, a city councilman commented, as we stood together admiring antique cars in the American Marine Bank parking lot Wednesday morning. There seem to be so many fights of neighbor against neighbor. But then the Fourth of July comes along, he mused, everybody gets together, and there’s not a bad thought anywhere. “
“The city has run out of time to force a contractor to build a traffic roundabout before school resumes in the fall.But persuasion in the form of money might still get the job done.I’m optimistic that the incentives we are building into the contract might get the work done before school begins, city engineer Jeff Jensen said this week.Bids for the High School Road reconstruction, which includes a controversial roundabout at the corner of High School and Madison Avenue, are to be received by July 13, a Friday. “
“Legislation so new that it’s not yet effective may allow the city to build a downtown parking structure without imposing new taxes.Called community revitalization financing, the measure allows cities to designate a geographic benefit area, and use a portion of property taxes from that area to pay for public-works improvements. “
“Arthur and Virginia Barnett’s Fourth of July was bracketed by her 88th birthday and the couple’s 65th anniversary. The proximity of private and public celebration seems fitting, for the principles that were the moral foundation of the new country have formed the keystone of the Barnetts’ merged lives. Attorney Arthur Barnett may be best remembered for defending Gordon Hirabayashi, a Japanese American who resisted internment during World War II. Sustained by Virginia’s support and their mutual Quaker beliefs, Arthur withstood pressure from all sides to abandon Hirabayashi’s case. “
“As author Jill Barnett’s life has changed dramatically over several years, so has her work. Barnett, a successful paperback romance writer, breaks into the hardcover mainstream market for the first time with Sentimental Journey, the World War II novel she reads at Eagle Harbor books July 5. “
“Outside, the plain gray building behind the police station looks like a remnant of Bainbridge Island’s past, right down to the 1964 Porsche parked out in front.But the sleek decor, walls of au courant graphics and rooms of computers and servers inside tell you that this is Bainbridge’s present, and maybe its future – a knowledge-based business using the Internet to reach a national and international client base.We use the web to give existing clients access around the clock and in any location, said Geoff Daigle of Daigle Design. It’s one of the reasons that we could move from downtown. “
“A 17-year-old Suquamish youth suffered serious facial injuries in a two-car collision at Blakely Avenue/Baker Hill Road Monday morning.Alcohol is believed to have been a factor in the crash, police said, and the youth was arrested on suspicion of vehicular assault even before he regained consciousness.Police said the suspect, behind the wheel of an early 1990s Honda Accord, was heading east up Baker Hill and ran a stop sign as he turned north onto Blakely.His vehicle was struck on the driver’s side by a southbound 2001 Toyota Sequoia SUV, driven by Beth Guy, 41, of Bainbridge Island. “
“The on-again, off-again Winslow Town Square project has surfaced again, this time with an arts orientation to go with the underground parking and affordable housing.Art is almost the definition of what our community is, said Winslow architect Peter O’Connor, one of the plan’s proponents.And this is a way of keeping some of the people that make this the place that it is. “