A Bainbridge man fled a High School Road gas station after a man
in a wheelchair repeatedly circled his SUV while yelling
insults.
Also this week, a Dumpster was destroyed by fire, a man was
injured in a drunken fight outside Safeway and a woman reported
that her husband is beating her while he “sleeps.”
People around the country have been receiving threatening calls
from telephone numbers with Bainbridge prefixes, according to the
Bainbridge Island Police Department.
The callers are demanding personal information like Social
Security numbers from whomever answers the phone, police say.
The calls aren’t coming from the island, Bainbridge Police Lt.
Sue Shultz said.
Shultz said their investigation found that a Colorado company
owns the Bainbridge phone numbers and leases them to a New Jersey
company. That company leases the numbers over the Internet to
anyone “with a credit card” and “limited subscriber information,”
she said.
Yesterday, I
mentioned that the Bainbridge park district’s Parkland
Acquisition Committee is recommending that the first batch of levy
funds go toward the purchase of a 31-acre property between Grand
Forest Park’s west and east sections.
There’s nothing better than a map to show you just what this
property is and what it will do for the park. Unfortunately, we
couldn’t get a mapped location of the property before deadline.
But, courtesy of the Bainbridge Island Land
Trust, I can pop one into this here blog. Click down below to
see it. It’s no mere “trail easement.” The property, referred to as
the “Hill Top Tree Farm” by BILT, would create a wide bridge
between the Grand Forest’s two largest sections.
A few notes on the map:
–The narrow gap between Hill Top and the east portion of the
Grand Forest is actually a private dirt road. I’ve seen maybe one
car on the road during dozens and dozens of visits there. Probably
won’t disturb the flow of walking from one section to the
other.
–The “Heart of the Forest” property you see on the map is
another Grand Forest link BILT is in the process of paying for. It
will connect the west and north portions. Along with the Hill Top
property, the Heart of the Forest will finally link up all of the
Grand Forest sections.
The 94-year-old Moran School
building near Rolling Bay is slated for demolition next month.
Photo: Tristan Baurick
The plight of the Moran School theater building has come to the
attention of Seattle columnist Knute “Mossback” Berger.
At the top of his recent Crosscut column, Berger asked: “Is a
building a landmark if no one can see it?”
Tucked behind tall trees on a narrow north-end side street, the
four-story building comes as a surprise to the few who stumble upon
it. Now that the owner plans to demolish it next month, Berger
wonders if many people will rally to save it.
“It is tough for communities to hang onto their history even if
their landmarks are well known, harder if they’re somewhat obscure
and off the tourist track,” Berger writes.
For Berger, the building is important enough to be saved. As a
precursor to Seattle’s prestigious Lakeside School, the building
has historical value beyond Bainbridge.
“…perhaps the Lakeside connection might give ideas to those who
seek to preserve it: perhaps support could be found for saving it
beyond the island, which some say treasures its “ruins”, especially
among people who value how an obscure structure that few know about
has ties to some of the beneficiaries of the kind of independent
“modern” private education the building embodies.”
High altitude mountaineer and Bainbridge resident Ed Viesturs will be the
featured speaker at a breakfast fundraiser for Bainbridge schools
on Friday.
Viesturs, who summited Everest several times and was the first
American to climb the world’s 14 tallest peaks without an oxygen
tank, will discuss how he has overcome mountain climbing
challenges.
The event is free, but organizers are asking attendees to bring
their checkbooks. Proceeds from the event will help bridge the
funding gap for the 2010-2011 school year.
Viestur’s two recent autographed books will be available for
purchase at the event. A percentage of profits will be donated to
the Bainbridge Schools Foundation.
The event begins at 7 a.m. at Woodward Middle School.