In this week’s blotter, a woman’s car blows up after it crashes into a power pole, a man brutalizes a dog and a fruit tree has every last one of its limbs broken off.
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Daily Archives: August 16, 2010
NEW POLL: What do you think of the changes at Bloedel Reserve?
In Sunday’s paper, I
explored the changing character of Bloedel Reserve, the 150-acre
garden and nature preserve on the island’s north end. Read the
story
HERE.
Recent money troubles have spurred the reserve to loosen some of its policies in the hopes of boosting revenue.
The reserve has done away with its reservation requirement and is offering more community events. Plans are also in the works to open more of the reserve to the public.
Then changes seem to be working. Attendance is up by 9 percent, and membership has taken a nearly 11 percent leap.
What do you think about the changes at Bloedel? Could the changes degrade the “therapeutic landscape” Prentice Bloedel hoped to create with his reserve? Or should the qualities that make the reserve such a beautiful, peaceful place be shared with a greater number of people?
Cast your vote in the poll over in the right column.
