Police responded to a Madison Avenue parking lot Jan. 3 for a
report of a barefoot woman lying in front of a tow truck to prevent
her car from being impounded. The car was hooked up to the truck
when officers arrived and the 46-year-old woman was sitting on its
trunk about eight feet off the ground. Police coaxed the enraged
woman off the car but once on the ground she struggled with
officers and was cited for disorderly conduct.
Elsewhere on Bainbridge, the New Year began with a small rash of
car prowls and several acts of vandalism.
A lifelong friend of Martin Luther King, Jr. will be among a
group of speakers visiting Bainbridge
High School this week, as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
approaches.
Rev. McKinney
Rev. Samuel Berry McKinney and four other guest speakers will
reflect on the legacy of King and the civil rights movement at the
high school Wednesday. A public presentation will be held at 7 p.m.
in the LGI building as part of the “Carrying on the Dream”
program.
McKinney attended Morehouse College with King in the 1940s and
they remained close. McKinney supported civil rights protests in
Seattle in the 1960s as a pastor at Mount Zion Baptist Church.
He organized
King’s visit to the city in 1961 and later joined King for
marches in Selma and Montgomery, Ala.
Appearing with McKinney on Bainbridge will be Patricia Moncure
Thomas, president of the Black Historical Society of
Kitsap County; state Rep. Drew Hansen, author of “The Dream:
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation;” Dr.
Rosie Rimando Chareunsap, a 1995 BHS graduate and vice president at
South Seattle Community College; and Ali Saunders, a BHS senior and
president of the school’s United Brothers & Sisters Club.
McKinney and Hansen will visit with Bainbridge classes during
the day. The evening presentation is free and donations are
accepted.
The public program was organized by the Sing Out Kitsap
committee in cooperation with the school district; the
Bainbridge Island Schools Foundation; UBS club; the district’s
Multicultural Advisory Committeeand the Filipino American
Community
