voice of bainbridge - the blog

Interview with Harbor Master Tami Allen

2004-12-02T14:37:00.000-08:00

December 1: Dave Henry interviews Tami Allen , City of Bainbridge Island's Harbor Master
on the current status of the Anchoring and Mooring Plan for Eagle Harbor.

They discuss the history and how the community arrived to this point, the process as it stands in the Harbor Commission and the future direction with the government agencies involved.

More info on the site of the Harbor Master

www.voiceofbainbridge.org is now available

2004-11-12T17:50:00.000-08:00

We have started to transfer the audio files to a new blog with more functions and searching tools.

You can also access it by using the simpler url:

www.voiceofbainbridge.org

Interview with Sherry Appleton

2004-11-12T11:42:00.000-08:00

November 12: Interview with Sherry Appleton after her election as State Assembly Representative (11 min).

Sherry shares her post-election impressions after an energetic campaign supported by many Bainbridge volunteers.

Interview with Jay Inslee

2004-11-12T10:40:00.000-08:00

November 12: Interview with Jay Inslee after his reelection as Congressman for Washington State first district (17 min).

Jay speaks about the electoral results at the different levels and what's next.

He explains the priorities of the Apollo project and a few ongoing initiatives and projects to develop alternative sources of energy.

Our interview took place at the very convivial Pegasus Coffee: that explains the conversations in the background.

For more information:Jay Inslee's personal site

About the Apollo project

Pegasus Coffee House

Michael Lisagor: Romancing the Buddha

2004-11-11T23:44:00.000-08:00

November 11: Local author Michael Lisagor reads from his book "Romancing the Buddha" (65 min).

I have extracted this part he read at the end, entitled Sometimes I need to remove the punctuation from my life (3 min).

Thanks again to Eagle Harbor bookstore and Michael for this inspiring presentation.

More info:about Romancing the Buddha

Your favorite bookstore's site: www.eagleharborbooks.com

Interview with Megan Wells

2004-11-10T15:54:00.000-08:00

November 10: Tomas Smeeth of Radio Bainbridge Institute interviews storyteller Megan Wells about her play Helen's Troy (12 min).

She speaks about the power of telling stories and the lineage of theater.

In the second part she discusses the creation of the play (16 min).

More info: www.MeganWells.com

Get your tickets at BPA

Interview with Bob Scales

2004-11-01T13:32:00.000-08:00

Interview with Bob Scales about his first year as a Council Member (32 min).

Bob speaks about a few key projects (how to support tourism, more city funding for non-motorized transportation, the creation of contingency and emergency funds) and shares a few thoughts about open space and communication issues.

He also tells how he was hit by a SUV's side mirror while cycling on Madison.

Bob does not have a website or a blog (yet?) so we refer you to the info provided on the Kitsap County Auditor's site in the 2003 election pamphlet.

Interview with Carla Orcutt

2004-10-29T16:06:00.000-07:00

Interview with Carla Orcutt about women prisoners in Kitsap County (42 min).

Carla speaks about the Kairos progam and the creation of the Marilyn Branderberg transitional house in Bremerton.

More about Kairos

You can contact Carla at solco2@earthlink.net

Ancient Forest Roadshow

2004-10-29T13:13:00.000-07:00

Interview with Forest Berg and Jim Trainer about the Ancient Forest Roadshow (8 min).

The giant tree slice called "the Doug" was stationed in front of the Bainbridge High School.

More about the ancient forest roadshow

Go Spartans!

2004-10-26T23:14:00.000-07:00

We took the ferry along the Bainbridge Spartans Varsity Soccer team and we had the opportunity to co-record an interview of coach Mark Grindrod by our radio journalist friend and soccer specialist Thomas Smeeth (6 min). Thank you Thomas.

We wish we could post more recordings about sports.

We need to raise $150 to provide a portable digital recorder to Thomas.

Go Spartans!

The soccer teams schedule

More about Thomas and the Bainbridge Radio Institute

Listen to writers on Voice of Bainbridge

2004-10-25T22:53:00.000-07:00

Let us recap the writers Voice of Bainbridge had the pleasure to record at Eagle Harbor Bookstore or at our public library:

Skye Kathleen Moody creator of the Venus Diamond mystery books series.

Author Fred Moody about How does an author know what questions to ask in an interview?

Patricia O'Connell Killen (22 min) and James Wellman (22 min) about Religion and Public life in the Pacific Northwest: the "none" zone.

Helen Thayer about her book Three among the wolves: a couple and their dog live a year with wolves in the wild (67 min).

Jo Ann Ridley and Mary Randlett about their book, San Juan Islands Journal (32 min).

Linda Lawrence Hunt about her book Bold Spirit: Helga Etsby's forgotten walk across Victorian America (61 min).

David Shields about his book Body Politic, The great American sports machine (74 min).

Earl Emerson about his book Pyro (60 min).

Robert Kurson about his book Shadow Divers (62 min).

Carl Pope coauthor of Strategic ignorance: why the Bush administration is recklessly destroying a century of environmental progress (24 min.)

Glenn Burkhart coauthor of Defending Wild Washington, a citizen action guide (66 min.)

Steve Smith coauthor of Traveling in Provence/Côte d'Azur (72 min.)

Your favorite bookstore's site: www.eagleharborbooks.com

Your favorite library: www.krl.org

About the new Seattle Public Library

2004-10-24T23:07:00.000-07:00

The Director of the new downtown Seattle Public Library, Bainbridge resident Jill Jean was the guest of the Speakers Forum at the Bainbridge Library (63 min).

She told the story of this new very original building and also answered questions from the audience (12 min).

More info and pictures: about the Seattle Central Library

The good diamond

2004-10-21T22:14:00.000-07:00

The creator of the Venus Diamond mystery books series Skye Kathleen Moody talked at the Eagle Harbor Bookstore about her seventh installment "The good diamond" and the heroes and villains in her life, how they influenced her work (41 min).

Thanks again to Eagle Harbor bookstore for inviting so many fascinating authors.

More info: about Skye Moody

Your favorite bookstore's site: www.eagleharborbooks.com

Candidate forum

2004-10-21T13:15:00.000-07:00

Sponsored by the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce, the Candidate forum brought together Phil Rockefeller, Doug Kitchens, Beverly Woods and Sheri Appleton (51 min).

The moderator is Kevin Dwyer.

Sheri Appleton told the story of her Mom buying medicine for her breast cancer in the US for $269 a month vs buying the same drug on line in Canada for $69 for three months.

Listen to Sheri.

Dennis Kucinich

2004-10-20T14:53:00.000-07:00

200+ islanders gathered on Saturday morning October 16 to hear Dennis Kucinich (61 min).

People who attended said they found his speech inspiring.

Listen for yourself.

This recording was not posted earlier because it is a copy from the videotape that was filmed.

Thank you to our videofriends for sharing the sound with us.

Fred Moody at Field's end roundtable

2004-10-20T09:22:00.000-07:00

"How does an author know what questions to ask in an interview?"

This was the theme chosen by the Field's End Writers' Roundtable (2 min).

The guest speaker was Fred Moody , former managing editor of the Seattle Weekly and author -most recently- of Seattle and the demons of ambition, a love story (27 min).

Fred shared many interesting stories and provided useful advice.

His talk was followed by a questions and answers session (14 min).

Our recording of this part is not exhaustive due to a problem with the recorder but we were able to fix it and capture a very interesting comment about the important role of silence (4 min).

Thanks to Field's end and Fred for this most interesting evening.

More info: www.fieldsend.org

About the Community Forestry Commission

2004-10-20T09:19:00.000-07:00

Interview with John van den Meerendonk , member of the Community Forestry Commission after the monthly meeting of the CFC (16 min).

Since the meeting usually lasts 2 hours and many people would not listen to the whole recording, one member of the group will participate in an interview with Voice of Bainbridge and present the main topics of the meeting.

This was the first interview of this kind. Noxious weeds, aerial photography for an inventory, public meeting on November 8 were on the agenda.

More info: Community Forestry Commission

The magic of glass making

2004-10-16T13:33:00.000-07:00

Interview with Steve Maslach , Glass Sculptor (40 min).

Steve talks about his 35 year passion with glass making, the running of two studios in Marin County and on Bainbridge, past and present work.

More info: www.cuneofurnace.com

A little bit of Chopin

2004-10-16T13:19:00.000-07:00

Learning to play a piece of Chopin , by Anne Boucher (1 min).

When the pianist sees the recorder the concert comes to an end.

Discover our new blog

2004-10-16T07:29:00.000-07:00

You are concerned about the future of Winslow?

Get involved via our new blog:

Winslow Tomorrow

2004-10-14T05:23:00.000-07:00

Thank you to Lin Kamer-Walker for designing our logo.

While you were watching the presidential debate

2004-10-13T20:33:00.000-07:00

While you were watching the presidential debate the City Council was hearing public comments about certain elements of the revised comprehensive plan.Here are recordings of a few of those comments:

Vince Mattson , about the transportation element (5 min).

Lois Andrus about the need for more public information and participation (1 min).

Charles Schmid about various environmental issues(3 min).

about water resources , and population growth (2 min).

Charles Schmid , about monitoring and estimating water resoruces (4 min).

There was also a public comment about the noise pollution and the need (or not) for a noise ordnance (7 min).

There will be another hearing in November.

Wake up for your environment

2004-10-13T13:32:00.000-07:00

Wake up for your environment a fundraiser breakfast organized in Seattle by the Washington Conservation Voters brought together 800+ people (at 7.30 a.m.) and featured the following speakers:

Bruce Gryniewski , WCV Executive Director (5 min).

US Senator Maria Cantwell (2 min).

Candidate for WA State Governor Christine Gregoire (17 min).

Deb Callahan, President of the League of Conservation Voters (14 min).

More info: www.Gregoire2004.com

List of the Candidates endorsed by Washington Conservation Voters.

Locally look for legislative district 23 and Kitsap County.

Weapons of mass destruction?

2004-10-11T22:54:00.000-07:00

Meetup for Democrats had as guest speaker Lysbeth Rickerman , an expert on Environmental Climate Change and National Security, former Senior Advisor with the State Department (9 min).

I have extracted the end of her presentation where she quotes a briefing given by Colin Powell in Cairo on February 24, 2001:

"The sanctions have worked. Saddam Hussein has not developed any sort of capability with respect of weapons of mass destruction". (1 min).

Listen to a few of the local candidates, a reminder of past recordings and interviews

Interview with Sherry Appleton, Democratic candidate for State Representative, 23rd District, position 1 (27 min).

Contact: www.SherryAppleton.com

Interview with Charlotte Garrido Democratic Candidate for Kitsap County Commissioner, District 2 (23 min).

More info: www.garrido2004.com

Dave Ross, Democratic Candidate for 8th District Congressional Seat (4 min).

Mike Cooper, Democratic Candidate for Commissioner of Public Lands (5 min).

Deborah Senn, Democratic Candidate for Attorney General (6 min).

Mary Kay Becker, Candidate for State Supreme Court Justice Position 1 (5 min).

The crocodile, the monkey and the rose apple tree.

2004-10-10T03:53:00.000-07:00

This story is told by Charise Diamond (5 min).

Charise lives in Port Townsend.

You should also know that next week is organized in Port Angeles the Forest Story Telling Festival October 15-17.

Winslow Neighbors

2004-10-09T20:23:00.000-07:00

Winslow Neighbors had a first meeting at the Commons.

Here are recordings of the presentation by Bob Conoley (19 min) and Bob Conoley bis (23 min).

Included are interventions by the audience.

The sound of the first recording is a little low while for the second part the mike was on the podium (watch for paper shuffling noises!).

Issues discussed include parking, speed limits, trees, Hildebrand and Ericksen, etc.

If you want to look at all the recordings

2004-10-08T14:12:00.000-07:00

Since this blog only started recently we have not posted here the 100+ programs recorded earlier.

To have a complete look go to:

www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis

They tell stories

2004-10-08T14:08:00.000-07:00

A group of storytellers has come together regularly on Bainbridge Island once a month since 1998 to practice and share their stories.

They have also performed at our public library.

They have named themselves the Frog Rock Story Circle after the Frog Rock in Port Madison.

Here are four stories that Voice of Bainbridge recorded during past sessions:

North Atlantic, by Navy Chaplain OJ Mozon (5 min.)

Cake of hapiness , by Alyson Neils (6 min)

Golden Bird, by Alyson Neils (10 min.)

One riddle, one answer, by Elizabeth Erving (10 min.)

Constitution: the balance of powers

2004-10-07T09:32:00.000-07:00

Sponsored by the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council, here is the second conference in the series The Constitution, an ongoing conversation:

"The balance of powers", by David Harrison (89 min).

More info: about David Harrison

about The Constitution: an ongoing conversation

The Olympia Oyster and the Puget Sound Restoration Fund

2004-10-06T14:16:00.000-07:00

Executive Director Betsy Peabody talks about the Puget Sound Restoration Fund (39 min).

She explains her passion for the native Olympia Oyster and how this shellfish is a key component of our shorelines.

Look out for their new projects on Fletcher Bay and Manzanita Bay.

Check their website: www.restorationfund.org
and look for more info via Google.

Dancing at Bainbridge Ballet

2004-10-04T17:48:00.000-07:00

Sara Cramer-Sherbina and Emil McCulloch talk about the Bainbridge Ballet, where 230 Islanders of all ages enjoy and practice dancing (12 min).

Soon a open house session where you can try a free lesson.

Check their website: Bainbridge Ballet

Michaelmas festival at Madrona School

2004-10-04T17:46:00.000-07:00

Madrona School celebrates Michaelmas (the end of the harvest) with a series of games for the children, songs and a short play.

Here are our recordings:

Hammering away, the not so frequent sounds of the iron work under the supervision of Jeff Powers (1 min)

In autumn Saint Michael a Welsh tune (4 min)

Saint Michael and the dragon a short play by the 6th graders.Unfortunately the dragon (or the knight) cut the end of the recording (2 min)

Michael Heavelnly Herosung by the 2d graders (1 min).

More info about:Madrona School
Michaelmas

The new trail at the Close property

2004-10-03T07:53:00.000-07:00

Opening ceremony, for a new trail in the Close property connecting Gazzam Lake preserve to the waterfront (15 min).
The successive speakers are Sallie Maron of the Land Trust, Christine Rolfes (City Council), Andy Maron (Open Space Commission), Frank Stowell (Land Trust).
It is a nice trail, a little steep at the end.
Count 40 minutes roundtrip.

We have also edited each speech separately:

Sallie Maron (2 min) www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis/audio/city4a.mp3

Christine Rolfes (2 min) www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis/audio/city4b.mp3

Andy Maron (6 min) www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis/audio/city4c.mp3

Frank Stowell (4 min) www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis/audio/city4d.mp3

More info: The Close property

Open Space Commission

Interview with Steve Rhoades

2004-10-02T11:23:00.000-07:00

Steve Rhoades has been a Cycling Coach for the last 3 years.
Before that he was a bike messenger in Seattle for 8 years.
He teaches his clients how to get back riding a bicycle.
One year with Steve and you are ready for the Chilly-Hilly (12 min).

The direct url is www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis/audio/biketalk7.mp3

More info: www.rhoadescycling.com

Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest

2004-10-01T06:34:00.000-07:00

Patricia O'Connell Killen is Chair of the Department of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University. She edited the book "Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest" she presented Thursday evening at Eagle Harbor Bookstore with coauthor and Bainbridge resident James Wellman (Professor at UW).
They had to compete with THE debate but still had an attentive audience.
Why are the evangelical entrepreneurial churches growing so fast?
What political impact -if any- do they have?
Why do so many people in our region (compared with others in the US) decline any religious affiliation?

The direct urls to the recordings are

For the presentation of Patricia O'Connell Killen (22 min):
http://www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis/audio/eagle8a.mp3

James Wellman (22 min):
www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis/audio/eagleh8b.mp3

The Q&A session (42 min):
http://www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis/audio/eagleh8c.mp3

The Constitution: an ongoing conversation

2004-09-29T23:44:00.000-07:00

The room at the library was packed for David Engdahl's conference.
If you did not make it:

www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis/audio/conf3b.mp3

My favorite most recent recordings

2004-09-29T14:57:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday evening (September 29) during the Central Ward Town Hall meeting, Vince Mattson explained how the data used to estimate the future traffic on Highschool Road were flawed: they underestimate the number of new dwellings. Listen to his presentation.

http://www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis/audio/vince1.mp3

And if you want to listen to the whole 2 hours, you can!

I recommend the interview with Charlotte Garrido (September 28). She is the excellent Democratic candidate for Kitsap County Commissioner, district 2 (against Jane Angel).
Charlotte said that if/when elected she would participate in a monthly radio program.
Remember her when you vote.

http://www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis/audio/elections5.mp3

On Thursday (September 23) Helen Thayer told at the Eagle Harbor Bookstore the amazing story of her living with the wolves. Sorry that we could not record the wonderful slides but just listening to Helen should immediately transport you to the Arctic with the wolves, the bears, her wonderful dog Charlie and a world of adventure. One hour out of Bainbridge, just one click away.

http://www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis/audio/eagleh7.mp3

I also enjoyed interviewing Andy Kosick about his cycling and how Dana Berg advocated for cycling during the inauguration of the new bike/walk/path near the high school. Go and ride your bike!

Here the direct link to Dana's speech

http://www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis/audio/biketalk3b.mp3

Here is the direct link to the interview with Andy:

http://www.bainbridgeisland.org/vobis/audio/biketalk4.mp3

Michele Van Slyke and Peggy Brunton

2004-06-22T14:08:00.000-07:00

June 22: Interview with Michele Van Slyke, sculptor (10 min) and with Peggy Brunton painter (12 min), about their joint exhibit Women Unleashed at the Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery.

More info about Bainbridge Arts and Crafts