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Vol. 15, No. 4 Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave. N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Summer 2013 Mark your calendar These events take place in the library unless otherwise stated.

July 1-31 • Art at the Bainbridge Public Library. On exhibit in July: Paintings and collages by Donna Snow. Thursday, July 4 • Library Closed for Independence Day. Look for the BPL booth at Waterfront Park! Friday, July 5 • 1st Friday art walk reception with Donna Snow, paintings and collages 5-7 p.m. Saturday, July 6 • CLICK! Learn to download Library eBooks and eAudio. Preregister at the library (842- 4162). 1-3 p.m. Maria adds a Tuesday, July 9 star for reading 100 • CLICK! Learn to download Library eBooks hours in last summer’s and eAudio. Preregister at the library (842- reading program. 4162). 10 a.m. -12 Wednesday, July 10 • Low Vision Support Group 1-3 p.m. • Island Film Group: Serenity (2005) Film & Discussion 7 p.m. It’s not too late to sign up for summer reading. Thursday, July 11 • Ferry Tales Book Group 3:50 (BI to SEA), 4:40 (SEA to BI) Saturday, July 13 It’s summer at the library • Friends of the Library Book Sale 10 a.m.-3 Tuesday, July 16 Already children and teens have begun reading Hugo House on June 24 and EMP July 8. • Community Center Book Discussion (370 Brien Dr): The Girls from Ames: the Story their 10 books. (The anticipated reward: a free Books on Tap (book-themed trivia) continues of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship by paperback and ticket to the Kitsap County Fair.) at the Treehouse Café August 7, beginning at Jeffrey Zaslow 1 p.m. • Field’s End Writers’ Roundtable: Lisa Cach Plans for the Fourth of July are well under 7:30 p.m. presents “Girl Meets Boy: the Essence of way, and if you’re planning to march in the Ferry tales continue on the 4:40 ferry from the Romance Novel” 7 p.m. Thursday, July 18 parade with your library friends, sign up now. Seattle to Bainbridge, with book discussion led • Friends of the Library Book Sale 1-4 p.m. The parade is in the afternoon, and the library by Audrey Barbakoff. Friday, July 19 board will host a “Book Walk” booth all day long If you’ve always wanted an elegant Japanese • Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society: Guest speaker Gary Zimmerman from the at Waterfront Park. fan, this summer there’s an opportunity to make Fiske Library 10 a.m.-12 This summer four programs for children will be your own with a master fanmaker. The workshop Tuesday, July 23 held at the Commodore Cafeteria. (There’s more is scheduled for August 24; sign up in advance at • Friends of the Library Book Sale 10 a.m.-3 seating there than in the library meeting room.) the reference desk. Wedensday, July 24 • Bainbridge Library Book Group: The Book Magician Jeff Evans appears Tuesday, July 9, In addition to the above special events, many Thief by Markus Zusak 7 p.m. Copies available at the library. at 10:30 a.m. active groups hold regular meetings during Thursday, July 25 On Tuesday, July 23, also at 10:30 a.m., Carter the summer. Friends and visitors are always • Ferry Tales author talk: Kevin O’Brien 3:50 Family Marionettes present “Aladdin and His welcome at the Low Vision support group and the (BI to SEA), 4:40 (SEA to BI) Magic Lamp.” Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society. Friday, July 26 • The Salon, a Forum for Conversation Tuesday, July 30 – this time at 3 p.m. – juggler Field’s End writers continue to meet at the 1-2:30 p.m. Alex Zerbe will entertain, and Tuesday, August monthly roundtable in July but take a break in August 1-31 6 at 10:30 a.m. the Pacific Science Center will August. • Art at the Bainbridge Public Library. On exhibit in August: Cleo Luther Forbes present “Fossil Time.” And those library book sales draw crowds all paintings. Teens will enjoy special Mystery Nights for year long. If you’re welcoming guests from out-of- Thursday, August 1 • Friends of the Library Book Sale 1-4 p.m. middle and high school students (June 28 high town, why not take them to a library book sale? It Friday, August 2 school). Field Trips are scheduled to Seattle: to could be the highlight of their summer visit. • 1st Friday art walk reception with Cleo Luther Forbes, paintings 5-7 p.m. Continued on page 2 Meet 2 Centenarians inside: pages 5 and 6 Field’s End page 2 Summer 2013 Behind the scenes with Suzan Huney Seminar success By Cathy Warner By Cathy Warner as Huney, the Core Team, a group of volunteers who meet twice monthly to Fifty writers gathered at IslandWood on April 27 to learn If you’ve taken a class from organize and delegate all of Field’s End’s about the future of both traditional and digital publishing at Field’s End or attended the annual activities, put Huney “in charge of rating Field’s End’s day-long seminar: “The Publishing Revolution: Conference or signed up for this the class evaluations and distributing Ride the Wave!” Led by Jason Allen Ashlock, Co-founder year’s Seminar, chances are you’ve them to the team and teachers.” and President of Moveable Type Management in New York, met—at least via email—Suzan “This low level of involvement participants were informed about current publishing trends Huney, the Field’s End Registrar. continued until 2009 when I retired from and discussed their own experiences writing and reading Huney is a life-long island the University of Washington’s Polar books in both print and electronic formats. resident and lives in her childhood Science Center. Margaret Trent wasted Ashlock encouraged writers to put forth their best home. She retired in 2009 from the no time in offering me a seat with the work, and to view the myriad avenues for publication as University of Washington’s Applied core team, organizing and facilitating the an opportunity for creativity and experimentation with Physics Laboratory. Her association Roundtables,” Huney says. the ultimate goal of uniting writers with readers in this with Field’s End, an affiliate of the She also found time in her age of abundance. Bainbridge Public Library Board, retirement to collaborate with her aunt, Field’s End invites you to be part of the ongoing began in late 2002. Betty Johnson, on an oral history about conversation about writing and publishing by joining us Huney says, “I saw a notice looking Suzan Huney growing up in North Dakota, World War at our monthly Roundtables, classes, annual conference/ for Field’s End volunteers. As a writer II, and raising a family on Bainbridge seminar, and other library events. looking for other writers to connect with, I was eager to Island. They published Women of Strength in 2011. volunteer. My first assignment was helping with hospitality Huney currently serves as Field’s End Financial at the monthly Roundtables and at some of the classes.” Manager and Registrar, and as a Field’s End After a year of hospitality work, Huney began to use representative on the Bainbridge Public Library Board. Participants her skills as a financial manager and administrator by “I enjoy all of the various tasks I do for Field’s End,” at Field’s preparing grant applications to support the Roundtable she says, “but I find the Registrar position especially End Seminar expenses. Later on, however, she says, “my work and gratifying when the class, conference, or other event learn about home demands made it difficult for me to volunteer.” registrations start to roll in. It makes me feel proud to be the publishing Rather than lose someone as dedicated and skilled part of such a first-class organization.” revolution.

Continued from Page 1 Event calendar Saturday, August 3 Saturday, August 17 • CLICK! Learn to download Library eBooks and Audio. Preregister at • Island Theatre @BPA! Ten Minute Play Festival at Bainbridge the library (842-4162). 1-3 p.m. Performing Arts 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 6 Sunday, August 18 • CLICK! Learn to download Library eBooks and Audio. Preregister at • Island Theatre – Repeat performance 7:30 p.m. the library (842-4162). 10 a.m. -12 Tuesday, August 20 Wednesday, August 7 • Community Book Discussion (370 Brien Dr): Tinkers by Paul • Books on Tap at the Treehouse Café (4569 Lynwood Center Road) Harding 1 p.m. Ages 21+ 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, August 23 Thursday, August 8 • The Salon, a Forum for Conversation 1-2:30 p.m. • Ferry Tales Book Group 3:50 (BI to SEA), 4:40 (SEA to BI) Saturday, August 24 Friday, August 9 • Japanese Fan Workshop. Preregister at the library (842-4162). $20 • Composting Basics with John Barutt 1-2 p.m. (library garden shed) materials fee. 2-4:30 p.m. Saturday, August 10 Tuesday, August 27 • Friends of the Library Book Sale 10 a.m.-3 • Friends of the Library Book Sale 10 a.m.-3 Wednesday, August 14 Wednesday, August 28 • Low Vision Support Group 1-3 p.m. • Bainbridge Library Book Group: The • Island Film Group: Sunset Boulevard (1950) Film & Discussion 7 p.m. Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman 7 p.m. Friday, August 16 Copies available at the library. • Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society: Problem Solving for your Monday, September 2 Research - BIGS member sharing 10 a.m.-12 • Library Closed for Labor Day

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Romance Novel to the public, take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the third For a complete schedule and more information visit Do you wonder how Tuesday of each month at the Bainbridge Public Library. FieldsEnd.org. romance writers make their readers’ hearts sing? Learn how to keep them Field’s End Fall 2013 Classes Slated turning the pages into the wee hours of the night We might be in the midst of long days of summer Jennie Shortridge has published five books, with this quick guide when it seems as though the world is on vacation, but including her latest, Love Water Memory (Gallery/S&S). to the secrets of writing it’s never too early to think about autumn and getting She has studied writing craft with some of the country’s Lisa Cach romance. Lisa Cach, an back to writing. best writers and editors, including Pam Houston, James award-winning author of more than twenty romantic This fall, Field’s End is offering two classes: McManus, and Tom novels and novellas, discusses this and more. Learn September 22 Jenks, who opened her about character growth, emotions, tension, and “the Just What the Doctor eyes by saying, “Dialogue naughty bits” of romance writing. Ordered! Adding Credible is a sword fight.” She’s Lisa Cach writes across sub-genres including Medical Content to Plot never forgotten that. romance, paranormal, historical, contemporary, chick-lit, and Character Jennie is also a co-founder and young adult. Her latest novel is Great-Aunt Sophia’s Taught by Linda of Seattle7Writers.org and Lessons for Bombshells (2012). Dating Without Novocain Gromko, MD, this a popular writing teacher was named one of Waldenbooks’ “Best Books of 2002.” three-hour class will in the Northwest. Cach is a two-time finalist for the prestigious RITA Award help writers who have Both classes will be from the Romance Writers of America. She has hiked characters that are ill held at the library. For more the foothills of the Himalaya and sailed the Caribbean as or injured to research information and to register a working crewmember of a research schooner. She is a and accurately describe visit FieldsEnd.org. Jennie Shortridge writing instructor aboard the MV Explorer during a 2013 medical situations for Linda Gromko Enrichment Voyage around Europe. their readers. Participants September 17 will learn from a writer/doctor about the “inside” Sarah Ellis: Bringing vocabulary particular to the medical world and the A summer story slam Your Whole Self to the nuances of medical conversation. Course content applies Story to both fiction and essay writing. By Wendy Wallace What goes into a piece Linda Gromko, MD, is a Board Certified Family of fiction? Canadian Sarah Practice Physician and founder of Queen Anne Medical Field's End is excited to announce the return Ellis, author of fourteen Associates, PLLC. A nurse practitioner prior to becoming of its very popular Island Story Slam on Thursday, books for children, a physician, Dr. Gromko’s diverse experiences range from July 25, at 7 p.m. at the Treehouse Café. details her own process. delivering babies to emergency room medicine to working This summer, storytellers will share their five- She describes how the with the transgender community to performing kidney minute true stories relating to the theme, “Summer news, documentary films, dialysis. She has written multiple blogs and three books, Jobs and Other Temporary Gigs.” city walking, magazine the most recent being Let Me Go When the Banter Stops: Prizes will be awarded to winners determined by articles, and the squirrels Sarah Ellis A Doctor’s Fight for the Love of Her Life (2012). a panel of audience-member judges considering story she sees from her study window all found their way into October 20 performance, structure, and exploration of the theme. her latest novel for young readers. The Art and Craft of Dialogue: From Basics to Mastery This is oral storytelling only, no written notes allowed. Sarah Ellis’s published work includes picture Even though we spend our lives listening to others Due to venue requirements, audience and storytellers books, short-story collections, middle-grade novels, speak, when it comes to committing dialogue to the page must be 21 or over. and nonfiction. Her books have been honored with the it can sound stilted and unnatural. Worse, it can bog down For more information, “like” our Facebook Canadian Governor General’s Award for Children’s the narrative and pull readers out of the story. Spend the page (facebook.com/storyslam) or go to fieldsend. Literature and the TD Canadian Children’s Literature day with bestselling novelist Jennie Shortridge learning org. Pre-registration is encouraged by email: info@ Award. After thirty years as a children’s librarian she took and practicing the basic tenets of writing dialogue and fieldsend.org. Sign up and tell us your story! up a new career teaching at Vermont College of Fine Arts. moving into artistic mastery and nuance.

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Your lifelong learning begins at the library – and continues past 100

WE READ in the spring Library News about the amazing Mrs. Teshima, 105, who had worked hard all her life and cheerfully said, “Work is my medicine.” Keep turning the pages in this issue and you’ll discover not one but two local centenarians—both women—who are busy working for our library and community. As I was chatting with a reference librarian the other day, a friendly gentleman came up to ask her a question, then smiled and turned to tell me that he was now 95. Women do outnumber men in our senior centers, but there are active senior citizens of both genders here on Bainbridge. If you haven’t met our centenarians yet, you undoubtedly will soon. And you’re in for a treat. Debbie Lester expresses her appreciation for the Bainbridge Library as part of a statewide Library Snapshot Day on April 17. MEANWHILE, the toddlers who are digging into reading this summer will soon be attending school and, if they hang around the library, they may just grow up to be high school Books Afloat bring smiles valedictorians. Apparently there’s no limit to such scholars here on the Island. and schedules are changing ALSO A TREAT is the group of volunteer gardeners who surround Ann Lovejoy every By VERDA AVERILL The calendar of events for a quarter takes dozens of Friday morning. On a recent stroll through Library News Editor lines of type—and so it goes. the colorful flowering plants I came across a These 15 years have seen youngsters graduate from hard-working group of youngsters from a local The Books Afloat programs for Bainbridge-Seattle high school, and recent college graduates have been added church, as well as adults of all ages. These ferry riders got off to a delightful start with Susan to the staff, while long-time librarians have retired. Friday workouts are terrific for people wanting Wiggs, who had just published her most recent novel, It’s been a fascinating time of growth and changes. a little fresh air and exercise, and you don’t have The Apple Orchard. As a young married woman, I had a chance to live But as this paper goes to press, changes are being for several months in small Mexican villages, and one to sign up or join a club. made in the programs, and if you’re planning on joining of the most delightful celebrations to my mind was Just wear your gardening clothes, practical one of the groups on a Bainbridge-Seattle or Seattle- the traditional family celebration of the 15-year-old shoes, and bring along your favorite garden Bainbridge run, check out the speaker and/or event a day daughter’s birthday. The balloons, the mariachis, the tools. You can talk while you dig and prune, and or two ahead of time. gorgeous dress of the young woman just couldn’t have you’re bound to pick up a few gardening tips New library services and events other than book been more special. from Lovejoy, whose best-selling garden books discussions were being planned, last time we looked at We won’t bring out the mariachis this week, but now number somewhere over a score or more. the scheduling. we will quietly look back with pleasure on some of the The gardeners are caring for our planet well. Of course, just about any ferry ride can be enjoyable stories we’ve run over these past 15 years. WITH SUMMER tourists beginning to in the summer, and if you have relatives or out-of- There have been some special articles on new descend on the Island, the library’s special town friends with you, chances are you’ll find the trip authors and many changes to the library itself. It’s a time events draw larger crowds. The recent Saturday enjoyable no matter what the topic. worth remembering. introduction to iPads drew a full crowd to the And we look forward with interest to the next 15 years at our very special library. meeting room, and children’s events are filling A birthday celebration the young people’s level while the youngsters Meanwhile, let’s have a little quiet celebration for the see how many books they can read this summer. Bainbridge Library News’s 15th birthday this summer. Who’ll be the first to read 10 or more? Who’ll It’s hard to believe, but since that first prototype of a Library News was run off the press, we’ve delivered read the most books? Which books will be the 60 quarterly issues of the Library News, the only favorites? It’s all part of the summer fun. community newspaper centered on a public library that 1270 Madison Ave. N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 AND DON’T FORGET to sign up for we know of (at least in this country). The Bainbridge Island Library News is a quarterly the Fourth of July parade. It’s a great time The publication was established, at the request of community newspaper produced for the Bainbridge Public to get together with friends and library staff Library by professional writers who volunteer their time the 1998 Bainbridge Library Board, to bring the Island’s and efforts in cooperation with members of the Kitsap and volunteers. No special costumes needed, residents closer to their recently enlarged local library Regional Library staff, the Bainbridge Public Library but some colorful outfits mix well with the (built in 1996-97). Board, the Friends of the Bainbridge Island Library, and abundance of flags and library signs. The first issues show a few—usually three— the Kitsap Regional Library Foundation. Funding for this non-profit publication is from grants, local advertisers, and WE’LL SEE YOU on the Fourth, and in the volunteer library workers. Today, the volunteers number individuals. The Library News is mailed to all homes and meantime, keep on reading! 200 or more. businesses on Bainbridge Island, is available at the library --Verda Averill, Library News Editor In the first Library News year, the meeting room and other locations, and is reproduced on several websites. often stood empty. Today, it is filled from early morning The Bainbridge Island Friends of the Library website (bifriends.org) includes all issues of the Library News. to evening. Summer 2013 page 5 People, Books Eleanor Deines Centenarian library lover and treasured volunteer by Charles Browne everything is very accessible. The library here is beautiful.” Libraries have always been an important focal point If you love books and bargains and happened to be in Eleanor’s life. “When my children were growing up, at a Friends of the Library Book Sale in June, you may the library was the first placeI took them, and they loved have seen a smiling volunteer cashier with balloons to read. I’ve always volunteered at libraries wherever we around her at the table. Eleanor Deines was celebrating lived.” She has been a treasured Friends of the Library the passage of another remarkable milestone in her life. volunteer at the Bainbridge Public Library for the past 22 On June 23, she marked her 100th year on this earth! years. For those of us who work as Friends of the Library In spirit and mind, Eleanor is one of the youngest volunteers, Eleanor is a person who brightens our days. centenarians you’ll ever meet. Her eyes sparkle, she has Eleanor in an omnivorous reader. She says she likes a ready smile, and good-will seems to emanate from her. “biographies, mysteries, historical novels, non-fiction, To put Eleanor’s life in a historical perspective for and many other genres.” Technology doesn’t put her off, those of us who have a hard time imagining a span of and she uses her iPad and email to communicate with 100 years, here are several events that everyone knows her family which includes six great-grandchildren here or has read about and can relate to. She was born on a on Bainbridge. The great-grandchildren here are one 1400 acre cattle and horse farm outside of Greencastle, girl and five boys who, even though quite young, can fix Missouri on June 23, 1913, a little more than a year any problem with technology she runs into. She says before the start of World War I or The Great War. When she doesn’t use a smart phone because the keyboard for she was 28 and living in West Port, Connecticut, with sending a message is “just too small.” two young children, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor I asked Eleanor if she attributed her long, happy life and the United States entered World War II. When John to the genes handed down from her Dutch and English Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in November, ancestors dating back to the 1600s and also what advice 1963, Eleanor was living in Minneapolis and was 50 she might have for today’s youth? She chuckled about years old, half-way to the century mark. Bainbridge Island, she says, “We came here in 1989 from the influence of her genes, but she believes her religion Eleanor’s husband worked in an advertising agency Fort Collins, Colorado, mainly because of our children. has kept her sound in mind and body. For today’s youth, and through the years, his job took them to a number There are four of them on the island.” She says of she says, “Love is the most important thing for a happy of locations in the U.S. When asked how they came to Bainbridge, “It’s a lovely place, the people are so nice, and life. Everyone needs to have it and give it.” The Leisure Seeker is this fall’s One Book

By JEFF BRODY novel is also laugh-out-loud funny. time for my whole family, dealing with my father’s “I liked this as a love story,” said library director Alzheimer’s disease,” he wrote. “For me, what started Ella and John Robina, a couple steeped in 50 years Jill Jean. “But I also felt like I was looking at my own as a short story about an older couple driving an RV to of marriage, go on the lam against doctors’ orders and future. It struck me how the couple in this story were Disneyland eventually grew into the book. . . It wasn’t the wishes of their grown children – piling into their RV, able to live their lives on their own terms and take long before I realized that I was writing about what I had the Leisure Seeker, for one last road trip together. control. The story is all about deciding that you are in just been through.” This tale by Michael Zadoorian is about making the charge of your own life and taking responsibility for it.” From now until mid-August library staffers will be most of your time, a celebration of love and partnership, Selected by the 15 members of KRL’s One Book, developing and scheduling a series of programs, films, of old Route 66, and the challenges of modern life. One Community Committee, the book follows the and book discussions based on this year’s One Book. It is also Kitsap Regional Library’s selection for the Robinas – self-proclaimed “down-on-their-luck geezers” Programming will begin October 1 and be offered at all county’s One Book, One community program. – as they embark on one last adventure. nine branch libraries. Zadoorian, a Detroit author, will come to Kitsap Kathleen Wilson, branch manager at Port Orchard and Kitsap Regional Library celebrates the Month of County to talk about his book sometime this fall. a member of the selection committee, said “Everyone I the Book each year by selecting a single book and Between now and then, don’t miss the opportunity have talked to who has read this book has loved it.” encouraging everyone in Kitsap County to read it and to read this novel, which packs a lot into just 288 pages. Zadoorian’s first novel, Second Hand, was published share the experience of reading by discussing the book It follows the unforgettable cross-country journey of a in 2000, but then his life took a major turn as he focused on and the issues raised by the author. Scores of copies of runaway elderly couple determined to meet the end of his family, specifically the declining health of his parents. the book will be available throughout the county. all roads on their own terms. Incredibly touching, the “The Leisure Seeker grew out of a particularly tough

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By VERDA AVERILL A popular topic was Helen A few days of following Library News Editor Gahagan Douglas, and her Marx around on her birthday book Center Stage. weekend amazed me not only How does one celebrate 100 years of Marx also spoke about with her writing, sense of life? experiencing the Soviet arts, humor, and collection of facts It depends on the person, of course. reviewed a variety of books, – but her dramatic delivery. And in the case of Ruth Marx, a newcomer introduced an orchid expert in She might have been a drama to Bainbridge Island, the events started one program, and gave talks on major with years of acting days before her actual birth date May 26. a wide variety of subjects. experience. Ruth, an almost lifelong Californian, The day I met her, Ruth was Instead, she married the moved to the Island from Coronado a very concerned about equal pay late Don Marx in 1936, at a few months ago, to be closer to her son, for women. She had recently ceremony in her Hollywood Gary. He settled on Bainbridge after bought and read the book Grace home, and joined him in retiring from M.I.T., where he was a and Grit by Lilly Ledbetter, decades of business ventures sociology professor. subtitled My Fight for Equal Pay in southern California. They I met Gary and Ruth in our and Fairness at Goodyear and raised two children, Gary Bainbridge Library lobby on a mild Beyond. and daughter Nicki, an artist spring day a few weeks ago. This is the story of the living in New Mexico. I was opening the Library News mail woman at the center of the Don Marx has passed when a pleasant young librarian said, historic discrimination case away, but Gary and Nicki “There’s a woman in the library who’s which inspired The Lilly helped Ruth choose her new going to be 100 in May, and you really Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration home and settle in. She has should meet her.” Act early in President Obama’s brought some of her favorite The mail was put on hold, while first term. books and art works to her Ruth and Gary and I talked about Ruth’s (When I asked Ruth if she Ruth Marx enjoys a laugh with audience during Island apartment. love of books and authors, her years of would write a review of the Bombeck talk. While the big 100 volunteering at the Coronado Library, book for the Library News, birthday party is over, all and the books she had read recently. she declined, but urged me to cards, and best wishes from fellow who attended predict that “Just call Christian,” Ruth remarked. read it. I did. It’s a powerful story, and residents at a luncheon with wines, Ruth Marx will keep her new friends “He can tell you about me.” available through our library.) flashbulbs galore, more friends and and neighbors reading, listening, and Yes Christian, the Coronado Library It took me only a few days to family, and music in the lobby. The actual laughing with her for years to come. director, had more than a few comments discover why Ruth Marx hadn’t had time birth date, May 26, was reserved for close In the Bainbridge Library a few days about Ruth’s work at that library. to write about the Ledbetter book. family, who came from far and near. ago, a 95-year-old neighbor of Marx “She’s really amazing,” he said. “She She was busy settling in, getting Clearly, Ruth Marx will continue to wondered aloud if she had known Erma worked in our library in many ways – in acquainted with her neighbors at 285 read, write, and speak about books and Bombeck personally. Marx’s talk made our bookstore, writing and speaking Madison, and polishing and editing a laugh- authors during her 101st year. it sound as if Bombeck had been a close about authors and their books both here filled talk about the late Erma Bombeck. Her interest in books and libraries friend or neighbor. But whether she knew in the library and in other places, and To begin the weekend of her birthday began years ago, when she was a child the live Bombeck or just her writing, the much more.” celebration, Marx welcomed a couple in Hollywood. At high school she began pair teamed up to bring a lot of joy and In her decades at Coronado, she met of dozen fellow residents and friends to serious reading, and started writing and memories to the crowds of listeners. with many groups, giving book reviews the Madison Avenue library/auditorium, speaking to groups about the many books Any of the Marx birthday and entertaining and informing listeners where she kept them laughing and she found interesting. celebrations will not soon be forgotten by about authors and other interesting people. applauding for over an hour as she told “I wanted to share the books I’d read those fortunate enough to be present. One of her favorite topics, always stories about Bombeck. with others,” she said. And she’s kept on Many happy returns, Ruth Marx. good for laughs, was her life with A day later she was fine-tuning the doing that for most of her life. Keep on reading – and sharing with her husband and their date farm. Her Bombeck talk early in the morning, for (A list of books she and one book listeners. story of “Sex Life of a Date” was an delivery a little later to a standing-room- group have read and recommended (For another account of Ruth Marx’s autobiographical account of living in a only crowd at the Senior Citizens Center. includes dozens of familiar titles – and birthday, read Cecilia Garza’s interview in the Palm Springs date garden for 25 years. Another day brought balloons, gifts. many less well known.) May 31 Bainbridge Review.)

conservative approach digital radiographs friendly atmosphere Wednesday – Saturday 10 to 5 842 0324 Summer 2013 page 7 Books Beach reads you’ll enjoy this summer Best sellers this spring The Great Gatsby, F. Scott by Audrey Barbakoff atmospheric stories won’t Fitzgerald’s classic 1925 novel, is be able to wait. breaking sales records nationally since They say that summer in the In The Impossible the film starring Leonardo DiCaprio Northwest really begins on July 5. Be Lives of Greta Wells by opened in theaters throughout the ready with a stack of perfect beach reads Andrew Sean Greer, it country. Although Fitzgerald said that tucked into your tote! Gripping but never is 1985 and Greta’s life “there are no second acts in American too heavy, a beach read can absorb you is falling apart. When lives,” Gatsby is having a pretty great for a long summer day but still be easy she seeks treatment for curtain call in 2013, notes USA Today’s to toss aside when it’s time for a swim. depression, the sessions Book Buzz column. Here are a few of this year’s picks. open a door to possible W is for . . . ? Also on the Book Buzz In Ladies’ Night by Mary Kay versions of her life in list is one for Kinsey Millhone fans. Sue Andrews. Grace Stanton’s glamorous 1918 and 1941. Fans of Grafton has chosen the W title for this, life has disappeared in a splash – the The Time Traveler’s Wife her 23rd book in the beloved alphabet splash she made when she drove her by Audrey Niffenegger mystery series. The book won’t go on sale cheating husband’s expensive sports car should put this at the top until September, but a contest to guess the into their pool. Living with her mother of their reading lists. title of the new page turner was running and attending court-mandated divorce I’ve Got your Number this spring, sure to stir up interest. therapy seems like a dead end until the Big Girl Panties, a debut novel by by Sophie Kinsella is a stand-alone Other spring best sellers nationally divorcees begin to gather for a weekly Stephanie Evanovich, doesn’t come out novel that will still delight fans of her included Nora Roberts’s Whiskey Beach, ladies’ night and find the friendship and until July, but fans of Jennifer Weiner Shopaholic series. A hotel fire drill causes Iris Johansen’s Taking Eve, and Tina closure they’ve been seeking. or Stephanie’s relative Janet may find it Poppy Wyatt to lose her engagement ring Fey’s Bossypants. If your idea of a perfect summer is a worth the wait. Holly, a young widow and her phone, so she commandeers a road trip in the family camper, don’t miss who comforts herself with food, finds phone she finds in the trash.P oppy and The Longest Road: Overland in Search herself alone and unhappy with her body Sam Roxton, the phone’s owner, become of America, from Key West to the Arctic at 32. When she meets personal trainer hilariously entwined in each other’s lives. Pope Francis is Ocean by Philip Caputo. Wondering Logan Montgomery, everything changes. Trains and Lovers by Alexander introduced in new books what unites Americans of many cultures Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn hardly McCall Smith is a stand-alone assortment living thousands of miles apart, Caputo, needs more promotion. But this of romantic stories. Four strangers meet After the selection of Pope Francis this his wife, their dogs, and their Airstream gripping, shocking mystery about the aboard a train, and share stories of how spring, publishers responded with many trailer set off to talk to ordinary people disappearance of a young wife is too full rail travel has led to love in their lives. new books. Here are just a few of note: across 16,000 miles. of delicious twists to pass up. Instructions for a Heat Wave by Francis: Pope of a New World by No One Could Have Guessed the Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk Maggie O’Farrell takes place during a Andrea Tornielli (Ignatius Press) covers Weather by Anne-Marie Casey follows by Ben Fountain rolls hilarity and record-breaking London summer when how Francis was elected as the first pope Lucy Lovett, forced by unemployment tragedy into one novel about Iraq War Gretta Riordan discovers that her retired from the Americas -- and the first Jesuit – from her upscale London life to a shoebox soldiers whose heroics have gone viral husband has emptied his bank account in one of the shortest conclaves in history. apartment in Manhattan. To her surprise, she online. On the last day of their victory and vanished. Her three adult children Pope Francis: From the End of the discovers a deep love for the city that never tour, Billy and Bravo Squad strive for come together, working through secrets Earth to Rome by the staff of the Wall sleeps and the friendships she finds there. clarity as they come face to face with the and difficult pasts, to find their father. Street Journal (Wall Street Journal and Think Sex and the City for fortysomethings. Dallas cowboys and their cheerleaders, Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump Harper, e-book). It compiles Journal The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for autograph-seekers, sleazy movie More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel reporting on challenges and opportunities Girls by Anton DiSclafani is set in the producers, and their own families. Johnson, and My Other Experiments faced by the man charged with leading throes of the Great Depression. After a The Last Original Wife by Dorothea in the Practice of Everyday Life by the Catholic Church. family tragedy, Thea Atwell finds herself Benton Frank describes Leslie Anne Gretchen Rubin is the author’s second Pope Francis: The Vicar of Christ, exiled from a freewheeling childhood Greene Carter, the only first wife left in book on happiness. Rubin took one school From Saint Peter to Today, by the editors on her wealthy family’s citrus farm her husband’s elite Atlanta social circle. year to test out ways of making her home of LIFE, features the best photography to the rigid world of a high-society To escape the loss of her friends and the a happier place, and of appreciating the from coronation day in Rome. equestrienne boarding school. condescension of her husband, she returns joy that was already there. On Heaven and Earth: Pope Francis If you like the HBO show Girls, try to her hometown of Charleston where she Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein on Faith, Family and the Church Claudia Silver to the Rescue by Kathy just might find herself all over again. may be a teen book, but adults will find it in the 21st Century by Jorge Mario Ebel. Well-meaning Claudia has made a Fairy tale meets horror novel in The just as addictive. During WWII, a British Bergoglio and Abraham Skorka (Image). mess of her life at work, with her family, Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil fighter plane piloted by a woman crashes Theological dialogue between Pope and in love. As she disrupts the lives of Gaiman’s long-awaited new book for in Nazi-occupied France. She reveals her Francis (as Cardinal Bergoglio) and Rabbi everyone around her, she also discovers adults. It may be darker than your average story to her captors to stay alive, but she Abraham Skorka; English translation of the resilience and power of real love. beach read, but fans of Gaiman’s eerie, has secrets they cannot imagine. 2010 Spanish-language work.

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By Sarah Walsh dirt, such as creating worm habitats, chipping at rock special screen printed t-shirt again this year! Signups Interim Children’s Librarian to discover fossils, and making seed bombs! And of and reading hour counts begin June 1st this year, so you course, there will be lots of other great events that don’t can get started right away. As I write this, it’s a gorgeous April day with the sun involve getting your hands muddy, but will still be Finally, I just want to take this opportunity to say shining in a cloudless sky, green leaves budding on the informative and fun! Our big Summer Reading Kick-off what a pleasure it has been serving the Bainbridge trees, and a light breeze blowing through the daffodils. on June 8th will feature a Touch-a-Truck event, with the community during Carmine’s sabbatical. Everyone It definitely feels like summer is just around the corner! Bainbridge Parks Department providing several great big welcomed me so readily, and I’ve learned so much! I really want it to last, but I know we’ll probably have earthmover machines to explore and learn about. Thank you all for your support and friendship. Many of several more grey, rainy days before summer truly Kids who read, or are read to, for 10 hours over the you have kindly expressed curiosity about what’s next arrives. So I’ll just enjoy it while I can. summer will receive their choice of paperback book for me. Well, my husband and I are taking our long- The theme for Summer Reading this year is “Dig from the summer reading cart funded by the Friends of overdue honeymoon to Eastern Europe in July, and then Into Reading,” and we have a fabulous array of programs the Library, and will earn a ticket to the Kitsap County welcoming our first little one in October. Maybe I’ll see and activities that will really let you get down in the Fair & Stampede. 100 hour readers will receive a you at Baby Storytime in the fall! Summer Movie What’s happening at the library this summer Matinees Stop by the library for a full calendar of summer Friday, August 2, 11 am-2 pm Friday, July 12, 1-9 pm. • Books at Battlepoint • Join other library lovers for an afternoon • Harry Potter Marathon. Movies 1-3 (PG) reading programs and events or check the online calendar at www.krl.org. of reading at Battlepoint Park. Bring a blanket, a picnic, and of Saturday, July 13, 10 am-10 pm. course, a good book. We’ll be near the little gazebo on the north • Movies 4-8 (PG-13). Celebrate the 15th anniversary of Every Tuesday from 6-8 end of the park. All ages. the U.S. publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s • Pajama Night • Bring the kids in their pajamas for some Tuesday, August 6, 10:30 Stone. All Ages. unstructured, open-house style library time. Read bedtime • Pacific Science Center: Fossil Time • Unearth the answers to stories, do a craft, and enjoy the cozy atmosphere! Friday, July 26, 3:30 pm some of nature’s oldest questions. Dig through the layers of • City of Ember. Adventure through the 200-year-old history to discover how sediments, volcanoes and the Grand underground city of Ember. Rated PG. Tuesdays, 10:30-11:30 • Reading Buddies • July 2, 16, 30, August 13, 20 Canyon help unlock the mysteries of life here on Earth. Friday, August 9, 3:30 pm Preschoolers and their families are invited to drop by and hear Location: Commodore Commons • Fantastic Mr. Fox. A wily fox can’t resist his farm-raiding stories read by our Reading Friends volunteers. Stay for a few Monday, August 12, 2-4 ways in this animated film rendition of Roald Dahl’s minutes, or stay for an hour! popular book. Rated PG. • Ultimate Underground • Explore the underground with science Friday, August 23, 3:30-8:30 pm Tuesday, July 9th, 10:30 teacher extraordinaire Doug Olson. We’ll do some hands on • Wimp-a-Thon. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” “Roderick Rules,” • Jeff Evans • Magician Jeff Evans unearths secrets of the deep learning about archeology, fossils, mining tricks and more. and “Dog Days.” Rated PG. in his all-new subterranean summer reading spectacular. Munch on coal Rice Krispies Treats and drink miner’s punch Science stunts, creepy crawlies, and amazing magic are buried while you make discoveries. Ages 10-14. throughout the show. Location: Commodore Commons Friday, August 23, 10:30-12 Summer Storytime Wednesday, July 10, 2-3:30 • End of Summer Reading Popsicle Party • Description: All kids • Worm Habitats • Learn how to create a worm habitat so that are invited to the end-of-summer popsicle party. There will Calendar the dirt in your backyard will be even better and help grow a be drawings, prizes, popsicles and more! All ages. Location: Downstairs Children’s area and Gazebo Monday, July 1 Monday, July 29 beautiful garden! Ages 8-12. A parent should accompany every Toddler storytime, 10:30 am Toddler storytime, 10:30 am child participating. Location: Library outdoor compost area. Friday, August 23, 3:30-8:30 Space is limited; sign up on or before June 1st. Wednesday, July 3 Wednesday, August 1 • Wimp-a-thon • Get prepared for back-to-school with back-to- Preschool storytime, 10:30 am Preschool storytime, 10:30 am Friday July 12, 1-9 pm (Movies 1-3, PG) back Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Roderick Rules, and Dog Days Saturday, July 13, 10 am-10 pm (Movies 4-8, PG-13) (all movies PG), based on the young people’s book series Monday, July 8 Monday, August 5 • Harry Potter Marathon - To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the by Jeff Kinney. Pizza provided in the evening hours for the Toddler storytime, 10:30 am Toddler storytime, 10:30 am U.S. publishing of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, we’re marathoners. Wednesday, July 10 Wednesday, August 7 heading to Hogwarts for 20 magical hours. Pizza provided in the Preschool storytime, 10:30 am Preschool storytime, 10:30 am evening on both days; pack your own snacks or lunch for the rest of the time. All ages. Monday, July 15 Monday, August 12 Toddler storytime, 10:30 am Toddler storytime, 10:30 am Monday, July 15, 2-4 Wednesday, July 17 Wednesday, August 14 • Rock Art • Create talismans, wishing stones, paperweights, or monster pets out of this Preschool storytime, 10:30 am Preschool storytime, 10:30 am geologic wonder. We’ll have lots of ideas Monday, July 22 Monday, August 19 and supplies on hand to inspire your stony Toddler storytime, 10:30 am Toddler storytime, 10:30 am creations. Ages 10-14. Wednesday, July 24 Wednesday, August 21 Wednesday, July 17, 2-4 Preschool storytime, 10:30 am Preschool storytime, 10:30 am • Gnome Gardens • Create a miniature garden to Storytimes take a break and resume in the fall. A complete take home that will hopefully coax your local listing of children’s events is posted on www.krl.org. gnomes out of hiding! They might even leave you some of their treasure…Ages 7 and up. Space is limited; sign up on or after June 1st. Tuesday, July 23, 10:30 • Carter Family Marionettes: Aladdin and His Magic Lamp • The exotic beauty and magic of this beloved Persian tale come to life with hand-carved puppets, beautiful scenery and special effects. Will the power of the genie and the wits and bravery of Aladdin and the Princess of China be enough to overcome the evil plots of the Sorcerer? Come and see! All ages. Location: Commodore Commons :HI# &... Tuesday, July 30, 3 • Alex Zerbe • Description: Alex is a gifted physical comedian and human cartoon. In addition to his incredible juggling skills, he performs beat-boxing, music looping, silly dances and funny raps. Alex is an original when it comes to family-friendly entertainment. Ryota Mitsui is captivated by a story Location: Commodore Commons at the library’s Teddy Bear Picnic in April Summer 2013 page 9 Teens Teen summer programs now under way

By Stefanie Graen Thursday, August 15, 6-8 pm Teen Services Librarian • Super Reader Lock-In: Middle School • Celebrate summer reading by coming After a busy school year, we’re excited to kick to the Super Reader Lock-In. We’ll off the summer at the library with some fabulous have pizza and play games in the programs for teens. And on top of the programs, library. Participants must sign in with a phone number of an adult who can be don’t forget to sign-up for summer reading. If you reached during the program. For teens read ten hours or more this summer, you get a free going into middle school in the fall. book and a ticket to the Kitsap County Fair and Stampede. We’ll see you at the library! Friday, August 16, 7-9 pm • Super Reader Lock-In: High School • Celebrate summer reading by coming Friday, July 12, 1-9 pm (Movies 1-3, PG) to the Super Reader Lock-In. We’ll Saturday, July 13, 10 am-10 pm (Movies 4-8, PG-13) have pizza and play games in the • Harry Potter Marathon • To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the library. Participants must sign in with a U.S. publishing of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, we’re phone number of an adult who can be heading to Hogwarts for 20 magical hours. Pizza provided in the reached during the program. For teens evening on both days, pack your own snacks or lunch for the rest going into high school in the fall. of the time. All ages. Monday, July 15, 2-4 pm • Scratch Animation • Scratch is a program created by MIT that makes it easy to create your own online stories, animations, games, music and art. Basic introduction followed by an open Rebecca Herman-Kerwin and Sam Frago pose at the May 4 Star Wars Day lab. Space is limited, sign up starts June 1 at the Bainbridge program. Thank you to Bainbridge Bakers for providing the cookies! Library or email [email protected]. Ages 9-14. Monday, July 22, 2-4 pm • Rock Art • Create talismans, wishing stones, paperweights, or monster pets out of this geologic wonder. We’ll have lots of ideas and supplies on hand to inspire your stony creations. Ages 10-14. Great audiobooks for family road trips Monday, July 29, 2-4 pm • Anime Extravaganza • Put on your favorite Cosplay threads, grab by Stefanie Graen that his life might just be okay. Narrator Lincoln Hoppe some friends and come geek out with other anime and manga- Teen Services Librarian succeeds in portraying the honesty and humor that have obsessed teens. Eat yummy Asian snacks, make sushi candy, use made readers fall in love with Doug. 9 hours 15 minutes. the drawing materials and create Japanese-inspired crafts. Ages Summer is here, and that means it’s time for one of Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, narrated by 12-18. our favorite American traditions—the family road trip. But Stefan Rudnicki and Harlan Ellison. This science fiction Saturday, August 10, 11 am-2 pm what happens when you’ve played “I Spy” a hundred times classic is one of the most highly-rated audiobooks by • Books at Battlepoint • Join other library lovers for an afternoon and everyone starts repeating, “are we there yet?” Listen listeners on Audible.com. Don’t worry if some family of reading at Battlepoint Park. Bring a blanket, a picnic, and of to a book! It can be a challenge to find an audiobook that members aren’t sci-fi readers- Ender’s Game appeals to course a good book. From the north end parking lot (at Frey & is appropriate for a wide range of ages and will appeal to sci-fi buffs as well as those new to the genre. 12 hours. Olympic View Dr.) follow the signs to the gazebo by the duck pond. Note: If it’s raining, the event will be cancelled. All ages. both boys and girls, but the library has you covered. Here Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. are some favorites that library staff and patrons recommend Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale. Even if everyone in the Monday, August 5, 2-5 pm to entice kids in upper elementary through high school, as family has read this series, the audiobooks are a great way • D.I.Y. Day • Join us for a day of Do-It-Yourself! We’ll have a well as mom and dad and even the family dog. to experience it in a whole different way. The narration variety of cool projects on hand to bring out your craftiness. Space is limited, sign up starts June 1 at the library or email Cinder by Marissa Meyer, narrated by Rebecca by Dale, veteran Broadway actor, has won a legion of [email protected]. Ages 12-18. Soler. As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, Cinder, devoted fans and a number of awards. 8 hours 15 minutes. a gifted mechanic and cyborg, must uncover secrets Ghetto Cowboy written by G. Neri, narrated by JD Thursday, August 8, 2-3 pm about her past in order to protect the world in this Jackson. After a string of bad behavior, twelve-year- • Freaky Forensics • If you enjoy shows like CSI and Bones that feature fantastic forensic feats, you won’t want to miss this futuristic take on the Cinderella story. Don’t let this old Cole is sent to live with the father he’s never met in presentation by forensic expert Dr. Carl Wigren who practices strange premise turn you away- Meyer’s unconventional Philadelphia. He’s surprised to find that his dad works in forensic pathology in Seattle. Ages 12 and up. Adults welcome. twist on the fairy tale appeals to boys, girls, and readers a stable, caring for horses that he and his friends saved of all ages because of the action, suspense, and fun from the slaughterhouse. Neri’s captivating tale, inspired Monday, August 12, 2-4 pm • Ultimate Underground • Explore the underground with science characters. 10 hours. by real-life black urban cowboys, resonates in Jackson’s teacher extraordinaire Doug Olson. We’ll do some hands on The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, rich baritone performance. learning about archeology, fossils, mining tricks and more. narrated by Laura Flanagan. When a school bus accident True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex and Munch on coal Rice Krispies treats and drink miner’s punch leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns narrated by Bahni Turpin. There’s nothing like a post- while you make discoveries. Ages 10-14. to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds apocalyptic comedy about an eighth-grader’s road trip a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running with an alien companion (to find her missing mother again. Although the protagonist is in high school, and save the planet) to get the whole family bonding. this compelling story is perfect for the whole family. Hopefully your own family’s road trip will be this laugh- Narrator Laura Flanagan does a fabulous job bringing out-loud funny. 10 hours 30 minutes. Jessica’s struggles and triumphs to life. 7 hours. Alchemy and Meggy Swan by Karen Cushman, Wonder by R.J. Palacio, narrated by Diana Steele, narrated by Katherine Kellgren. In 1573, the crippled, Nick Podehl and Kate Rudd. Ten-year-old Auggie, who scorned, and destitute Meggy is sent to London to live was born with extreme facial abnormalities, goes from with her alchemist father and tries to keep him from doing being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private bad deeds with his work. Kellgren is a beloved narrator school. As he endures the taunting, pity and acceptance that audio lovers seek out, and her performance of feisty of his classmates, he struggles to be seen as just another heroine Meggy Swann is another winner. Note: If your student. The story is told from multiple perspectives, family doesn’t mind a bit more sophisticated content, including Auggie’s and his teenage sister’s, and the check out the Kellgren’s award-winning performance of multi-cast performance is a hit. 8 hours. L.A. Meyer’s Bloody Jack series. Okay For Now by Gary D. Schmidt, narrated by Stefanie Graen is the Teen Services Librarian at the Lincoln Hoppe. Fourteen-year-old Doug’s miserable life Bainbridge branch of Kitsap Regional Library. She enjoys long includes a new town and a dysfunctional family until the drives down romantic roads with audiobooks that are smart, works of Audubon and some unlikely friends help him see thoughtful, and have a great sense of humor. People, Books page 10 Summer 2013 My Oh My! 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By Michelle Will business” (“Weekly Standard”). Kitsap Regional Library The Boys of Summer By Roger Kahn. Kahn recreates the magic of Baseball season is finally underway Dodger baseball as played in Ebbets at Safeco Field. King Felix’s Court is in Field during the brief dream when session, we have the biggest HD video Brooklyn was the center of the screen in the nation, and the smell of universe. Along the way, he masterfully garlic fries is in the air. interweaves the story of his own However, I don’t want you to get youth, from early fandom to young too restless between games. So here is a reporterhood, traveling with and writing great list of baseball classics, historical about his childhood idols. and fictional, and all magical. The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Butterfly Winter by W. P. Kinsella. In Changed the Dominican Town of San Butterfly Winter, readers follow the story Pedro de Macoris by Mark Kurlansky. of twins, Julio and Esteban Pimental, In his distinctive style, bestselling author born in the Caribbean and destined to Kurlansky examines the staggering play ball in America. As the boys carry amount of baseball talent that has out their fate they mature quickly as they originated in the impoverished area of are immersed into the often dysfuctional San Pedro, in the Dominican Republic, world of baseball. With an ecclectic cast and discovers wider meanings about of characters, Kinsella creates “a magical World Series. Bang the Drum Slowly, It master his position on the field.P ulitzer place, identity, and, above all, baseball. literary romp” sure to grab the heart of Looked Like For Ever, and A Ticket for Prize-winning author Michael Chabon Ball Four: The Final Pitch by Jim any fan of the game. a Seamstitch, are the other volumes in has created a distinctly American fantasy Bouton. Ball Four is a baseball classic, The Natural by Bernard Malamud. the Henry Wiggen series. experience with baseball at its heart. a number one bestseller when it was Malamud’s first novel, published in 1952, Summerland by Michael Chabon. Moneyball: The Art of Winning published; it still is in demand throughout is also the first--and some would say Ethan Feld is bad at baseball. Hopeless, an Unfair Game By Michael Lewis. the U.S. Ball Four has been selected by the still the best--novel ever written about even. But when his father mysteriously Following the low-budget Oakland NY Public Library as one of the “Books baseball. In it Malamud takes on the story disappears, Ethan is recruited to save him Athletics, their larger-than-life general of the Century.” And David Halberstam of a superbly gifted “natural” at play in and the world by traveling the baseball- manager, Billy Beane, and the strange writes: “a book deep in the American the fields of the old daylight baseball era-- obsessed Summerlands to stop Coyote, the brotherhood of amateur baseball Vein, so deep in fact that is by no means a and invests it with the hardscrabble poetry, trickster, from unmaking existence. With enthusiasts, Lewis has written not only sports book.” Bouton has written a baseball grand and believable, that runs through all help from a ragtag group of friends he “the single most influential baseball book book about the reality of the game. Thirty his best work. meets along the way, Ethan must not only ever” (Rob Neyer, “Slate”) but also what years after its publication, it remains as The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach. find his father and stop Coyote, but also “may be the best book ever written on wonderful to read as ever. At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the Briefly fates of five people are upended. VISUALLY IMPAIRED persons library “book walk” at Waterfront Park. the library. Based on Sheryl Sandberg’s The Southpaw by Mark Harris. “The and/or family members are always Win a great prize, or just relax in the tent. bestselling book, Lean in Circles create Southpaw” is a story about coming of welcome at the regular, monthly AGAIN THIS YEAR taxpayers are a community that supports people age in America by way of the baseball meetings of the Visually Impaired thankful for the AARP tax assistance embracing their ambitions. Men and diamond. Lefthander Henry Wiggen, six Persons group at the library. North volunteers who helped them prepare women are welcome. Come ready to think feet three, a hundred ninety-five pounds, Kitsap as well as Bainbridge residents 2012 tax returns. The volunteers are Ron about your career direction, discuss, grow, and the greatest pitcher going, grows to attend regularly, and rides are available. Booth, Denise Brown, Ellen Gunderson, and learn. The program will continue manhood in a right-handed world. From For meeting times, check the Library Don Harrington, Linda Hayes, Dave every first Thursday of the month. his small-town beginnings to the top of News calendar or visit krl.org. Larimore, Lou Nick, and Steve Reese. A SPECIAL FALL anniversary the game, Henry finds out how hard it JOIN BAINBRIDGE Public Library This free walk-in service is available at issue of the Bainbridge Library News is to please his coach, his girl, and the on July 4. Sign up now to march with the library from February to April 15. will include historic articles from the sports page--and himself, too--all at the library group in the parade. Every BEGINNING September 5 (3:30 to past 15 years. Early advertising and news once. Written in Henry’s own words, parade participant will get a free summer 5:30 p.m.) librarian Audrey Barbakoff for that issue will be accepted beginning this exuberant, funny novel follows his reading t-shirt. 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By Gail Goodrick book is titled Derek Fell’s Grow by Joel Karsten. Instead of building a raised bed with Nonfiction Selector, KRL This! Fell offers proven advice imported dirt, you simply make a raised bed with a straw about which plants and seeds work bale! When you start reading gardening books, you’ll Plants can provide not only best for both vegetable and flower run into the term permaculture. If you want to learn what a personal contact with nature— gardens. For local gardens, you need that means, check out The Vegetable Gardener’s Guide breathing in the fresh air while to check out the new publication to Permaculture by Christopher Shein. In it you will getting your hands in the dirt— called The Timber Press Guide to learn how to live lightly off the land by creating a rich but so much more. If you try Vegetable Gardening in the Pacific and healthy, low-cost soil while creating a functional growing vegetables or fruit, you Northwest by Lorene Forkner who food source and decorative landscape. can supplement your diet with lives in Seattle. What to plant, when For helping Mother Nature, what could be better home-grown fresh vegetables or to plant and when to harvest are best than providing a home for honeybees. Build Your Own berries. You can also improve discovered in a regional garden guide Beekeeping Equipment by Tony Pisano shows just how your home’s surroundings with such as this one. easy it is to start keeping bees by doing it all yourself. beautiful flowers or interesting Author Mel This book includes 35 leafy bushes or trees. At the Bartholomew first projects for beekeeping. same time you are also helping developed his And here’s a new restore the ecological balance by innovative square book to check out before nurturing the land and conserving foot gardening eating that wild berry resources. Whether you have a few containers on your technique in the 1970’s and a newly you see along the trail: deck or a much larger plot of land, every little bit of revised edition (All New Square Foot Backyard Foraging by growing helps the earth. Gardening) has just been released. Ellen Zachos. In it, you’ll Here are some new books which may provide This has been one of the most popular find 65 common plants that inspiration: American gardening books of all time provide edible foods. Full Planting: A New Perspective by Piet Oudolf and and it’s a great choice for first time color photographs make Noel Kingsbury is a new book by two men known gardeners because of the author’s identification easy so you for their naturalistic garden designs. This book will detailed explanations. This edition can begin your foraging in teach gardeners how to create naturalistic gardens by also includes new material on vertical safety. understanding which plants work where and why. Home gardening and gardening with kids. For all your gardening gardeners will learn how to select and group plants Another new book with innovative or plant questions, be sure which will provide a sustainable garden. Another new garden ideas is Straw Bale Gardens to check out the library!

Summer’s the time to visit The library gardens in bloom

By VERDA AVERILL they’re not Japanese, but they seem so at gardening in the Pacific Northwest.) “But we do take Christmas off, if it Library News Editor home in the garden that youngsters of all It takes dozens of people to keep falls on a Friday,” Lovejoy admitted. ages smile at them.) the three gardens in shape, and the Then too there was a rumor that one The dreary, gray spring days have On the other side of the building, Friday Tidies on any one day may New Year’s Day, when it snowed, the vanished – at least temporarily. between the young people’s library number from half a dozen to more gardeners decided to stay home. Suddenly, vivid splashes of color area and the Safeway next door, is the than a dozen – depending on the Chances are good, though, that if you have appeared in the Bainbridge Library shady fern garden with its gazebo and a weather, individual schedules, and the decide to tour the library gardens some gardens, inviting visitors to stroll along Molly Greist sculpture honoring the late work that is needed. Friday morning this summer, you’ll see the the paths surrounding the building. Barbara Bayley. Volunteers with the special skills Friday Tidies cheerfully weeding, mulching, Next time you’re checking out a If you pause now and then to admire and knowledge to keep the Haiku and cutting back overgrown plants like the book or attending a library event, take a the gardens, you’ll notice a dozen or garden inviting all year long include Ian professionals they have become. little extra time and walk slowly through more name plates marking comfortable Bentryn, Judy and Wayne Nakata, Doug And they never send the library a bill. the three—yes, three—gardens created seats, trees, and special art honoring Tanaka, and Betsey Wittick. for your enjoyment by scores of library former librarians and library patrons. John van den volunteers. The largest area, and certainly the Meerendonk has brought Expecting summer visitors? They’ll most colorful in summer, is the sustainable his skills to the fern enjoy seeing the library itself, with its garden of perennials in vivid colors, tended garden, which was works by local craftspersons and artists. faithfully every Friday by a group of funded several years And in July and August, the library volunteers known as the Friday Tidies. ago by the Hardy Fern gardens may well be the highlight of a Garden guru Ann Lovejoy, who has Foundation. library visit. published 20 volumes of garden advice Then there are You might start with the Haiku and spoken at countless gardening the members of the Garden donated by the Bainbridge Island seminars, guides the volunteers in keeping Bainbridge Island Garden Japanese-Ameican Community when the grounds tidy. Club, who have beautified the library building was expanded in (New volunteers are always welcome. the Island in many areas 1996-97. It’s easy to find, on the corner Just show up any Friday—except for decades. They have of Madison Ave. and High School Road. Christmas Day—around 9 a.m., and bring helped maintain the many Pause for a moment by the pond, ponder your own gloves and tools. You’ll enjoy plants inside the library. –Photo by David Warren –Photo by David the haiku verses on the stones, smile at the company, get some healthy exercise, The Friday Tidies Sholpan Yerezheyeva and her son, Sambela, share a the delightful otters sculpture. (Well, no, and perhaps learn a few new tips about almost never miss a day. quiet moment at the Haiku Garden pool. Library partners page 12 Summer 2013

What your neighbors are reading: Summer art at the library Early summer best sellers Bainbridge Public Library participates in the First Friday art walk every month with shows in the large meeting room. Receptions are held from 5 to 7 p.m., an hour before most of the local galleries, to at Eagle Harbor Books allow time for traveling to the shows downtown. Curator and Bainbridge Public Library board School’s out, summer’s here, and Bainbridge David Sedaris, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls president Linda Meier has put together a variety of Islanders are enjoying the outdoors. Dan Brown, Inferno shows for the summer. Or at least they enjoy reading about outdoor activities. Jill Badonsky, Muse Is In: An Owner’s Manual to Coming up in July is an exhibit of paintings Books by local authors were high on the list of best Your Creativity and collages by Donna Snow. It will be followed sellers during May and early June, with Dave & Alice Paula McLain, Paris Wife by the paintings of Cleo Luther Forbes in August. Shorett’s Walks on Bainbridge the top seller. Adam Johnson, Orphan Master’s Son Not far behind was Paul Benton’s Discovering Gwyneth Paltrow, It’s All Good: Delicious, Easy Bainbridge: Ron Williamson’s Four Mile Walk. Recipes Best bargain on Bainbridge In third place was Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Rick Yancey, 5th Ward It’s remarkable but it’s true. Bernadette. And close behind were Jess Walter’s Beautiful Eben Alexander MD, Proof of Heaven, A Five dollars buys a grocery sack full of books at Ruins and Beverly Nadoo’s Other Side of Truth. Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into the Afterlife. the Bainbridge Friends of the Library Book Sales. Among the rest of the top 20 are: Amanda Coplin’s Other big sellers worth noting are Michael Pollan’s Whether a collector, an enthusiastic reader, or Orchardist newest food book, Cooked: A Ntural History of shopping for Christmas or birthday gifts, you’ll Rachel Joyce’s Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: Transformation and Susan Wiggs’s The Apple Orchard. find what you need in three rooms lined with A Novel And always among Bainbridge Island’s own shelves full of books, all in great condition. Cheryl Strayed, Wild From Lost to Found on the top authors is Jonathan Evison with his Revised The Friends conduct three book sales monthly: Pacific Coast Trail Fundamenals of Caregiving and the late Katy Warner’s the first Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. and the second F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby History of Bainbridge Island. Saturday and the fourth Tuesday, both from 10 a.m. B.A. Shapiro, Art Forger Looking for summer gift ideas or something to 3 p.m. For more information, go to bifriends.org. Daniel James Brown, Boys in the Boat read while traveling? Check out the many booksellers’ Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies suggestions on the shelves. Island’s HRB offers independent living and home sharing

Bainbridge Island’s Housing Resources Board offers will meet with you at home to discuss your needs and *background and reference checks independent living and home sharing solutions to local program eligibility. *and periodic follow-up checks. residents with special needs. Licensed and insured contractors are available for Located at 250 Madrona Way NE, in the heart of qualified projects, and the client approves proposed work To find out more about HomeShare phone Penny Lamping at Winslow, HRB is staffed by well-informed locals who and the recommended contractor. The Independent Living (206) 842-1909, extension 8#. The Housing Resources Board is a have many answers to housing problems faced by senior manager also oversees successful completion of the work. Community Land Trust Organization. citizens and individuals who have special needs or low- To learn more about the Independent Living program, just cost housing. phone Stone at (206) 842-1909, extension 2#. Independent Living HomeSharing Book sales Safe and sound is the Independent Living program Another HRB program that has made a great theme. difference in Islanders’ lives is the HomeShare program, Managed by Julie Stone, this program can adapt your which matches people who have space in their homes home to help meet the challenges of continuing to reside with people who need lower-cost housing. It’s the by the independently. The program is designed to reduce health, ultimate sustainable housing. Nothing has to be built. safety, and accessibility barriers to remaining at home safely. Home providers who have an extra bedroom, could For example, additions of wheelchair ramps, grab use help with chores, are looking for a way to reduce Bainbridge bars, improved air quality, bathroom modifications, and/ living expenses, and are seeking companionship are or stair and handrail improvements can make a great logical candidates to share homes with individuals deal of difference to many home owners who might needing affordable housing, willing to help out around Friends of otherwise have to move. the house or yard, and who are flexible and responsible. Funding is available for many home modifications, For peace of mind and safety of all parties, HRB offers and HRB is the place to learn about options for your the following services as part of the HomeShare program: residence and the useful community resources available. *advice on rent amounts and rental agreements the Library Julie Stone, the HRB Independent Living manager *contact information for a suitable match news BRIEFS are held EARLY DEADLINES are in effect for the fall BOOK SALES by the Bainbridge Friends of the Library News. Advertising, news, and photos will be Library are held three times every month. Watch the three times accepted through July, but to guarantee a spot it’s a good sidewalk signs and messages on the bulletin boards for idea to turn in your information no later than mid-July. specific dates. every month. Look for our special 15th Anniversary See the calendar Library News this fall for dates and times. Summer 2013 page 13 People Downloading E-Books from Kitsap Regional Library’s Digital Collection Just Got Easier

By Jeff Brody library card and a device with a modern web browser. on your iPad, and then again in your Android phone’s Bookmark the title and read it at your leisure – even default browser. Just navigate to your Bookshelf on the Kitsap Regional Library’s collection of downloadable when you’re not online. Yay!” library’s e-book website to resume where you left off. e-books and audiobooks has a new, more user friendly Johnson lists the benefits of the new e-book You can customize the font, font size, justification, interface that makes borrowing e-books and downloadable borrowing process: line spacing, even the theme. audiobooks from the library easier than ever. There’s no software to download, no apps to Use bookmarks or the “thumb placeholder” The new system offered by Overdrive, KRL’s vendor install, no Adobe password to remember. Want to get feature to save your place. for most of its downloadable e-books and audiobooks, started with library e-books? It’s easy: choose a book, Looking for a specific passage? With full-book does away with complex digital rights management click “borrow,” type in your library user name (or card searchability, you’ll have no trouble locating that software and initial set up of reading devices. number) and password, and start reading! elusive quote. Now, all a borrower has to do is to go to KRL’s You can sync to “furthest page read” between The Overdrive upgrade is a long-awaited digital collection (www.KRL.org > dropdown menu: devices. You can start reading in Chrome on your enhancement that simplifies the process of borrowing Books & More > click “Download e-books”), sign in desktop computer, pick up where you left off in Safari e-books from the library. with your library card number, browse for an “Overdrive Read” e-book, then click on the title you want and select “borrow.” You can either start reading immediately or visit your virtual bookshelf to download. The collection is cloud-based, accessible Your Local Community Bank for 104 Years from any device that features a web browser, including smart phones, many e-readers, tablet computers, laptops and desktops. “If you’ve been wishing the process of checking out e-books was easier, your wait is over,” celebrates Librarian Tressa Johnson in a blog post about the new system. “No more device authentication. No more confusion about formats. In fact, all you need is a

Library geocache inspires Island exploration

By KATHLEEN THORNE

Log Date: 1/6/2013. 11:38 AM - Our crew sailed in at high tide but we were undaunted in our search of the area. Coords in hands, thanks to the decrypting skills of 1st Mate Kimberly, we reached GZ. A hard target search ensued. Capt. Bill was barking up the wrong tree but luckily our stow-away was on hand to discover this treasure. TFTH! This is just one of the acronym-laden messages that have been logged onto the Bainbridge Island Shoreline Geocache Quest pages at Geocache.com. Since the launch last summer of the 5-part series, over a hundred For over 100 years, Kitsap Bank has geocachers, and probably a few “muggles,” been committed to giving back to have explored Bainbridge shorelines as part the communities in which we live of this world-wide family-oriented treasure- and work, and bettering the lives of hunting game. our friends and neighbors. To us, it’s How does it work? The library series involves “puzzle” caches, which means you first have to what being a community bank is all decipher the coordinates through a fun and easy about. shoreline education quiz on the BPL website. Then grab your GPS device, some adventurous friends, and you’re good to go! Maybe you’ll even end up posting a log like this one: Log Date: 11/7/2012. 11:45 a.m. This Congratulations, Bainbridge Island Library, on your 50th Anniversary! was our first stop at yet another place where I could say, “I didn’t know this was here!” And I’m a Bainbridge High School graduate! 10140 NE High School Rd Thanks for the scenic tour of Bainbridge Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 206-842-6637 shorelines and the informative quest.” www.kitsapbank.com • 800-283-5537 Additional instructions and information can be found at www.bainbridgepubliclibrary.org. Books, Films page 14 Summer 2013 If you read just one book this summer This editor suggests That Used to Be Us

By VERDA AVERILL believe that the recovery of American when I’d read just a few pages. adventure, more than a hundred years Library News Editor greatness is within reach. Focusing on This amazing little book is full of ago now, was described by editors as “a America’s history, they offer a five- clear and detailed accounts of research hugely entertaining slice of American This book by Thomas L. part formula for prosperity that will from crow watchers far and near, many history just waiting to be discovered.” Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum enable us to cope successfully with the of them in the Seattle area. Scientist This is a book for readers of is subtitled “How America fell challenges we face. They propose a John Marzluff teamed up with artist compelling narrative nonfiction in the behind in the world it invented and clear way out of the trap into which the Tony Angell to tell amazing stories tradition of Erik Larson and Laura how we can come back.” country has fallen, a way that includes of these brilliant birds. And Angell’s Hillenbrand. It’s the remarkable, It’s not brand new – written in the rediscovery of some of our most illustrations are true works of art. little-known story of two American 2011 – but the four major challenges vital traditions and the creation of a Check out the ravens surfing the women who in 1889 raced around on which our future depends (say the new third-party movement to galvanize Colorado wind. And the crow lecturing the world to outpace not only Jules authors) are still very much with us. the country. dogs at the University of Montana. Verne’s fictional eighty-day voyage In this book Friedman, one of That Used to Be Us has been There is one delightful story of crows but each other. our most influential columnists, and called both a searching exploration playing with crumpled paper balls Goodman is the author of Mandelbaum, one of our leading of the American condition today and above goalposts at Husky stadium. (It two other nonfiction books and foreign policy thinkers, offer a wake- a rousing manifesto for American was a dull game, we surmised, because the recipient of two MacDowell up call and a call to collective action. renewal. It’s not exactly your light the crows’ tosses drew more crowd fellowships and one Yaddo They analyze our challenges beach read, but is well worth reading interest than the playing field.) fellowship. He lives in Brooklyn, – globalization, the revolution in during some sunny leisure days. And yes, the author Tony Angell New York, with his wife and children. information technology, the nation’s Now, with the political races and is none other than the creator of the Other books you might consider chronic deficits, and our pattern of Congressional squabbles behind us charming sculpture in our library’s too good to miss: excessive energy consumption – and for a while, may be just the time to Haiku Garden. Harvest: A Novel by Jim Cace spell out what we need to do now ponder America’s past and future. This is a book every bird lover – On the Map: A Mind-Expanding to sustain the American dream and indeed every animal lover – will want Exploration of the Way the World preserve American power in the world. Gifts of the Crow to read again and again. Looks by Simon Garfield They explain in detail how On the other hand, if you’re I, Hogarth: A Novel by Michael China’s educational success, an animal lover, especially a bird Eighty Days Dean industrial might, and technological watcher, you may prefer reading Here’s another editor’s choice The Pinecone: The Story of prowess remind us of the ways in Gifts of the Crow, by John Marzluff selection with a fascinating story. Sarah Losh, Forgotten Romantic which “that used to be us.” And and Tony Angell. Martha Bayley mentioned it Heroine – Antiquarian, Architect they tell us how the paralysis of our There’s a subtitle to this too: earlier this year in a talk on Books and Visionary by Jenny Uglow political system and the erosion of “How Perception, Emotion, and Too Good to Miss. My Brother’s Book By Maurice key American values have made Thought Allow Smart Birds to Eighty Days is the story of Nellie Sendak. it impossible for us to try out the Behave Like Humans.” Bly and Elizabeth policies the country urgently needs. This delightful paperback almost Bisland’s “History But while the book cites jumped of the bookstore table into Making Race Around depressing examples of American my hands and once opened I couldn’t the World”, written by failures and China’s successes, it is by put it down. So I bought one, then Matthew Goodman. no means negative in its conclusion. another, and suggested family and The women’s We live here. Clearly, Friedman and Mandelbaum friends might also enjoy it. That was extraordinary historical We give here. Island Film Group continues this summer It's never too late to give!

Summer’s a great time for the Island All films begin at 7 p.m., on the November 13 will Film group selections. second Wednesday of the month, at the bring The Caine Mutiny Keep an eye on what’s playing when, Bainbridge Public Library. Parking, like drama, and a holiday treat and you’ll find some entertaining shows the movie, is free. December 11 will be Ed to wrap up your summer evenings. What’s coming up in the second-half Wood, the comedy. Come a little early and watch the film series? (Looking for more good short films before the feature or visit with On July 10, the science fiction feature films and music? Check out your neighbors. John and Patrick, your Serenity gets top billing. the new audio-visual entries friendly hosts, may have put out some On August 7 the drama Sunset in the circulating area at the popcorn. Boulevard will be the highlight. library. Incoming favorites are Bring the family, or a few neighbors, On September 11, the classic Western constantly being rotated on the and stay around for the after-film Johnny Guitar takes the spotlight. shelves, and summer vacations discussion. October 9 the feature will be The are a great time to stock up It’s the best bargain around -- Egg and I, the film based on the western on films and music for good absolutely free admission. Washington best-seller still being read. viewing and listening.)

Bainbridge Library sta ff, volunt the Bainbr eers, and patrons welcome idge Isla w. On line at www.onecallforall.org nd Museum of Art to Winslo or use your return envelope. Call 842-0659 for help. Summer 2013 page 15 People Summer/fall events at the library and beyond

Activities at the Eagle Harbor Book Evolutionary Ecology. both as a teacher and as an artist. In his 50- Erika Mitchell will introduce here book Company will appeal to book lovers of Lack is known as “the hero of modern year career, Pasco has taught, mentored, and Blood Money. all ages. ornithology”, according to Tim Birkhead, partnered with Native and nonnative artists author of The Wisdom of Birds. and communities. Can you spell FUN-raiser? Where’s Waldo Most people who have taken a biology The book has more than 100 color Crossword puzzle addicts, Scrabble Where’s Waldo? is the theme for July course in the past 50 years are familiar images of Pasco’s work which includes fans, and anyone with a way with words at EHBC. with the work of Lack, but few remember totem poles, longhouses, canoes, is invited to start sharpening your spelling Yes, Waldo is back by popular demand. his name. Almost all general biology texts sculptures, masks, and bowls. skills. Coming up soon is the BPL Buzz, Last summer 250 bookstores launched produced during that period have a figure Bainbridge Public Library’s First Annual a nationwide Waldo search campaign to showing the beak size differences among August-Fall events at EHBC Adult Spelling Bee. promote the shop local message. the finches of the Galapagos Islands Plan ahead now for the August Arts “Come watch this zany fund-raising Waldo scavenger hunts in all 50 states from Lack’s classic Darwin’s Finches. Walk on August 2, from 6 to 8 p.m., with event on September 21,” says Teri Weldy, enlivened main streets and downtown Lack’s pioneering conclusions marked the live music from The Rejections and the BPL board member. “Better yet, join the (including Bainbridge Island). On July beginning of a new science. Trailing Spouses featuring writers from challenge by forming a team of three. 1 Waldo spotters will again set off on Seattle. The group – Jennie Shortridge, Friendly competition and prizes follow a a month-long hunt to find the elusive Barbara Winther & Duane Garth Stein, and Stephanie Kallos – reception featuring wine and dessert.” guy hidden in many of our neighboring Pasco July 21 features original songs and a wide range of Mark your calendars now for businesses. Eagle-eyed Waldo spotters On Sunday, July 21, at 3 p.m. works, including Gershwin’s “Can’t Take Saturday, September 21, at Grace will be eligible for prizes, culminating on Winther and Pasco will give a multimedia That Away from Me.” Episcopal Church. July 31 with a grand celebration at EHBC. presentation of Pasco’s stunning new book On Sunday, August 4, at 3 For an early buzz, start studying the Stay tuned for details. Duane Pasco: Life as Art. p.m. Alison Krupnick will present American Heritage Dictionary of the Multitalented Bainbridge author Ruminations from the Minivan: Musings English Language, Fifth Edition. Ted Anderson July 14 Barbara Winther teams up with Duane from a World Grown Large,Then Small. Complete rules and ticket details will On Sunday, July 14, at 3 p.m. Pasco, a legend in the world of Northwest Coming August 4-9 is Camp Eagle be available later this summer at www. Kingston author Ted Anderson will Coast Native art, for this show. Harbor, an annual cornucopia of events bainbridgepubliclibrary.org. present his biography of David Lack, Pasco has had a major influence in the for kids. “Bee ready for the fun,” says Weldy. The Life of David Lack: Father of re-emergence of this world class art form, And on August 18, Sunday at 3 p.m., “Support the Bainbridge Public Library.”

news BRIEFS MOTHERS and Daughters books *Wild by Cheryl Strayed. donations? Recurring donation dollars need to renew, say library volunteers. seldom make best sellers, but now and *Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson. go further to support the Bainbridge For more information, go to http:// then a few make news. A dual biography The winners were picked by members Public Library. As a donor with monthly ww.bainbridgepubliclibrary.org and click by Eve LaPlante attempts to save Louisa of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers giving, your credit or debit card is on “Support Your Library.” Alcott’s mother from invisibility. The title Association and were first given in 1965. charged monthly until you notify us Deadlines for news and is: Marmee & Louisa: The Untold Story WHY DONATE with recurring otherwise. It’s less paper and you never advertising in fall issue is August 1. of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother. It’s worth a look during lazy summer days. OLIVER SACKS FANS who have missed his book on Hallucinations will want to read it for the author’s exploration of the power of hallucinations through first-person accounts. It’s one of a kind (as are most of the Sacks books). NORTHWEST AUTHORS included in this year’s early Pacific Northwest Book Awards include: *Sherman Alexie for Blasphemy. *Jonathan Evison for The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving. *Eowyn Ivey’s book The Snow Child. *On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths, by Lucia Perillo.

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By barbara winther In 1976 Pasco again subdivided his property and sold a 2½ acre piece to artist There once was a man who carved Indian curios Marvin Oliver (Quinault Tribe). Then, he sold among a group of Native People in a backroom of a the last 2½ acres with his A-frame on it and bar on Seattle’s First Avenue. He didn’t know anything bought five acres on the outskirts of Poulsbo, about the art he was trying to produce. However, he where he built a log house and studio. wanted to know, to understand. “That was over thirty years ago,” said So, he started to examine old Northwest Coast Indian Pasco. “I’ve produced a ton of art since then; masterpieces—first photographs and slides and then always new horizons, new challenges. My actual pieces in museums. He saw how they were carved children grew up and moved on; in 1998 my and painted. He practiced making them—masks, totem wife Katie passed away.” poles, boxes, rattles, bowls, canoes—all the wooden Today Pasco still lives in the log house, forms. Through trial and error, over many years, he joined by his wife Betty, a member of the became a great carver who could work in all Northwest Suquamish Tribe. He is always busy on a large Coast Indian styles. He taught these styles to others, project, creating smaller projects in between. paving the way for a revival of this kind of art wherein His most recent big piece, in collaboration newly created pieces were sold in galleries. His name is with his apprentice, Randi Purser, Suquamish, Duane Pasco, and I co-authored a book published this is a Northern-style, Raven House Post. Before spring, about his life as art. that, it was a large sculpture of a Native woman Duane and Betty with Until I worked with Duane on the writing, I didn’t carrying a bundle of firewood. And before that, canoe - Xanamolitza. Photo Credit: Rich Deline know much about his Bainbridge connection. I knew he a canoe—Xanamolitza (Flock of Crows)—used had bought a ten-acre wooded piece of land on Phelps in the 2010 Annual Tribal Canoe Journey. Road shortly after the 1973 installation of his SeaTac It was a great experience working for two art works—the largest permanent public contemporary/ years on the book, Duane Pasco: Art As Life. traditional Native American art commission at the It gave me the opportunity to learn how Pasco time—a staggering 33 pieces created for the north and developed as an artist and the influence he had on south satelites. other artists. My job was to help craft the words What I didn’t know was that he had built a home onto the pages, keeping his voice. I believe this on his ten-acre property on Bainbridge Island, where is the first book to document the often called he lived with his wife Katie, and their three children “Rebirth of Northwest Coast Indian Art.” for a few years before selling five of the acres with the The art section, “Through These Doors,” takes home on it to Ross and Carol Thornburgh and their two up three-quarters of the book. Stories go with children. Pasco and his family then lived in another each of Duane’s masterpieces, the art beautifully house, an A-frame, he built on the remaining five acres. photographed, almost 100 in full color. The Thornburghs were newcomers to the Island; Ross, The celebration of the books’s publication a commuter, worked for an insurance company in Seattle. was held at the Stonington Gallery in Seattle Burden Lady. Speaking about the house, Carol said, “I was impressed on June 5. On July 21 there will be a reading/ Photo Credit: Duane Pasco with how Duane had hand-hewn beams, and the shape signing at Eagle Harbor Books. of the living room reminded me of an Indian long house. And tall trees all around us. A pretty remarkable place, so LIBRARY HOURS different from where we had lived before.” news BRIEFS Mon / Tues / Wed 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Pascos and Thornburghs were neighbors for Thurs 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. two years. Jon Thornburgh was eight years old when he THE BAINBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY started to watch Pasco carve. “It was a whole different participates in the First Friday Art Walks every month. Fri 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. world from mine. I was amazed to see figures come out Stop by the library between 5 and 7 p.m. to enjoy the Sat 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. of the wood on a totem pole, a face appear on a mask. I new exhibit and visit with the artist (or artists). was a curious kid with lots of questions and he always WATCH FOR INFORMATION about the KRL WEBSITE ADDRESS answered them. He was so patient with me. I’m sure I upcoming Rotary Auction and Rummage Sale. Proceeds www.krl.org slowed down his carving process, but he never seemed from the first Rotary Auction raised the down payment to mind. One time he made a little carving knife for me. on the first central Bainbridge Public Library in 1962, LIBRARY PHONE NUMBERS Bainbridge Island Branch • 206-842-4162 Found a piece of antler for the handle—cut it just the and Rotarians have been generous library partners for right size for me to hold—and he made a blade out of an more than 50 years. Bainbridge Public Library old file. I still have that little knife—a treasure I’ve kept ON SUNDAYS the Bainbridge Public Library is WEBSITE ADDRESS all this time.” closed all day. 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to pay respects to iconicSuyematsu’s farmer family spent the 1921, he took his first breath on first part of the war at a camp BY RICHARD D. OXLEY a Port Madison farm. near Death Valley, Calif., and Bainbridge Island Review When he was just 7, as the then later moved to a camp in Idaho. Connected since 1923 Akio Suyematsu lived a life oldest son of the family, his parents purchased farmland He left the camps by joining that touched America’s history off of Day Road in his name. the Army’s 442 Regimental and the heart of Bainbridge The Japanese Exclusion Act of Combat Team — an all-Japanese Island. American regiment — and The island’s iconic farmer the time made it illegal for his foreign-born parents to own was sent overseas as a military passed away on July 31. On land, but the American-born police officer in Germany. Sunday, Aug. 19, a celebration Akio could. The interment split apart of Akio’s life will be held from He grew up on the Suyematsu much of the Suyematsu fam- noon to 2 p.m. at the farm he family farm, prime farmland that ily; only a few returned to the Subscribe today and stay up to date on Island news, crafted for decades at 9229 NE produced strawberries, until area while others went to farms Day Road. in eastern Washington and The same day has been he graduated from Bainbridge High School, though, he missed Oregon. Suyematsu was one of a proclaimed by the city as “Akio his graduation ceremony. handful of Japanese citizens that Suyematsu Day.” Suyematsu, like all other returned to Bainbridge Island Suyematsu represented much islanders of Japanese decent, where he found his farm in dis- of what Bainbridge likes to boast Akio Suyematsu as a young man on Bainbridge were removed from the island. array and his home looted. Island, above, and later in life at his farm on about itself — honoring its rural “Akio was one of the few that The country had entered World Day Road. events, arts, schools, sports & more. roots, and valuing its local farms. returned after the war,” said his From the day he came into War II and citizens of Japanese ancestry were being rounded up this world, he was tied to the throughout the country and sent SEE AKIO, A7 island’s farming culture. Born to internment camps. on Bainbridge Island Oct. 30, HOW THE RACE WAS WON The Only Newspaper in the World that Cares about Bainbridge Island - Since 1923 Bainbridge proves crucial

in District 23 race forthat Hansen buttressed his domination on on Bainbridge Island — an area Bainbridge Island. 206.842.6613 • 888.838.3000 • www.BainbridgeReview.com Drew Hansen BY BRIAN KELLY that has only 20 percent of the 23rd The Review’s analysis of unofficial AND HENRI GENDREAU District’s registered voters. returns through Aug. 7 found that Bainbridge Island Review Olsen remained unfazed at across Kitsap County, Hansen pulled in more than 60 percent of the vote Rep. Drew Hansen used a home Hansen’s hefty lead on the island, and vowed to campaign across the in 24 precincts. field advantage to turn a fellow county, regardless of where he In nine of those precincts, he won islander into an outsider in the found support. big, with more than 70 percent of 23rd District, Position 2 race. “I’m going to spend a proportional the vote. All but one of those pre- Although Hansen, the Democratic amount of time talking to voters cincts was on Bainbridge Island. incumbent, and James Olsen, the in precinct on Bainbridge Island,” His strongest support, in terms Republican challenger, both claim Olsen said. “I’m not necessarily of the percentage of vote won, the island as home, an analysis of going to go where I have support to came in the precinct of S’Klallam, precinct returns by the Review in begin with.” the precinct made up mostly of the James Olsen the Aug. 7 election show Hansen Hansen and Olsen will advance to Port Gamble S’Klallam Reservation, was the overwhelming choice of November’s General Election in the where Hansen collected 75 percent Bainbridge voters. of all ballots cast. That said, turnout Hansen’s impressive showing on race. The latest unofficial vote tally has Hansen with 52 percent of the was just 10 percent in the precinct. Bainbridge Island, where he won vote, while Olsen has 40 percent. Hansen’s victory was solidi- every precinct by 40 percentage Although Hansen failed to get a fied instead by his home turf of This bubble chart points or more, was also key to his shows the wide majority in most of Kitsap County’s Bainbridge Island. The incumbent first-place finish in the 23rd District. precincts — he won outright in only difference in votes Unofficial precinct results show the SEE CRUCIAL, A20 picked up by each 34 of a total 206 — the incumbent first-term state lawmaker picked candidate across = 100 VOTES found small pockets of support Bainbridge Island up a third of his overall vote count precincts. Brian Kelly / Bainbridge Island Review