voice of bainbridge

Interview with Carla Orcutt

October 29: Interview with Carla Orcutt about women prisoners in Kitsap County (42 min).
Carla speaks about the Kairos progam and the creation of the Marilyn Branderberg transitional house in Bremerton.
More about Kairos

Interview with Forest Berg and Jim Trainer

October 29: Interview with Forest Berg and Jim Trainer about the Ancient Forest Roadshow (8 min).
The giant tree slice called "the Doug" was stationed in front of the Bainbridge High School.
More about the ancient forest roadshow

Interview with coach Mark Grindrod

October 26: We took the ferry along the Bainbridge Spartans Varsity Soccer team and we had the opportunity to co-record an interview of coach Mark Grindrod by our radio journalist friend and soccer specialist Thomas Smeeth (6 min).
We wish we could post more recordings about sports.
We need to raise $150 to provide a portable digital recorder to Thomas.
Go Spartans!
The soccer teams schedule
More about Thomas and the Bainbridge Radio Institute

Jill Jean about the Seattle Public Library

October 24: The Director of the new downtown Seattle Public Library, Bainbridge resident Jill Jean was the guest of the Speakers Forum at the Bainbridge Library (63 min).
She told the story of this new very original building and also answered questions from the audience (12 min).
More info and pictures:
about the Seattle Central Library

Candidate Forum

October 21: Sponsored by the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce, the Candidate forum brought together Phil Rockefeller, Doug Kitchens, Beverly Woods and Sheri Appleton (51 min).
The moderator is Kevin Dwyer.
Sheri Appleton told the story of her Mom buying medicine for her breast cancer in the US for $269 a month vs buying the same drug on line in Canada for $69 for three months.
Listen to Sherry.

Kathleen Moody at Eagle Harbor Bookstore

October 21: The creator of the Venus Diamond mystery books series Skye Kathleen Moody talked at the Eagle Harbor Bookstore about her seventh installment "The good diamond" and the heroes and villains in her life, how they influenced her work (41 min).
Thanks again to Eagle Harbor bookstore for inviting so many fascinating authors.
More info:
about Skye Moody
Your favorite bookstore's site: www.eagleharborbooks.com

Dennis Kucinich

October 19: 200+ islanders gathered on Saturday morning October 16 to hear Dennis Kucinich (61 min).
People who attended said they found his speech inspiring.
Listen for yourself.
This recording was not posted earlier because it is a copy from the videotape that was filmed.
Thank you to our videofriends for sharing the sound with us.

Interview with John van den Meerendonk, Community Forestry Commission

October 18: Interview with John van den Meerendonk , member of the Community Forestry Commission after the monthly meeting of the CFC (16 min).
Since the meeting usually lasts 2 hours and many people would not listen to the whole recording, one member of the group will participate in an interview with Voice of Bainbridge and present the main topics of the meeting.
This was the first interview of this kind.
Topics included noxious weeds, aerial photography of the island, preparation of the November 8 public meeting.
More info: Community Forestry Commission

Fred Moody at Field's end roundtable

October 18: "How does an author know what questions to ask in an interview?"
This was the theme chosen by the Field's End Writers' Roundtable (2 min).
The guest speaker was Fred Moody , former managing editor of the Seattle Weekly and author -most recently- of Seattle and the demons of ambition, a love story (27 min).
Fred shared many interesting stories and provided useful advice.
His talk was followed by a questions and answers session (14 min).
Our recording of this part is not exhaustive due to a problem with the recorder but we were able to fix it and capture a very interesting comment about the important role of silence (4 min).
Thanks to Field's end and Fred for this most interesting evening.
More info: www.fieldsend.org

Interview with Steve Maslach, Glass Sculptor

October 16: Interview with Steve Maslach , Glass Sculptor (40 min).
Steve talks about his 35 year passion with glass making, the running of two studios, past and present work.
More info: www.cuneofurnace.com

Hearing at the City Council

October 13: While you were watching the presidential debate the City Council was hearing public comments about certain elements of the revised comprehensive plan.
Here are recordings of a few of those comments:

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

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

Charles Schmid about various environmental issues(3 min).

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

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

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

The whole session was filmed and there will be another hearing in November.

Wake up for your environment

October 13: Wake up for your environment a fundraiser breakfast organized in Seattle by the Washington Conservation Voters brought together 800+ people (at 7.30 AM) and featured the following speakers:

Bruce Gryniewski , WCV Executive Director (5 min).

US Senator Maria Cantwell (2 min).

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

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

More info:
www.Gregoire2004.com
List of the candidates endorsed by Washington Conservation Voters.
Locally look for legislative district 23 and Kitsap County.

Meet up for Democrats

October 11: Meetup for Democrats had as guest speaker Lysbeth Rickerman , an expert on Environmental Climate Change and National Security, former Senior Advisor with the State Department (9 min).
I have extracted the end of her presentation where she quotes a briefing given by Colin Powell in Cairo on February 24, 2001: "The sanctions have worked. Saddam Hussein has not developed any sort of capability with respect of weapons of mass destruction". (1 min).

The crocodile, the monkey and the rose apple tree

October 10: The crocodile, the monkey and the rose apple tree

This story is told by Charise Diamond (5 min.)
Charise lives in Port Townsend.
You should also know that next week is organized in Port Angeles the Forest Story Telling Festival October 15-17.

Winslow Neighbors

October 9: Winslow Neighbors had a first meeting at the Commons.
Here are recordings of the presentation by Bob Conoley (19 min) and Bob Conoley bis (23 min).
Included are interventions by the audience.
The sound of the first recording is a little low while for the second part the mike was on the podium (watch for paper shuffling noises!).
Issues discussed include parking, speed limits, trees, Hildebrand and Ericksen, etc.

Interview with Betsy Peabody about Puget Sound Restoration

October 6: Betsy Peabody talks about the Puget Sound Restoration Fund (39 min).
She explains her passion for the native Olympia oyster and how this shellfish is a key component of our shorelines.
Look out for their new projects on Fletcher Bay and Manzanita Bay.
Check their website: www.restorationfund.org
and look for more info via Google.

David Harrison about the Constitution

October 6: Sponsored by the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council, here is the second conference in the series The Constitution: an ongoing conversation, "The balance of powers", by David Harrison (89 min).
More info: about David Harrison
about The Constitution: an ongoing conversation

Sara Cramer-Sherbina and Emil McCulloch about the Bainbridge Ballet

October 4: Sara Cramer-Sherbina and Emil McCulloch talk about the Bainbridge Ballet, where 230 Islanders of all ages enjoy and practice dancing (12 min).
Soon a open house session where you can try a free lesson.
Check their website: Bainbridge Ballet

Madrona School celebrates Michaelmas

October 3: Madrona School celebrates Michaelmas (the end of the harvest) with a series of games for the children, songs and a short play.
Here are our recordings:
Hammering away, the not so frequent sounds of the iron work under the supervision of Jeff Powers (1 min)
In autumn Saint Michael a Welsh tune (4 min)
Saint Michael and the dragon a short play by the 6th graders.
Unfortunately the dragon (or the knight) cut the end of the recording (2 min)
Michael Heavenly Herosung by the 2d graders (1 min).
More info about:
Madrona School
Michaelmas

Opening of the Close Property Trail

October 2: Opening ceremony, for a new trail in the Close property connecting Gazzam Lake preserve to the waterfront (15 min).
The successive speakers are Sallie Maron of the Land Trust, Christine Rolfes (City Council), Andy Maron (Open Space Commission), Frank Stowell (Land Trust).
It is a nice trail, a little steep at the end.
Count 40 minutes roundtrip.
We have also edited each speech separately:

Sallie Maron (2 min)
Christine Rolfes (2 min)
Andy Maron (6 min)
Frank Stowell (4 min)

More info: The Close property
Open Space Commission