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Exercise, used clothes, card games, field trips, play performances, chickens -- all part of what Citizen of the Year Reed Price deals with daily in his role as Director of the Senior Center. Listen here to learn more!
Join guest hosts Mimi Hicklin and Evan Price as they interview their father: Bainbridge Island City Council’s 2018 Citizen of the Year, Reed Price. You’ll hear them talk about what it means to be a citizen, the future of the Bainbridge Island Senior Center, and -- last but far from least -- what's happening with our local celebrity fowl.
For more information about the Senior Center visit biseniorcenter.org, or email [email protected]
Credits: BCB audio tech: Justin Lynn; audio editor and publisher: Diane Walker.
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In this interview Denise Dumouchel, Executive Director of BARN, shares her love of BARN, of volunteers, and of poetry with BCB host Bob Ross.
Reflecting on her first year in her new role, Denise discusses her passionate commitment to the concept of volunteerism and shares her observations about how important it is to BARN and to the broader Bainbridge Island Community.
Listen through to the end to hear a delightfully Seussian poem called Gratitude that she wrote and recently shared with BARN members and visitors at an event honoring volunteers.
Credits: BCB host: Bob Ross; audio editor and publisher: Diane Walker.
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This week islander Andrea Hunt joins us on Who’s on Bainbridge to discuss her lifelong connection to swimming and the important part it plays in her every day life.
In this podcast Andy tells BCB host Bob Ross about the very active Bainbridge Island Masters Swimming program (called BAM), about its award-winning coach, April Cheadle, and why swimming is so important to many islanders.
Listen here to learn how a master swimmer trains, both in and out of the water, and about the lifetime benefits of swimming -- whether or not you choose to compete.
For more about BAM, visit www.bainbridgeaquaticmasters.com
Credits: BCB host: Bob Ross; audio editor: Chris Walker; publisher: Diane Walker; social media Jen St. Louis.
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Actor Molly Malcolm Hayner grew up on Bainbridge Island, majored in theater at U.W., and has been acting in Barcelona, Spain for twenty years.
Molly, who speaks English, Spanish and Catalan, has worked on a variety of international film and television projects. This year saw her playing Billy Connolly’s wife, Michelle, in the Hollywood production Wild Oats, starring Shirley MacLaine and Jessica Lange. She also took on a leading role in Jose Pozo’s feature, Nick. Additional credits include the Emmy-nominated British TV Series, Any Human Heart, and the Atresmedia/BBC Worldwide Series, The Refugees.
TV Movies include Stevie and Hidden Camera and she has been seen in features such as The Machinist, The Kovak Box, Red Lights and Roger Gual’s Tasting Menu.
In this podcast Molly tells BCB host Betsy Lydle Smith how creating voices around the family dinner table as a child helped lead to a successful career doing voiceovers for cartoons and commercials in addition to her screen work. She lets us know some little-known facts about acting on screen, and offers some tips for aspiring actors as well.
In addition, Molly reflects on her life as a mother of two in Barcelona, and shares what she and her children love about both that city and Bainbridge Island, where she brings them every summer to visit her parents, Catherine and Jim Hayner.
Look for Molly in her upcoming movie, Primacy, and find out more by visiting http://www.mollymalcolm.com and theamericanvoiceoverwoman.com.
Credits: BCB host: Betsy Lydle Smith; audio editor and publisher: Diane Walker; social media Jen St. Louis.
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Bainbridge Islander Lynn Brunelle has authored 45 books, won 4 Emmys, and has a Muppet created in her likeness especially for her. Listen here to learn how her passions for art, for science, and for kids inspired her incredible career.
Born in Maine, Lynn spent time with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, edited children's books for Scientific American and Workman Press, worked with the Muppets and New York's Museum of Natural History, and then came to Seattle to write Emmy-award-winning scripts for Bill Nye the Science Guy.
In this podcast Lynn talks with fellow Island Treasure John Ellis about her childhood in Maine, her passion for finding fun and artistic ways to share information with children, and her love for Bainbridge Island and its people.
To learn more about Lynn and other Island Treasures, visit IslandTreasureAwards.org.
Credits: BCB guest host: John Ellis; audio editor and publisher: Diane Walker; social media Jen St. Louis.
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Bainbridge Islander Steve Stolee, founder and president of Island Theatre, has been named one of our newest Island Treasures. As an actor, photographer, designer, director and videographer, Steve has been documenting Bainbridge Island, its stories, and its inhabitants for years. Listen here to find out what inspires him and how Island Theatre got its start.
Born in North Dakota, Steve spent his twenties in Alaska before coming to Bainbridge Island in 1979. Initially working in construction, his first appearance on the BPA stage was in 1981. Over time he was in a number of shows there, eventually serving on the board and getting involved with a number of intriguing projects before starting Island Theatre with Louise Mills.
In this podcast Steve talks with BCB host Diane Walker about his first camera, his first high school musical, how he got into video, and what it was like to find out, after years of filming interviews with Island Treasures, that he had finally been declared to be one.
Credits: BCB host, audio editor and publisher: Diane Walker; social media Jen St. Louis.
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Bainbridge Islander Sheryl Gordon McCloud is a Washington State Supreme Court Justice, starting her second six-year term after winning re-election in November.
Having served as a criminal defense lawyer and an accomplished appellate lawyer, McCloud is the recipient of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' highest award, the William O. Douglas Award, in recognition of her "extraordinary courage" in being willing to take on some of the toughest cases.
Besides making important decisions about cases, she also has opinions about our judicial system and they way people treat it. Listen as she expresses her thoughts regarding election of judges versus appointment, and the one thing she'd change about our legal system given the opportunity.
Credits: BCB host: Sandy Schubach; audio editor and publisher: Diane Walker; social media Jen St. Louis.
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Listen here as former island resident Lavina Johnson describes what it was like growing up in Winslow in the 1940s and 50's.
In this 19-minute podcast excerpted from a one-hour and 30 minute interview with BIHM volunteer Tom Arnold, Lavina shares her experiences growing up on Bainbridge, descriptions of some of the businesses along Winslow Way in that era, and the damage to the old Lincoln School caused by the 1949 earthquake. She also describes the role of strawberry cultivation in island life at that time.
Credits: BIHM host and editor: Tom Arnold; audio tech: Chris Walker; publisher, Diane Walker; social media Jen St. Louis.
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Listen here as island resident Dick Shryock describes life growing up on Wing Point in the 1940s, the impact World War II had on his family and the area, and two of his summer jobs, first as the Wing Point Golf Club greens keeper and later working on the construction of the Agate Passage Bridge.
Dick moved permanently to Bainbridge Island as a young boy in 1941. His family initially rented and later purchased a log home on Wing Point where Dick grew up. That house is now on the City of Bainbridge Island’s Register of Historic Properties as one of the best-preserved log homes on the island. Dick continues to live in the Port Madison area.
Credits: BIHM host: Tom Arnold; audio tech and editor: Chris Walker; publisher, Diane Walker.
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Who remembers when the first television came to Bainbridge Island? Listen here as lifelong Island resident Karen McCormic Beierle shares her memories of growing up on Bainbridge, including the 1949 earthquake that destroyed the Pleasant Beach School.
Born in the late 1930s, Karen grew up in the Point White/Lynwood area. She left the island briefly to attend college and begin a teaching career, then returned to raise a family here in the home she and her husband still occupy in Fletcher Bay.
In this 19-minute podcast excerpted from a one hour and 47 minute interview with BIHM volunteer Tom Arnold, Karen describes the Point White ferry, Lynwood and Fort Ward in the 1940s, and the Navy’s presence in the area. After we hear of her experiences in the 1949 earthquake, the podcast concludes with Karen sharing some of her perspectives on the return of Bainbridge Island’s Japanese-American residents following their internment during World War II.
Credits: BIHM host: Tom Arnold; audio tech: Chris Walker; publisher, Diane Walker.
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Listen here as lifelong Island resident Chuck Callaham shares memories of growing up on Bainbridge, including biking, ice skating, and the early days of the Bainbridge Island Fire Department.
Chuck moved to Bainbridge Island with his family as a young child in the mid-1930s. He grew up in Winslow and now lives in the Seabold area. In this 16-minute podcast, excerpted from a one hour and 32 minute interview with BIHM volunteer Tom Arnold, Chuck describes life in Winslow the 1930s and 1940s, including some of his experiences growing up in the town and descriptions of some of the businesses along Winslow Way in that era.
Chuck and his family have a long association with the Bainbridge Island Fire Department going back to the mid-1940s, including his father’s service as the department’s first full-time paid fire chief in the 1960s. He concludes the interview with his early memories of the Bainbridge Island Fire Department from its founding in the early 1940s.
Credits: BIHM host: Tom Arnold; audio tech: Chris Walker; publisher, Diane Walker.
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In this podcast BCB host Jo Jenkins introduces us to the new Executive Director of the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum, Brianna Kosowitz.
Brianna comes to the museum from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. In this interview, she describes her love of history, her passion for the museum, and what it means for her to once again live in a small close-knit community.
To learn more about the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum and its wealth of offerings, visit http://www.bainbridgehistory.org.
... and, if you listen all the way to the end of this podcast, you'll discover the museum has a reward waiting for you!
Credits: BCB host Jo Jenkins; audio tech: Chris Walker; audio editor and social media publisher, Diane Walker.
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Listen here to the first of our Bainbridge Island Oral History podcasts as Pickleball inventor Barney McCallum describes summers on Bainbridge Island in the 1930s and 40s and tells the story of his famous invention.
Barney has been a summer resident of Pleasant Beach on Bainbridge Island since his boyhood in the early 1930s. He grew up in Davenport, Washington but launched a successful business career in Seattle after graduating from the University of Washington in the late 1950s. He continues to summer on Pleasant Beach today.
In this 12-minute podcast excerpted from a one hour and 50 minute interview with BIHM volunteer Tom Arnold, Barney describes life on Pleasant Beach in the 1930s, the impact that World War II had on the area, and his role in inventing the game of Pickleball on Pleasant Beach in the mid-1960s with friends Joel Pritchard and Bill Bell. The podcast concludes with Barney’s perspectives on how Bainbridge Island has changed since the 1930s.
Credits: BIHM host and audio editor: Tom Arnold; audio tech: Chris Walker; social media publisher, Diane Walker.
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Bainbridge native son and bestselling author Jonathan Evison will be launching his newest book, Lawn Boy, on Monday, April 2 from 6:30-9 at BARN.
In this podcast Jonathan's long-time friend and editor, Jim Thomsen, talks with him at length about their experiences growing up on Bainbridge, touching on racism, wealth disparity, favorite dive bars and more as they explore what it takes to create a best-selling novel.
Whether you're an old-time Bainbridge Islander, a new resident, or just fascinated by the process of writing, you're sure to enjoy this entertaining and irreverent look at the pros and cons of island life.
… and to sign up to attend Jonathan’s launch party, be sure to visit the BARN website at BainbridgeBARN.org.
Credits: BCB guest host: Jim Thomsen; audio tech : Chris Walker; audio editor and social media publisher, Diane Walker.
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Join us on Who’s on Bainbridge to hear Carla Mackey discuss her adventures hiking a segment of the Via Francigena in southern Tuscany.
With host Bob Ross, Carla explores the history of the trail and what first drew her to undertake the adventure. She talks about a typical day on the trail and some of the surprises and adventures that always seem to reveal themselves.
Realizing that few directions exist for guidance on the walk, she has now set out to begin writing a travel guide for other hikers who want to have the experience. She'll be discussing this project in more detail on Thursday, March 22 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the BARN Writers’ Studio.
For more information, or to sign up for her event, visit https://bainbridgebarn.wildapricot.org/event-2626590?CalendarViewType=1&SelectedDate=3/19/2018
Credits: BCB host: Bob Ross; audio editor : Chris Walker; social media publisher, Diane Walker.
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Recently named Island Treasure Nancy Rekow is a poet, a leader of poetry workshops for over 43 years, a poetry reading organizer, an editor/consultant for various books, and co-founder of NW Trillium Press. Listen here to learn more about her life and work.
Describing herself as a country mouse and a city mouse, Nancy grew up straddling two worlds -- living on a farm in a small town in New Jersey but regularly heading into Manhattan for trips to the ballet, to Broadway, and to the museums.
So it should come as no surprise that when she moved to the Northwest 55 years ago, she chose to live on a 57-acre dairy farm on Bainbridge Island, with easy access to the city of Seattle.
Listen here as Nancy speaks with long-time Bainbridge resident and fellow author, Jeff Wenker, about her gradual evolution into the life of poetry: her earliest published poems, her collaborations with Bob McAllister on the Poetry Workshops, her efforts through the Poulsbohemian poetry readings and Ars Poetica to bring the work of other poets into the public eye, and her forays into publishing with NW Trillium Press and the beloved classic, Minnie Rose Lovgreens's Recipe for Raising Chickens.
Credits: BCB guest host: Jeff Wenker; audio tech: Chris Walker; audio editor and social media publisher, Diane Walker.
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In this podcast, Sallie Maron, winner of Bainbridge Island's first ever Cultural Champion award, is interviewed by Catherine Camp, Sallie's successor as the Board Chair of Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN).
Just what IS a Cultural Champion? Bainbridge Island's new Cultural Champion award defines it as person who works tirelessly to enhance the cultural riches of the island without necessarily being a practitioner in the arts and humanities -- and Sallie Maron is the perfect exemplar of that role.
The child of a US Marine, Sallie spent her early years moving to a new town every two years or so, a process which led her to develop a certain flexibility and fearlessness that have helped her to become a natural leader.
When she and her husband decided to raise their five children on Bainbridge, Sallie began applying those hard-earned skills, bringing projects like The Land Trust, the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial Association, Sustainable Bainbridge, Sound Food, and BARN to fruition by actively engaging the interests, strengths and commitments of those around her.
Listen here to hear more about Sallie, and how her passion for community has inspired her to give back in such incredible ways.
Credits: BCB guest host: Catherine Camp; audio tech: Chris Walker; audio editor and social media publisher, Diane Walker.
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Actor, artist, entrepreneur, philanthropist and Edge co-founder John Ellis has just been named an Island Treasure. In this podcast interview, John talks with his daughter Liz about his lifelong interest in art and theater.
On the Island John is perhaps best known as co-founder (with the late Frank Buxton) of the Edge Improv troupe, which has been performing monthly at BPA for over 22 years. But he has a number of other talents as well:
• As an actor, he has delighted audiences in numerous roles at BPA, such as Nick Bottom in Midsummer Night's Dream and, most recently, as Sir John Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor.
• He co-wrote Harry Tracy, a Bainbridge Bandit with fellow Edge troupe member Andrew Shields.
• As an artist, he had a brief career as a cartoonist in high school and, more recently, an exhibit of his elephant drawings helped raise money for the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Currently his ravens and monoprints, made under the mentorship of Wendy Orville at BARN, are popular items at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts.
• As a devoted community member, John has served on the boards of both the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art and Bainbridge Performing Arts as well as hosting a variety of events for other organizations on the island.
But John is also a father, and this podcast gives us a charming glimpse into his relationship with his daughter Liz, who currently serves as Education Director of Bainbridge Performing Arts. Listen here as they reminisce together about John's lifelong contributions to the arts.
Credits: BCB guest host: Liz Ellis; audio tech: Chris Walker; audio editor and social media publisher, Diane Walker.
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If you're worried that today's children spend too much time on screens and too little time outside, Kevin Mills has an idea to change that.
An industrial designer turned 'adventure playground advocate and creator,' Kevin Mills joins BCB host Bob Ross in this podcast to share his thoughts on play and why we need to begin thinking differently about its role in children's lives.
Citing examples in Europe and the U.K., Kevin delves into the meaning of play and how it helps engage young folks in the process of taking risks, learning resilience and problem solving techniques. Ideally, he believes, children’s play should even offer opportunities to create and build their own playgrounds; including building, tearing them down, and restructuring, all with minimal supervision by trained and skilled play workers.
Sound intriguing? Listen here to learn how you can bring the adventure playground movement to life right here on Bainbridge.
For more information and to get connected into the Adventure Play network, visit Kevin’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/playczar .
Credits: BCB host, Bob Ross; audio editor and social media publisher, Diane Walker.
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Meet Channie Peters, longtime Bainbridge Island volunteer and host of over 150 BCB podcast interviews.
Channie and her husband, BCB founder Barry Peters, will be moving away shortly; in this podcast BCB host Christina Hulet talks with Channie about her experiences and observations living on the island for 16 years – what’s changed, what our strengths are, and what we could do differently as a community.
A very active member of our community, Channie is perhaps best known for helping her husband Barry launch Bainbridge Community Broadcasting (BCB) in 2014. But in addition to hosting interviews for BCB and teaching and mentoring new hosts, Channie has also been involved with many local organizations over the years. Not only has she volunteered at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art; she's also served on numerous local boards, including the Bainbridge Community Foundation, the Bainbridge Public Library, and Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church.
Listen here as Channie reflects on her many years of community involvement and the challenges inherent in an evolving life. How does, for instance, a retired banker become a podcaster? What do we have to let go of in order to do something new? And, how can we handle change as individuals and as a Bainbridge community?
Channie also discusses her and her husband’s recent decision to move to a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC). CCRCs offer people over 60 a continuum of independent living, residential assisted living services, memory care and skilled nursing care all in one place. (More information can be found at www.seniorliving.org/lifestyles/ccrc).
While her choice to move is being made primarily to be closer to her grandchildren, Channie also helps us to understand the value of making significant changes like this one while you’re still energetic and healthy enough to become an active member of a new community.
However difficult it may be -- choosing to leave a place in which you’ve invested so much -- Channie shares her insights with grace and a deep respect for Bainbridge. We know she will be missed.
Credits: BCB host, Christina Hulet; audio editor and social media publisher, Diane Walker.
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