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Friday, July 27, 2018 | Vol. 94, No. 29 | WWW.BAINBRIDGEREVIEW.COM | 75¢
INSIDE: Awash in art, A10
Schulze may be in final days as city manager
300 MILES TO PEACE
Contract negotiations for California job underway BY BRIAN KELLY Kitsap News Group
Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review
Reverend Senji Kanaeda, of the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Temple of Bainbridge Island, gathers his things in preparation for the 14th annual Pacific Northwest Interfaith Peace Walk Tuesday, July 24. The photo next to him was famously taken by a military photographer in the wake of the Nagasaki bombing.
Island monk leads peace walk from Eugene to Seattle BY LUCIANO MARANO Kitsap News Group
In 1965, protestors walked in Alabama around the clock for three days in the Selma to Montgomery March, enduring deadly violence on the part of local authorities and racist vigilantes to bring worldwide attention to the difficulties faced by black voters, and the need for a national Voting Rights Act. In 1973, a disillusioned young man, Peter Jenkins, set out to walk across America, “searching for myself and my country.” He found friendship, adventure, tragedy and inspiration: His bestselling book recounting the experience was one of the first tomes to popularize adventure travel.
Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review
A box of maps, which Reverend Senji Kanaeda will bring with him to Oregon to hand out among those participating in the 14th annual Pacific Northwest Interfaith Peace Walk. In 1974, filmmaker Werner Herzog trekked from Munich to Paris in the dead of winter to visit his close friend, German
film historian Lotte H. Eisner, who was dying. He believed that an act of walking there would keep Eisner alive. She lived until 1983. Now, in 2018, Reverend Senji Kanaeda, of the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Temple of Bainbridge Island, will lead an interfaith peace walk from Eugene, Oregon to Seattle — about 283 miles — espousing the need to remove nuclear weapons from the world. This, the 14th annual Pacific Northwest Interfaith Peace Walk, began in Oregon on Thursday, July 26, and will stop in cities in both states for participants to gather, demonstrate and rally for their peaceful TURN TO WALK | A9
Decision Day is nearing in the city of Banning, California. And that may mean Departure Day could soon follow at Bainbridge Island City Hall for City Manager Doug Schulze. Schulze applied for the job of city manager in Banning earlier this summer, and advanced in the selection process as one of three finalists in late June. Schulze, who has served as city manager for Bainbridge Doug Schulze Island since September 2012, has been tight-lipped about his search for a new job since word leaked out more than a month ago that he was looking for greener pastures. When asked by the Review in early July about his seeking the job in Banning, he said only: “I can confirm I’m a finalist, but have no further comment.” Schulze was more forthcoming about his future in an email to city staff and others, according to information obtained by the Review under a public records request. In the email, he said his plans to retire on Bainbridge had changed. “You may hear or read news that I am a finalist for a position as city manager in Banning, California,” Schulze said in the July 2 email. “When I was hired as city manager by the Bainbridge Island City Council 5½ years ago, my intention was to finish my career with the City of Bainbridge Island.” “I have realized that is not the best option TURN TO MANAGER | A9
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