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If you played baseball on Bainbridge Island, you’re invited to Baseball-a-rama May 19, 2-5 p.m.
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BASEBALL-ARAMA AND THE MARINER MOOSE Creosote, Fort Ward, Pleasant Beach, Port Blakely, Port Madison, Moran School, Winslow School. Those names were emblazoned on uniforms of early Bainbridge baseball teams that practiced and played on dirt fields around the island. Today, many former members of teams from Bainbridge High School, men and women softball leagues, Little League and Babe Ruth League still live in the area. The Bainbridge Island Historical Museum is looking for current and former Bainbridge baseball players and fans to gather on the museum grounds for Baseball-a-rama, May 19 from 2-5 p.m. The Mariner Moose will pay a visit and there will be an opportunity to join him for a picture. If you ever played baseball on Bainbridge Island, you’re invited to participate in the event and reminisce about your years in the game. Rummage around in your attic and trunk and wear your old uniform. The event will feature free admission to the museum, food, vintage movies and photos, a raffle, prizes for the most current and former baseball team members, and pictures with the MariSee BASEBALL, Page 2
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Man saved, dog killed in boat fire
Driver leaves child on bus
Friend was following in another boat
3-year-old found in safety seat By KIPP ROBERTSON
krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
By MEGAN STEPHENSON
POULSBO — A bus driver for the North Kitsap School District is on administrative leave after leaving a preschooler unattended on a bus for at least 30 minutes. The driver, who has more than 20 years of experience, returned to the Finn Hill bus depot after dropping students off at Breidablik Elementary May 2. The school district
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BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — A 30-foot motorboat was destroyed and a dog is thought to be dead following a vessel fire in Agate Pass Thursday. It took emergency crews and bystanders about two hours to extinguish the flames. No injuries to humans were reported. North Kitsap Fire & Rescue crews were dispatched to a boat fire in the water at 6:41 a.m. NKF&R spokesperson Michele Laboda said land crews arrived about 6:50 a.m. and the fire boat, stationed in Kingston, arrived about 15 minutes later. The U.S. Coast Guard and several private vessels assisted. Bainbridge Island Fire Chief Hank Teran said his department’s fire vessel was undergoing an upgrade at the time and could not go to the scene, according to the Bainbridge Island Review. A man and his dog left the Brownsville Marina south of Keyport Thursday morning, driving the 30-foot motor vessel and followed by a friend in another boat. The friend noticed a “problem” and pulled alongside, according to Laboda. The friend was able to get the man off the burning vessel, but was unable to save the dog. Island photographer Martin Bydalek said he “woke up to the sound of helicopters and looked out and I saw a burning boat on the water.” Bydalek watched the boat for a short time as it drifted in the water and continued to burn. Aside from a few onlookers and a news helicopter, no one was around to tend to the fire. “Just like car fires, once a boat or car starts burning, it’s usually catastrophic,” Laboda said. “The See FIRE, Page A3
estimates the student was unattended for 30-40 minutes. The 3-year-old child was strapped into a child safety seat when found, North Kitsap School District spokeswoman Robyn Chastain. The bus, according to Chastain, was a “smaller bus” with a capacity for 23 students. Chastain did not know where on the bus the child was seated. While preparing for a route, another bus driver discovered the student on the bus. Following the See LEFT BEHIND, Page A2
KHS student expelled after bringing grenade pin to school By KIPP ROBERTSON
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A 30-foot motorboat burns in Agate Pass, Thursday. A man was saved by a friend following in another boat, but the man’s dog is believed to have died.
Martin Bydalek / Courtesy
KINGSTON — A 16-year-old Kingston High School student was placed on emergency expulsion after being detained for bringing a part of a grenade to school. The student was not taken into custody. The
Surf and turf: Cow carcass finally sunk using chains, cinder blocks By KIPP ROBERTSON
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KINGSTON — The cow carcass that washed up on North Beach the end of April became more than a headache for the Port of Kingston. It became a tourist attraction — at least on a small scale. Kingston Adventures owner Beth
Brewster rented five or six paddle boards to people who wanted to see the cow, tethered to a buoy, up close. However, the chance to see the water-logged mammal ended Tuesday. Port employees embarked on a mission to sink the cow, using chain and cindern blocks. Now, marine wildlife are assisting in the carcass’s final
case will be handled by the Kitsap County Prosecutor’s Office. A classroom was evacuated Monday as a precaution after a student notified school administrators that another student had part of a hand grenade, according to Kitsap County Sheriff ’s See GRENADE, Page A3
“They really did get ‘moooving’ on this one.” — Kingston Port Commissioner Walt Elliott, on the port’s handling of a cow found dead on North Beach.
decomposition. “Most places get seals,” Kingston Port Commissioner Walt Elliot said. “We get a cow.” Elliott appreciated the port’s response. Harbormaster Kevin Van
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