REVIEW BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2012 | Vol. 112, No. 31 | WWW.BAINBRIDGEREVIEW.COM | 75¢
NEWCOMER HEADS THE PACK
A little love
Hansen surpasses all others in campaign cash as primary nears
COMES OUT OF THE ASHES
BY HENRI GENDREAU Bainbridge Island Review
Richard D. Oxley / Bainbridge Island Review
Pilar Hemingway and Dana Craighead hand make each bracelet to raise money for their friends who worked at The 122. The restaurant was their families’ favorite island hangout.
Girls raise money to help 122 owners and staff BY RICHARD D. OXLEY Bainbridge Island Review
Dana Craighead and Pilar Hemingway share a lot. The two 11-year-olds have spent quite a bit of time together since they were in first grade — they are now in sixth. They also spend important holidays such as Halloween together. And being born three days apart, they nearly share the same birthday. They also share a fondness for The 122, which burned to the ground on July 9. The flames destroyed a business run by islanders Kim Raymond and Chris Ortiz, and suddenly took away the jobs of their staff. The two girls have frequented the restaurant since its original Winslow Way address on the east side of Madison Avenue, before it changed locations. “All the food there was really good,” Dana said. “We went there a lot.” “One week we went there three times,” she added. Pilar agreed. “We had a lot of friends there and we developed friends there,” Pilar
Larry Droguett photo
Larry Droguett took this photo from his apartment the morning that The 122 burned down. Lightning was determined as the cause of the fire. said. “The 122 was our hangout.” It was a hangout for both girls’ families. In fact, Pilar’s family stopped in at The 122 on their way home from a trip the night before the fire. When news reached the girls that their cherished restaurant was gone, they wanted to do something for their 122 friends. It didn’t take long to get a plan in action. Dana had been pondering an idea
of making bracelets for a charity ever since the two girls got gift certificates to Beads of Bainbridge in Winslow for their birthdays. With the 122 tragedy on Winslow Way, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to do something good with them. The girls went to the beads store and spoke with store manager Amy Margaret Kapphan. “The girls had an idea they came to me with some questions,” Kapphan said. “It went from an idea to picking out a design.” They chose a red-and-black theme, the colors of The 122. A 122-stamped charm hangs next to a bead with the word “love” on it. Kapphan agreed to sell the bracelets at the store. With a design in mind the girls went home to get started. “The girls had a sleepover that night and sat on Dana’s bed and made the first 20 bracelets,” said SueEllen VanDuyne, Dana’s mom. To help get the word out, they made a Facebook page for the braceSEE LOVE, A21
Although he has been in the state House of Representatives for a year, one man is about to face his first election. But he need not worry about money. With $161,528 in his campaign coffers, Rep. Drew Hansen has more contributions than all of the other 23rd Legislative District candidates combined. Hansen’s success in campaign fundraising has become an issue itself in this expensive legislative race. His Republican opponent James M. Olsen has taken aim at Hansen’s campaign, which he said is fueled by special interest contributions that are flowing into Hansen’s fund from out-of-state. “This 23rd Legislative seat is not going to be bought,” Olsen said. Drew Hansen In this battle for the House Position 2 spot, Hansen, who was appointed to the seat in 2011, is facing not only Olsen but Democratic challenger Henning B. Larsen in the Primary Election. As of late July, according to the state Public Disclosure Commission, Hansen’s war chest was more than 10 times larger than what Olsen has raised ($12,383) and what Larsen has brought in (“just over $2,000,” according to the candidate). Candidates can amass donations in two ways: cash contributions, which are direct payments from groups or individuals to James M. Olsen a candidate’s fund, and in-kind contributions, which are services provided to the campaign that have a cash value, such as consulting. Hansen has garnered in-kind donations of more than $2,100, consisting mostly of consulting and polling, while Olsen and Larsen have not reported any in-kind donations. Almost two-thirds of Hansen’s campaign cash is from out-of-state donors, with 5.64 percent of monies coming from Bainbridge Island. Henning Larsen One of the biggest reasons for the significant percentage of out-of-state donations stems from the contributions of Hansen’s legal colleagues, according to a review of records on file with the Public Disclosure Commission, the state’s watchdog agency on campaign financing. Contributions from employees at the law firm Susman Godfrey, of which Hansen is a partner, make up almost one-third of his total campaign funds at $52,850. The law firm has offices in Seattle, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles and New York, which is why donations from its employees SEE CASH, A7