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Police find marijuana grow on Bainbridge
Singing sensations
Suspect also accused of making death threat against family BY RICHARD D. OXLEY Bainbridge Island Review
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Members of Glee! — Ali Lorenz, Katherine Pecora, Katriana Zommers and Morgan Blevins — perform for an appreciative crowd during Ovation!’s Winter Show Choir Concert “Just Try Not to Dance (We Dare You)!” on Saturday in the Bainbridge High School theater. Glee! and Voce, the Ovation! show choir, sang and danced to classics such as “Dancing in the Street,” “Vogue” and “Thriller.”
Sign crackdown leaves Little League in a panic BY BRIAN KELLY Bainbridge Island Review
A crackdown on improper roadside signs by the city has officials with the Bainbridge Island Little League worried that their upcoming season will be soured by a lack of publicity. The Little League has long used roadside signs as a reminder to parents to sign up their kids for the coming season. Since the city of Bainbridge Island ramped up enforcement efforts in December — and many of the Little League’s signs have
been removed from island rightsof-way — player and volunteer sign-ups have fallen off dramatically. “We’re in a world of concern here,” said Marc Strachan of the Little League. The organization typically puts out 60 to 75 signs, but the number has been greatly reduced because the city has reminded the league that the signs must be placed on private property. The restrictions do not apply to political signs. “We didn’t have that many up
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yet, we were just in the process of putting the signs up when we received the call,” Strachan said. The city also contacted the Trillium School, Bainbridge Island Lacrosse and others about their roadside signs. The sign smackdown began after a resident complained about illegal signs littering the landscape in late December. Strachan said he understands the visual impact of their small yellow signs, but said they’ve proven to be the best way over the years for the league to get the word out
about registration. And the signs do not stay up for long, he said. Registration for Little League ends Feb. 1. “This is our crunch time,” he said. “This is the time we’re able to get a majority of our teams formed up, our coaches selected, and line up all the tryouts.” “We do want to respect that we live in a beautiful place and not try to cause issues with the signage, but it really truly has been the most effective advertising we can do, given our non-existent advertising budget,” Strachan said.
Two men have been arrested for growing marijuana on Bainbridge Island after a large-scale pot farm was discovered earlier this week. Eldon Wihau Hamblin, 37, and David Charles Auman, 42, have been charged with the manufacture of marijuana in Kitsap County District Court. A total of 53 plants were discovered at a residence on North Street, according to court documents. The plants were grown on the first floor of a detached garage that was modified for the operation. Hydroponic supplies and grow lights were stored on a second floor. Hamblin and Auman were arrested Tuesday, Jan. 22. Both men had keys in their possession to the building that contained the grow operation. Auman lived in a trailer located next to the building. He told police that Hamblin was responsible for the indoor marijuana garden and that it was already under way when he moved to the residence. He also told police that he knew the name of the individual who delivered the plants for the operation. Witnesses told Bainbridge detectives that they observed Auman SEE MARIJUANA, A9