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FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013 | Vol. 113, No. 15 | WWW.BAINBRIDGEREVIEW.COM | 75¢
Rules too complex, property owners complain
Jump, hop and a skip away from a good cause
Debate continues over shoreline regulations BY RICHARD D. OXLEY Bainbridge Island Review Photo courtesy of Hannah Sprague
Bainbridge Island Rope Skippers Sarah Sharman, Kelsey Gonwick and Jessica Fay perform at the 2012 USA Jump Rope National Competition.
Two BHS teens organize jump rope show BY RICHARD D. OXLEY Bainbridge Island Review
It’s about more than jumping. It’s about more than tricks. And it’s about more than getting your competition on the ropes. This week, it will be about good cause. “Jump rope is kind of an underrated sport,” said Bainbridge High student Hannah Sprague. “We’ve always tried to promote it and get kids on the island interested in it. This takes it to a whole other level.” BHS seniors Ally Clement and Hannah Sprague, and members of the award-winning Bainbridge Island Rope Skippers team, are welcoming all to come experience their impressive talent at “One World One Rope,
One Night!” The two teens hope that the audience will open their hearts to the sport — and their wallets to a good cause. “We’re fundraising for One World One Rope,” Clement said. “What they do is raise money for children to come over from different countries to go to the world competition, and for jumpers from the U.S. to go to Kenya and Tanzania to teach kids there.” One World One Rope, One Night! will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 19 in the high school’s Paski Gym. The Bainbridge Island Rope Skippers will perform a range of jump roping feats, along with special guests from Kirkland’s SEE JUMP, A4
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Hannah Sprague and Ally Clement are organizing a jump rope show for One World One Rope.
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The Bainbridge Island City Council’s Wednesday meeting went from outcries at the start to yawns as the meeting lingered past midnight. The city’s update to its Shoreline Master Program once again attracted a large number of waterfront property owners. Their message: The program is not fair, or at least, not understandable. “I have this 350-page document which no one understands, and I have this 185-page document which is the SMP for the city of Seattle,” said Gary Tripp, an island activist at the heart of opposition to the update. “Which has a more complex environment, the city of Seattle or Bainbridge Island?” he asked. Tripp argued that the update is too complex. Others protested the manner in which property owners have been treated since the controversy over the update began. “I never knew that property ownership was a communicable disease,
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