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Friday, January 30, 2015 | Vol. 90, No. 5 | WWW.BAINBRIDGEREVIEW.COM | 75¢
New Lynwood development raises fear of traffic troubles
SUPER BOWL PREDICTIONS Islanders give their best guesses about the big game
BY SERAINE PAGE
Bainbridge Island Review
If the roads near a proposed Lynwood Center development get as crowded as a community meeting this week on the project, islanders aren’t going to be happy. A standing-room-only crowd of nearly 100 filled the Pleasant Beach Village Marketplace on Monday as islanders shared their concerns about potential traffic and parking problems with the developers of the proposed residential and commercial development. Residents were invited to ask questions and express any concern for the development that’s currently in the pre-application phase.
BY REVIEW STAFF
Well, obviously, the Hawks are going to win. The only question is by how much? At least that’s the picture painted by the 12s on Bainbridge Island. The staff of the Review sought out the Super Bowl predictions of several learned and wise islanders this week to see where they came down on the outcome of this year’s big game against the Patriots. The island’s own resident football guru, Bainbridge High School Head Football Coach Andy Grimm — a man of few words when it comes to game time — got right at the heart of the matter with his succinct prediction. “Go Hawks! 24-21,” he said. Bainbridge parks executive director Terry Lande — who attended the Hawks’ first game in 1976 — predicts a 31-24 score that hopefully doesn’t come down to the last second. It’s tribulation enough getting through the game, he said. “We just pace and talk to the TV,” Lande said of watching the big game. “We can’t watch it with other people. No one understands how we watch the game.” Dave Erbes, a building permit specialist for the city, is inarguably the biggest Seahawks fan at Bainbridge Island City Hall. Before the Seahawks took on Green Bay in the NFC Championship, he
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Bainbridge High School Head Football Coach Andy Grimm predicts a Seattle win. colored his facial hair to match the team’s colors. He’s been following the team for more than 30 years, and can still recall the silk jacket emblazoned with Seahawks armbands that he sported in the Chuck Knox era. Erbes was hesitant to predict a final score, but said Seattle would come through in the end. “I think it’s going to be a really good game, a lot better than last year’s,” Erbes said. “It’s going to come down to our offense and their defense,” he said. “Our defense is going to shut their offense down.” Erbes said he expects either a low score game, with less than 14 points apiece, or a real-
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Dave Erbes, on the left end of the 12th Man flag, predicts a close Seahawk win. Erbes is standing with other city employees during the last Blue Friday at city hall.
Island coach seriously injured in riding accident BY SERAINE PAGE
Bainbridge Island Review
Photo courtesy of the Lande family
Travis, Alyson, Michaela, Claudia and Terry Lande hold the 12th man flag aboard a Holland America Line cruise ship. Lande predicts a 31-24 score for the big game. ly high scoring affair for both teams. The winner will be decided by a touchdown, he said.
“It’s going to be a close game,” Erbes said. TURN TO SEAHAWKS | A24
Jay Abbott, head coach of Bainbridge’s middle school mountain bike team, is in a coma after crashing during a team training ride on Sunday. The spinal cord injury he suffered during the accident has been termed “complete,” and he is not expected to survive, according to an online statement released by his family late Wednesday. “In the past 24 hours, with the tireless support of Jay’s medical team, we now know that Jay will not survive his injuries,” it read. “He will not recover to move, swallow or breath on his own again.” The message went on to say that now Abbott’s family faced “the impossible task of saying farewell.” Bainbridge Island Assistant Fire Chief Luke Carpenter said the accident occurred Jan. 25 during a bike ride in the Grand Forest. TURN TO COACH | A24
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