Bainbridge Island Review, April 03, 2015

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Friday, April 3, 2015 | Vol. 90, No. 14 | WWW.BAINBRIDGEREVIEW.COM | 75¢

INSIDE: Advice from the soul, A7

73 YEARS LATER:

History remembered, progress celebrated at memorial BY LUCIANO MARANO Bainbridge Island Review

For most of the state, 11 a.m. Monday meant nothing more than the start of the week’s first lunch break. Folks on Bainbridge Island, however, knew the hour held a much more historically important significance. That’s because it was here, at 11 a.m., 73 years ago that 227 men, women and children — more than two–thirds of them American citizens — were forcibly removed from their homes, rounded up by Army soldiers armed with rifles and forced to board a ferry to Seattle, and from there to government camps where they lived as prisoners.

These islanders were among the first of nearly 120,000 other people of Japanese ancestry exiled from the region, the result of Executive Order 9066 issued by President Franklin Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942 in the wake of post-Pearl Harbor hysteria. Survivors of the exclusion and their descendants, as well as visitors and volunteers, marked the historic anniversary earlier this week at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, located on the site of the former Eagledale ferry dock, with a day of tours and maintenance of the site and surrounding grounds as part of a public day of commemoration. “We picked 11 o’clock for a spe-

cific reason,” Clarence Moriwaki, former president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion TURN TO MEMORIAL | A4

At right, Paper cranes adorn the newly washed Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial. Below, Congressman Derek Kilmer addresses the crowd at the public commemoration of the 73rd anniversary of the first day of the forced Japanese American removal from the island. Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review

Bainbridge’s Walk MS needs fundraising help to make it to finish line BY SERAINE PAGE

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Bainbridge Island still has a long ways to go when it comes to raising money for the ninth annual Walk MS event set for April 11. But if last year’s success of exceeding the fundraising goal is any indicator, it shouldn’t be a problem, coordinators believe. After raising more than $83,000 at last year’s Walk MS: Bainbridge Island event, coordinators chose to set the 2015 walk goal even higher at $84,000. With the help of islanders, event organizers think it can be done again, even though only 33 percent of that goal has been raised as of Thursday, and the walk is days away. “I know that Bainbridge Island can

get there — everyone always brings such a sense of community,” said Sarah Sweeney, spokeswoman for the National MS Society, Greater Northwest Chapter. “Fundraising for Walk MS is encouraged, but not required, and helps provide a wide variety of programs and services for people affected by MS and funds cutting-edge MS research.” Multiple sclerosis — most commonly known as MS — is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. It disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society website. The cause of the disease is still unknown, but some scientists think it could be trig-

gered by “as-yet-unidentified environmental factor(s) in a person who is genetically predisposed to respond,” states the site. The 2.5-mile walking event starts at Bainbridge High School at 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and goes through downtown with two rest stops along the way. A 1-mile route option is available, though. Opening ceremonies begin at 9:45 a.m. Participants who make a donation will receive an orange wristband that indicates they are eligible for special discounts available only on the day of the event, including $5 of market bucks to use at the farmers market. While one of the largest goals of the TURN TO WALK | A3

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Participants from last year’s Walk MS event raised more than $83,000 to help provide a variety of programs and services for those impacted by multiple sclerosis, also known as MS. This year’s goal is $84,000.


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