REVIEW BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
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BRAIN-CHANGER
HOT RODS, HOT DOGS AND A COOL CAUSE
Island Cruise-In set for final summer show BY LUCIANO MARANO Bainbridge Island Review
The delicious smell of burgers and dogs grilling over charcoal wafted over a sea of shiny hot rods and cool classic cars, spread out and glinting in the warm late afternoon light. For just a minute, it’s as if you’ve stepped back in time to the Bainbridge of yesteryear; a simpler time of sweeping fins, shiny chrome and American muscle. Where is Brian Setzer when you need him? But then, into this nostalgic fantasy sneaks the peripheral sight of cell phones — folks taking photos and posing for selfies with ‘Stangs and Chargers — and the more modern models speeding by on the nearby highway. Even as the momentary illusion shatters, it’s hard not to love a summertime car show. A true time machine it is not, but the monthly Bainbridge Island Classic Car Cruise-In remains the next best thing around — and you can’t beat the price. This particular flashback fiesta, organized by brothers Aaron and Micah Strom of Modern Collision Rebuild & Service, is free to attend, and has transformed the intersection of Highway 305 and Madison Avenue into a popular gathering spot for both families and more serious gear heads alike for more than a decade on the last Tuesday evening of every month from May through August. The aforementioned burgers and dogs are for sale, prepped by the Strom brothers and other volunteers. A $5 donation per meal includes a water or soda as well, and all proceeds from the event benefit Helpline House’s Project Backpack, a program which provides school supplies and new clothes for Bainbridge students in need. It may not be the typical cause for a car show, but, then again, the whole
Photo courtesy of Arrowsmith at Gateway Christian Schools
Arrowsmith students complete the clocks exercise at Gateway Christian Schools’ Bremerton campus.
Arrowsmith combats learning disabilities through neuroplasticity
Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review
Cars sit on display at Tuesday’s Classic Car Cruise-In at the corner of Highway 305 and Madison Avenue. The island tradition has gathered car lovers for more than a decade in support of Helpline House.
Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review
The year’s final Classic Car Cruise-In is slated for Tuesday, Aug. 25. atmosphere of this event is unique. There is none of the insular tribalism and exclusionary tech-speak that so often drives away the less devoted driving machine disciples from such gatherings. Instead, amidst the snatches of engine stats and carburetor queries, kids run and play — no doubt repelling the thoughts of the quickly
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approaching school year — and friends meet, catch up and swap the latest gossip. “It’s what I call a kind of ‘street show,’” Aaron Strom explained. “The community comes, enjoys it, and you don’t have to really even care about cars. You can have fun talking to people here that you know and you can skip the cars and still have fun.” Advertising for the show has always been kept to a minimum, Strom said. The show has grown through word of mouth, by putting the word out to local car clubs, and its sheer proximity to the heavily traveled highway. New to the show this year are Cruise-In shirts available for purchase, which have undoubtedly spread some awareness as well, he added. The show has come a long way from its early days, even if it hasn’t actually come very far. The island tradition began in 2003, and spent its first season in
BY JESSICA SHELTON Bainbridge Island Review
You don’t have to be religious to believe in the transformations taking place at Gateway Christian Schools’ Bainbridge campus. Cutting-edge science is at the core of a program that equips children and adults ages 6 to 82 to overcome their learning disabilities. Barbara Arrowsmith Young was a 26-year-old graduate student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education when she encountered the book that would change her life: Alexander Luria’s “The Man With a Shattered World.” Studying the traumatic brain injury of a soldier, the neuropsychologist found that complex mental activities —
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like reading and mathematical calculation — require specific areas of the brain to work together and that a weakness in one area can cripple the entire process. Connecting Luria’s work with Mark Rosenzweig’s research on neuroplasticity, the ability of the brain to physically change in response to sustained stimulation, it occurred to Arrowsmith Young that she might be able to rewire her own brain to remove the myriad “mental blocks” — including dyslexia, dyscalculia, difficulty with spatial reasoning, logic, and kinesthetic perception — that she had been plagued by since childhood. TURN TO ARROWSMITH | A8
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