Bainbridge Island Review, October 09, 2015

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Friday, October 9, 2015 | Vol. 90, No. 41 | WWW.BAINBRIDGEREVIEW.COM | 75¢

INSIDE: Spartans still undefeated! A12

Taking the unplanned path

Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review

The city is moving forward on plans for a roundabout at Wyatt Way and Madison Avenue.

City seeks consultant for new roundabout on Madison Avenue BY BRIAN KELLY

Bainbridge Island Review Image by Joanna Gorham

Instead of journaling about her own uncertain transition, Joanna Gorham painted “Traveling with Twins” and other images of people facing changes, big and small.

Bainbridge illustrator finds inspiration in the journeys of others BY JESSICA SHELTON

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oanna Gorham got hooked on stories as a missionary kid in Tanzania. On chilly evenings, Gorham and her brothers would huddle around a small fire, near two baobab trees, and lean into the silky voices of the night watchmen, who’d recount folktales from their childhood. As much as she delighted in the tradition, however, Gorham didn’t think she had the skills to captivate her own listeners. “As someone who often forgets the punchline of a joke, or loses the audience with too many unnecessary details, I came to prefer listening and watching people absorb stories,” she explained. Eventually, that realization led her to become an illustrator; she might get off track with words, but her mind steadily supplied the pictures. And she liked the flexibility of the

portfolio and focus form; she could on her illustrations leave her stories instead. open-ended and So in the interim, allow her viewers to amidst rejections, fill in the gaps with Gorham would draw their own details and and paint. life experiences. She kept turning Of course, out pictures of Gorham found that women in transition. the process also hap“They’re either pens in reverse, with about to have a her own life informbaby, or they have ing her pictures. just had a baby, or In 2013, she they’re sitting at an moved to the island airport,” Gorham from Georgia; her said. “It’s kind of husband snagged Photo courtesy of Joanna Gorham where I was at the a job at Wenzlau Joanna Gorham is a 2011 time… Because Architects and, as graduate of the Savannah of the move and a recent graduate College of Art and Design. having to reinvent of the Savannah myself.” College of Art and Some of the subjects are madeDesign, she hoped to find work as a up, and some of them are real, like graphic designer. But it just didn’t work out. Interviewers would look at her TURN TO ILLUSTRATOR | A8

The long-talked-about roundabout at Madison Avenue and Wyatt Way is finally coming closer to spinning steering wheels on one of Bainbridge’s busiest arterials: City hall is currently seeking firms that can design improvements at the intersection. Bainbridge officials recently put out a “request

for qualifications” for consultants interested in the work, and companies are facing an Oct. 19 deadline to submit packages. The city is planning improvements — including better sidewalks and bike lanes — that would stretch along Wyatt Way from Madison Avenue to Lovell Avenue. TURN TO ROUNDABOUT | A11

Former bakery owner ordered to make good on employees’ missing paychecks BY BRIAN KELLY

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The former owner of Bainbridge Bakers has been ordered to pay more than $17,000 in unpaid wages to his employees at the iconic downtown cafe. Mike Loudon, who owned the popular but financially troubled bakery before it was sold this summer, was also hit with $8,000 in penalties for multiple violations of state wage laws. Loudon, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday by the Review, remains under investigation by state officials for not paying employees at

the popular Winslow coffee shop. The state Department of Labor & Industries launched a probe of the 30-year-old bakery earlier this year after employees complained about not getting paychecks. The business was abruptly closed in April and one employee launched an online appeal to cover payroll on GoFundMe, an online fundraising site, saying that $100,000 was needed to cover workers’ salaries. Less than two weeks later, Bainbridge Bakers announced it was closing for TURN TO PAYCHECKS | A10


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