REVIEW BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
Friday, January 29, 2016 | Vol. 91, No. 5 | WWW.BAINBRIDGEREVIEW.COM | 75¢
INSIDE: The Rock and a hard place, A24
Keeping time amidst changing days
Repair man gives ailing antiques a new life BY LUCIANO MARANO Bainbridge Island Review
TURN TO TIME | A27
BY JESSICA SHELTON Bainbridge Island Review
The danger zone The pickup/dropoff lane in front of Blakely is like a pinball machine, only instead of one ball, you’ve got 300-plus kids darting erratically across a narrow bus line, one lonely crosswalk and cars that just keep coming through the school’s single access point. Rebecca Sonsalla, the district’s transportation supervisor who’s been driving routes at Blakely for more than five years, said the afternoon pick-up, especially, is terrifying. “Parents are parked out on the street, in the lot, walking toward 1
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TURN TO BLAKELY | A28
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Blakely staff talks need while some question cost Safety concerns are just one of the reasons Blakely principal Reese Ande and his staff hope that voters will pass a $81.2 million bond proposal for a new campus. That jaw-dropping figure, on the other hand, is just one of the reasons Rod Stevens, who wrote the ballot’s con statement, is urging residents to vote “no.” Voters will ultimately decide the fate of Proposition 1 during the Special Election on Feb. 9, and the ballot measure, if passed, will fund the replacement of Captain Johnson Blakely Elementary School and the Bainbridge High 100 Building, plus pay for improvements and repairs at other district facilities.
It is not about killing time. Actually, quite the opposite. Jim Mann’s retirement passion is very much about treasuring time. Both his own, by doing good through work he loves, and the things which have withstood it, by returning them to reliable working condition to be enjoyed by generations yet to come. When a client brings him something broken — mysteriously, persistently broken and nobody knows why — that is when Mann is happiest. Then, in his spotless, well-lit workspace, he can begin to solve the mystery, which might be his favorite part of all. A retired marine machinist, Mann and his wife Gail operate a repair business from their Bainbridge Island home. He fixes and maintains clocks, as well as sewing machines and music boxes. She researches the providence of each project, discovering the often surprising past of each new piece that comes through their door, while her husband is downstairs digging into the springs, dials and gears. BI-Review_1-27-16.pdf
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