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Citizen Journalista goes half dark

October 4, 2009 at 6:34 AM · Filed under About CJ, Arts, Family Focus, Green efforts, How to be a CJ, Neighborhoods, News, Op-Ed: What I think, Parks, Parks and Schools, Q: Questions, Technology, Uncategorized and tagged: , , , ,

Dear Reader,

Jane Q from Citizen Journalista here. Thanks so much for reading this blog!

While I’m developing this blog in ways that can’t be explored live on the web, I won’t be adding new blog content for a while. New paid writing gigs and a boatload of clients (both good things!) mean I have to draw some lines in the sand regarding my time management, and something has to go.

However, you can still consider my Twitter feed in the left center column as an ongoing live news feed as I parse through local/regional news to find things of interest to Islanders. So stay tuned for that, and if you like, follow me at CitizenJBI to receive my tweets directly in your own Twitter client feed.

And please, send me your info if you find something of interest to Bainbridge Islanders that I could tweet about: cjbi@myway.com. It could be general news, calendar information, city hall oversight, or special interest features you think our community would be interested in. I can’t guarantee I’ll tweet about everything that comes my way, but I’ll certainly do the best that I can!

Thanks for your support. I will be back (eventually) in full uniform as Citizen Journalista; I appreciate your patience while I’m away.

Jane Q Bainbridge Island for Citizen Journalista

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Schools receive nearly $9000 in donations for sports programs

August 6, 2009 at 12:11 PM · Filed under Family Focus, News, Parks and Schools and tagged: , , , , ,

The Swim for Sports BISC Athletics Benefit swim-a-thon, which took place on Sunday, July 5 at the Wing Point pool, netted nearly $9000 for BISD athletics, reported benefit organizer Gina Kapel at a recent banquet honoring top individual swimmer-fundraisers.
 
The event attracted more than 70 swimmers between the ages of 5 and 65 years, with the event’s top fundraising achievement earned by 9-year-old Islander Carina Laukaitis, who raised over $1000.
 
 
All swimmers swam nonstop for at least 20 minutes; in that period, Bainbridge Island Swim Club members Kim Williams and Spencer Alpaugh claimed the most lengths, at 68 each.
 
 
The event was so successful that Wing Point has decided to make it an annual event and has placed it on the calendar for next May 16, 2010. Close to 40 sponsors supported the swim-a-thon, including local businesses (i.e. Windermere Real Estate, San Carlos Restaurant, San Juan Navigation, Lance Wickland DDS, and Bainbridge Rental, and others) and private sponsors (i.e. Rick and Joan Conrad, Dick and Eileen Duncan, and others).
The donations have been given to the Bainbridge Boosters to help support the Bainbridge Island School District Athletic Department’s scholarship program and to help prevent cancellation of existing programs due to funding.

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Island businesses contribute to ongoing Save Our Teachers effort

July 21, 2009 at 7:23 PM · Filed under Family Focus, News, Parks and Schools and tagged: , , , , ,

Eagle Harbor Book Company will join several island businesses in generating pledge money to help out local schools on Wednesday, July 22.

Eagle Harbor Book Company will join several island businesses in generating pledge money to help out local schools on Wednesday, July 22.

On Wednesday July 22, island businesses—Dana’s ShowHouse, Eagle Harbor Books (sales percentage donated from all sales between 5 and 7 pm), Esther’s Fabrics, Paper Products and Willows Naturally—will donate a percentage of sales during their last two hours before closing to the Save Our Teachers Fund.

The Save Our Teachers Fund (sponsored by the Bainbridge Schools Foundation, or BSF) benefits the Bainbridge Island School District (BISD) through the generation of allocations to cover teacher salaries, grants, and training needed by the district to achieve its standard of educational excellence  when state and local funding comes up short. 

BSF’s 2009-2010 fiscal year started July 1 and they continue to aim to achieve a pledge amount of $450,000 to fund district shortfalls that are the result of deep spending cuts. The BISD is already recipient of some of the lowest per-pupil funding in the state of Washington.

Residents who support the campaign may direct additional donations to American Marine Bank, the Save Our Teachers mailbox at 8489 Madison Ave, or paid through the website at www.bainbridgeschoolsfoundation.org.

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