LANGLEY — Langley Middle School is going to stay open next school year.
A resolution to close the middle school on Camano Avenue is likely to be rescinded at the Dec. 14 South Whidbey School Board meeting, said newly appointed Board Chairman Steve Scoles.
LANGLEY — Henry Pope landed his dream job last year coaching the Falcon boys basketball team.
He had seven seniors he coached in middle school. He had the conference’s reigning MVP.
This year, that’s all gone, and Pope is waking up to a new reality. Just two players on the 2011-2012 team played on varsity last season — point guard Sam Lee and forward Zach Comfort, both seniors.
LANGLEY — Teachers, parents, students, school board members and the school superintendent stood together Monday to protest further state budget cuts to education.
LANGLEY — Avery Buechner, all 200 pounds of him, liked running into the other football team’s players.
On defense and on offense, it didn’t matter to the South Whidbey senior.
LANGLEY — There’s a new spot to satiate a sweet tooth on the South End — Whidbey Cupcakes.
Whidbey Cupcakes opened the day before Thanksgiving, just before the holiday season began in earnest. It’s the place where “every day is a cupcake day.”
South Whidbey’s four senior co-captains led a young, inexperienced squad to two more victories than the 2010 season, brought a first-year head coach into the fold and avoided self-described “drama” and bad attitudes that plagued the team only a year prior. They improved their conference record to 4-10 (6-10 overall).
For some, there was a sense of helplessness following the car crash that killed three young men on South Whidbey Nov. 12. For their friend Zach Broyles, the reaction was almost immediate. He needed to do something in their honor.
Cooking 14 turkeys is a bit odd for Joan Smith.
Sorrow, laughter and forgiveness — along with hundreds of people — filled South Whidbey Assembly of God for a memorial service for Marcel “Mick” Poynter.
Cranberries, a tart Thanksgiving dinner staple, were real sweet for Lori Cavender.
Thanks to House of Prayer and its Cranberry Fest for the fruit, Ryan’s House for Youth is another couple thousand dollars closer toward opening.
South Whidbey senior defender Brianna Haimes was voted to the all-Cascade Conference girls soccer second team.
The Occupy movement settled into the Village by the Sea last week.
A couple dozen people occupied the corner of Second Street and Anthes Avenue on Thursday afternoon at a rally that lasted two hours. Their reasons for holding signs in the bitter cold ranged from strengthening community ties to expressing freedom of speech.
FREELAND — Energy was abundant in Robert Bruce Knight.
Whether he used it to break out a 30-yard touchdown run or break out in song, it didn’t matter to those who knew him. They just liked to watch Knight shine.
They also liked his hugs.
More than 400 friends and family filled the sanctuary at Trinity Lutheran Church on Friday night for one more chance to share those experiences at Knight’s memorial.
