A fire destroyed portable toilets and a storage building at Dave Mackie Park early Friday morning but quick work by firefighters saved the baseball grandstands from going up in flames.
LANGLEY — A good game of waterball — it’s just what the chiefs ordered.
Firefighters from across South Whidbey competed in rounds of the game that look more like a spray-of-war than a tug-of-war.
A suspicious fire destroyed recently delivered portable toilets at Dave Mackie Park early Friday morning.
They’ll swim in the cold, dark water of Goss Lake with a few hundred other racers. They’ll bike up and down the hilly, rural roads west of Langley. Then, they’ll run through the winding, wooded paths of South Whidbey Community Park.
All that for a not-so-lousy T-shirt.
Long after the high school season ended, Harrison Price is still swinging his golf clubs.
Price shot 161 during the first two rounds of the 35th Washington Junior Golf Association Championship in Walla Walla last week.
The South Whidbey School Board redefined and approved its tobacco and harassment policies at its meeting Wednesday, as well as approving the food service contract for Chartwells through September 2012 and an agreement with the Public School Employees of South Whidbey.
LANGLEY — More than 3,000 wacky racers and vans full of fans turned Langley into a festive finish line for a grueling 187-mile relay race Saturday.
GREENBANK — Loganberry Festival brought a crowd, even if it didn’t have many loganberries.
The U.S. Postal Service said it would close post office branches across the country on Tuesday, but facilities on South Whidbey seem to have escaped the cuts.
The South Whidbey School Board will finalize the reorganization of its top school officials at the board’s meeting this week.
After a run in the District 11 Little League loser’s bracket to win the district title, the South Whidbey All-Stars struggled hitting against two Eastern Washington teams. The 11- and 12-year-old All-Stars lost 10-0 to Spokane South and 11-1 to Pasco in the state tournament.
FREELAND — It’ll be a bittersweet farewell to The Darly.
The Darly, or Number 32, is a 24-year-old reserve fire engine owned by Island County Fire District 3. Old No. 32 isn’t heading for the scrapyard or a museum, though; it’s bound for front-line first pumper action with San Juan County Fire District 5 on Shaw Island.
From start to finish, it’ll be a long way home for these runners.
The Home Runners will have run 187 miles since the start of the Northwest Passage Ragnar Relay.
