No question, it’s a tough world out there. But for some South End students, it’s never too soon to get ready for the bumpy transition to the “real world” after graduation.
The South Whidbey volleyball team had a chance to advance in district playoffs Saturday, but instead ended their season with a three-straight-game loss to the Lynden Lions.
In its first, and last, District 1 playoff game, the Falcon football team was thoroughly outgunned by the Burlington-Edison Tigers, losing 45-0 at Burlington on Friday.
Despite overall lower enrollment in South Whidbey schools, the numbers for Bus Count Week were up 8 percent compared to last year.
The South Whidbey School District will ask South End voters to approve a replacement bond on May 18, district officials have decided.
Though the amount the district will seek hasn’t been determined, the money will fund the district’s consolidation of Langley Middle School and the high school.
The South Whidbey volleyball team pushed the Anacortes Seahawks (9-4) to five games Wednesday, but somehow came away with a loss in the final set.
Langley voters are down to two choices for Position 2 for the Port of South Whidbey board.
It has been a tumultuous year for South Whidbey schools. It began 12 months ago with the realization that there’s a $1.85 million shortfall in the district’s $17 million budget.
The South Whidbey football team had something to prove Friday, and they did it in style.
The Falcons came from behind and won 24-6 over the Granite Falls Tigers before hundreds of waterlogged fans to cap off the school’s homecoming week.
Three Clinton residents are hoping to find the right message that will help them win voters by Election Day.
Running for Position 3 from Clinton — the former seat of Lynae Slinden, who resigned in August — are Curt Gordon, Ed Jenkins and Mona Newbauer.
There’s a new park down at the Langley Marina, and the son of the man who donated the land 35 years ago told Port of South Whidbey commissioners they did a good job.
“The result is very pleasing and exactly the kind of quality public-access park our family envisioned when we deeded the waterfront to the people of South Whidbey,” Phil Simon Jr. said at the port’s meeting on Wednesday.
They’re gone now. But not forgotten.
Six key South Whidbey athletes from the Class of 2009 were inducted into the Falcon sports Wall of Fame on Friday night before the homecoming football game against Granite Falls.
For the first time, all five candidates in the races for the two available seats at the Port of South Whidbey had their day — or evening — in the sun.
During a forum hosted by League of Women Voters on Thursday in Freeland, three Clinton residents and two from Langley attempted to separate themselves from their opponents.
