South Whidbey parks director Terri Arnold said it was a careless error when she improperly used a parks district computer to campaign on behalf of the parks’ $15.2 million bond measure for a new pool and rec center
It was the smack heard from one end zone to the other. Defensive back Nick Tenuta placed a hit on Bulldog running back Tim Olivariz so hard it could be heard as far north as, well, Mount Vernon.
The South Whidbey boys tennis team served up a cold dish of hot tennis to a couple of its key Northwest Conference opponents this week.
Wide receiver Nick Tenuta was the sparkplug that ignited the South
Whidbey Falcons to a 24-14 victory over the 3A Mount Vernon Bulldogs
Friday night.
The South Whidbey High School football team played its first scrimmage Saturday morning — the Blue against the White — to see what worked and what didn’t.
Dubbed “The Toilet Bowl,” the game was played from the 40-yard line; points were awarded based on sacks, tackles, yardage gained, key plays and any touchdowns made.
Blake Blakey has signed to continue his education and compete for the Concordia University men’s golf team in Oregon, said Cavalier head coach Ronn Grove.
For a die-hard political junkie like Clinton’s Mary Jane Aurdal, going to her party’s national convention is hard to beat.
This week, Aurdal is in St. Paul, Minn. as the Island County Republican delegate to help crown nominee Sen. John McCain as the GOP’s choice to lead the nation for the next four years.
Good Cheer in Bayview is holding a month-long party and wants everyone to come.
Hunger and food insecurity lurk just beneath the veneer of the “good life” on South Whidbey, and no one knows better than the folks at Good Cheer.
For a certain demographic segment in Island County, Friday, Sept. 15 is the biggest day of the year.
That day marks the annual Senior Services Golf Classic at the par 72 Useless Bay Golf & Country Club, but its significance goes far beyond the 18th hole.
The South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District approved its management plan for Trustland Trails Thursday.
“We were given this beautiful property,” said Park Commissioner Allison Tapert. “The plan is a tool to guide us for future development. I think we were all extremely sensitive to the needs of the public and Whidbey Land Trust.”
Bob Riggs, who has represented District 1 for nine years, has resigned from the South Whidbey school board.
The new aquatic and recreation center at Community Park will be cheaper than you think.
That’s the emerging strategy that supporters for a $15.2 million pool-rec center project will use to convince voters to hike property taxes to pay for the project.
Whether or not Whidbey Airpark near Langley has a future as a publicly-owned, general aviation airport for commercial, private and emergency flights hasn’t been answered yet.
But Port of South Whidbey commissioners continue to ask the question.
The port has requested a “statement of qualifications” from consultants interested in conducting a study on the merits of turning the privately-owned airfield off Crawford Road in Langley into a public facility.
