ABOARD THE LADY WASHINGTON — For connoisseurs of 18th century naval lore, it doesn’t get any better than this. Imagine…
The South Whidbey High School football team started the first day of practice Wednesday.
Coming off a stellar 9-2 season last year, coach Mark Hodson said the boys are in better shape because of spring football, summer camp at the University of Washington and a strong desire to better last year’s record.
There may be a downturn in the economy, but you wouldn’t know it from Christina Urtason, head of the newly-formed Whidbey Island Meat Goat 4-H club.
It was the message Don Kreig didn’t want to get.
On a hot Friday morning in July — the middle of road construction and repair season — the owner of Kreig Construction in Oak Harbor got an e-mail from Tesoro Refineries of Anacortes, one of only two asphalt oil producers in Washington. Asphalt is a byproduct of gasoline refining.
In the race for Position 2 in the 10th Legislative District, early statewide returns Tuesday show Republican Rep. Barbara Bailey of Oak Harbor leading her main Democratic rival Patricia Terry by 12,444 votes to 6,042.
Democrat Ann McDonald, who did not have the endorsement of her party, has picked up 4,256 votes.
In the race for the 2nd Congressional District held by U.S. Representative Rick Larsen since 2000, Republican Rick Bart and Democrats Doug Schaffer and Glen Johnson are hoping to grab a ticket to ride all the way to the nation’s capitol this year.
The 2nd Congressional District includes parts of King and Snohomish counties and all of Skagit, San Juan, Island and Whatcom counties.
Chevon, French for goat meat, is making its debut at this year’s Island County Fair.
Nine meat goats raised in Island County will be auctioned today starting at noon, a first for the fair.
The Port of South Whidbey announced two South Enders to spearhead the campaign, for and against, the port’s plan to build a new marina in Langley’s harbor.
The port plans to take over operations of the city marina in January.
“This is the start of the long and winding road to spread the word and get public input,” port manager Ed Field said Wednesday night.
When attendance declined in the poultry barn during last year’s Island County Fair, Superintendent Stinger Anderson had a vision, a blinding revelation of crystal clarity that something had to be done.
Thus was born the International Chicken Olympics, timed to coincide with events in Beijing while tapping into the subconscious desire of fair-goer’s longing for silly chicken tricks.
LANGLEY — The South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District voted 4 to 1 on Monday to ask voters for a $15.2 million bond to pay for the construction of an aquatics and recreation center. The tax-levy impact will add 17.3 cents per $1,000 of assessed property tax value to property owners’ tax bills over the next 20 years.
The 84th Island County Fair arrives tomorrow, offering a good time for just about anyone of any age.
Scientists from the United States Geological Survey began testing for mercury levels in Holmes Harbor Monday.
The South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District voted 4 to 1 on Monday to ask voters in November to approve a $15.2 million bond to pay for the construction of an aquatics and recreation center.
