The three South Whidbey Little League All Star teams have been told to pack it in due to an outbreak of whooping cough, and the teams will not compete in the All Star tournament.
The disease, also known as pertussis, forced District 1 Little League officials to make the call Wednesday.
The biggest outbreak of whooping cough to hit South Whidbey in 15 years is now being called an epdemic.
A new headquarters and training facility in Bayview can’t come too soon for South Whidbey fire officials.
Washington State Ferries officials said the system was very busy for the Fourth of July weekend throughout the system but especially on the Clinton-Mukilteo route. Ferry officials hadn’t computed the numbers yet, but expect to have them by the end of the week.
Four more cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, were reported over the weekend on South Whidbey.
This year, a 13.1-mile half marathon will be run on Sunday and Choochokam organizer Matt Simms encourages everyone to participate.
The race starts at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, July 13 at the corner of Second and De Bruyn avenues, heads out along Saratoga Road to Fox Spit Road and back to downtown. Water stations will be spaced along the course.
FREELAND — In their quest to stay on top of the money spent on the Langley Marina, port commissioners had a bone to pick with their engineers last week.
MAXWELTON — When he was small boy in the early 1940s, Clark Silliman’s grandfather Henry was given extra gas ration cards; there was a war on and the Sillimans grew apples at their summer home on the bluff above Maxwelton Beach.
They are the best of the best, no matter their age.
Starting next week, the four South Whidbey All-Star baseball teams will, they hope, forge a path to the top.
Thursday morning, 13 youngsters — all 9- and 10-years-olds — were hard at work at Community Park, honing the skills they learned during the regular season.
FREELAND — The first phase of the new South Whidbey Marina in Langley will cost $9 million, commissioners said this week.
Even with a heavy layer of clouds, it was a sunny day for South Whidbey High School’s solar drag racing team.
Kiwanis set up for the Fourth of July
The South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District has completed a draft trail development plan for Trustland Trails, district officials announced Friday.
Parks commissioners are hoping the public will weigh in on the plan before it is adopted on July 16.
