50 years ago

Editor: Ace Comstock

Former resident plans long trip to far north

“As the first sharp frosts of the coming winter touch the South Whidbey landscape, one former resident is preparing for a winter where ice and snow leave and temperatures seldom rise above zero. Within a matter of weeks, Maxine Coughly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stephenson of Clinton, will be as far north as any white woman has ever gone. She’ll be in Cambridge Bay in the Northwest Territories of the Canadian Arctic, approximately 190 miles north of the Article Circle.”

25 years ago

Editor: Jim Larsen

Clinton family wins $2 million

“So where is Clinton’s winner of the $2 million lottery?

“ ‘She’s shopping at the mall,’ said her husband John with a happy laugh on Monday afternoon. John was at Cozy’s Tavern buying a few beers for his friends, and his wife Deborah was somewhere at a mall, only hours after the couple deposited an $80,000 check in the bank. There are 19 more checks just like it awaiting them — one each year for the next 19 years — thanks to Deborah’s lucky lottery ticket.”

15 years ago

Editor: Jim Larsen

Gas station drawings fuel opposition

“Members of a group (People for Responsible, Organized Urban Development) opposed to a proposed Exxon gas station complex in Freeland got their first at how the project will look during a public hearing Monday afternoon in Coupeville. But new, colorful architectural drawings of the site only served to heighten their disapproval.”