Yearbook staff labors to capture 1999-2000
“Contending their wages are well below the industry average and that proposed cuts in their benefits are unacceptable, thousands of Boeing engineers walked off the job last Wednesday as their union attempts to negotiate a better contract.Among the approximately 20,000 Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) union members on picket lines this week are dozens of Whidbey Island residents.”
“Ellis smashes 1,000-point barrier as South Whidbey’s girls buried the Tigers 74-47 Friday, then went way up north to steal victory from the Mountaineers in a 55-52 squeaker.”
“The Falcon freshman girls team (from left) Michelle Schorr, Maria Demaray, Aimee Dumke, Justine Connelly, Danette Waterman, coach Greg Hein, Jessica Gabri, Shannon Brown, Kate Willis, Caitlin Robinson and Melissa Norwood finished the season in second place with a 17-3 record.”
“Fired up one night and fizzling the next, the South Whidbey boys split a pair of games at Erikson Gymnasium over the weekend and were eliminated from a chance for postseason play.”
Young artists invited to show at Sapori.
Whidbey Island residents will take part in a large pro-ferries rally to be held in Olympia on Thursday. A carpool will set out in Langley Thursday morning for those interested.
“A win against the Trojans would not only have snapped a six-game league losing streak, it would keep the Falcons’ faint playoff hopes alive as well as somewhat ease the pain of a number of close losses this season. Unfortunately, it took Meridian just six ticks of the clock to all but end the Falcons’ postseason dreams.”
“For three quarters and 24 minutes Tuesday night, South Whidbey and visiting Meridian were almost indistinguishable from one another. But in the third quarter, the Falcons took it to the Trojans.”
“More trails, more forests, more ballfields — the prospects of these are dear to the heart of a parks director, and were sufficient to drag Jerry Cole away from his flu bed to pitch the parks bond issue at a meeting called by the League of Women Voters.”
“The election may technically be 17 days in the future, but in reality it’s going on right now. The Island County Auditor’s Office finished sending out 38,618 absentee ballots county-wide on Wednesday. That’s just under one-third of all the registered voters.”
Islanders got their first close-up look at a new health facility for lower income people when Whidbey General Hospital hosted an open house for the newly opened and long awaited South Whidbey Community Clinic.
“This week Wal-Mart’s monopoly on the Sacajawea coin ended when small shipments of the coins arrived at InterWest Bank and Whidbey Island Bank, as well as other local bank branches.”