“Ferry officials would like to do away with smoking aboard Washington State Ferries, and a bill introduced in the Senate would do just that.”
“With its varsity lineup finally in the shape the team wanted early this season, South Whidbey’s wrestlers dotted their i’s and crossed their t’s Thursday when they won a road matchup against Sultan.With league meet-bound wrestlers in nearly every weight class, the Falcons grappled their way to a 36-34 win on the Turks’ home floor.”
“If year 2000 census takers miss as many people living in Island County as they did in 1990, the undercount could cost local schools and city and county agencies as much as $10 million dollars over the next decade.”
“The prospect of angrier ferry users may help finally pass a bill to make ferry line cutting illegal.The bill would allow the State Patrol to issue a ticket to motorists who cut in front of others in the ferry line. As things now stand, line cutting is not illegal. Troopers can only ask rude motorists to go back to the end of the line.”
“The Dog House played host again to the Island-style Poetry Slam, and participants ranging from a recording artist to published writers let words flow in this freestyle event.”
Activities and services at South Whidbey churches
“Think it’s expensive to commute to the mainland now? Just wait until early next year.Now that hundreds of thousands of Washington drivers have taken full advantage of the $30 car license tabs delivered via Initiative 695, they may just have to turn around this summer and vote to spend the savings on ferry fares.”
“Volleyball teams continue to win, while basketball results vary.”
“Photographer and filmmaker Sharon Shoemaker of Clinton will present a preview showing of her new short film, “Drinking Water from a Black Toilet,” Saturday at the Bayview Gallery.”
“More than halfway through their season schedule, South Whidbey High School’s girl basketball players are looking almost unbeatable. At home Friday night, the Falcons gave their fans their money’s worth, using the second and fourth quarters of a 61-33 league win against Mount Baker to climb nearer the summit in the North Cascades League.”
“Although the man himself must seem a mythical figure to these young minds, the lessons Dr. Martin Luther King preached were not lost on the students at South Whidbey Primary School. In a special assembly on Friday, the youngsters paid a creative and personal tribute to the fallen civil rights leader and his life’s work.”
“Digging themselves out of a huge first-half hole to eventually take an eight-point lead late in the game against lowly Mount Baker, the South Whidbey boys basketball team looked like they were on there way to a fourth consecutive win and another step closer to earning a playoff berth.OOPS, someone forgot to tell the Mountaineers.”
Local musicians Jim Page and Timothy Hull present an evening of video and music at the Smilin’ Dog in Bayview this Friday.