“A scant audience dominated by critics of state spending greeted Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen and Rep. Dave Anderson at the Bayview Senior Center Saturday afternoon. The most vocal members of the audience wanted the state to spend less, even in the face of I-695, which slashed revenues from the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax by $750 million a year.”
“The Kitsap cuts through whitecaps Sunday on the Clinton-Mukilteo run shortly before the storm prompted the cancellation of several ferry runs. Blasted by winds peaking as high as 54 mph Sunday evening, South Whidbey got its first real taste of winter for the first time in the new millennium. And, for the first time in several years, the Clinton-Mukilteo ferries had to beg off of several runs due to high seas.”
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“During a public meeting last week, the Island Transit Board of Directors heard from a group of people who say maintaining a fare-free bus system in the county is wrong — particularly when county taxpayers may soon be asked to pay more to keep it that way”
South Whidbey High School wrestlers won their final regular season home match Thursday by downing North Cascades League rival Granite Falls 47-10.
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“Granite Falls served as good practice fodder for the South Whidbey girls who romped to an easy 63-32 basketball win Tuesday night at Erikson Gymnasium. The Tigers are in a rebuilding year and were no match for the veteran South Whidbey squad, which has lost only one game this year. But the Falcons needed the practice as they head into back-to-back away games next week against their toughest competitors.Next Friday, the Falcons play at Nooksack Valley. Entering last night’s games, they were tied for second in the North Cascades League. Then Saturday they stay in Whatcom County to battle undefeated Lynden Christian, one of the best teams in the state regardless of school size.”
Islanders up in arms about a possible timber cut on Department of Natural Resources land near Langley should stop worrying.
Whidbey Island farmers say they are fed up with regulations. This week they told the Island County Commissioners to take the state to court rather than impose more restrictions on how they use their land.About 40 people packed a public hearing in Coupeville Monday night to complain about a new set of proposed laws called best management practices or BMPs.
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“Having watched an 11-point margin shrink to only one over the first six minutes of the fourth quarter, first-year South Whidbey boys basketball coach Brian Kissinger decided his team needed a change.So he ordered them into a delay game. And less became more as the Falcons pulled out a 56-51 North Cascades Conference road win to extend their winning streak to three straight.”
“A program called Project Empower, funded by Soroptimists of Whidbey Island, offered young women who were considered “at risk” an opportunity to learn life skills like anger management, stress reduction and healthy communication with boyfriends, peers, parents and other adults, as well as how to make sexual decisions. Now, based on impressive outcomes following the initial program, supporters want to see it happen again.”
“A bill that could spare a recreational forest area near Langley from the chainsaw was introduced in the State Legislature Tuesday by Rep. Kelly Barlean, R-Langley.”