It looked good late in the third quarter when the South Whidbey boys basketball team was trailing Bellevue Christian by only three points. But their offense couldn’t keep up with the high scoring opponents.
“Salmon are returning to Glendale Creek for the third consecutive year since the big New Year’s Eve storm of 1997, while the county proceeds with road repair plans.”
The Island County Board of Commissioners has agreed in principle to sign an interlocal agreement with the South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District to add 40 acres of ballfields and woodland trails to the South Whidbey Community Park.
WICA presents a Gala Film Opening of the Langley Middle School Arts-in-Education Project student films
“South Whidbey hoopsters get two easy wins, prepare for Lynden Christian.”
“Educational grants totaling $18,300 were awarded to South Whidbey women, and $60,500 to charitable nonprofit organizations which assist women.”
Wolves win island rivalry
A little girl is brought across the country to visit grandparents on Whidbey.
“With the imposition of a new state law, getting caught with a suspended license can cause drivers to lose their cars for good. People are asking: Is the law fair?”
“This year South Whidbey Parks and Recreation is offering a Tuesday adult ski bus pass for alpine skiers, along with its third year of the Youth Snowrider bus on Saturdays.”
“Apparently hoping to draw a crowd to their annual remembrance of the death of white supremacist Robert Mathews, a group of his followers invited a nationally-known speaker to Greenbank Saturday.”
“There was enough talk of cutting and slashing to make an unsuspecting visitor think the plot for Halloween XXII was being discussed. However, it was just another ferry meeting in the aftermath of voter approval of I-695”
High school graduation may not be such a grueling experience for seniors and their relatives in the first year of what is arguably the new millennium.