“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.
“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.”
Crime and criminals on South Whidbey.
“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.
Find out what there is to learn here on South Whidbey.
“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.
