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Jul 03 2008, 8:48 PM We hope everyone is enjoying a peaceful holiday. Here around Penn Cove, we have had some nice quiet mornings for a change. For over three months at this time every year, we are rudely awakened by rifles being shot off outside out private, highly-taxed Penn Cove homes.
As your sports columnist Ed Oldham wrote in his last column, they, the duck hunters, would wait as the sun would rise to start blasting away like a war zone, often before the official sunrise time.
Relieve captain of commandJul 03 2008, 8:48 PM The ferry fiasco reveals terrible negligence on the part of our political leaders. They have watched the 80-year-old boats literally corrode before our eyes and done virtually nothing to replace them.
As chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, our own Sen. Mary Margaret Haugens at the epicenter of this tidal wave of incompetence. Her December 15 Sound Off tried to calm angry voters with political doubletalk.
As chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, she has been overseeing ferry operations for the past decade, but not once did she take responsibility for this mess. She was our voice, she was in the best position to be heard, and she did not speak up for her own district.
Address bird problem earlyJul 03 2008, 8:48 PM I am writing in regards to the article entitled Birds keen on leaving mark on new stadium, by Nathan Whalen. In it, he discusses the costs of creating a bird exclusion program. However, the school district should look at this long term and see that addressing the problem of bird control now, rather than later when the birds settle in and it takes a lot more to get rid of them, will save them money. Editorial: Island Transit still on a roll
Jul 03 2008, 10:58 PM In many ways, Island Transit has come to personify Whidbey Island for visitors since its first order of five buses rolled off the ferry 20 years ago.
Mainlanders who take the bus from the Clinton or Keystone ferry docks are immediately initiated to the island lifestyle by stepping aboard Island Transit. The bus drivers are always friendly, the passengers generally are, and theres no charge to ride the bus.
Editorial: Heres to a better 2008Jul 03 2008, 10:58 PM The year 2007 wont go down as a great one in Whidbey Islands history.
Oak Harbors city government spent the year immersed in controversy, ranging from a 14 percent utility rate increase to the Dillards Addition sewer fiasco and the continuing controversy over how to implement the Windjammer Plan for downtown.
Island Countys government helped make a big property acquisition, but it wasnt for a valuable wetland, beach access or a public park area. It was for an empty lot along the highway that the county and city want to keep empty, or virtually so, to avoid encroaching on the Navy base. A practical move, perhaps, but not inspiring to those who think of the needs of future generations.
Life on Whidbey: Women of Whidbey inspire usJul 03 2008, 7:40 PM By Eileen Brown Birding passion
Mar 28 2008, 12:44 PM By Dan Petersen Eagles trim Cats 32-30
Jul 03 2008, 5:39 PM Coming off a 65-18 victory over Everett Dec. 21 in the final WesCo North League basketball game before the Christmas break, the once-beaten Oak Harbor Wildcats expected to put a lot of points on the board as hosts of the two-day Santa Slam Tournament Dec. 28 and 29. County health groups merge
Jul 03 2008, 11:27 AM Island Countys Environmental Health Assessment Team will merge with the Community Health Advisory Board in January to broaden input on local community health issues.
EHAT has been putting form to brainstorming sessions since its formation in 2002. Its efforts have resulted in increased advocacy for local environmental health issues, increased capacity of the Health Department, and greater community resources on illegal dumping and littering, and walkability.
CHAB was formed in 1993 to advise the local board of health on matters of public health policy. Its priority health issues have been early childhood support and parent education, mental health, preventive health, and chronic disease and physical activity.
Walkability cure for obesityJul 03 2008, 11:27 AM The simple act of walking is a low impact, best kept secret that can change a persons life.
Island Countys Environmental Health Assessment Team has been working feverishly since 2002 to find solutions for local environmental health problems. In the cauldron of possible issues to tackle, EHAT identified illegal dumping and walkability as the two top priorities. The latter was the focus of a Dec. 7 forum in Oak Harbor.
The first forum held last October in Coupeville provided EHAT an opportunity to gather candid input from the community on its action plan to address walkability, a measure of the extent to which the community provides safe, enjoyable, connected, and convenient access to walking. More than 50 participants from about 20 organizations took part.
