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Jul 03 2008, 10:58 PM The Republican Party did a good job in finding a fully qualified replacement for State Rep. Chris Strow, who resigned in December.
In picking Norma Smith to fill out Strows term, the GOP leaders gave us someone who is ready to step in with minimal training and represent the people of the 10th Legislative District from the opening gavel of the 2008 Legislative Session which begins Jan. 14 in Olympia.
The county commissioners from the three 10th District counties met last night, after this newspapers press time, to make the decision on the appointment final. We can only assume they did the logical and right thing and made it official that Smith is our new representative.
Editorial: A reminder to our menJul 03 2008, 10:58 PM Tracy Adams, known as Trace to his friends, will soon start serving a 22-month sentence in a state prison for 10 counts of computer trespass. He had accessed his girlfriends computerized dating account and email, and in the process made her feel violated and threatened. Marina permit clears city scrutiny
Jul 03 2008, 11:26 AM The Oak Harbor Marina redevelopment project cleared a major hurdle Wednesday night when the City Council approved the Shoreline Substantial Development Permit. Vikings plunder Wildcats
Jul 03 2008, 5:39 PM A two-point second quarter erased a 10-9 lead and sent the Oak Harbor High School boys basketball team down to its seventh-straight defeat, falling to the powerful Lake Stevens Vikings 64-29 in a Friday WesCo North game. OMG, that TXT to your BFF could really cost you
Jul 03 2008, 11:26 AM More than just the famed Times Square ball dropped on New Years Eve. So did text- messaging devices from the hands of Washington drivers, or at least thats the aim with a new state law that went into effect Jan. 1. Bakke faces election challenge
Jul 03 2008, 11:26 AM Appointed Island County Commissioner Phil Bakke, a Republican, will face at least one Democratic challenger in the 2008 election.
Helen Price Johnson, a member of the South Whidbey School Board, announced Monday she is in the running for the District 1 seat on the three-member Board of Island County Commissioners.
Bakke, former Island County planning director, was named to the board last summer after Mike Shelton resigned to take another job. District 1 encompasses all of South and Central Whidbey Island.
Wetland ordinance hearing setJul 03 2008, 11:26 AM The Board of Island County Commissioners recommended four changes in the proposed wetlands ordinance Monday. Printing changes slow Saturday paper deliveries
Jul 03 2008, 11:26 AM Whidbey News-Times subscribers are asked to be patient as Sound Publishing overcomes its growing pains and gets the deliveries back on schedule.
Thank you for your patience, said Marcia Van Dyke, News-Times publisher, after another day of Saturday phone calls from subscribers asking, Wheres my paper?
Saturdays paper should be in the paper boxes by 8 a.m., but the company hasnt been meeting that goal for several months.
Charges revived against youth leaderJul 03 2008, 11:26 AM The Island County Prosecutors Office charged former Oak Harbor youth leader Roosevelt Rumble last Friday with one count of sexual misconduct with a minor in the second degree.
The charge, a gross misdemeanor, alleges that Rumble, 47, abused a supervisory position in a relationship with a 16-year-old girl in order to have sexual contact with her. The incidents are alleged to have occurred between October, 2006 and July, 2007 while Rumble was senior pastor of the New Missionary Church. The victim was a member of the congregation.
Oak Harbor police had previously charged the former executive director of the Oak Harbor Boys and Girls Club with fourth degree assault with sexual motivation, arising out of the same alleged incidents. The city attorney, however, dismissed the charge in October.
Haugen and Bailey talk ferriesJul 03 2008, 11:26 AM Before a crowd of approximately 70 people, State Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen and State Rep. Barbara Bailey talked Saturday about the future of the Port Townsend/Keystone ferry route, which has been without car service since Thanksgiving.
