I’m writing in support of Tara Hizon and her campaign for Oak Harbor City Council as I believe that she will bring energy, competence and a fresh voice to our community. An important measure of the potential for success in leadership is the willingness to become involved in school and community activities.
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A final-inning rally fell one run short and the North Whidbey Little League 9/10 softball team was edged 10-9 by South Skagit in a loser-out game in the district tournament at Sedro-Woolley’s Janiki Field Thursday, July 7.
Jhonas Burke went through misery that’s shockingly common for teenagers on happy Whidbey Island and elsewhere across the nation.
He was so depressed that there were times when he wanted to die. He felt like an outcast, an outsider. Thoughts ran like a freight train through his head, but he had no one to share them with. He’s a smart kid, but he was falling behind in classes at Oak Harbor High School.
The road construction season is underway in Island County, which means drivers can expect delays, the summertime smell of hot asphalt and, in the end, smoother roads.
Work crews are busy preparing the base, surface, and roadside for 26 miles of roads that will be resurfaced this summer as part of the county’s paving and oiling program.
The following items were selected from reports made to the Oak Harbor Police Department and Island County Sheriff’s Office:
This year the Whidbey Island branch of the American Association of University Women awarded $1,500 grants to one graduating student from each Whidbey high school.
Henna tattoo artist Krysteen Lomonaco sat poised in the meeting room of the Coupeville Library and drew a beautifully intricate flower design on a girl’s arm in the span of about two minutes.
Most of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 132, the “Scorpions,” returned home last week following an eight-month deployment overseas, just in time for Independence Day.
Approximately 150 of the squadron’s maintenance and support personnel landed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station aboard a passenger jet Friday evening. Many stepped off the plane and into the arms of family and friends.
“I’ve been dreaming of this day since the day he left,” Jeanne Pritchett said a few minutes before the jet landed.
A new three-year federal grant will focus on helping Oak Harbor’s youngest students get a solid start in reading.
At this time, when the North Whidbey Parks and Recreation District must renew its levy authority if the pool, parks and district programs are to continue, some points raised in your lead editorial on July 2, “A compromise would save the swim team,” need to be addressed. As a commissioner, I will attempt to clarify these points without entering the levy debate.
At 8:20 a.m., Wednesday, June 22, I was nearly broadsided by a silver hatchback-type vehicle that blew the stop sign at the intersection of SE Eighth Avenue and SE Ely Street. I was traveling north on Ely and could clearly see the driver talking on a cell phone. I had to slam on my brakes since the driver didn’t even slow down, treating the intersection as though it wasn’t there.
Some rare economic good news surfaced last week with the announcement that Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland is considering expanding to Oak Harbor, with a new facility to be built at the Navy’s Seaplane Base.
The company, founded in the ‘60s, has long been one of South Whidbey’s best and most dependable private employers. The boat building business has its ups and downs but Nichols Brothers has survived them all, even if that meant selling the company to a larger firm as was done a couple of years ago. The new owners, to their credit, agree with Nichols Brothers’ dedication to Whidbey Island and its desire to keep its business local, despite efforts by other areas to lure them away.