School vandalized
Newly remodeled Crescent Harbor Elementary School suffered what could be thousands of dollars worth of damage at the hands of vandals last weekend.
Sometime between just before midnight Saturday night and 9:00 Sunday morning, vandals smashed numerous windows and the front glass doors of the buildling with large rocks, said Bruce Worley, director of operations for Oak Harbor School District.
“We had glass all the way down the hallways of that school,” Worley said, standing at the smashed front doors. Additionally, five floor-to-ceiling windows in the arena room were shattered. School district maintenance personnel had to use plywood to board up the windows, as the custom-made replacement panes won’t be ready for about another 10 days, Worley said.
One of the rocks found inside the building was about the size of a softball.
“So it had to be a good-sized human that threw that rock,” Worley said. “These weren’t elementary kids.”
Calling the vandalism a “stupid” act, Worley pointed out that taxpayers are not only having to pay the bill for the replacement glass, but also for the overtime hours of district maintenance personnel who had to clean the mess and board up the windows.
Coupeville road closure planned
Two roads in Coupeville will be temporarily closed for construction activity.
Marge Walter, secretary for SRV Construction, said that South Main and Engle Road will be closed to through traffic from Monday, Feb. 18 through March 11 to allow construction of a new lift station for the town’s sewer system.
The detour route will be Terry Road to Fort Casey Road.
Church offers late start option
Oak Harbor Lutheran Church is sponsoring a late start program for first through fifth grade students in Broad View and Hillcrest elementary schools neighborhoods.
On Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, children are invited to spend the morning at the church if they would otherwise be home alone due to a delayed start day. Parents may call the church office, 679-1561, to register their children; registration deadline is Feb. 20. Oak Harbor Lutheran Church is at 1253 NW Second Avenue across the street from the high school.
Oak Harbor woman injured
An Oak Harbor woman riding in an airport shuttle was seriously injured and one man was killed in a three-vehicle collision Wednesday on Highway 525 in Snohomish County.
According to the State Patrol, a 1971 Ford pickup collided with a 2000 Dodge airport shuttle van and a 1990 Ford box van at 1:10 a.m. There were three people in the shuttle van, including the driver.
The driver of the pickup, Nicholas Mount, 26, of Bothell, died at the scene.
Shanita Williams, 26, of Oak Harbor, a passenger in the shuttle, was listed in serious condition on Thursday at Harboview Medical Center in Seattle, suffering from two fractured hips and a neck injury. Another Oak Harbor resident, John E. Salter, 31, was treated and released from Harborview.
Also injured in the crash were Samuel J. Magaw, 58, of Kenmore, the shuttle driver; and Roger L. Fletch, 52, of Seattle, the third driver. Both were treated and released.
