On Sept. 11 Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Fire Department, Oak Harbor Fire Department Fire Department and North Whidbey Fire Department will co-host a 10-year memorial service at 1 p.m. at Windjammer Park.
Only slightly more than 200 votes were needed to change the results of Tuesday’s park and recreation district levy, which supports Oak Harbor’s community swimming pool.
With the failure of a proposal that accounts for more than half of the North Whidbey Park and Recreation District budget, leaders will send the proposal back to voters and start making contingency plans in case the funding loss becomes a reality.
The Island County Fair only spans four days, but some of the 4-H’ers prepped animals all year for the brief showing.
I learned last week that the Whidbey General Hospital board president “requested a police presence” because the July meeting “became tense due to comments made by hospital critics Mark Borden and Robert Born.”
Births
One of the six kitchens to be viewed at the upcoming American Association of University Women’s Whidbey Island Dream Kitchen Tour Saturday, Aug. 27, is Gaye and George Rolstad’s English cottage in Langley.
Nothing lasts forever and that includes the old Ford dealership on the corner of Highway 20 and SE Barrington Drive in Oak Harbor.
Building owner Dan Berg has received a permit from the city to demolish the 55-year-old structure and, if all goes well, it should be down around the end of the month. The building has been vacant for several years and it’s become clear that its time has come.
Voters didn’t approve the renewal of the maintenance and operations levy for the North Whidbey Park and Recreation District, according to the first count of ballots in Tuesday’s primary election.
More lane closures are scheduled for motorists traveling on Highway 20 through Oak Harbor.
Work crews are busy repaving parts of the highway in Oak Harbor and they need to close some lanes at night to complete the work. Closures start at 7 p.m. and continue until 8 a.m.
It was hog heaven for the estimated 4,500 pork-lovers who crashed the Fidalgo Avenue Block Party and Free Pig Roast in Oak Harbor Sunday.
With attendance up by about 1,500 from last year’s shindig, and up to $12,000 raised for four local nonprofits, organizers are calling the fourth installment of the annual event a roaring success, even if was a bit stressful at times.
Erin Christensen’s husband is stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station and is currently deployed overseas. But that didn’t stop him from entering his prized pickup in the 2011 North Whidbey Rotary Car Show.
Four-year-old Isabella Marker and her little sister Meaghan stood on Front Street Saturday surrounded by activity. To their left a Great Dane towered over them, to their right shoppers wandered in and out of tents and directly in front of them their mother stood snapping photos. But the girls were oblivious to the commotion around them. Their minds were zeroed in on one thing — the Kapaws ice cream cones slowly dripping vanilla sweetness down their arms.
Before Oak Harbor indebts its citizens by another $100 million for a new wastewater treatment plant (more than double that including interest), someone should suggest a cheaper alternative that is far more environmentally friendly: Composting toilets.