Volunteer Recognition Week is April 18 to 24, 2010 and Island County is pleased to join organizations and communities throughout the state in honoring the many volunteers who make a positive impact on our communities. These are often unsung heroes who weave the rich fabric of our community and make Island County such a desirable place to live.
The handful of prosecutors who handle felony cases in Island County went to trial in five cases over a six-week period, winning guilty verdicts in all of them.
It’s a lot of trials for a small county and an impressive record, though the juries didn’t find the defendants guilty on every single charge. The cases ranged from computer trespass to rape.
Sometimes events happen in your life that serve as a stark reminder that life is short and put into focus that every moment you are here on this earth is a blessing. Unfortunately, I have had a few of those reminders in the last week, both directly and indirectly, and they have served to change my perspective on a few things and have made me even more grateful for the amazing family and friends that I have been blessed with. My path crossing with a critically injured soldier and another soldier missing half a leg last week was one of those life-changing events and something that I feel compelled to share.
Island County’s 911 provider is charging every municipality it serves to recoup $300,000 it paid for several construction projects.
I-COM is looking to local police departments, EMS and fire departments to pay off loans that funded construction of a new tower on South Whidbey Island and remodeling of its Oak Harbor location.
Clowning around during class at Hillcrest Elementary usually leads to a stern warning. But after school ends, being a clown isn’t only encouraged by staff, it’s taught.
The Oak Harbor school started the district’s first Circus Club, the creation of physical education and music teacher Sharon Knight.
Island County Treasurer Linda Riffe is miffed that she is one elected official who was not notified about an error in the Island County Assessor’s Office that could have cost the Coupeville School District more than $150,000.
A 57-year-old Oak Harbor man has been charged with an assault and burglary involving Spaghettios and a hammer, court records indicate.
Prosecutors charged Manuel Escojido in Island County Superior Court April 19 with assault in the second degree, burglary in the first degree and malicious mischief in the third degree.
The Protected, an adult men’s soccer team sponsored by the French Soccer Academy and based out of Oak Harbor, will play an exhibition match Sunday, April 25, at Wildcat Memorial Stadium at 3 p.m.
The sound of klompen will soon fill the city of Oak Harbor as Holland Happening ramps into full gear. The 41st annual event starts Thursday afternoon with the Davis Amusement Carnival on Bayshore Drive and continues through Sunday evening.
Each year when I sit down to write my Holland Happening column, I take a moment to reflect on my childhood memories: Richie Meche’s Oliebollen and how much trouble her daughter Stephanie and I would get in trying to sneak some before they were ready; the hospitality of the VanDerWerff’s as they greeted you warmly at the door of the Dutch dinner at the First Reformed Church.
The Oak Harbor boys soccer team earned some pay back by defeating Everett 3-2 Tuesday, April 20, at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.
Three bad innings at the end erased the effort of four good one at the beginning as the Oak Harbor fastpitch team fell to visiting Marysville-Pilchuck 7-1 Tuesday, April 20.
Archbishop Thomas Murphy scored early and often in defeating the Coupeville High School boys soccer team 8-0 Tuesday, April 20, in Everett.