Oak Harbor Police Department The following items were selected from reports made to the Oak Harbor Police Department: Sunday, March…
Dear Congressman Larsen:
Oak Harbor has outgrown its current library and is in desperate need of a new library. This is a major issue in this area and garners strong support. The Oak Harbor mayor, Jim Slowik, offered a location in central Oak Harbor. This site would have helped to revitalize the central city core. Skagit Valley College was interested in acquiring the library’s current location, to help with its expansion program. This project would have created a number of jobs and helped the local economy.
The beginning and end of each Daylight Saving Time always leaves us wondering: Why do we need so many clocks?
In the March 13 issue, columnist Joan Bay Klope stated that “92 percent of Americans believe in God.”
This is completely untrue. At this time there are at least 15 percent of Americans who are non-believers (that is over 45 million people!). We can have a contest here.
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station will be participating in a Navy-wide force protection exercise during the week of March 22.
Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 10 is an annual training exercise conducted by the Navy to assess installation force protection and anti-terrorism measures employed by security forces.
The season started with a fairy-tale finish.
A quorum of Oak Harbor City Council members likely violated the Open Public Meetings Act last week when they attended a public works standing committee meeting and discussed Pioneer Way plans.
Councilman Jim Campbell was the only member of the seven-person council who didn’t attend. He said the mayor’s office invited the entire council to the public works committee meeting, but he refused because he felt it would violate state law.
The days of Silver Lake Fire Station may be numbered.
North Whidbey Fire and Rescue Chief Marv Koorn asked the district board of commissioners to consider the closure of either the Silver Lake Station 23 or perhaps the Polnell Fire Station 22 as a cost-saving measure.
More than 60 people crammed into the Commissioners Hearing Room in Coupeville Thursday afternoon to voice their opinions about a proposed event center located in the heart of Ebey’s Landing National Historic Reserve.
With the Greenbank Farm Spring Garden Faire ready to celebrate the return of warmer days, there will be a political aspect to the late-March event.
Gretchen Sand, a resident of Kennewick, said she will be traveling all the way to the Greenbank Farm to pass out anti-Initiative 1053 posters to people.
The Oak Harbor School Board will decide the fate of the former Clover Valley Elementary School Monday.
The school on Cherokee Street, which closed down in 2007, is currently serving as a North Campus for students while the main Oak Harbor High School campus is under construction.
By Rep. Barbara Bailey
We are in final stretches of the 2010 legislative session. From now until the special session beginning Monday concludes, state lawmakers will make decisions that will impact our economy and the lives of citizens for years to come.
The 42-inch storm water outfall replacement project is on hold until next year, City Engineer Eric Johnston announced at a recent public works standing committee meeting.