Taking part in the first day of the 1A District Track Championship at Lynden Christian High School Wednesday, May 14, Coupeville qualified several athletes for the finals at 5 p.m. Friday, May 16, and Makana Stone lowered her school 200 record.
Coupeville High School singles player Allie Hanigan and the doubles duo of Wynter Thorne and Jacki Ginnings are still alive for a tri-district berth after the first day of the District 1A Tennis Tournament at South Whidbey High School Tuesday, May 13.
After dropping its final regular season game 14-4 in five innings at Granite Falls Tuesday, May 13, the Coupeville High School softball team can now turn its attention to the District 1A Tournament at Janiki Fields in Sedro-Woolley this weekend.
I just mowed our grass for the fifth or sixth time so far this year, repeating a routine that will extend until at least late October.
By the time the season is over, I will have mowed our piece of paradise 50 times or more.
Mowing is a holy ritual here on the Rock. It defines a covenant between we mortals and whatever causes the grass to grow.
Editor,
It is no surprise that May is the month that is chosen as National Foster Care Appreciation Month.
By May, we are well into springtime – the season that embodies the promise of life renewed.
Agencies in Central Whidbey seem to be getting on the Open Public Meetings Act training bandwagon.
And the newspaper couldn’t be more pleased.
The concern about agencies following the state law came to light last month after the Coupeville School Board handled its appointment of a vacant seat in a way that could violate the law.
The state Department of Ecology levied a $301,000 fine against the man whose crab boat caught fire and sank in Penn Cove in 2012, causing an oil spill that temporarily shut down nearby Penn Cove Shellfish.
It’s just the latest bad news for Rory Westmoreland, a 51-year-old scrap-metal dealer with a history of running afoul of environmental rules, according to the Department of Ecology.
The Coupeville Town Marshal’s Office responded to the following calls:
Monday, May 5
5:48 p.m., a caller at South Main Street and State Highway 20 reported a dead deer blocking the road.
Tuesday, May 6
5:18 p.m., a caller reported a car parked at Northeast Front Street and North Main Street with a dog locked inside and all the windows rolled up.
Candidates are lining up in hopes of becoming the next principal of Coupeville middle and high school.
Superintendent Jim Shank said Monday that there are five applicants already for the position.
After more than 50 years of Coupeville Lions running swim lessons each summer, the club has decided to change things around.
The club will no longer fit all the swimming lessons into a two-week period this summer at Camp Casey, but will partner with the facility to offer five two-week sessions.
One-year-old Delaney Hodges of Oak Harbor toddled up and down Front Street in her yellow outfit as her parents kept a close eye on her Saturday afternoon.
Three hits and eight errors for the Coupeville High School softball team reveal the obvious outcome, a 10-0 loss in six innings at Lakewood Monday, May 12.
Though the Coupeville High School baseball team fell 4-0 to South Whidbey in the 1A district tournament championship game at Kamiak High School Saturday, May 10, its goal of a deep run in the state tournament is still alive.