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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Embrace recycling, but voluntarily
May 03 2013, 3:47 PM To the editor: At the Island County Board of Commissioners meeting on April 22 a capacity crowd of 100-plus people were on hand, primarily to discuss the rescinding of the recycling ordinance that had been passed in late December.
SLIDESHOW | Falcons topple Mountaineers in district soccer semifinal
May 05 2013, 8:23 AM South Whidbey defeated Mount Baker 2-1 in the 1A District 1 boys soccer semifinal match.
EDITORIAL | Better smoke detector needed
May 29 2013, 8:52 AM South Whidbey Fire/EMS has a good program, using federal money to hand out smoke detectors the first Tuesday of each month from 7 to 8 p.m. During that hour next Tuesday, June 4, stop by your station in Clinton, Bayview, Langley, Maxwelton or Saratoga and pick one up.
Freeland woman rides coast-to-coast for MS support
Diane Mattens bikes near Ebey’s Landing in April this year. The 55-year-old Freeland woman ride across the country from Maine to Seattle as part of the Bike the US for MS awareness and fundraising trek. The 4,295 mile journey crosses 13 states and will take 70 days, ending Aug. 4.  - Dave Sharpe photo May 28 2013, 1:33 PM Diane Mattens refuses to let her sometimes-moody renter affect her life negatively.
Freeland horses drafted for farm work
Freeland resident Greg Lange seeds a field in Central Whidbey Tuesday with his American Belgian draft horses, Otto and Jim. They were hired by farmer Georgina Silby as an experiment in mixed power for agriculture. - Nathan Whalen / The Record May 03 2013, 3:59 PM Two draft horses named Otto and Jim took Central Whidbey on a ride back in time last week.
SLIDESHOW | Scores honor fallen veterans at Bayview Cemetery
May 29 2013, 9:29 AM Quite a showing solemnly honored fallen veterans at Bayview Cemetery this Memorial Day.
Honor moms with pancake breakfast at South Whidbey Co-Op
Ella Jane Schutt, Zoe Wilson, Charlotte Mullins, Braden Baker, Michelle Depew, Weston Dill, Amber Snyder, Ravyn Canty and Owen Rae welcome the community to the Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast for the South Whidbey Co-Op Preschool from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 11, at the Langley United Methodist Church. Cost is $6 for adults and $4 for kids ages 4 to 13. This is the fourth annual preschool  fundraiser and organizers are hoping for a great preschool. -  May 03 2013, 4:08 PM Ella Jane Schutt, Zoe Wilson, Charlotte Mullins, Braden Baker, Michelle Depew, Weston Dill, Amber Snyder, Ravyn Canty and Owen Rae welcome the community to the Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast for the South Whidbey Co-Op Preschool from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 11, at the Langley United Methodist Church. Cost is $6 for adults and $4 for kids ages 4 to 13. This is the fourth annual preschool fundraiser and organizers are hoping for a great preschool.
Islanders hand out scholarships to South Whidbey seniors | NOTABLE
South Whidbey High School seniors Josh Bishop, Caitlyn Nielsen, Aly Chapman, Aaron Curfman and Taylor Simmons celebrate after the senior scholarship awards.  - David Bishop photo May 28 2013, 1:23 PM South Whidbey High School seniors harvested a host of scholarships sponsored by local organizations and individuals at a special event May 15.
Island turns out to honor fallen veterans
In a moment of levity, Mike McClung, commander of the Major Megan McClung Marine Corps League of Whidbey Island, hands the microphone to Anastasia Leese, 6, who looks a bit skeptical. In back from the left are the main speaker Marine Col. Brad Close, Chaplain Darrell Wenzek, and Senior Poppy Girl Krista Drechsel. Anastasia went to deliver a fine speech on why she’s proud to be the 2013 Poppy Girl.  - Jim Larsen / The Record May 29 2013, 1:54 PM One of the largest crowds in years swarmed to pay homage to America’s fallen war heroes with a ceremony at Bayview Cemetery on Memorial Day.
Heavy rains cause landslide, blocking Whidbey Shores road
Dale Strickland, left, spent late Monday night and early Tuesday clearing East Point Drive of debris from a landslide. By Tuesday morning he was discussing how to stabilize the bluff with longtime area resident Dan Deirs.  - Jim Larsen / The Record May 29 2013, 1:54 PM The long winter and spring of landslides on Whidbey Island resumed on a rainy Monday evening when a hunk of bluff fell across East Point Road in the Whidbey Shores community on Fox Spit, about five miles north of Langley.