American Legion Post 141 will host pictures with Santa at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 at the hall.
The South Whidbey School Board has decided to combine its Dec. 7 and 14 meetings to a single meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 14.
Pastor Darrell Wenzek is still speaking from the First Letter of John, but is starting a new section series on “The Call to Christian Community.” The sermon on Sunday, Dec. 10 at South Whidbey Community Church is “Begin with Christ,” based on 1st John 5:1-13. Christ is the door that opens the way to Christian community.
Transition Whidbey Potlucks with a Purpose! will meet at 5:30 p.m. tonight at Bayview Community Hall for its annual holiday gathering.
The changing of the guard continues at Langley City Hall. Jim Sundberg took the oath of office Monday to become the city’s newest councilman.
Langley Mayor-Elect Larry Kwarsick said the city council’s recent attempt to lower his salary to $30,000 — a move that Kwarsick himself suggested — had come too late.
Antonia Palkovic has been appointed as a supervisor and will fill a midterm vacancy on the board for the Whidbey Island Conservation District.
Sensei Wendi Barker, Joel Worster, Spencer Bright, Dustin Scharwat and Jessica Barker gathered at Tiger Martial Arts in Freeland for a Junior Black Belt test Dec. 4.
Windermere Real Estate broker Christina Moats presents cupcakes to firefighters of Island County Fire District 3 this past Wednesday.
Claire Hardesty and Ryan Rovang were married at the beautiful Fireseed Catering and Event Gardens in Langley on Sept. 10, 2011.
LANGLEY — Nancy Thompson puts in lots of work preparing for the arrival of little ones, even though the infants she helps are not hers.
FREELAND — The Veterans Resource Center is down, but not out.
A lack of funding, a raise in rent and the property management’s desire for a three-year lease has forced the VRC to close its community activity center on Main Street as of Wednesday. But the move is not a death knell, said VRC cofounder Judith Gorman.
Everyone in the community is invited to help make Christmas a wonderful time for a lot of hospitalized veterans and their families. This time of year can be so sad for someone in a nursing facility or a hospital who cannot get out to shop for their loved ones, so the American Legion Auxiliary sets up annual holiday gift shops at veteran’s hospitals all over the country.