Clinton was buzzing Thursday morning as people lined the Port of South Whidbey pier, lines tied to the railing a few paces apart, hoping to catch a crustacean.
Councilwoman Robin Black is willing to give up her seat if a particular mayoral candidate wins.
That candidate is Tim Callison, her husband.
Black announced her decision to submit a contingent resignation earlier this month after speaking about the issue with Callison. They checked the state’s laws and found no rule prohibiting a husband and wife from holding positions in government together, and Black said she did not believe there was an issue after reviewing the state’s Appearance of Fairness Doctrine.
The grass is a little more brown in spots, and with a recent streak of dry, hot days, the winds that once cooled baseball players at South Whidbey High School whipped up dirt and dried grass this past Friday afternoon.
In its 21st year, the annual Third of July fireworks festival in Freeland, Celebrate America, is now old enough to order a drink.
A Langley man was taken to Harborview Medical Center on Tuesday night after being rear-ended on his motorcycle in Bothell.
Tim Callison says he’s not a politician.
For all of his political denial, he stood before a few dozen people in his neatly manicured backyard during a campaign kickoff event last week and told the crowd how he will behave if elected as the next mayor of Langley. Callison, a public election neophyte, said he wanted to apply the teamwork lessons he learned in a long career as a business executive to fill City Hall with highly-skilled people and continue to work with those already serving the city.
Just under 30 South Whidbey Little League athletes will take part in the summer postseason of All-Star tournaments this year.
Olivia Batchelor, first-year president of South Whidbey Little League, said 29 small sluggers — boys and girls — will take the field in the next few weeks. In all, the District 11 All-Star tournament will see at least nine games, potentially 10 depending on the championship.
Door-to-door visits, handshakes, public forums and a few signs are the campaign pursuits of the three Langley mayoral candidates: Tim Callison, Sharon Emerson and Thomas Gill.
Combined, their campaign budgets likely won’t reach the individual threshold for the Washington Public Disclosure Commission’s reporting minimum of $5,000. No need for big money on billboards or skywriting, they said. Instead, they’re relying on face-to-face introductions and word of mouth to let the less than 1,000 registered voters of Langley know who they are as candidates and what they want to accomplish if elected as the city’s top administrator.
Strong batting and solid defense landed a trio of South Whidbey baseball players on the all-Cascade Conference first and second teams this season.
Voted on by the league’s coaches, senior to-be Ricky Muzzy and just-graduated sluggers Brent Piehler and Mo Hamsa represented the Falcons on the honorary lists. Muzzy was the lone Falcon on the first team, and was one of four players considered for the league’s most valuable player, which went to Cedarcrest’s hurler Adam Davenport.
Heeding public comments from an April charrette in Langley, city leaders are once again taking a step back on plans to improve access the marina. Specifically, Langley Director of Community Planning Michael Davolio said this week that a need must be identified before the city can decided on a longterm and permanent solution.
Davolio presented his report to the council with the understanding that he’s asking the planning advisory board to forward a similar recommendation to the council.
It took members of the Brager family less than a second to start rattling off descriptions of what happened at a fundraiser Saturday for one of their own.
Just a few: “Huge,” “Awesome,” “Overwhelming.”
Batting averages in the .300-range get you noticed in the Cascade Conference.
That’s what led the Falcon fastpitch team’s pitcher and third baseman to be voted to the all-league softball second team. Mackenzee Collins, a freshman, and sophomore Kacie Hanson were among the top 23 players in the eight-team league this season. Voting was conducted by the coaches, with the top vote-getters receiving offensive and defensive player of the year awards. Being consistent in the batter’s box was the key common trait for both Falcon girls, according to their coach.
Behind efficient pitching, solid defense and mighty batting, South Whidbey Little League’s Dodgers squad claimed the Andrade Tournament championship on Thursday in Oak Harbor.
South Whidbey never trailed as the 11- and 12 year-old Dodgers broke free from a tie in the fourth inning and piled on more runs in the fifth and sixth to beat Coupeville 9-2.
