As South Whidbey High School’s days wind to a close, so do they for athletic director Kelly Kirk.
Kirk, who took over the assistant principal and athletic director position in the 2013-14 school year, is leaving for a similar position at Vashon Island High School. The departure was necessitated by family needs, he said.
Langley is trying to find a way to part with its old fire station.
The city had put it up as a surplus property through a request for proposals. Only one proposal was submitted, and it came from current tenant Callahan McVay, who runs Callahan’s Firehouse Studio in the Second Street building.
Take a look at the 2015 all-Cascade Conference boys soccer team, and there are a lot of South Whidbey High School names listed.
Bryce Auburn, Jeff Meier, Davin Kesler, Kai da Rosa, Andy Zisette, Charley Stelling, Anders Bergquist, Kameron Donohoe, and Lucas Leiberman: Nine in all, five were voted to the first team, representing the top 14 players as voted by coaches. Eight of them just graduated from South Whidbey on Saturday, and only one is expected to return to the squad next season.
The Village Pizzeria building is now owned solely by Paul and Micky Sarkis.
After 21 years running Langley’s pizza shop on First Street, the white building with a glittering view of Saratoga Passage is theirs. Paul Sarkis said he has no plans to change or alter the building any further and the pies will keep cooking just as they have been for two decades.
A Langley man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after having a truck roll over his chest Monday morning.
Harborview spokeswoman Susan Gregg said Michael Ferren, 45, was in satisfactory condition upon arrival Monday and remained in satisfactory condition Tuesday morning.
Like the theater troupe of yore, Island Shakespeare Festival is packing up and moving on down the road.
Its new location is only a two-minute drive down the road. The now-sprawling 31-days across three months, three-play festival is moving less than two miles away from the Langley Middle School field to a larger, less-crowded lawn at South Whidbey Academy on Maxwelton Road.
South Whidbey Academy sent forth its third graduating class since opening in fall of 2012. The 15 grads continued the longstanding tradition of wearing cap and gown – or not – of their own choosing to celebrate their individuality. Take a look at the commencement from June 4.
True to the individuality brought and sought by South Whidbey Academy students, the class of 2015 graduates got to do things their way during their commencement ceremony Thursday.
The two valedictorians for South Whidbey High School have stood alone, and together, as the top students in the class of 2015 since their sophomore year.
They came from different starts and found a similar finish at South Whidbey Academy.
With 17 hits across two games, South Whidbey’s offense couldn’t carry it past the first two rounds of the state 1A softball tournament in the Tri-Cities on May 29.
South Whidbey lost the state 1A baseball championship game 6-4 to Hoquiam and still made history.
Drive on Highway 525 into Clinton, and the “for lease” signs dot the roadway left and right.
There’s space available, high visibility and frequent traffic. Yet Clinton, the southern gateway to Whidbey Island that sees hundreds of thousands of passersby every year, struggles to fill its ample vacancies.
