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    Articles by Ben Watanabe
    Kelly Cameron
    Clinton’s Turnco Wood Goods takes shape as international...
    By Ben Watanabe • December 9, 2014 5:11 pm

    Kelly Cameron puts in 12-hour days in his woodworking shop, a cavernous space in Clinton off Cultus Bay Road.

    The long labor is worth it for the British Columbia native and co-owner of Turnco Wood Goods, which has seen rapid growth in the past 12 months operating on South Whidbey. He estimated that 70 percent of the business’ earnings come from the wood goods side of the business that also makes architectural pieces, such as parts for lamps or cabinets and even replicated wood columns and balusters for a clock tower in Heppner, Ore.

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    Parker Collins leaps for a layup against Coupeville on Monday
    Collins’ 30 points lifts Falcons
    By Ben Watanabe • December 6, 2014 4:00 pm

    Mike Washington’s first game as the Falcon boys basketball head coach went about as well as he could have hoped for — a solid 74-47 thumping of the Coupeville Wolves.

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    SLIDESHOW | Pair of Falcon girls leave game with ankle injuries in loss to Wolves
    SLIDESHOW | Pair of Falcon girls leave game...
    By Ben Watanabe • December 5, 2014 7:13 pm

    A starter and a key reserve were knocked out of the South Whidbey Falcon girls basketball team’s opening game against island rival Coupeville en route to a 47-23 loss.

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    Kacie Hanson blocks a layup attempt by Coupeville senior Madeline Strasburg on Monday. Hanson injured her ankle on the play and missed the rest of the game.
    Two girls leave game with ankle injuries in...
    By Ben Watanabe • December 5, 2014 7:11 pm

    A 47-23 loss cost South Whidbey’s girls basketball team more than its season opener and a shot at a perfect record Monday night.

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    SLIDESHOW | Fouls, Falcon senior Parker Collins prove too much for Coupeville Wolves
    SLIDESHOW | Fouls, Falcon senior Parker Collins prove...
    By Ben Watanabe • December 5, 2014 7:11 pm

    Foul trouble hindered some of Coupeville’s starters and sent South Whidbey’s superb free-throw shooters to the line 37 times in a 74-47 victory for the Falcon boys basketball team Dec. 2.

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    Andy Gilbert of Whidbey Makers and Haley McConnaughey of Atlantis ROV run through computer code tutorials ahead of the Clinton space's participation in the international event
    Cracking computer code with Atlantis ROV, Whidbey Makers
    By Ben Watanabe • December 5, 2014 7:04 pm

    Competitive underwater robotics are a thing of the past for South Whidbey’s international Atlantis ROV crew.

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    Councilman Jim Sundberg listens to the Langley City Council meeting Monday from Ann Arbor
    Langley’s funicular budget planning in 2015 draws ire
    By Ben Watanabe • December 3, 2014 8:00 am

    Planning for the funicular in Langley’s 2015 budget had three people voicing concern Monday night, and resulted in Mayor Fred McCarthy retracting a sentence in the draft document.

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    Falcon freshman Lewis Pope looks for an open player during a live scrimmage Monday. He will be the starting point guard for South Whidbey in its first game.
    Falcon offense rests on freshman Pope’s shoulders
    By Ben Watanabe • December 2, 2014 6:00 pm

    On the eve of the Falcon boys basketball team’s first game, first-year head coach Mike Washington was a little nervous, a little anxious.

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    This car could be similar to one installed on a proposed tram track along Cascade Avenue bluff in Langley.
    ‘Frisco-style Langley funicular floated
    By Ben Watanabe • November 26, 2014 4:00 pm

    If a funicular on the Cascade Avenue Bluff in Langley becomes a reality, it may resemble a San Francisco-style trolley.

    Mayor Fred McCarthy updated the city council at its Nov. 17 meeting on options and cost estimates for the proposed rail and tram transport system down the bluff to the marina. The city has argued it needs a way to move people and their gear from South Whidbey Harbor and the parking areas up the hill on Sixth Street.

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    Logan Madsen
    Smaller team looks past dual meet to postseason...
    By Ben Watanabe • November 26, 2014 6:17 pm

    Odds are that South Whidbey’s wrestling team is going to lose most of its head-to-head meets this season.

    With less than a dozen players on the squad, the Falcons will forfeit several of the lighter weights, meaning that before they even start the match, they will trail in dual meets against Cascade Conference opponents.

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    Ricky Muzzy
    Taller team aims to take down conference leaders...
    By Ben Watanabe • November 26, 2014 6:14 pm

    It would have been easy to miss the Falcon boys basketball team last season when South Whidbey won only six games.

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    Langley City Council to consider $5.5 million budget
    Langley City Council to consider $5.5 million budget
    By Ben Watanabe • November 26, 2014 6:09 pm

    Langley’s 2015 $5.5 million budget includes staff raises, a handful of small city projects, utility rate increases and construction of the funicular.

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    Andrew Bishop holds up his hot hand after making a basket during a recent Whidbey Wind practice. The South Whidbey-based Special Olympics teams won two gold medals last season.
    South Whidbey Special Olympics team builds bonds
    By Ben Watanabe • November 25, 2014 12:52 pm

    Every Saturday for the past few months at a Freeland church’s gym, every pass sent and caught and every basket made and missed was celebrated.

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