Langley Mayor Paul Samuelson has picked Jim Sundberg to be the new chairman of the Planning Advisory Board.
Only 27 hours after submitting a petition to form a local public utilities district, the auditor’s office announced late Thursday that “People For Yes on Whidbey PUD” had collected enough signatures to qualify the measure for the November ballot.
Auditor staff, led by Michele Reagan, started counting and validating signatures immediately after the petitions were turned in Wednesday morning and notified “People For Yes on Whidbey PUD” today at 1:15 p.m. that the minimum number of 2,464 valid signatures had been reached.
“People For Yes on Whidbey PUD” turned in their petitions at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Island County Auditors office. The group exceeded their goal with a big cushion of extra signatures and are likely to qualify for the November ballot.
The group wants to start a public utilities district on Whidbey Island that would replace Puget Sound Energy as the provider of electric power in the area.
The Friendship Force raised more than $2,500 to help educate and save people in Vietnam from land mines.
COUPEVILLE — He was ready for his punishment. But Craig Firth, one of the men who was caught vandalizing St. Hubert Catholic Church, has to wait a week.
Supporters collect enough signatures to force vote
This year’s Celebrate America festival will be a wild one.
During Freeland’s holiday celebration on the eve of Independence Day, the “Predators of the Heart” with Dave Colburn will make sure the show has plenty of bite.
Colburn will bring wolves, cougars, alligators and other predators to Freeland Park. His wild animal program is a favorite across the Northwest.
They are cute, and their helpless cries for their mothers can make the hardest heart melt. But no matter how drawn you are to a seal pup, stay away.
That’s the warning from marine mammal experts now that seal pupping season has returned to Whidbey Island. The Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network is reminding residents and visitors to keep their distance from the animals so they have a better chance of survival.
The group that wants to form a public utilities district and take over Puget Sound Energy’s territory on Whidbey Island said Monday they have collected enough signatures to qualify for the ballot.
“People for Yes on Whidbey PUD” wants to put a public takeover of PSE on the November ballot. Organizers for the group would not say exactly how many signatures had been gathered on the petitions that call for a public vote, however.
Langley Mayor Paul Samuelson has picked five members for the new and much anticipated Parks and Open Space Commission.
The members to be appointed are Langley residents Michael Cramer, Nancy Rowan and David Schmidt, and non-residents Cary Peterson and Leah Green, who both live in Langley’s urban growth area.
PUD backers say they are close to reaching goal for Nov. 4 ballot
A happy staff makes business go smoothly and heightens productivity. Each year, big corporations put millions of dollars into training to make their employees more effective.
A Freeland author and coach says what works for Fortune 500 companies will work for small businesses like many companies on South Whidbey, too.
Thirty-five years, 10 months and seven days after a Langley couple vowed to spend their lives together, they tied the knot last week. Officially.