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    Articles by Roy Jacobson
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    St. Augustine’s gets ready to dedicate new church
    By Roy Jacobson • June 6, 2011 8:00 am

    St. Augustine’s in-the-Woods Episcopal Church will dedicate its new addition next weekend, a 9,400-square-foot, two-story expansion that nearly doubles the size of the church’s facilities.

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    Fire District 3 hopes new childcare option will bolster volunteer force
    Fire District 3 hopes new childcare option will...
    By Roy Jacobson • June 3, 2011 7:35 pm

    Island County Fire District 3 plans to establish a drop-in childcare facility where volunteer emergency responders can leave their children while they attend a department training session or race to an emergency.

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    Rev. David Vergin and his wife Mary outside Langley United Methodist Church. Sunday’s service will be their last before retirement.
    New pastor promises to continue forward-looking tradition
    By Roy Jacobson • May 31, 2011 7:54 pm

    It’s déjà vu for Rev. Mary Boyd, who will have a homecoming of sorts when she becomes new pastor of Langley United Methodist Church in July.

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    District Court Judge Peter Strow awaits aid after his motorcycle hit a deer on Highway 20 early Sunday morning.
    UPDATE | Judge still in hospital after cycle...
    By Roy Jacobson • May 31, 2011 7:38 pm

    An Island County District Court judge remained in Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Tuesday morning after being injured when his motorcycle collided with a deer on Highway 20 north of Coupeville early Sunday morning.

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    Loretta Wilson and Kathy McLaughlin
    Volunteer’s birthday gifts just keep on giving
    By Roy Jacobson • May 30, 2011 10:00 am

    Once a Hometown Hero, always a hometown hero.

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    Duke LeBaron never met a local cause he didn’t like
    Duke LeBaron never met a local cause he...
    By Roy Jacobson • May 28, 2011 10:00 am

    Duke LeBaron moved to South Whidbey for good in 1986, and after that rarely found a reason to leave.

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    The McRae house under construction in 1940.
    McRae House is prime patient in Langley’s medical...
    By Roy Jacobson • May 28, 2011 9:00 am

    Neither volcano nor mudslide nor chilly thermostat have failed to dampen the resiliency of a roomy 1940s three-bedroom house on Edgecliff Road in Langley which remains a rich chapter of the city’s medical history.

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    Virginia LaRue smiles with daughters Michele (left) and Denise (right) as the Langley City Council last year saluted her contributions to the business community. With them is Mayor Paul Samuelson.
    Langley merchant Virginia LaRue was a First Street...
    By Roy Jacobson • May 27, 2011 7:59 pm

    The Queen of Langley was scheduled to make a farewell trip through downtown on Friday afternoon.

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    Poppy Girls highlight the annual bouquet of local Memorial Day events
    Poppy Girls highlight the annual bouquet of local...
    By Roy Jacobson • May 27, 2011 3:07 pm

    Lindsay Feris relishes her role in ongoing Memorial Day activities on South Whidbey, being from a family steeped in military tradition.

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    Ja'Noah Spratt and Damien Cortez get ready for the 'Mother of All Talent Shows Rides Again' on Saturday.
    Talent show gets ready to roll in Langley
    By Roy Jacobson • May 25, 2011 1:25 pm

    Tickets are on sale now for Good Cheer’s second annual fundraising extravaganza, “Mother of All Talent Shows Rides Again.”

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    Future users of Trillium Woods get their say
    Future users of Trillium Woods get their say
    By Roy Jacobson • May 24, 2011 7:37 pm

    The Whidbey Camano Land Trust is shooting the works to gather as much public comment as possible about the future use of its latest acquisition, the 654-acre Trillium Community Forest north of Freeland.

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    The Clyde Theatre and Norman Clyde Motors on First Street in downtown Langley in 1937
    Seventy-five years later, the Clyde is still the...
    By Roy Jacobson • May 13, 2011 11:49 am

    Blake Willeford remembers the day astronaut George “Pinky” Nelson stopped by the Clyde Theatre in downtown Langley to take in a movie.

    As the famous astronomer, who in his NASA career logged more than 400 hours in space, was fumbling to come up with the right change for a ticket, Willeford said he attempted to expedite the process.

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    Claire Philp puts the page numbers on a book she is writing
    New full-day kindergarten to be offered by district
    By Roy Jacobson • May 6, 2011 7:57 pm

    Kindergarten will have a new look in the South Whidbey School District next fall.

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