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    Articles by Roy Jacobson
    UPDATE | Hold tight: More wind expected to hit Whidbey today
    UPDATE | Hold tight: More wind expected to...
    By Roy Jacobson • November 16, 2010 7:20 pm

    Another windstorm is predicted to hit from the south sometime today in the wake of a sudden blow Monday night that caused an island-wide power outage on Whidbey.

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    Lauren Hartzell is the guest speaker at tonight’s program
    New Freeland series delves into the mixture of...
    By Roy Jacobson • November 16, 2010 7:13 pm

    Kit Ketcham is stepping up her campaign in the defense of science, so long as science is done right.

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    Kristen Aley sits in a trench near her parents’ Lone Lake home with the remains of a box of dynamite she found nearby. The unstable material was placed in the trench and burned Wednesday by a Navy explosives team.
    UPDATE | Dynamite scare near Lone Lake forces...
    By Roy Jacobson • November 12, 2010 7:16 pm

    Kristen Aley knows one thing for sure about the box of dynamite she found in the woods on Wednesday.
    “I knocked it open with a sledgehammer,” she said Thursday. “I’m glad I didn’t get the grinder out to get the lid off.”

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    Leaking dynamite forces evacuation in Lone Lake neighborhood
    Leaking dynamite forces evacuation in Lone Lake neighborhood
    By Roy Jacobson • November 11, 2010 1:54 pm

    A dozen residents of the area north of Lone Lake were evacuated for several hours Wednesday as Navy explosives experts disposed of an old container of leaking dynamite.

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    Vietnam veteran Gary Nau shows his Marine Corps dog tags and reconnaissance unit patch: “I can’t stop the wars
    Langley Vietnam vet strives to help others scarred...
    By Roy Jacobson • November 9, 2010 7:13 pm

    Gary Nau pretty much knows what he’ll be doing on Veterans Day on Thursday.

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    The tree-lined Third Street entrance to Langley. The city is again working on tree rules and regulations.
    Board takes up a tree ordinance for Langley
    By Roy Jacobson • November 9, 2010 7:00 pm

    Dormant for several months on the issue, the city is branching out into a new area of debate.
    After more than two years of study, development of a proposed tree ordinance for Langley will come before the city’s volunteer Planning Advisory Board this week.

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    Helping Hand executive director Rosemary Martin at the nonprofit’s office in Langley on Thursday: “It’s the age-old story.”
    Well runs dry for South End nonprofit Helping...
    By Roy Jacobson • November 5, 2010 7:34 pm

    It’s tough to help others when you need it yourself.
    Helping Hand of South Whidbey, a front-line nonprofit organization assisting local people with basic needs, is running on empty.

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    UPDATE | Early support strong for Langley library annexation
    UPDATE | Early support strong for Langley library...
    By Roy Jacobson • November 3, 2010 12:06 am

    It looks like Langley won’t go without a library, thanks to city voters.
    Residents appear to be overwhelmingly approving annexation to the Sno-Isle Libraries District, according to early election returns released on Tuesday night.

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    Members of Whidbey Giving Circle show their solidarity during a recent meeting.
    Giving Circle supports youths dealing with sexuality or...
    By Roy Jacobson • November 2, 2010 7:02 pm

    Whidbey Giving Circle is hoping to expand its efforts to support young members of the island’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning community, at a time of increasing torment nationally.

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    Meeting set on Maxwelton Beach flooding problem
    Meeting set on Maxwelton Beach flooding problem
    By Roy Jacobson • November 1, 2010 11:32 am

    Another meeting on the county’s ongoing proposal to end periodic flooding of Maxwelton Road near Maxwelton Beach will be next week in Freeland.

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    Elsie Olkonen shares cake-cutting duty with her son
    Elsie Olkonen, Clinton’s guiding light, passes away at...
    By Roy Jacobson • October 30, 2010 12:00 pm

    Elsie Olkonen, a cornerstone in Clinton’s foundation, went out the way she came in, with a smile on her face, her son said.

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    Looking over the new website SomethingToGive.org are site developer Andy McRea
    New online program is a way of saying...
    By Roy Jacobson • October 29, 2010 7:51 pm

    Volunteers are the bedrock of nonprofit organizations. Why not do something for them, too?
    That’s the philosophy behind a new pilot program about to be launched by Good Cheer Food Bank through a new website created by online entrepreneur Andy McRea of Clinton.

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    Pets die in house fire near Freeland
    Pets die in house fire near Freeland
    By Roy Jacobson • October 26, 2010 7:59 pm

    Two pet dogs died in a house fire in the Freeland area this past Thursday afternoon, fire officials said.

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