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    Articles by Roy Jacobson
    Superior court judge rules against diking district over pump assessments
    Superior court judge rules against diking district over...
    By Roy Jacobson • April 1, 2010 12:35 pm

    Round one in the lawsuit against Island County Diking District 1 over its controversial pump project has gone to the plaintiffs.

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    Sewer rates may depend on future of Freeland golf course
    Sewer rates may depend on future of Freeland...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 30, 2010 5:50 pm

    The sprinklers will keep sprinkling while all sides search for a way to reopen Holmes Harbor Golf Course at Freeland. Stable sewer rates in the area may depend on it.

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    Jerry Lloyd of Greenbank and Kola
    Special training will help rescue horses involved in...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 26, 2010 7:22 pm

    Jerry Lloyd of Greenbank is on a mission to protect horses and other large animals involved in trailer accidents and other hazardous incidents on the island.

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    South Whidbey Elementary School students pose with the new bicycles they won in a school reading contest. From left are Jacob Breeden
    Reading gets lucky students rolling in Langley
    By Roy Jacobson • March 26, 2010 7:14 pm

    here was reading, riding and a little ‘rithmetic at South Whidbey Elementary School this past week. Not two but four new bicycles were given to four students participating in a school reading contest.

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    First- and fourth-grade students at South Whidbey Elementary School show the letters they wrote to state officials urging protection of the orcas. In the front are Brennen Pearson
    South Whidbey students to the government: Save the...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 23, 2010 6:58 pm

    Students at South Whidbey Elementary School love orcas and want to make sure they continue to hang around Whidbey Island.

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    Evolutionary road: Unitarians bring Darwin to church in Freeland
    Evolutionary road: Unitarians bring Darwin to church in...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 23, 2010 6:16 pm

    What better time to mark the recent 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth than during a time like this, when detractors are drawing a bead on him.

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    Auction block looms large for Langley’s Dog House Tavern
    Auction block looms large for Langley’s Dog House...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 23, 2010 6:12 pm

    Time is running out on Langley’s historic Dog House Tavern. Its fate appears destined for a date next month on the county courthouse steps.

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    Edgecliff development plan hearing today at 4 p.m. in Langley
    Edgecliff development plan hearing today at 4 p.m....
    By Roy Jacobson • March 23, 2010 6:08 pm

    The first of two public hearings on controversial Langley Passage, a proposed 20-house development in Langley’s Edgecliff neighborhood, will be today in Langley.

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    Island County Fire District 3 maintenance chief Michael J. Cherry shows off one of the district's two new pumper trucks at the Bayview Fire Station on Monday. 'It's the best thing we've ever done
    Island County Fire District 3 unveils two new...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 23, 2010 6:04 pm

    Two new fire engines were delivered ahead of schedule to Island County Fire District 3 and will go into service by the end of the month, Fire Chief Rusty Palmer said.

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    New Fire District 3 Chief Rusty Palmer supports Bayview as the site of a new central facility
    Estimate is $4.4 million for new Bayview fire...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 22, 2010 1:04 pm

    The preliminary estimate for a new Island County Fire District 3 central facility at Bayview came in on the low end, but district officials remain cautious.

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    Controversial Edgecliff project makes a comeback in Langley
    Controversial Edgecliff project makes a comeback in Langley
    By Roy Jacobson • March 19, 2010 7:31 pm

    A controversial development of 20 houses in Langley’s Edgecliff neighborhood is back on track after nearly a four-year delay.

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    Russell Sparkman tries out the ambience at Langley Center Coworks: “I call it a home office away from home.”
    Langley councilman launches Center for New Media
    By Roy Jacobson • March 19, 2010 7:27 pm

    Russell Sparkman has found a way to get out of the house and take his homework with him.

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    UPDATE | Trust hopes to purchase Trillium land near Freeland
    UPDATE | Trust hopes to purchase Trillium land...
    By Roy Jacobson • March 16, 2010 6:14 pm

    The Whidbey Camano Land Trust has an option to buy 664 acres of the former Trillium Woods property between Freeland and Greenbank.
    The nonprofit conservation organization is trying to raise $4.2 million to purchase the property, the largest single-owner piece of forest land remaining on Whidbey Island.

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