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    Articles by Roy Jacobson
    The Dog House Tavern has been for sale for years
    Group hopes to rescue Langley’s Dog House Tavern
    By Roy Jacobson • January 21, 2010 12:40 pm

    A meeting to find a way to save the historic Dog House Tavern in downtown Langley will be held this afternoon.
    “We’re trying to figure out if there’s a way to make the building a community place again,” said Kim Norton of Clinton, who called the meeting along with another South Whidbey resident, Aaron Racicot.

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    Horse-rescue demo scheduled for tonight in Oak Harbor
    Horse-rescue demo scheduled for tonight in Oak Harbor
    By Roy Jacobson • January 20, 2010 5:34 pm

    A demonstration of large-animal rescue techniques will be in Oak Harbor tonight.
    The event is part of a continuing effort by Island County equestrian groups to deal with horses involved in traffic accidents and other hazardous situations.

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    Commuters may get new place to park
    Commuters may get new place to park
    By Roy Jacobson • January 19, 2010 6:33 pm

    A longtime Mukilteo resident and developer proposes to ride to the rescue of beleaguered Whidbey Island commuters.
    Duane Parrish wants to build a 300-car overnight parking facility in Mukilteo to be used primarily by Whidbey residents who keep vehicles on both sides of the water to avoid ferry lines.

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    Peter Martin helps put a roof on a new garden shed at the Good Cheer garden on Monday.
    Good Cheer volunteers turn out to honor MLK
    By Roy Jacobson • January 19, 2010 6:30 pm

    The unselfish spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sowed more philanthropic seeds in the South Whidbey community on Monday.
    More than 35 volunteers, many of them students, turned out at three community garden locations to honor the late civil rights leader with a day of service.

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    Freeland ferry builders ready for next WSF project
    Freeland ferry builders ready for next WSF project
    By Roy Jacobson • January 19, 2010 6:26 pm

    Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland expects to begin work within the next two weeks on the second in a series of 64-car ferries to be built for the state of Washington, company officials said Monday.

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    Fire District 3 Assistant Chief Mike Cotton turns around after inspecting a tree that was blocking Lakeside Drive near Goss Lake on Monday.
    UPDATE | Power back on after windstorms sweep...
    By Roy Jacobson • January 19, 2010 6:23 pm

    Power was restored Monday to thousands of island customers whose service was disrupted by windstorms early Monday morning, Puget Sound Energy reported Tuesday.

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    Langley Community Forum curtails its online debate
    Langley Community Forum curtails its online debate
    By Roy Jacobson • January 19, 2010 6:13 pm

    The Langley Community Forum, a spirited platform for the discussion of city issues, is scaling back its online operation, organizers said.

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    Eric Nance sits in a helicopter used to battle forest fires in California. He hopes to use his piloting skills to help earthquake victims in Haiti.
    Back to Haiti: Helicopter pilot hopes to help...
    By Roy Jacobson • January 16, 2010 5:21 pm

    Eric Nance is a long way from the chaos in Haiti, but he’s anxious to find a way back.
    A helicopter pilot by trade, Nance spent four months in that hard-luck island country dealing with the destruction caused by Hurricane Gustav in August 2008.

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    A masked man approaches the counter at the Freeland Chase Bank Thursday during a robbery in this photo released by the Island County Sheriff's Office.
    UPDATE | Search continues for Whidbey bank robber
    By Roy Jacobson • January 15, 2010 2:52 pm

    The search continued Friday for the man who robbed the Chase Bank in Freeland late Thursday afternoon.

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    Work started Friday morning to load pieces of the superstructure of the new ferry Chetzemoka onto a barge in Holmes Harbor. Nichols Brothers has wrapped up work on the ferry project
    Newest Washington state ferry is on the move...
    By Roy Jacobson • January 15, 2010 2:48 pm

    There was a bustle of activity at Holmes Harbor on Friday as Nichols Brothers Boat Builders prepared to ship out sections of the state’s newest ferry, the Chetzemoka.

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    Climbing wall to honor counselor killed last month
    Climbing wall to honor counselor killed last month
    By Roy Jacobson • January 12, 2010 6:42 pm

    Lakeside Bible Camp in Clinton is planning to build a climbing wall in honor of one of its most popular young counselors, who died in a mountain-climbing accident last month on
    Mount Hood.

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    Matt Nichols of Nichols Brothers Boat Builders and the superstructure for the state’s newest ferry
    Freeland shipyard to start work on second state...
    By Roy Jacobson • January 12, 2010 6:37 pm

    Nichols Brothers Boat Builders won’t have any trouble staying afloat this year, company officials say.

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    Bones on beach near Clinton ferry aren’t human
    Bones on beach near Clinton ferry aren’t human
    By Roy Jacobson • January 11, 2010 6:58 pm

    Bones found on the beach near the Clinton Ferry Terminal this past weekend were not human, officials said Monday.

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