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    Articles by Roy Jacobson
    Shellfish protection district seeks to form citizens’ group
    Shellfish protection district seeks to form citizens’ group
    By Roy Jacobson • October 21, 2009 7:00 am

    The county is looking for volunteers to help guide programs in the South Holmes Harbor protection district.

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    UPDATE | New CEO is upbeat on Nichols’ future
    UPDATE | New CEO is upbeat on Nichols’...
    By Roy Jacobson • October 20, 2009 3:36 pm

    Nichols Brothers Boat Builders has a new captain at the helm, and he said Monday that the future of the company looks bright.

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    UPDATE | Cleanup continues in wake of weekend downpour
    UPDATE | Cleanup continues in wake of weekend...
    By Roy Jacobson • October 20, 2009 6:32 pm

    Residents of the Scatchet Head community were still cleaning up Monday after weekend cloudbursts dumped more than 2 inches of rain in some areas of Whidbey Island.

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    Deer lagoon Grange members Chuck Prochaska (left)
    Grange dictionary giveaway is a big hit with...
    By Roy Jacobson • October 20, 2009 6:28 pm

    Words were not only cheap, they were free as the Deer Lagoon Grange passed out nearly 100 dictionaries to third-graders at South Whidbey Elementary School.

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    Diking district hit with lawsuit
    Diking district hit with lawsuit
    By Roy Jacobson • October 16, 2009 9:21 pm

    A lawsuit has been filed to stop Island County Diking District 1 from collecting money for its new pump project from property owners in the district.

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    Fire District 3 commissioners choose a new chief
    Fire District 3 commissioners choose a new chief
    By Roy Jacobson • October 16, 2009 9:15 pm

    A new fire chief to replace retiring Dan Stout has been selected by Island County Fire District 3 commissioners, it was announced at their meeting in Freeland on Thursday night.

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    Orca whales swim close to shore at Bush Point this past Saturday afternoon
    Orcas are on the move again past Whidbey,...
    By Roy Jacobson • October 13, 2009 3:42 pm

    It was whale-watcher paradise at Bush Point during the weekend as the local mammal population continued its annual fall travels.

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    Everett attorney Thomas Adams conducts a default sale of the former 750-acre Trillium Woods property on Friday in Coupeville. Listening are Jeff Lewis (left)
    Trillium default has preservationists hopeful about saving property
    By Roy Jacobson • October 13, 2009 6:40 pm

    The failure of the latest effort to develop the 750-acre former Trillium Woods property north of Freeland has environmentalists daring to dream again.

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    UPDATE | Hunting banned at Deer Lagoon
    UPDATE | Hunting banned at Deer Lagoon
    By Roy Jacobson • October 13, 2009 6:36 pm

    A total ban on hunting in Deer Lagoon near Bayview was adopted unanimously by Island County Commissioners at a special session Monday night in Freeland.

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    Duck hunting banned at Deer Lagoon
    Duck hunting banned at Deer Lagoon
    By Roy Jacobson • October 13, 2009 10:33 am

    A total ban on bird hunting in Deer Lagoon near Bayview was adopted unanimously by Island County commissioners at a special session Monday night in Freeland.

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    Betty Azar and Larry Harris of Freeland watch the goats at work in their field filled with berry vines. “We just find them fascinating
    Four-legged mowers take care of thorny problem
    By Roy Jacobson • October 9, 2009 7:51 pm

    The pesky blackberry vines were getting their goats, so Betty Azar and Larry Harris retaliated.
    They got their own goats. And a llama, too.

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    Nichols Brothers looking good for new ferry contract
    Nichols Brothers looking good for new ferry contract
    By Roy Jacobson • October 9, 2009 7:47 pm

    Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland appears on track for more ferry work from the state.

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    This illustration shows where the new sign probably will be located
    Clinton sign got lost in the planning process,...
    By Roy Jacobson • October 9, 2009 7:43 pm

    Clinton’s carved “Welcome to Whidbey Island” sign fell through the cracks because of a lengthy planning time and distance from the public process.

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