Whidbey General Hospital’s new South End healthcare facility at Bayview has been put on indefinite hold because of the economy, officials said.
There’s nothing like a six-hour nap after a workout.
Followed by a shower.
A sea lion climbed out of Admiralty Inlet about 9 o’clock Monday morning, hung around for awhile on the Bush Point wharf, then waddled up 16 outside stairs, including a landing, at the Bush Point Bed & Breakfast.
When it comes to trees, the city is inching out on a limb.
An intrepid committee is moving deliberately to come up with a tree ordinance — a set of rules governing the handling and protection of trees in the city.
Good Cheer Food Bank is going to the ground to enhance its food-distribution system.
Linds Langley Drug, the city’s only pharmacy for the past
39 years, will close next month, owner Ron Lind said.
The store’s last day of operation will be Friday, March 13.
Island County Diking District 1 commissioners will meet for the first time this week in a new venue in Freeland.
Trees will highlight tonight’s meeting of the Langley City Council.
A committee that has been working on a proposed tree ordinance for the city will bring the council up to date.
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island is offering the gift of moral equality to local gay and lesbian couples.
It’s making available the use of its brand new church in Freeland and the assistance of its minister, the Rev. Kit Ketcham, in creating personalized ceremonies for the celebration of the “marriage of the heart.”
For John and Ann Kirkham of Clinton, life is a moveable feast on a bun.
“There’s nothing like a plain, old-fashioned, standard good dog,” John Kirkham said.
The South Whidbey School District board is expected to modify its zero-tolerance policy on dangerous weapons on campus. The modifications, to be discussed at tonight’s school board meeting, would allow for “special circumstances.”
Having lived his early life during the Great Depression, Don Jewett of Langley is stoic about today’s economic calamities.
“Keep things close to the vest,” he advises. “Be sure you’re on the Burpee seed list and have a little spot to raise vegetables.”
It was a beautiful day in their neighborhoods, as Mister Rogers used to say on television. So they came to make their neighborhoods better.
If you want to be a commissioner of Island County Diking District 1, send your letter of application to the county.
