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    Articles by Roy Jacobson
    Crider holds off Palmer in Island County auditor race
    Crider holds off Palmer in Island County auditor...
    By Roy Jacobson • November 5, 2008 12:31 am

    Sheilah Crider, who was appointed Island County Auditor in January, was being elected in her own right to the post on Tuesday.

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    Sandy Whiting
    Changes in the works for Goosefoot, Bayview Cash...
    By Roy Jacobson • October 31, 2008 8:07 pm

    The Front Room of the Cash Store at Bayview Corner will be converted to office and retail space in January, according to the building’s owner.

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    The cost of a seismic retrofitting of Langley Middle School’s eight buildings would be half as much as  previously estimated
    LMS seismic upgrade cut in half
    By Roy Jacobson • October 29, 2008 5:16 pm

    It’ll cost half as much as previously estimated to bring Langley Middle School up to current seismic standards, South Whidbey School District officials were told Friday.

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    Stipends to head of Whidbey PUD drive being investigated by state
    Stipends to head of Whidbey PUD drive being...
    By Roy Jacobson • October 28, 2008 8:24 pm

    A complaint filed by the group running the anti-PUD effort on Whidbey Island is being looked into by the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, the agency confirmed Monday.

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    Matt Nichols of Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland checks out the company’s latest vessel
    Ferries have Nichols seeing green
    By Roy Jacobson • October 25, 2008 12:50 pm

    The first of four sleek twin-hull passenger ferries destined for the San Francisco Bay Area is being prepared for sea trials at the Langley marina.
    Built by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland, the $8.8 million catamaran “Gemini” was launched last week and towed to Langley for finishing work.

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    Coupeville port floundering on a big chunk of dry land
    Coupeville port floundering on a big chunk of...
    By Roy Jacobson • October 25, 2008 12:40 pm

    A champion of preservation, the Port of Coupeville bought the endangered Greenbank Farm in 1997.
    Now, as in a Western-movie shootout, it’s trying not to “buy the farm.”
    “In a nutshell, the port bit off more than it could chew, and it’s been chewing on it ever since,” said Jim Patton, the port’s executive director.

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    Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden speaks to an overflow crowd at Tacoma’s Cheney Stadium on Sunday.
    Langley couple takes road trip to test the...
    By Roy Jacobson • October 22, 2008 6:57 pm

    From up in the stands behind home plate in Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Donna and John Riley of Langley got a taste of big-time politics in 2008.
    They were among the estimated 12,000 people who crammed the 9,500-seat stadium to hear Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware on Sunday.

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    Work continued Monday on this new office-retail building near the PayLess Shopping Center in Freeland.
    New office building nearing completion in Freeland
    By Roy Jacobson • October 22, 2008 12:10 am

    Susan Specht likes to take the long view.
    “I’m an optimist by nature,” the Seattle businesswoman said. “This is my retirement plan.”
    Why else would she put up a new office building in Freeland, where there’s a mini-glut of empty commercial space, at a time when she admits the economy keeps her up at night?

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    Students expelled for bringing shotgun to high school campus
    Students expelled for bringing shotgun to high school...
    By Roy Jacobson • October 17, 2008 2:30 pm

    Two students have been kicked out of school for a year after a shotgun was discovered in a pick-up truck at South Whidbey High School.

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    Economy the major issue in 10th District House race
    Economy the major issue in 10th District House...
    By Roy Jacobson • October 15, 2008 2:32 pm

    If one door is pushed shut in politics, there’s always another one to knock on.
    Two years ago, longtime educator Tim Knue, 54, of Conway, came in a strong second to Barbara Bailey in the battle for state representative from the 10th Legislative, District Position 2.

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    Lt. John Jefferies
    Fire district donates surplus engine to Whitman County
    By Roy Jacobson • October 14, 2008 7:37 pm

    Daisy will finish out its days doing what it was made for, responding to emergencies.
    Island County Fire District commissioners handed over the keys to its reserve fire engine Thursday to representatives of Whitman County Fire Protection District 10.

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    Annual church recycle sale today in Freeland
    Annual church recycle sale today in Freeland
    By Roy Jacobson • October 10, 2008 7:51 pm

    The annual Trash & Treasure Sale at St. Augustine in-the-Woods Episcopal Church in Freeland will be from
    9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the church.

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    Clinton Community Hall gets a new tree
    Clinton Community Hall gets a new tree
    By Roy Jacobson • October 10, 2008 7:37 pm

    The South Whidbey Garden Club, in cooperation with the Clinton Progressive Association, owner and operator of the Clinton Community Hall, planted a 15-foot Frazier fir on community hall property on Tuesday

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