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Port of South Whidbey Commissioner Rolf Seitle stands at the door of his home overlooking Saratoga Passage and Langley’s small boat harbor.

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Commissioner wants port to own marina

Unless it’s very foggy, Rolf Seitle has a pretty good view of Langley’s troubled small boat harbor from…

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Jay O. Blain

Jay O. Blain, 60, of Greenbank, passed on to bigger adventures on Nov. 26, 2006, after a dignified…

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Quenching a school’s thirst for hope — with music

When Ruzivo Marimba band members play the marimba, the sound travels across continents. It reverberates far away in…

Larry Dobson

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Let your genius out of your bottle-neck

Larry Dobson — labeled by most who know him as a “creative super genius with a giant heart”…

Football stars Rob Knight and James Jones take a break Wednesday at South Whidbey High School after being named offensive and defensive players of the year.

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Falcon athletes Knight and Jones voted most valuable players

Falcon football — it’s all over but the shouting, and there was plenty of that Nov. 20 as…

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New city supporters to set Freeland’s boundaries

The ball to incorporate Freeland will be bounced to the board of Island County commissioners within the next…

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Airline says fall weather won’t cause problems

With high winds blowing across Whidbey Island some travelers trying to make it to Seattle-Tacoma Airport are faced…

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File this column under thankful to be here

Pleasant holiday greetings on this first Saturday between Thanksgiving and Christmas, unless you are reading this on Tuesday,…

A “Last Chance Dance” was held in 1965 before the old Clinton Progressive Hall was torn down and rebuilt.

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Progressive Hall to turn 100 as club seeks more members

Down to just a handful of members, the Clinton Progressive Club is looking for the next generation of…

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On the nature of being a superstar

I lucked out this season, for two reasons. First, not once did I have to roam the sidelines…

Obituaries

Betty Ann Brown

Betty Ann Preston Brown, 81, died in an automobile accident, Friday, Nov. 24, 2006, in Salton City, Calif.…

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Denny Berg

Denny Berg was born on July 23, 1942, in Wichita, Kansas. He grew up in Ballard and graduated…

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Beatrice May Tribou

Beatrice May (Lott) Tribou, always in our hearts as “TuTu,” passed away at Island Hospital in Anacortes peacefully…