25 years ago

Editor: Jim Larsen

Port gives $2,750 to the troops

“All South Whidbey residents have donated a quarter to assist local families of military personnel stationed in the Persian Gulf. The donation, totaling $2,750, was made Wednesday by the Port District of South Whidbey Island at the suggestion of Commission Ken O’Mhuan. He told fellow commissioners Jack Eskenazi and Dorothy Cleveland that he wanted to help the troops, whose ‘families suffer financially’ when they are away fighting the war.

O’Mhuan said the amount was based on ‘two bits for every man, woman and child on South Whidbey.’

The resolution specifically mentioned the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station personnel and their families, some of whom live on South Whidbey, according to O’Mhuan.

15 years ago

Editor: Jim Larsen

Freeland plan attracts crowd

“If there was any doubt that Freeland residents care about their community it was dispelled Thursday night at a planning open house. More than 150 people swarmed to Trinity Lutheran Church to learn what the Freeland Subarea Planning Committee has been doing for the last year, and to provide public input on various aspects of planning. The nine-member committee was appointed by the Island County Commissioners two years ago to produce a community plan for Freeland. Supplemented by a host of other volunteers led by designer Herb Hunt, the committee was ready for the crowd.”