Jim Sundberg has won a seat on the Langley City Council.
The incumbents are out in the race for two board seats on the Freeland Water and Sewer District.
FREELAND — The Kiwanis have long worked to improve children’s lives.
The international club’s motto, after all, is “Serving the Children of the World.”
The Island County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents on South Whidbey about an increase in burglaries and car prowls.
The Coupeville Library Capital Facility Area Governing Body will meet at 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 14 at the Island County Administration Building, Conference Room 218, 1 NE Seventh St., Coupeville.
The city of Langley has accepted a $472,706 bid from Krieg Construction of Oak Harbor to build the city’s new park-and-ride project at the CMA Church parking lot.
Debbie Wilkie got lucky. Twice. Wilkie was the winner of a $250 gift certificate for Payless Food Store in Freeland, thanks to the generosity of the store and a raffle sponsored by HOPE Therapeutic Riding Center.
Jeff Simmons of Island County Fire District 3 visited preschoolers at Trinity Lutheran Church in Freeland.
George Brunjes was wearing his four Scovie medals and a red chef’s hat one morning at the Trinity Lutheran Church kitchen.
It’s lean, but not as mean, as this year’s budget. The Langley City Council will hold its first public hearing Monday on the city’s 2012 budget. And though the Village by the Sea will have a plumper pot of money to pull from, city officials have built a budget that includes higher salaries but fewer workers at city hall.
Kathy Habel says she can’t walk through the food store anymore without getting a hug from a girl. Habel has been a member of the Soroptimist International of South Whidbey Island for 15 years. The girls who wrap their arms around her, she said, are grateful beneficiaries of the Island Girls Live Their Dreams Day Camp that was begun by the Soroptimists in 2006, and is now its own nonprofit entity.
Last-minute jitters were in short supply — in fact, they were nowhere to be found — as candidates on next week’s ballot approached the end of the campaign trail. The 2011 General Election is Tuesday, Nov. 8, and several candidates said they were planning on a low-key effort during this final weekend before Election Day.
South Whidbey Lions Club members will be outside local grocery stores Saturday, Nov. 12 accepting food donations and money to stock the shelves at the Good Cheer Food Bank.