Jim Short figures he’s got a lot to offer if voters return him to a seat on the board of commissioners for the Freeland Water & Sewer District. Trouble is, he thinks he’s fighting a losing battle and his chances for election are slim.
Someone poured gas on the roadway and set it ablaze on Highway 525 near Thompson Road just before midnight Tuesday, but firefighters said the fire flamed out before they arrived.
South Whidbey churches announce topics for weekend services.
Kurt Hoelting and Lisa Hardmeyer will lead a presentation on “Meditation and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21 at Tahoma Zen Monastery, 6499 Wahl Road, Freeland. The pair will discuss their work introducing meditation to veterans at Seattle’s VA hospitals. Utilizing the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn, Hoelting and Hardmeyer open the world of meditation to this diverse population.
The South Whidbey Garden Club will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Clinton. The program is the “Terry and Rhonda Show.” The club will learn how to use recycled metals when creating floral arrangements, and the pair are well-known for their beautiful, unusual and whimsical works of floral art from entries at the Island County Fair.
Tickets are now on sale for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County’s annual Festival of Trees gala and auction.
A spaghetti fundraiser will be held Saturday to raise money for this year’s Mobile Turkey Unit. The Mobile Turkey Unit is a group of volunteers who for the past 14 years have purchased, prepared and delivered Thanksgiving Dinners to hundreds of those in need.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Dr. Leah Oman and nurse Renee Yanke will speak and answer questions on the topic next week at the Bayview Senior Center.
A small power outage in Langley that left 10 Puget Sound Energy customers without electricity for nine hours late Wednesday was caused by an equipment failure on an underground cable, a PSE official said Thursday.
Two eager candidates — but somewhat reluctant campaigners — are hoping to win over voters in the race for Position 4 on the Langley City Council. Neither Thomas Gill nor R. Bruce Allen have ever served in elected office before, but both say they would bring a fresh perspective to the city council.
The Island County Public Health Department will present a free “Septic 101” class at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 at the Coupeville Rec Hall. The informative class is the first step for homeowners to get the knowledge they need to inspect their own system.
South Whidbey High School counselors will give a presentation on college planning for juniors and senior students at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20 in Rooms 107 and 108 at the high school.
Members of the Happy Hounds Dog 4H Club and All American Puppy Paws 4-H Club earned top honors at the 2011 Puyallup Fair.