Karla Gilbert attracted a few curious stares Thursday while standing near the end of the Coupeville Wharf.
She’s going to get a lot more interested looks in the months to come, though.
Karla Gilbert attracted a few curious stares Thursday while standing near the end of the Coupeville Wharf.
She’s going to get a lot more interested looks in the months to come, though.
After nearly nine decades of Island County Fairs, 2011’s was one for the books.
“It was the best fair we’ve had,” said Diane Divelbess, president of the fair board. “We were so pleased.”
Any politician will tell you: Nothing beats the excitement of a miraculous, come-from-behind win.
For Scott Dudley, Sunday’s sweet victory was not at the end of his campaign to be Oak Harbor’s next mayor. Instead, he was one of three celebrity racers who strapped themselves into tricked-out riding lawn mowers for a dirt-churning race around the horse arena at the fair Sunday.
The winners have been announced for this year’s Island County Fair Parade.
Classes will start at South Whidbey Elementary School on Tuesday, Sept. 6.
The Port of South Whidbey has hired Ron Rhinehart as its new finance manager.
The life of St. Mother Theodore Guerin, the eighth American saint and founder of the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, will be dramatized by Sister Susan Paweski at St. Hubert Catholic Church at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25.
With a new superintendent and a new school year, the South Whidbey School Board met Monday and Tuesday as part of a retreat to outline the district’s goals.
The bail for the former beautician and beauty queen charged in the first-degree murder of a Langley man was cut from $5 million to $500,000 at her bail hearing Tuesday in Island County Superior Court.
The city of Langley has started accepting applications for residents who are interested in being appointed to the council seat left vacant by the resignation of Robert Gilman.
The South Whidbey School Board will hold a two-day retreat, starting at 9 a.m. today.
Christopher and Lisa Simmons are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Kimberly Miranda Simmons, born July 23, 2011 in Seattle.
Habitat for Humanity of Island County is looking for partner families on South Whidbey and will hold two more informational meetings in Freeland to talk about applying for the program.