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“Looking to make the intent of its recent liquor enforcement actions more clear to South Whidbey liquor sellers, the Island County Sheriff’s Department will hold an informational meeting on Nov. 21 at the South Whidbey American Legion. “
“Can-Do-Sound, the newest performing group from the Can-Do! Project, made a successful debut performance at the annual Safe Streets Halloween event Oct. 31 in the Tacoma Dome Convention Center. The group of Whidbey Island teens received standing ovations for their presentation of Safe Street, a song written especially by songwriter Keith Colley for the Safe Street organization and the event’s theme of keeping kids and neighborhoods safer. “
“After arriving at Bayview at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, the Sears house will have to wait at least a couple of months before it will sit on a new foundation. “
Volunteer planners for Freeland and Clinton gathered together for the first time since February in a meeting Monday night hosted by the South Whidbey League of Women Voters.
“Martha Furey appears in a performance and visual arts event this weekend at Bayview Studio, including short stories, excerpts from her new play and an art exhibit of paintings influenced by her recent trip to Ireland. “
The Tiller’s Folly will bring a taste of Canadian Celtic to South Whidbey High School in a concert on Thursday.
“The St. Nicholas will pull into Clinton Saturday morning to pick up people for a free trip to downtown Seattle. Beginning Nov. 27, the boat will provide daily service between Clinton and Mukilteo until a State Ferries construction project is completed. “
“The Whidbey Island House Concert Series presents the pure acoustic music of Caroline Aiken on Friday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m. (appetizers and munchies to be shared at 7). “
“Hundreds of items will be up for bid in both a silent and a live auction benefit for Langley Christian School on Saturday at Langley C&MA Church, donated by island businesses and individuals as well as off-island supporters. “
“If you are an early Sunday morning driver, you may have encountered unusually slow traffic on the back roads between Bayview and Greenbank. The well-known Sears kit house, which has been stranded on a corner of the Greenbank Farm for three years, took a leisurely four-hour trip to its new site at Bayview Corner between 1 and 5 a.m. Nov. 12. “
“Voters on Nov. 7 approved Initiative 722, which caps tax increases by local taxing districts to a maximum of 2 percent annually. In response, commissioner Jan Smith, Gene Sears and Jim Hawley changed the Port of South Whidbey’s 2001 budget to reflect the new law. “
“Home moved from chopping block to cinder block as Seattle’s Bob Sanders, who wanted to build a new home where an old one was already standing, took advantage of a pilot program started by South Whidbey’s Goosefoot Community Fund to recycle his house. Sanders donated his home to an innovative house-cycling program that could put dozens of families into unwanted but perfectly good homes over the next few years. “
