“Riding a three game-winning streak and holding a 10-point lead with five minutes to go back on Jan 14, the South Whidbey boys’ basketball team looked like it might have finally turned the corner on a five-year down cycle.”
“When they started their freshman year of basketball in 1996, Kelsey Ellis, Sierra Tornga, Lindsay Sievers, and Daylene Waterman did not know if they would ever play together.All together again for the past two years, the four girls have been the heart of one of the top ranked 3A (last year) and 2A (this year) basketball teams in the state.”
South Whidbey School District’s budgeting abilities received an entirely positive review from a trio of state auditors on Wednesday.
“Last Wednesday, the Western Washington Growth Management Hearing’s Board returned to Coupeville to hear the county defend the changes commissioners have made to the long-range growth plan and to hear from opponents who say the county is still breaking the law.”
Island residents are working to acquire a passenger-only ferry for service between Clinton and Mukilteo next fall when regular ferry service is disrupted due to construction.
“A Washington House bill that would have stopped any future tree cutting on a 600-acre, state-owned parcel of land near Goss Lake failed to make it out of the House’s capital budget committee last week.”
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“Contending their wages are well below the industry average and that proposed cuts in their benefits are unacceptable, thousands of Boeing engineers walked off the job last Wednesday as their union attempts to negotiate a better contract.Among the approximately 20,000 Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) union members on picket lines this week are dozens of Whidbey Island residents.”
“Ellis smashes 1,000-point barrier as South Whidbey’s girls buried the Tigers 74-47 Friday, then went way up north to steal victory from the Mountaineers in a 55-52 squeaker.”
“The Falcon freshman girls team (from left) Michelle Schorr, Maria Demaray, Aimee Dumke, Justine Connelly, Danette Waterman, coach Greg Hein, Jessica Gabri, Shannon Brown, Kate Willis, Caitlin Robinson and Melissa Norwood finished the season in second place with a 17-3 record.”
“Fired up one night and fizzling the next, the South Whidbey boys split a pair of games at Erikson Gymnasium over the weekend and were eliminated from a chance for postseason play.”
