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Articles by Jim Larsen
Phoned town hall will focus on state Sen. Haugen’s ferry role
Phoned town hall will focus on state Sen....
By Jim Larsen • June 17, 2008 8:55 pm

They’ll be talking about her, so Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen will be listening in on the phone call.
In a take on the old party line concept, up to 1,500 telephone users could be on the phone Wednesday, June 18, as a partisan group hosts a “Ferry Telephone Town Hall” to, in part, take Sen. Haugen to task for the role she has allegedly played in recent ferry troubles.

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Fix for a soggy summer? It’s all about Rain-X
Fix for a soggy summer? It’s all about...
By Jim Larsen • June 10, 2008 9:46 pm

One of the coolest products for the Northwest is Rain-X, the magical stuff that knocks water right off your windshield.

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This drawing shows what the new Northwest Maritime Center will look like in Port Townsend. Construction is under way with completion scheduled for the fall of 2009.
$8.1M boating museum under construction in Port Townsend
By Jim Larsen • June 6, 2008 7:16 pm

A whole world of boating adventures and maritime learning is available to Whidbey Islanders. All they have to do is take a boat across Admiralty Inlet to Port Townsend.
Many islanders have already discovered the Wooden Boat Foundation in Port Townsend and others are working on an associated project, the new Northwest Maritime Center, an $8.1 million complex presently under construction.

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Congress swings into inaction
Congress swings into inaction
By Jim Larsen • May 28, 2008 8:54 pm

Mr. Average Citizen: Tell me, Mr. Capitol Hill Observer, what is Congress doing about this $4 a gallon gasoline? It’s killing me. Memorial Day Weekend we stayed home and ate raw hot dogs. We couldn’t afford gas or charcoal lighter fluid.

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Needed: Fish for my obituary
Needed: Fish for my obituary
By Jim Larsen • May 21, 2008 2:45 am

Habitual readers of obituaries can’t help but notice that a lot of the guys in the listings are pictured holding a fish. This happens occasionally in the Whidbey News-Times, and continually in The Herald of Everett. It must the the Scandinavian heritage. You see more fish-picture obituaries in The Herald than the Seattle Times, which has four times the circulation.

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Fronted by a field of blooming wild mustard in Freund marsh
Oak Harbor, with mustard
By Jim Larsen • May 21, 2008 2:42 am

Oak Harbor is a spicier place to live with a little mustard on it.

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Haugen’s Oak Harbor office called political
By Jim Larsen • May 10, 2008 12:00 am

A taxpayer-funded office in the heart of her election opponent’s territory has put State Sen. Marry Margaret Haugen under political fire.

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Array
Smith plays new role as incumbent
By Jim Larsen • May 9, 2008 9:27 pm

Enjoying the benefit of incumbency, Norma Smith is hot on the campaign trail pursuing her first election victory in a regional contest.

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Higher class litter is disturbing
Higher class litter is disturbing
By Jim Larsen • May 7, 2008 2:15 pm

A disturbing new trend in roadside litter leaves us wondering about the future of Whidbey Island.

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The Steilacoom II pulls into Keystone Harbor during calm seas. The water was much rougher April 15
A harrowing trip on the Steilacoom II
By Jim Larsen • April 29, 2008 10:26 pm

Whidbey Island politicians and business people have questioned the suitability of the Steilacoom II for the Keystone to Port Townend ferry route, but none have ridden the boat during heavy seas and told about it.

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Editorial: Keep Conard, elect Dannhauer
Editorial: Keep Conard, elect Dannhauer
By Jim Larsen • April 25, 2008 11:18 pm

Small town politics at its best is alive in Coupeville where there is competition for the mayoral position as well…

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Editorial: New stadium, perfect year
Editorial: New stadium, perfect year
By Jim Larsen • April 25, 2008 11:18 pm

The Oak Harbor Wildcats football team managed to create a perfect season for their namesake Wildcat Memorial Stadium, built in…

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Editorial: Boat builder still needed
Editorial: Boat builder still needed
By Jim Larsen • April 25, 2008 11:18 pm

If Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland is indeed finished, it is a great economic and cultural loss for Whidbey…

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