I would like to know what is happening with Oak Harbor School District. Every year they seem to get in a bigger deficit. They keep taking away from our children which are the reason for having a district office.
Three cheers for Oak Harbor’s 4th of July celebration of Independence Day! The city and the citizens of the city and surrounding area have outdone themselves again!
I was born in Joliet, Ill., south of Chicago. We lived above my grandparents. This was during the Great Depression. No jobs, no money, no “bennies” given out as they are now food stamps, rent subsidies, medical, etc., etc. We were poor!
Bakke’s best
It seems to be a matter of scale. For elephants, it’s 640 to 645 days. For mice and small animals between 20 and 33 days, for dogs and cats between 61 and 69, and moving up to monkeys and humans it takes 164 to 266 days. But for elephants it’s going to take longer.
On July 8 my 13-year-old son was riding his bicycle down the sidewalk on Regatta when he flew over his handle bars. He thankfully was wearing his helmet, but still sustained minor injuries. I would like to thank the several people who stopped to help him, as well as the quick response by paramedics/fire rescue.
When South Whidbey voters mark their ballot for the Aug. 19 primary, I want them to know that a vote for Helen Price Johnson will be the best vote they ever cast. Helen comes to the table secure in her board experience, leadership, and desire to keep our island communities in tact. I want voters in South Whidbey to disregard the big name signs cluttering open spaces, non-party rhetoric and promises of a responsible government from irresponsible seat holders. It’s really time to take stock of the government we’ve created, all of us.
Greetings fellow Islanders. I am writing about the lovely family who has been hit hard by foreclosure and economic challenges. I have been there personally a few years ago and it is incredibly devastating.
Your Whidbey commuters story of June 25 contained a puzzling quote by school teacher Derek Hanson. Your reporter interviewed him on the the ferry to Mukilteo. Hansen rides the ferry for environmental reasons rather than, I assume, driving to his workplace. He stated that he hopes that gas prices shoot up to $10 a gallon so more people take advantage of public transportation.
Letters from readers of the Whidbey News-Times.
In response to the June 4 editorial, “Urge folks to recycle,” I’d like to clear up a few misunderstandings.
Curbside co-mingled recycling is something many people on Whidbey Island have been requesting for years. It makes even more sense now with gas prices going through the roof! If every household on Whidbey had to drive to their respective recycle centers themselves, it would burn a lot more fossil fuels than curbside and probably cost each homeowner at least as much as the curbside pick up service proposed last winter.
Letters from readers of the Whidbey News-Times.
As the 2008 Coupeville Memorial Day Parade coordinator, I would like to thank all of the volunteers who helped make this the best parade and remembrance ceremony ever. Without your help this event would be impossible to produce. To all of the businesses that lent their support, the speakers, the parade participants, the town, NAS Whidbey, USMC, the police force, and many others too numerous to name. As well as the Central Whidbey Chamber who let me do this every year. I am looking forward to 2009’s parade with the hope that it will meet or beat this year’s parade. Again, thank you one and all.
