Regarding Lori Taylor’s letter (Whidbey News-Times, Dec. 26).
The cost for keeping boats under covered moorage at the Oak Harbor Marina will likely increase in the near future.
Greenbank Farm will soon stop selling gifts, except for those whose idea of a gift is a bottle of wine.
We are writing to express our deep concern regarding the application that has been submitted by Krieg Construction to extract approximately 693,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel from the south side of Sawmill Road, east of Taylor Road.
This letter is a result of an accident Dec. 28 on West Beach Road involving two young men. We should say initially involving two young men because in the case of this accident, or any for that matter, the ripple effect was immediate. Unfortunately, our son was one of these young men and since the wreck happened only half a mile from our home, I was one of the earliest to arrive so was able to see the ripple as it expanded.
First, thanks to the friends who called the house, and the other friends who called 911, and the neighbors who helped our son from the truck but could not help his buddy who was pinned in.
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Women business owners can find assistance in Coupeville beginning Thursday, Jan. 10.
Oak Harbor High School seniors Kimberly M. MacIndoe and Charlotte R. Milling have received two-year, $3,000 scholarships to pursue their education in Washington state.
Ryan J. Ducken of Oak Harbor received the rank of Eagle Scout at a court of honor on Dec. 28…
Whidbey Island is not only a haven for birds, but for people who enjoy feeding birds, as well. We’re part of a national trend. According to Cornell University, the average American homeowner has an average of 6.5 feeders in the back yard. During the year 2000, bird food sales in the U.S. were well over $200 million.
As I write this letter, my full garbage bin has been out in front of my house for three days. It will probably be out there again tomorrow. You see, the Oak Harbor utility department won’t come and pick it up.
The year 2001 is one that few will miss. Good riddance to a year that brought the forced landing of a NAS Whidbey surveillance plane by China, the untimely death of four Oak Harbor civic leaders in a small plane crash, the souring economy, and the terror of Sept. 11 and its aftermath, including Boeing layoffs and a hard-hit tourism industry.
Island County’s public notice regarding Krieg Construction’s application to begin a gravel mining operation from the property on the south side of Sawmill Road and east of Taylor Road for extraction of sand and gravel was published Dec. 19 in the Whidbey News-Times. This notice stated that our public comments of environmental concern regarding this proposal must be submitted in writing by 4:30 p.m., Jan. 2, 2002, to the Island Community Development Office, P.O. Box 5000, Coupeville, Washington 98239.
