Fall is officially here. It was announced by the first yellowhammer making his way down the coast from northern British Columbia to winter southwards. No fool that bird.
Read a selection of calls made to local law enforcement.
This department is concerned that statements made in a letter to the editor in your Oct. 27 edition could cause public water system subscribers in this county to mistakenly believe there is a health risk associated with the pipes in their water system.
The race for the only contested seat on Coupeville’s school board is a lively one, with both candidates proving themselves willing and able to comment colorfully on a variety of issues.
The paper’s stance on Initiative 747 and the Nov. 6 election
A benefit concert to finance heater and cistern systems for the new Coupeville Community Greenhouse will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4 at the Coupeville Middle School Performing Arts Center.
A 43-year-old Oak Harbor resident who hit a man in the face with a two-by-four board pleaded guilty to third-degree assault with a deadly weapon in Island County Superior Court Oct. 26.
In response to Monday evening’s heightened terrorist alert — the second in only three weeks issued by the Bush administration — Island County Sheriff Mike Hawley said, “Duh.”
For most sane people the recent blustery weather is not something to look forward to. If you happen to see a person who smiles when the weatherman forecasts windy, cool, rainy days ahead, it is a good chance you are seated next to a local duck hunter.
What’s going on in sports
Turnovers kill! The Oak Harbor Wildcats found that out last Friday night in the rain at Snohomish as the Cats handed the Panthers the ball three times in the first quarter.
During last week’s windstorm, the heavy, antique wrought iron planter on the front porch blew over, hurling the potted fuchsias into the tempest. When I found them, they’d been thrown clear out of out of their pots; foliage and flowers lay in green and pink tatters on the garden path.
Pay up, folks
