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wednesday, September 11, 2013 • the South whidbey record
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PARKS Friends hold first work party Friends of South Whidbey State Park will hold its first work party next week at South Whidbey State Park. The event is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17. A nature walk will follow. Participants will aid park staff in deadheading the rhododendrons, trimming shrubs and cleanup at the park entrance. Maintenance of the park’s well-loved trails and beach cleanup are also scheduled. Please bring a sack lunch and gloves and hand tools, such as clippers, loppers and hedge trimmers. Snacks and beverages will be provided by the recently created Friends of South Whidbey State Park. The non-profit group, a partnership with the state park, formed last month to help raise cash and organize volunteer efforts. Budget cutbacks by the Washington State Legislature have drastically reduced available fund-
ing and voluntary fees have not raised as much as hoped, resulting in park closures, staff layoffs and maintenance cuts. For more information, email foswsp@gmail.com or visit Friends of South Whidbey State Park on Facebook.
LANGLEY Harbor waterline moves ahead
from the Langley City Council and the mayor at a meeting last week, Sept. 3, was that the city wanted to help the port district any way it could within the bounds of the city’s plan. “In the end, when the harbor is done, it will still be the city’s waterline,” said Mayor Fred McCarthy. Upon news that the work would likely continue, Port Commissioner Chris Jerome said district staff “seemed very pleased to be moving ahead.” Work is scheduled to begin in October.
heels of the resignation of former mayor Larry Kwarsick, who stepped down after he pled guilty to falsifying a city document while he was the city’s planning director. The altered document was for a family member’s home in 2011, and charges were filed by the Island County Prosecutor’s Office. Kwarsick was not alone in city scandal. His predecessor, Paul Samuelson, came under fire for his vacation pay and high salary as mayor of a city with a 1,200-person population.
Extending a waterline to the soon-to-be-expanded South Whidbey Harbor was the focus of a meeting of Reid Middleton, Inc., the City of Langley and Langley’s Ethics the Port of South Whidbey Commission will gather recently. at the start of October for Staff members from a workshop on the city’s Langley’s planning and All are invited to parproposed code of ethics, a public works departments ticipate in the 3rd annual 44-page document. were part of the discusNational Day of Service at The meeting is set for 9 sion late last month. Jeff the Bayview Cemetery. a.m. to noon Friday, Oct. 4. Arango, Langley’s planning Langley City Council memAttendees will work to director, said all remainclean the weathered headbers said they expect the ing issues were resolved meeting to last at least one stones and grave markers Why w a ieight-inch t to s ave m on e y ? maybe Ca l l me a ny t ime dataytheorcemetery. regarding the hour, longer. waterline wille qu o te or Bring n i g h tthe forport a fre to need p urcha se car in sur an ce . a bucket with “If we three install along lower Wharf brushes, spray bottles filled hours, that’s fine,” said Street. with water, baby oil and Councilmember Jim The general consensusCall my rags. The cemetery has Sundberg. “If we finish office 24/7. more than 1,800 graves, faster, that’s great.” so many volunteers are The commission was needed. Experienced workState Farm® created at the request Providing Insurance and Financial Services ers will demonstrate how of the city council and Home Office, Bloomington, Illinois 61710 to clean the headstones has little involvement and grave markers. with city staff or council The National Day of members. It came on the Service project is planned
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SCHOOLS Board looks at sex ed, evaluations The South Whidbey School District school board will meet Wednesday, Sept. 11 for a special business meeting and to review existing policies. The board will discuss a collective bargaining agreement with the South Whidbey Education Association, employee evaluations and a modified school calendar. Several policies will also be reviewed by the board including sexual health education, HIV/AIDS prevention education, career and technical education, diplomas for veterans, regulation of dangerous weapons and military leave. The special meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the workshop begins at 6:45 p.m. The meeting will take place at a new location at the school board room in South Whidbey Elementary School, 5380 Maxwelton Road, Langley.
Agreement to be finalized The South Whidbey School District school board will finalize negotiations with teachers from the South Whidbey Education Association
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COUNTY Civil service meeting scrubbed The Island County Civil Service Commission will not be meeting next week as planned. Commissioner Gene Parmelee, who also serves as chairman, cancelled the group’s regularly scheduled meeting, set for Sept. 12, due to a lack of agenda items. The commission’s next meeting is planned for 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 at the Courthouse Administration Building in Coupeville. For more information, email Linda Kast Meehan, commissioner secretary and chief civil examiner, at l.meehan@co.island.wa.us or call 360-678-7975.
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