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NEWSLINE | WEATHER REPORT: Drizzle in areas with high of 68 today. Mostly cloudy Thursday and Friday, with highs in the mid-60s and lows of 52. WHIDBEY Accused killer pleads not guilty
LANGLEY Soup Box Derby date draws near
Accused murderer Robert “Al” Baker pleaded not guilty Monday to murdering his wife. Baker, a 62-yearold Greenbank man, appeared for arraignment for the fourth time and finally has an attorney representing him. He had tried to retain a private attorney, but his assets became tied up in court. Monday, Peter Simpson, an attorney with the firm that holds the county’s public defense contract, said he was assigned to represent Baker after the county determined he was income eligible. Baker is accused of murdering his wife, 53-yearold Kathie Baker. Her tarpwrapped body was found in a ravine behind their home while detectives were investigating her disappearance in June.
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“Soup” Box Derby will happen Saturday, Sept. 15, in Langley so now is the The South Whidbey time to get your wheels School Board will vote on ready to roll. Repairs at Dave Mackie the food service contract The sound of gravityPark on Maxwelton Road renewal with Chartwells at powered cars will return are nearly complete, its next business meeting. to First Street that mornaccording to Island Demand has increased for ing. All racing buffs need County officials. school-provided meals, to get out their tools Bill Oakes, director of especially from students to start building their Public Works, said the who qualify for free-andmachines for the derby. reduced lunch. Chartwells’ Time to wipe the dust and $30,000 project is about 90 percent complete and quality has been criticized grime off old racers and expects the grandstand to by some parents and comreturn them to their peak be reopened to the public munity members. performance. sometime before the end The board will also A fixture on South of September. review two lease agreeWhidbey since 1972, the Work on the park’s ments. The lease with the Jessie Stensland / The Record Langley Community Club facilities began earlier this longest history with the and the Langley Men’s Greenbank resident Robert “Al” Baker speaks to summer. The backstop district is the Whidbey attorney Peter Simpson during a court hearing Monday. Club put together the was replaced and repairs Island Community “Soup’ Box Derby each fall Baker is accused of killing his wife, Kathie Baker. were made to the grandEducation Center, an for the village of Langley stand and bleachers, adult learning program, and guests of Whidbey The couple met while closed since the murder. which applied to rent Island. Though technically which had been deemed working at the South Pole Baker is being held in unsafe and roped off to Bayview School. While a soap box derby-type together for Raytheon jail on $5 million bail. the historic building on race, the “soup” is focused prevent public access. Polar Services. They also Although Baker owns “We found even more Bayview Road formerly primarily for adults and owned Harbor Pizzeria in real estate and other as we took it apart,” Oakes housed the district alterchildren. this year’s event Freeland, which has been assets, a relative of Kathie said. native high school, the promises to include both Baker filed a petition The project included program moved to the blazing fast entries as in court to protect the the replacement of rotwellWhy as vehicles that seem couple’s joint assets. A w a i t to s ave m on e y ? Ca l l m e a ny t i m e dSouth ay orWhidbey Primary ten support posts and Campus and merged incapable of rolling. list of their assets filed in n i g h t for a f re e qu o tethe or concrete to p u rch a s ein cfront a r i n su rwith a n ce . slab Whidbey Island Pick up entry forms the case includes her life of the bleachers, bringAcademy to become at Langley City Hall or insurance policy. ing the structure up to South Whidbey Academy, the Langley Chamber of Call my office 24/7. code by strengthening a kindergarten through Commerce. The donation roof rafters, and installing 12th grade alternative Dr. Kyle Fukano and Staff handrails near stairs and school. The other lease is ® State Farm wood blocking between for the recently vacated Providing Insurance and Financial Services bleacher supports to two-story building at Home Office, Bloomington, Illinois 61710 FREE X-RAYS WITH INITIAL VISIT! make the facility safer. Langley Middle School. All that remains is the Island Dance has applied Call and schedule today! 360-331-5211 installation of a metal to occupy the space on Please present this coupon at time of service roof. Oakes said he is still Camano Avenue. Sheila DeLong LTCP, Agent 1685 Main St #4 • in the Freeland Professional Center • www.freelandfamilydental.com working on hammering The school board will 1796 Main Street, Suite 101 Freeland, WA 98249 out the details for the meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight Bus: 360-331-1233 labor but said the work in the board room at the www.sheiladelong.com should move quickly once South Whidbey Primary that’s settled. Campus, located at Sheila DeLong LTCP, Agent 5476 S. Maxwelton Road. 1796 Main Street, Suite 101He thanked the South WHIDBEY ISLANDFreeland, 2012 WA 98249-9428Whidbey Rotary Club for Bus: 360-331-1233 www.sheiladelong.com
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