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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014 | Vol. 90, No. 27 | www.SOUTHWHIDBEYRECORD.com | 75¢
Spring break, Air Force style
Justin Burnett / The Record
Air Force cadet Adam Johnson, 21, saws a board at a Habitat for Humanity of Island County home site last week. He was one of 10 cadets who spent spring break working on the house.
Colorado cadets forfeit vacation to build Freeland home By JUSTIN BURNETT South Whidbey Record Spring break isn’t always about partying on some faraway tropical beach. Some things are simply more important, and for 10 students from the United States Air Force Academy in
Colorado, that was helping to build a new home for Liz and Bruce Crouch in Freeland last week. The crew of cadets voluntarily spent their vacation pounding nails and slogging around a rainy construction site on Twin Oakes Lane, knowing full well how other college students across the country were spending their time off. In fact, several
argued they were having just as good a time. “This is fun,” said 21-year-old Sarah Turner, of Woodland Park, Colo. “You can make memories in Cancun, Mexico ... but SEE CADETS, A13
Glendale an unlikely acquisition for parks Ben Watanabe / The Record
The boat ramp in Glendale is an appealing feature of the property up for sale and being pursued by the Whidbey Camano Land Trust and Island Beach Access. The latter sought support from the South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District in its bid for grant funding.
Director says district must focus on levy first, not buying more property By BEN WATANABE South Whidbey Record The opportunity to help acquire pub-
lic beach access in Glendale is before the South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District. Last month, the Island County commissioners backed away from $900,000 in grant funding to purchase beach access properties in the Glendale area of Clinton. On March 19, members of Island Beach Access and Whidbey Environmental Action Network, two separate private advocacy groups, informally asked the parks district for
support. “Let’s not let this one slide,” said Marianne Edain at the parks board meeting last month. Though interested in working with the two groups and others, including the county and the Port of South Whidbey, to acquire the property for the public, parks district leaders said SEE GLENDALE, A12