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7:30pm Friday/Saturday Evenings: 2pm Saturday/Sunday Matinees: December 12, 13, 19 & 20 December 13, 14, 20 & 21 at the South Whidbey High School Auditorium
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LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTER It’s June, which means it’s time to make those summer road trip plans. Before you embark on any adventure, stop by your local Les Schwab Tire Center for all your tire needs. We have tires for everything from your beloved family car to your mower and heavy equipment. Les Schwab Tire Centers also offer a full line of brake and front end repair, a large inventory of shocks and batteries and quick and affordable lube and oil services. With the Northwest’s largest selection of custom wheels and professionally installed lift and lower kits, we can customize just about anybody’s vehicle. The most important item in travel planning is safety. Stop in and have us check out your vehicle before you head out on the road. Les Schwab Tire Centers have more than 400 locations to serve you in Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Alaska and Idaho.
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WHIDBEY ISLAND WALDORF SCHOOL Welcome to Whidbey Island Waldorf School 2014-15! Whidbey Island Waldorf School has provided a comprehensive, artsintegrated, whole-person curriculum since 1985. Part of a world-wide Waldorf education movement, WIWS supports the evolution of human consciousness through its teaching and outreach. Waldorf education cultivates a lifelong passion for learning and a strong foundation for success in its students. Come and experience the wonders of Waldorf for yourself! For more information, or to schedule an enrollment visit, please contact Enrollment Director Sheila Weidendorf at 360-341-5686 x12, or visit our website at www.wiws.org.
Now enrolling for Nursery through 8th Grade. Visit www.wiws.org or call 360-341-5686 today!
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LIFE IS GOOD ON WHIDBEY Freeland 331-6300 Bayview 321-6400 Oak Harbor 675-7200 Celebrating our 9th season of baroque and classical chamber music! www.whidbeyislandmusicfestival.org
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City Council afte their passions and ing a perfect 4.0 exploration 1790s. r average meant grade point city council vote another several late nigh in the early is to raise the Monday. ts working on Black was nom The plan shalSEE BRIGHTEST, inated by A9 d relic from Councilman Bru 1,000-poun Admiralty Inlet ce Allen, in who was absent low water for the te team da a ay, first vote on May on Mond special 19, lds and ho say voted in by cou members ncil e. Sundberg and Tho men Jim significanc 222 years to the mas Gill. Despite briefly E “June 9 is or was lost],” AB con WATAN d ch withdrawing her sidering By BEN day [the an imm, a Seattle nam ey Recor g path Gr consideration, Blac e from South Whidb said Scott member of the long, windin as. d belied the she was pleased k said resident an y Thursday k to earn their diplomto have to on em cer been sworn in Junehave days is cul90-minute ademy graduates too team. ool , the ezy Sch is 2 on ir ew bre ry the A Bayvi round two. The recove rs of work Whidbey Ac m, speak on its former of yea seven South of the program from who has helped the board and super“I’m really exci mination Monk, ool ool ted about A tradition and Doug ld in the e in the sch ividually to the sch it,” he eon Blac n k atio som said by Grimm les commercial du . “Th By JUSTIN BU an advocate, sent each student ind rnative school’s gra years at Thomas lot of big issues ere’s a a Port Ange at owner who pre er RNETT at bo behalf and graduation. At the altefor the first time, aft nce were shared. South Whidbey the coming mon stake in diver and chor while divRecord ths and I’m an intendent for ry school gymnasiumstr uggle and persevera ts took responA fire seriously glad to be a part found the den ma dam of where it stu s of them.” pri t age r rie m the d Jus a me sto w the secl 8. Monday. for uded two-story The appointment students’ spoke of ho that was required for ing in 200 is a matter of the or, Fre ll, elan ect Ha d dir hom ’s a. rk e on Berry Located on Eve had to be redone process r, the school earch came from all of the wo receive their diplom ,” he after te, but res believed to hav nstar Lane off Honeymoon Bay David Pfeiffe ir education and did heads ds and the city learned ir han the ord some dispu m to strongly o e few the Rec star int Roa a it ted shortly The d, ge for shake sibility for quickly and wer tanabe in its procedure erred re/ 3 p.m. Firefigh the blaze is Ben Wabefo ring knowled the stage, y have to go has led the fabled stream e able to dou by allowters arrived walk across magic formula for pou have to want it, the fie the se to con sel the it’s trol ick ing flam ve , S but form qu es lie ey not before the es take a HM befo er Council be a onyre they got out of “We have no t figured it out … Th t from the “The whoan cerem ndall Jonupperdustor Margot Jerome woman y was month after Kese seve en’ ation anchor los [pr on ou nc ed hou al le d is emtroy to end of the y gra Marci tinue e rey, ed, as far as smo rely bur ned. said. “We hav Sho on her replacem vote Acaddes the l retire at the ts luck as they con blic 1792, bell, Cassi Ch ath am idbey ke damage,” said eow Whhom ner. ent. Her den ng, who wil on June 9, that South Erika Camp g for the In it.” Tim resignation had the constructio arlie Snelli cation, wished the stu otective custody of pu g chat-uhm] Ch itin bri er wa amb n vey ach indu ile Te stry, Shorey buil wh t sur ein5.2006. He said language that allow iguous m the “pr eer in edu on Jun fro car ce the 80-foo ver ay t ng en the ou the aw s-lo nc home himself roof and ceiling ed for to comm ied Va decade replaced, along maturation her insu to and latio con accompan scover y. ng tinu n with would e serving until bamboo flooring their learni was extinguishe the end of May that was soaked need to be the HMS Di ryone on the d. or when the fire Despite the dam council found a until the S, A11 “I think eve confident,” age, Shorey said SEE CL AS new council rly fai a tota is member. But state l loss had it the house team Marcella Zarifis, not been for the quick acti might have been hibits an outgoing law proon who OR , A13 “Thank God,” said saw the flames and called 9-1-1of his neighbor, member from part council SEE ANCH . Shorey, crediting Evenstar Lane in a vote for thei icipating her with saving is a private road r replacethe house. are his only imm in a wooded area ment. ediate neighbo rs. According to , and the Zarifises uty chief of Cen Last month, Sun tral Chad Michael, or the fire happen Whidbey Fire & Rescue, had dep voted for Black dberg she not been hom ed at night, the whi end result may The district cove e to a tie vote. Gill ch led and Nef f which are similarl rs an area peppered with cou have far worse. voted for Sharon ntry homes, man Emerson, island firefight y secluded. Vigilant neighbors y and Mayor Fred ing, Michael said are vital partners of McCarthy . “For us with so in cast the tieb reaking vote for many rural hom Zarifis said she es, that’s critical,” Blac k. Gill changed he said. Tim Storey reac about 3:10 p.m. first noticed smoke coming Monday, and Nef his vote Justin Burnett / The from the deck ts to seeing his Located next to f Record area at an outdoor barb house on fire Mon to abstain from decided ecue, she didn’t day. the think a way to express vote as she was SEE FIRE , A13
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