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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2014 | Vol. 124, No. 87 | WWW.WHIDBEYNEWSTIMES.COM | 75¢
Johnson endorsing Hannold for commission By JANIS REID Staff reporter
Island County Commissioner Jill Johnson said she is endorsing candidate Rick Hannold in a letter to the Whidbey NewsTimes Tuesday. Johnson and Hannold are Republicans. Hannold’s challenger, Karla Jacks, is a Democrat. “Like you, I take voting very seriously,” Johnson said. “And JOHNSON: despite my party affili- “When I chose ation, I rarely vote a who to vote for, a person’s party-line ballot. “When I chose who to character and vote for, a person’s char- motivation for acter and motivation for serving trumps all.” serving trumps all.” SEE ENDORSEMENT, A12
Mayor is taking case for IT board changes on road By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter
Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley is taking his criticism of the board of Island Transit to other elected officials across the island, though his message may not be well received. Dudley, who may be seeking re-election next year, is making Island Transit his personal crusade. Dudley said Monday that he plans to attend council meetings next month in Langley and Coupeville to ask mayors and council members “to take a look at SEE DUDLEY, A13
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After their scheduled game against Marysville-Pilchuck was cancelled, members of the Oak Harbor football team, including Josiah Welch, No. 6, and Michael Corfman, No. 57, attended a vigil at The Grove Church in Marysville to honor victims of a shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School on Friday, Oct. 24.
Doing the right thing Wildcat forfeit gains unforeseen attention
By Jim Waller
“I Sports editor
t was the right thing to do.” That is what Oak Harbor High School football coach Jay Turner said after the Wildcats football team forfeited Friday’s game against Marysville-Pilchuck. The two schools were primed to meet Friday evening at Wildcat Memorial Stadium to decide the Wesco 3A North title. Everything changed Friday morning, however, after a freshman football player from Marysville-Pilchuck shot five other students, killing two, before he shot and killed himself.
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Turner, a 1990 Marysville-Pilchuck graduate, met with his coaching staff soon after hearing about the tragedy. It was clear just minutes into the meeting, with all agreeing, that offering to forfeit was the correct path. Oak Harbor’s gesture of conceding the game received national attention, with praise cropping up on radio, television and the Internet. “It wasn’t our intent that it got out there, or to become what it has become,” Turner said. “The big thing is to keep the focus on Marysville-Pilchuck.” The gesture nonetheless caught the attention of the Seattle SEE GESTURE, A12
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