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Navy PBY aircraft moving to Pioneer
Scoping meetings focus on Growler
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By MICHELLE BEAHM
By RON NEWBERRY
Wil Shellenberger, president of the PBY Memorial Foundation, is working with the City of Oak Harbor, the Navy and Skagit Valley College to ensure a safe passage for the PBY Catalina to its new home. The foundation secured a lease with property on Pioneer Way to place the iconic aircraft. It is on the former site of Boyer Chevrolet across the street from the PBY-Naval Air Museum’s present home. “Essentially, it will make our museum complete,” Shellenberger said. “It will be a major visual attraction in the downtown area.” Though still in the preliminary stages, agreements in principle were made with the city, Navy and college to move the aircraft from its location on the Seaplane Base to the new spot on Pioneer, Shellenberger said. The hope is for the move to take place in January or February 2015. “Now, we have to go in and show them the details of the route and make sure everybody signs off on it,” Shellenberger said. The plan is to remove the wings of the World War II era plane and tow it through the lower campus of Skagit Valley College, on to Pioneer Way, then Bayshore Drive and back on to Pioneer before reaching its final destination. Since the tail reaches as high as 20 feet, the foundation will work with utility companies to avoid overhead lines. Certain maneuvering, such as raising the nose of the aircraft, also can aid this process by lowerSEE PBY, A10
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Photo by Ian Terry/The Herald
Marysville-Pilchuck football coach Brandon Carson, left, presents Oak Harbor High School with the Wesco North 3A championship trophy. Among the Wildcats accepting the trophy is Diangelo McKinney (39).
Marysville-Pilchuck presents Wesco 3A trophy to Wildcats
BY JIM WALLER
T Sports editor
he Mar ysvillePilchuck Tomahawk football team made a surprise visit to Oak Harbor High School’s practice Wednesday, presenting the Wildcats with the Wesco 3A North championship trophy and a pizza dinner. The visit was to thank the Oak Harbor players and staff for their willingness to forfeit the Oct. 24 football game and for their presence at a vigil and team meeting in Marysville the evening of the shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck
“ You can’t put into words how incredible their act
of generosity was. Turner, his staff and his players are class acts. I can’t speak highly enough of them.” •••
Marysville-Pilchuck coach Brandon Carson
High School that left three dead and three wounded. In the wake of the shooting, Oak Harbor coach Jay Turner called Marysville-Pilchuck coach Brandon Carson that night with the offer to concede the game, which was to decide the divisional title, to the Tomahawks. Turner and the Oak Harbor team knew that the Marysville players, coaches and community had more to worry
People on both sides of the noise debate attended a Navy scoping meeting in Coupeville Tuesday night. The anti-Outlying Field Coupeville group Citizens Of Ebey’s Reserve, or COER, attended, but member Paula Spina said she saw the meeting was nothing more than “a dog-and-pony show.” “They’ve already made their decision; this is just to justify their decision to us,” she said. Other attendees said they found it informative and helpful. “There’s a lot of people who know a lot about their fields,” said Coupeville resident Kelly Keilwitz, noting he SEE SCOPING, A20
Health dept. keeping tabs on travelers By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter
about than a football game. That act of sportsmanship prompted Marysville-Pilchuck to reciprocate Wednesday. Carson told the Everett Herald, “You can’t put into words how incredible their act of generosity was. Turner, his staff and his players are class acts. I can’t speak highly enough of them.
Some Island County residents are currently in West Africa and will be returning under scrutiny for possible Ebola exposure, according to Keith Higman, the county’s public health director. Higman said staff members track people in the community who come in for vaccinations prior to traveling
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