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SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2015 | Vol. 91, No. 40 | WWW.SOUTHWHIDBEYRECORD.COM | 75¢
Marina access future divides city electoral candidates Mayor hopefuls not so excited about eminent domain proposal By BEN WATANABE South Whidbey Record
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These conceptual designs of a Dog House renovation were presented to two Langley advisory groups recently, and received favorable reviews.
THE NEW DOG HOUSE Owners release renovation plans for historic tavern By BEN WATANABE South Whidbey Record A restoration of the Dog House Tavern and a reopening of the historic bar may soon be on the way in Langley. Owners Janice and Charlie Kleiner recently received conditional approval from a pair of Langley citizen boards to move forward with conceptual designs.
Plans for the building include a residence and office/retail space upstairs, a restaurant and bar at street level, an event space on the lower level, and a two-car garage for the residents off the Anthes Avenue hill. Off the back of each floor juts a deck looking out toward Camano Island and Saratoga Passage. Based on the concept designs and architect Duaine Weston’s presentation to the
Potential use of eminent domain as a means of improving marina access is a divisive issue for Langley’s election candidates. After the director of Langley Community Planning recommended a combination of projects that included the acquisition of private property for a waterfront walkway, The Record asked this year’s election candidates where they stand on the plan. Most said they were generally opposed to eminent domain, though others agreed the city should pursue discussions with waterfront property owners along Sunrise Lane about a walkway. Here’s their responses, beginning with those seeking city’s top seat.
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Design Review Board on May 19, the building’s facades will remain largely unchanged, including the bright red paint. “Bob (Waterman) and his group are going to hold you to the fire on that one,” said Bob Dalton, the design board’s chairman, referring to Waterman and the Langley Historic
Thomas Gill, a councilman, said he unequivocally opposed the city discussing eminent domain as an option. “Eminent domain as far as I’m concerned is completely off the table and is uncalled for at this point,” Gill said. A former Planning Advisory Board
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Book dealer gives Nazi books to Holocaust museum By JUSTIN BURNETT South Whidbey Record
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These anti-Semitic books and others were recently donated to the United States Memorial Holocaust Museum in Washington DC by a Langley book dealer.
“The Jews and Their Lies,” by Martin Luther, “The Who’s Who in the World Zionist Conspiracy” by James Combs and “The Six Million Swindle: Blackmailing the German People for Hard Marks with Fabricated Corpses” by Austin J. App. Not the kind of titles one runs across in a family book store, and for good reason, said John Norby, a Langley resident and online book seller. They’re chilling anti-Semitic literature and until recently were kept with up to 10,000 other volumes of similar genre in the massive personal library of a former Luftwaffe pilot and Everett man. Norby stumbled across them at an estate sale, and with the help
of friends Kyra Reafs and Kenneth Parker recently donated about 35 of the books to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. A living memorial, the museum works to “inspire citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity,” according to the museum’s website. The financial value of the donation is unknown — federal law prohibits the museum from giving such estimates — but their historical worth may be considerable. The museum is a resource for Holocaust researchers, and a few of the titles are rare, very rare. “I didn’t recognize some of them, and I’ve been at the Holocaust SEE BOOKS, A15