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Oak Harbor, Washington
MIDWEEKChorus Line is ‘One
Singular Sensation.’
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Vol. 116, No. 78
NEWS BRIEFSOld stadium
still in useWhile work is finished
on the Oak Harbor School
District’s shiny new Wildcat
Memorial Stadium, the old War
Memorial Stadium will continue
to be used by both the schools
and the community.
To help the district keep the
old stadium maintained, the
city of Oak Harbor and Island
County agreed to each pay
$3,000 a year toward that cost
as part of an interlocal agree-
ment. In addition, the city will
continue to provide portable
toilets at the site.
“We have had several of the
youth athletic leagues approach
us and express their interest to
use the old Memorial Stadium,”
city Public Works Superin-
tendent Cathy Rosen told the
city council Tuesday night. The
council unanimously approved
the agreement.
Under the agreement, the
school district will schedule
use of the field and district
events will have priority over
league activities and community
events. Rosen said she doesn’t
anticipate any scheduling
hassles.
Harley’s roar
not from police
Oak Harbor cops will give up
their Harleys for foreign-made
motorcycles.
Last Tuesday, the Oak Har-
bor City Council approved the
purchase of two Honda mo-
torcycles, with the necessary
extra lighting and equipment,
for a total of $38,000.
Public Works Superintendent
Cathy Rosen said in previous
years the police leased two
Harley Davidson Road Kings
from Skagit Harley Davidson
for $1,300 a year, plus a one-
time cost of nearly $7,000 to
purchase and install boxes for
police equipment.
The problem, Rosen said, is
that the city had to turn in the
model each year and transfer
the gear, at an additional annual
cost of $3,000 per motorcycle.
Design standards
ready for public
Proposed design standards in
Coupeville are now ready for
public review.
The current design standards
were adopted in 1995 and
apply only to the historic part
of Coupeville. The proposed
standards would apply design
guidelines to each neighbor-
hood in town.
The Design Review Board
will have an informal look at the
new standards during its Sept.
18 meeting. The plans also have
to go before the planning com-
mission and the Town Council.
Mayor Nancy Conard said
there isn’t a deadline for when
the new standards will be ap-
proved. She wants to make
sure there’s enough chances for
the community to comment on
the proposed changes.
“We want to take plenty of
time for community input,” Co-
nard said.
The proposed guidelines are
available at Town Hall or at
www.town.coupeville.wa.us.
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By JESSIE STENSLAND
Staff reporter
Inch for inch, the stretch of
Highway 20 in Oak Harbor be-
tween Beeksma Drive and Swan-
town Avenue is one of the most
accident-prone segments of road
on Whidbey Island.
Anyone who’s driven the sec-
tion at about 5 p.m. also knows it’s
the most congested.
Officials from the city and state
— the latter of which is ultimate-
ly responsible for the highway
— have been discussing the prob-
lem for at least a decade, but still a
fix remains elusive.
While everyone seems to
agree that highway widening is
in order, the task is complicated
by funding problems, the state’s
prioritization method for road
construction, a state law that only
applies to islands with highways,
and of course, politics.
Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen,
D-Camano, doesn’t have a lot of
sympathy for city officials who
complain that the state needs to
fix the highway. She said the city
brought about the problem by
allowing so much development,
particularly the Wal-Mart, in the
immediate area.
“It’s just an awful mess. Those
of us who were watching knew
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Accidents like this four-car fender bender on Highway 20 this
summer adds to the gridlock on the Beeksma-to-Swantown sec-
tion. Safety first
State highway officials say
safety, not traffic congestion,
is the number one priority in
setting roadwork priorities.
See page 2 of today’s Whidbey
News-Times for details.
By NATHAN WHALEN
Staff reporter
The sound of a Prowler flyover
wasn’t the only rumble heard Fri-
day night. The other rumble was
the sound of thousands of crazed
Oak Harbor Wildcat fans stomp-
ing on the brand new aluminum
bleachers cheering on the foot-
ball team as they pummeled the
Arlington Eagles 35-0.
Friday night marked the first
of what will be many home team
victories in the long life of Wild-
cat Memorial Stadium at Oak
Harbor High School.
Some families brought several
generations, all of whom graduat-
ed from Oak Harbor, to enjoy the
first game at the new stadium.
Bernie Lange, who graduated
from Oak Harbor High School
in 1945, was accompanied by his
children, one coming from as
far away as Alaska, and grand-
children to Friday night’s game.
The facilities have come a long
way since he played for Oak Har-
bor. Back then the games were
played on a grass field without
any stands.
Now he enjoys watching the
games at a facility that is tops in
the league.
“We went from the worst field
in the league to the best,” Lange
said. He enjoys having the away
team’s stands on the opposite
side of the field from the home
team’s stands. Other stadiums in
the district, such as Snohomish
and Cascade, have all the specta-
tors on one side of the field, and
that lessens the experience by
co-mingling the fans, he said.
Oak Harbor football is a big
part of the Lange family. Bernie
and his brother played for the
Wildcats. In addition, his three
sons and five nephews have all
played football.
There were smiles all around
for people seeing the stadium
that opened publicly for the first
time. After all, it was a commu-
nity-approved $6.5 million bond
that paid for the lion’s share of
the new stadium.
“This stadium is bigger than
any one of us,” Rotary member
Jim Slowik said during the rib-
bon cutting ceremony to formally
open the facility. “Everybody has
an equal share of this stadium.”
He highlighted all of the peo-
ple who helped raise money for
the stadium. Everybody from
little leaguers to local business
owners contributed to the sta-
dium fund-raising effort. In all,
the Noon Rotary raised $343,000
to help offset construction costs
for the stadium.
“Everybody contributed,”
Slowik said, raising his voice as
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Oak Harbor High School students, from the left, Kim Mowbray, Sadi Folz and Jessica Muzzall cheer on the football team during
Friday’s opening of Wildcat Memorial Stadium.
And the crowd goes wild
Nathan Whalen/Whidbey News-Times
Oak Harbor High School students Steven Nydam, Jake Daniel, Alex Nydam and Chris Horn show
their school spirit during Friday’s game.
By PAUL BORING
Staff reporter
After years of deterioration, a
tide gate outfall on West Beach
Road near Swan Lake is scheduled
to receive a facelift, effectively fix-
ing damage inflicted by years of
wear and tear.
The maintenance project, which
could generate some controversy
given its proximity to the lake,
is completely necessary, said As-
sistant County Engineer Randy
Brackett. A crew will slipline an exist-
ing pipe that is falling apart. The
problem is well documented, the
engineer added.
“There’s gaping holes and it fills
up with sand so it can’t discharge
water from Swantown Lake,”
Brackett said. “The lake starts to
raise up and level and it gets to be
a mess.”The primary concern is that
raised levels of marine water poses
a threat to the properties neigh-
boring the lake with the saltwater
intrusion, he added.
Inserting a smaller diameter,
smoother pipe will allow the drain-
age system to work as it was origi-
nally designed.
“It’s purely maintenance work,”
Brackett said. “The Department of
Fish and Wildlife and other regula-
tory agencies have signed off on
the project.”
Brackett said the storm drains
will be cleaned up as part of the
project. If all goes according to
plan, the work should be complet-
ed by the end of October.
According to Angie Homola, a
resident who lives in the vicinity
of the project and a member of the
Swan Lake Watershed Preserva-
tion Group, the work has already
begun. And without a required hy-
draulic permit application.
Homola said she was told by a
Fish and Wildlife employee that no
permit had been issued. A neigh-
bor of Homola’s, however, investi-
gated the site and found that work
had been done on the tide gate.
“The county is lying if they say
they’ve done nothing,” she said,
adding that repeated requests to be
kept apprised of progress and to be
sent work orders had been ignored.
“I’ve heard nothing from them.”
Brackett said Tuesday work has
not begun on the project and Pub-
lic Works is in the process of secur-
ing a hydraulic permit.
“Some residents may have seen
some work being done in the vicin-
ity of that culvert, but all that was
was cleaning the grate in front of
the culvert,” Brackett said.
Tide gate work due
Friday
ISLAND WEATHER
Mostly sunny.
Winds WNW at 6 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny.
Winds W at 5 mph.
High
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Low
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Thursday
Mostly sunny.
Winds W at 5 mph.
High
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High
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Forecast from www.accuweather.com.
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gate And the crowd goes wild
While everyone seems to
agree that highway widening is
in order, the task is complicated
by funding problems, the state’s
prioritization method for road
construction, a state law that only
applies to islands with highways,
and of course, politics.
Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen,
D-Camano, doesn’t have a lot of
sympathy for city officials who
complain that the state needs to
And the crowd goes wildgate work
While everyone seems to
agree that highway widening is
in order, the task is complicated
by funding problems, the state’s
prioritization method for road
construction, a state law that only
applies to islands with highways,
Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen,
D-Camano, doesn’t have a lot of
sympathy for city officials who
complain that the state needs to
fix the highway. She said the city
brought about the problem by
allowing so much development,
particularly the Wal-Mart, in the
immediate area.
“It’s just an awful mess. Those
of us who were watching knew
Jessie Stensland / Whidbey News-Times
Accidents like this four-car fender bender on Highway 20 this
summer adds to the gridlock on the Beeksma-to-Swantown sec-
tion.
And the crowd goes wild Tide gate
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