Lost dog prompts police calls
The Coupeville Town Marshal’s Office responded to the following calls:
Caller reports poodle found on Front Street
The Coupeville Town Marshal’s Office responded to the following calls:
Marshal responds to complaints about marijuana use
The Coupeville Town Marshal’s Office responded to the following calls:
Pizza delivery ends in ditch | Coupeville Scanner
The following items were selected from reports made to the Coupeville Town Marshal’s Office:
Encounters with snakes, lizards connect kids with nature
As Dave Coleburn from Predators of the Heart wheeled cages and more cages into Coupeville Library Friday, the meeting room filled with children wiggling with excitement to see what was inside. The library program Animal Encounters promised snakes, a skunk and other scaled and furry creatures, but the families were in for a surprise.
Teen recognized by Boys and Girls Club
Community and school spirit seem to come naturally for Coupeville High School senior Jai’Lysa Hoskins, 17.
A good student, a good athlete and a good role model, Hoskins has been chosen as the Coupeville Boys and Girls Club’s first ever Youth of the Year.
Holiday House provides more than 700 gifts
With thanks to about 150 of Santa’s best helpers, the Readiness to Learn Foundation’s Holiday House projects provided gifts for 714 Whidbey Island children this holiday season.
“We estimate upwards of $30,000 of toys, clothes and trees were donated by Whidbey residents as well as nearly $20,000 in monetary donations,” said Gail LaVassar, executive director of Readiness to Learn Foundation.
Coupeville classes help adults expand education
It’s never too late to learn or to share what you know.
That’s the philosophy behind the Coupeville Community Education program. The school district offers classes for youth and adults three times a year, and the winter session is starting up in January.
Longhouse, carousel win top prizes in 2012 gingerbread contest
Students from the Whidbey Island Christian School earned a top prize in this year’s Gingerbread Challenge, sponsored by The Whidbey Examiner.
The entry, “Native Indians of Whidbey Island - Longhouse on the Beach,” won the People’s Choice prize in the group category.
Rain can’t drown farmers markets’ success
Rainy spring weather took a bite out of the Coupeville Farmers Market this year, resulting in the first decrease in sales since 2005.
Market officials attended the Coupeville Town Council’s regular meeting last week to give elected officials their annual roundup of the summer market, which is held from April to mid-October in the grassy field behind the library.
Original member welcomed back to Ebey’s trust
The Trust Board of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve welcomed back one of its original members this month.
Wilbur Bishop, a long-time Central Whidbey farmer who served on the very first Trust Board 24 years ago, was appointed by the Island County Commissioners last month to fill position 5.
