Twirling Lights and a Stolen Gerbil

According to Coupeville's The Whidbey Examiner newspaper, these calls to the sheriff's department were recently logged:

7:40 a.m. Caller requests law enforcement assistance or contact at the SAFE building referring to a burglary that occurred sometime over the weekend. Gerbil, fish and clock missing.

8:46 p.m. Suspicious circumstance: Three lights twirling in the sky above Penn Cove. Caller states she saw the tail coming down.

Write-in Election Candidates from Island County Voters

From the South Whidbey Record, this year's list of Island County write-in candidates from voters included:

• Mickey Mouse
• Bozo
• Donald Duck
• Karl Marx
• Hillary Clinton
• Jimmy Page
• John and Jane Doe
• Sleeping Beauty
• Joe Democrat
• Homer Simpson
• Vito Corleone
• Joe Blow
• Pedro
• Stephen Colbert
• Alfred E. Newman
• Mr. Magoo
• Laura Bush
• Jesus Christ
• Scrooge McDuck
• Paris Hilton
• Judge Roy Bean
• Michael Phelps
• J.P. Patches
• Hulk Hogan
• Humpty Dumpty
• Judge Judy
• William Taft
• Peter Pan
• James Bond
• Mr. Apathy

US President William Taft