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Long, shaggy ears are just one of the features that make Olympia, a Poitou donkey, stand out.  - Nathan Whalen/Whidbey News-Times
Rare Poitou finds home on Whidbey
Today, 3:39 PM · UPDATED Horses, llamas and alpacas seem to be the animals many islanders want to raise these days. But Maryon Attwood is raising something much more rare. She has three of the estimated 500 Poitou donkeys left on the planet. Attwood has three jennies, named Olympia, Nova and Rhapsody, that wander... more ›
Terry Beatty, director of the Oak Harbor center, begins his research at familysearch.org, a geneology Web site.   - Liz Burlingame/Whidbey News-Times
Search your roots for free
Today, 3:02 PM · UPDATED Author Alex Haley spent ten years tracing his family tree for his novels, the most famous being, “Roots: The Saga of an American Family.” He later said, “In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know... More ›
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