Longtime Oak Harbor business Island Drug sets up at new location, opens Monday
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Island Drug owner Aaron Syring, right in red shirt, discusses progress of the building while standing in the new ‘Apple a Day Cafe’ inside the new store.
The past two weeks are a blur for Betsy Zick.
As the front end manager of Island Drug, she’s been tasked with leading a smooth transition between the current store site on Pioneer Way and the new building on State Highway 20 that opens to the public Monday morning.
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Whidbey General Hospital converting to digital records system
Whidbey General Hospital will join hundreds of healthcare organizations around the country May 1 when it starts converting to a computerized Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system.
EMR will provide one comprehensive medical record, accessible to all providers, with the goal of making patient care safer, more effective and better quality.
Mozes named Whidbey News-Times general manager
Advertising Sales Manager Lee Ann Mozes was promoted this week to general manager for the Whidbey News-Times and The Whidbey Crosswind in Oak Harbor.
“I’m really impressed with Lee Ann’s outstanding sales abilities and her excellent representation of the Whidbey publications in the community,” said Keven R. Graves, executive editor and publisher for the Whidbey News Group.
Oak Harbor chamber raising money for OH firework show
For the first time, Oak Harbor community members at large have a chance to put their money behind the city’s patriotic pyrotechnics.
Kathy Reed, the new director for the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce, said the organization is running behind on its annual fundraising campaign for the Fourth of July fireworks show over the water.
The chamber traditionally raises cash for the fireworks from within its membership, but this year the group is running short on funds.
National Open House April 20-21
Many local Whidbey Island Realtors will be participating in the Realtors National Open House event Saturday and Sunday, April 20-21. This is always a great time to get out and see some of the beautiful homes that are for sale on Whidbey Island. Check your local newspaper for information or Whidbey News Times online.
Coupeville farmers market season starts
Coupeville Farmers Market kicks off its market season today. It is the 35th consecutive year for the market, said Peg Tennant, market manager.
The market is held every Saturday through mid October, with the exception of Aug. 10. Markets run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Community Green behind the Coupeville library.
Whidbey’s newest gun shop to open
If all goes as planned South Whidbey residents looking for a rifle or handgun won’t have to go to Oak Harbor or the mainland.
Whidbey Arms is opening at Ken’s Korner Mall under the ownership of Freeland resident Jim Childers.
“We’ll be opening Wednesday or Thursday,” he said as workers pieced together display cases, furniture and the security system.
Where’s the beef? It’s in San de Fuca
What started as a way to pay for college while providing a local source of beef for Whidbey Island residents has slowly grown over the course of 13 years.
The North Whidbey company, 3 Sisters Beef, completed its latest expansion recently by opening a market in San de Fuca that will give people another place to purchase locally grown products.
Oak Harbor Little Caesars to reopen Monday following crash
Thanks to a supportive community and good insurance, an Oak Harbor pizza shop reopens Monday, approximately one month after a car rammed through the store prompting an unexpected closure.
Oak Harbor’s Little Caesars, located in a strip mall between Safeway and Rite Aid, opens 11:30 a.m. Monday with a ribbon cutting and deals for pizza lovers.
Workers were busy this week renovating the restaurant.
Oak Harbor chamber’s logo gets a makeover
The Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce has gotten a makeover, of sorts.
The chamber shared a logo with the City of Oak Harbor for several years, a useful endeavor that helped “brand” the Oak Harbor area. However, chamber officials feel the time has come to do a little branding of its own.
“The old logo has served its purpose very well, but there has always been a certain level of confusion that goes along with having the same logo as the city,” Kathy Reed, Oak Harbor Chamber’s executive director, said.
