Crafters get together for eco-friendly co-op in Oak Harbor
Rebecca Olson/Whidbey News-Times
Glennda Wright, a member of Crafters Co-op, works on a yarn project in one of the comfy chairs the shop offers for studying its large collection of crafting books.
Crafters Co-op isn’t your average crafting store. Instead of rows of acrylic fabrics and synthetic crafts, the new shop on Pioneer Way offers a breath of fresh air with natural fibers, rugs made from recycled T-shirts, vintage buttons and fabrics and a homey studio with everything needed to make hundreds of unique crafts.
May 16, 2012
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Whidbey General celebrates Nurses Week with education
Whidbey General Hospital joined the nation in recognizing nurses during National Nurses Week, which is celebrated annually during the week of May 6.
May 16, 2012
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U.S. Climate Versus Weather Computers: Climate Wins
Why is the U.S. government provide hugely more computer resources for climate prediction than weather prediction? And why is far more emphasis given to climate prediction research than weather prediction research and development?In some past blogs I talked about the unfortunate lack of computer resources available to the National Weather Service (NWS), resulting in the...
Youth camp set for July
Children from Island County will be able to attend summer camp at Camp Arnold near Mount Rainier again this July. This opportunity is made possible each year as part of the Salvation Army’s Service Extension Department and their partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County, which serves as the coordinator for children in Island County.
May 13, 2012
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Cold Records with Warm Temperatures
On Saturday it became toasty here in Northwest, with many locations gets into the 70s and lower 80s. Yet a number of locations exprienced daily minimum temperature records in the morning--here is the proof from the National Climatic Data Center records website. The blue dot indicate a tie for the record and stations with an...
Art school seeks youth scholarship donations
Youth Art at the Pacific NorthWest Art School is back in full swing this year. Winter session saw 14 students in grades three to seven engaged in an eight-week after-school program, with five of those students receiving full scholarships.
The current spring session has 10 youngsters in the third through sixth grade session led by Karen Merrill, and five students in the seventh through 12th grade session led by Jon Aesoph.
May 11, 2012
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HomeConnection will send students to national History Day competition
HomeConnection has again represented the Oak Harbor School District well at the state contest for National History Day. All four students made it to the finals round of competition at state, with three of those students qualifying for nationals.
This is the second year in a row that all HomeConnection students made it to state finals and is the only school in the state to do so.
May 11, 2012
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Motorcycles benefit Langley's HOPE
HOPE Therapeutic Riding Center hosts its second annual Motorcycle Benefit Ride Saturday, June 2.
The ride begins at 10:30 a.m. at Ken’s Korner in Langley and ends at Flyer’s Restaurant and Brewery in Oak Harbor.
May 11, 2012
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Senior Services of Island County recognizes volunteers
Senior Services of Island County held its annual volunteer appreciation event at the Greenbank Farm on April 19 to a record 170 attendees.
Cheryn Weiser, executive director, announced the four volunteers of the year: Larry Corradini, Jim Engstrom, Norma Taylor and Sherm Wortman.
May 11, 2012
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An Oak Harbor poet’s romance with the Pacific Northwest
“Smoke & Dust” isn’t just Perry Woodfin’s new book of poetry. It’s a gathering of words and images mirroring the beauty of Puget Sound and Whidbey Island; a series of memories wrapped in adjectives and the verbs that sum up Woodfin’s life in the Pacific Northwest.
Woodfin, 70, has lived in Oak Harbor for more than 20 years and has been writing poetry since he was a teenager. One of his poems, “Swan Song,” was published in the Whidbey News-Times a few years ago in response to the building of Walmart in Oak Harbor, and another of the poems in his book, “We Gather Here Today,” was inspired by the police reports published in the News-Times.
May 11, 2012
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Summer in May
It is a climatological oddity of Northwest meteorology that we often get a period of very warm, dry weather sometime in the second or third week of May, followed by a retreat into the dismal June Gloom. Well folks, we are about to have the heat wave--one that will bring near 80F temps to Seattle,...
