Oak Harbor Elementary School students use a Midway Boulevard crosswalk as fifth-graders Megan Olsen, right, and Nathaniel Cruz, hold bright orange “STOP” flags to alert drivers of the student-pedestrians crossing the busy street. School councilor Julie Stratton supervises the program. These students ensure the safety of their peers as volunteer crossing guards after school. “Window on Whidbey” is a regular photo feature of the Whidbey News-Times. Readers can submit pictures by email to  editor@whidbeynewstimes.com. - Jenny Manning/Whidbey News-Times
Jenny Manning/Whidbey News-Times
Oak Harbor Elementary School students use a Midway Boulevard crosswalk as fifth-graders Megan Olsen, right, and Nathaniel Cruz, hold bright orange “STOP” flags to alert drivers of the student-pedestrians crossing the busy street. School councilor Julie Stratton supervises the program. These students ensure the safety of their peers as volunteer crossing guards after school. “Window on Whidbey” is a regular photo feature of the Whidbey News-Times. Readers can submit pictures by email to editor@whidbeynewstimes.com.

Window on Whidbey


February 27, 2009 · 2:38 PM

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