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Christian Reformed lights candles | Religion Notes
Dec 21 2012, 3:21 PM All are invited to a candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24 at the Oak Harbor Christian Reformed Church. The service will include carol singing, scripture readings and a solo by Sarah Reinstra. Pastor Randy Beumer will present a short message titled “Christmas News from Heaven,” and the service will end with the singing of “Silent Night” while lighting individual candles.
New sign regulations give Oak Harbor small businesses options
Dec 21 2012, 3:23 PM Sign rules in Island County that have been a headache for the business community for years got an overhaul this week.
Three services offered at Oak Harbor First United Methodist Church | Religion Notes
Dec 21 2012, 3:24 PM Oak Harbor First United Methodist Church will offer three opportunities to take part in a Christmas Eve candlelight service. A family service will be offered at 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24, aimed at families with young children. A choir cantata will be held at 8 p.m. Christmas Eve and a “Carols and Communion” service will be offered at 11 p.m. Organizers say everyone is invited to share in celebrating the birth of the Christ child.
'Cats turn cold, fall to Ferndale | Girls basketball
Dec 23 2012, 1:51 PM The Oak Harbor High School girls basketball team went into a deep freeze midway through its nonleague game with visiting and undefeated Ferndale Friday, Dec. 21, and the chilly result was a 70-48 loss.
Oak Harbor wins 4th straight | Boys basketball
Dec 23 2012, 1:56 PM Oak Harbor High School boys basketball coach Mike Washington said at the beginning of the season if his team could get through its tough early schedule without losing confidence, it would be in good shape. With a 60-56 road win over Ferndale Friday, Dec. 21, things definitely are looking good.
Wolves lose odd one | Boys basketball
Dec 23 2012, 2:01 PM The last year and a half for the Coupeville High School boys basketball team has been a tough go and full of rugged defeats, but the 66-61 loss at home to Orcas Island Saturday, Dec. 22, may be the most bitter.
Coupeville catches fire late | Girls basketball
Dec 23 2012, 3:22 PM After letting the past two games slip away in the fourth quarter, the Coupeville High School girls basketball team wasn’t about to let it happen again. The Wolves used a 19-0 run in the second half to defeat visiting Orcas Island 39-31 Saturday, Dec. 22.
Former OHHS stars return to work with current Wildcats
Heidi McNeill works helps with conditioning by passing a weighted basketball. - Jim Waller / Whidbey News-Times Dec 24 2012, 10:00 AM Members of the Oak Harbor High School varsity girls and freshman boys basketball teams are receiving a unique gift this holiday season: the expertise of two of Oak Harbor’s most celebrated athletes.
Whidbey theaters adapting to new film requirements
Oak Harbor Cinemas Manager Sherry Sloyke prepares a film, Jack Reacher, that will be shown. The North Whidbey theater will be the last movie house on Whidbey Island to use film. The theater will transition to digital in January. - Nathan Whalen/Whidbey News-Times  Dec 27 2012, 1:33 PM 2012 won’t be the end of the world, but it is the end of film at Whidbey movie theaters. Whidbey movie theater operators are spending tens of thousands of dollars to replace their venerable film projectors with digital equipment in order to meet requirements set by the industry. Theater operators are scrambling to make the upgrades because distributors will soon stop dispersing traditional 35 mm film. Instead of movie theater staff threading projectors, they will have to access a hard drive on a computer to start a movie.
Island County approves curbside recycling
Dec 26 2012, 9:00 AM A five-year discussion about curbside recycling for Island Disposal customers came to an end last week. On Thursday, the Island County Commissioners agreed in a 2-0 vote to move forward with the program, which will apply to everyone who subscribes to trash service in rural parts of Whidbey Island. Board members expressed concerns about well-tread issues, ranging from the mandatory elements of the program and the exclusion of glass to the quoted $11.60 per month cost, but ultimately decided that curbside recycling’s time had come.