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Published 10:00 am Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Wayne and Aida Martin extend thanks to their loving friends and neighbors for their concerned phone calls and prayers following Angela Martin’s head-on motor vehicle collision, Feb 18. Angela is slowly recovering after a seven day stay at Harborview Medical Center, sustaining multiple facial and cranial lacerations, contusions, concussions, and fractures, perforated small intestine, and a ruptured kidney. They say their entire family is blessed.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua B. Foy, whose wife Diana is the daughter of Debra and Robert Ewing of Oak Harbor, recently returned home from a routine, scheduled deployment while assigned to the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, homeported in Mayport, Fla.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Marvin H. McGuire, IV, whose wife Victoria is the daughter of Marianne and Carlton Taylor of Oak Harbor, also recently returned home with the Gettysburg, .

During the deployment, the Gettysburg supported the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise by protecting it from air, surface and subsurface threats. The crew of Gettysburg also participated in community relations projects in Bahrain.

Whidbey Island Writers’ Association honors young authors this month.

Manuscripts submitted to the Celebrate Writing Young Authors’ Contest debuted at the Whidbey Island Writers’ Conference, March 6 and 7, where writers from throughout the U.S. are invited to comment on them. The manuscripts will then be on display at Sno-Isle branch libraries through March 31. Oak Harbor and Coupeville students’ work will be in theirrespective libraries. South Whidbey manuscripts Grades K-5 will be in Freeland and Grades 6-12 in Langley.

Entries from Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades are on display, but not judged.

Grade 3: Poetry-1st, Sophia Larson-Wickman; 2nd, Jacob Kalkman; 3rd, Sarah Ann Yeilding; 4th, Connor McCauley. Fiction-1st, Ander Patrick Pierce; 2nd, Alina Davis; 3rd ,Taylor Michael Simmons; 4th (Tie), Anna Gailey and Collette Grove.

Grades 3-4: Personal Narrative/Essay-1st, Nickolay Hacking; 2nd, Shane Ball; 3rd, Loren Davis; 4th, Jessica Carey.

Grade 4: Poetry-1st, Christopher Bates; 2nd, Paige Shelly; 3rd, Jake Torget; 4th, Lisa Sparks. Fiction-1st, Elijah Stevens; 2nd, Serena Hill; 3rd, Sidney Hauser; 4th, Tessa Chiarizio.

Grade 5: Poetry-1st, Hannah Peterson; 2nd, Naomi Story; 3rd, Shane Thekildsen; 4th, Jeremy Shasky. Fiction-1st, Kip Hacking; 2nd, Taylor Harreman; 3rd, Alex Wallace; 4th Carrie Ann Walker. Personal Narrative-1st, Ashley Winter; 2nd, Maisie Leese; 3rd, Daniel Carreras; 4th, Nichole Melton. Essay-1st, Steffanie Deisher; 2nd, Cheyanne Frolich; 3rd, Sasha Olson; 4th, Trevor Watkins.

Grade 6: Poetry-1st, Ashlee Bliek; 2nd, Elsie Henderson; 3rd, Rebecca Ferguson; 4th, Dane Bryant. Fiction-1st, Jordan Otruba; 2nd, Jachen Mackner; 3rd, Devon Armstrong; 4th, Madison Shipley. Personal Narrative-1st, Ellie Robbins; 2nd, Ann Burnett 3rd, Dane Bryant; 4th, Alexis Brown. Essay-1st, Ellie Robbins; 2nd, Meghan Rikard; 3rd, Ann Burnett; 4th Nicole Mowbray.

Grade 7: Poetry-1st, Devon Gibbons; 2nd, Tyler Zimmerman; 3rd, John Hu; 4th, Eric Sparks. Fiction-1st, John Hu; 2nd, Stephanie Famellos; 3rd, Devon Gibbons; 4th, Sydney Agate. Personal Narrative-1st, Sydney Agate; 2nd, Devon Gibbons; 3rd, Eric Sparks; 4th Rami Geers. Essay-1st, Devon Gibbons; 2nd John Hu; 3rd, Courtney Bosman; 4th, Carly Simmons.

Grade 8: Poetry-1st, Spencer Burnett; 2nd, Mark Arand; 3rd, Rachel Cook; 4th, Robert Boenish. Fiction-1st, Rachel Cook; 2nd, Staci Schmeltz; 3rd, Spencer Burnett; 4th Robert Boenish. Personal Narrative-1st, Lane D. Koughan; 2nd, Grace Itaya; 3rd, Jasmine Kela; 4th, Spencer Burnett.

Grades 8-10: Essay-1st, Spencer Burnett; 2nd, Grace Itaya; 3rd, Matt Schoonover; 4th, Amy Pfeiffer.

Grades 9: Poetry-1st, Katy Milne; 2nd, Emma Ruggiero; 3rd, Chelsey Backus; 4th, Gregory Colfer.

Grades 9-10: Fiction-1st, Rebecca Olson; 2nd, James Simon; 3rd, Christina Hilkey; 4th, Alea Robertson.

Grade 10: Poetry-1st, Erin Hilton; 2nd, Amanda Sterling; 3rd, Rebecca Olson; 4th, Sarah Milholland.

Grade 10-12: Personal Narrative-1st, Rebecca Olson; 2nd, Julie Shults; 3rd, Kurt Muniz, Jr; 4th (Tie) Kelsi Franzen and Amanda Sterling.

Grade 11: Poetry-1st, Julie Shults; 2nd, Brian Scoles 3rd, Shawn Morris; 4th (Tie), Heather Burk and Jon Piepenbrink.

Grade 11-12: Fiction-1st, Julie Shults; 2nd, Mosa Collins; 3rd, Jessica Johnson; 4th, Brian Scoles.

Grade 12: Poetry-1st, Ben Harris; 2nd, Marguerite Crooks; 3rd, Shannan Engel; 4th, Shena von Spronsen.