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    Articles by Debra Vaughn
    Hospital name to switch over next month
    Hospital name to switch over next month
    By Debra Vaughn • May 11, 2016 2:40 pm

    Whidbey General Hospital and its clinics will transition to the new moniker WhidbeyHealth next month.

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    Longtime hospital board president says she is stepping down.
    Longtime hospital board president stepping down
    By Debra Vaughn • May 10, 2016 6:26 pm

    Anne Tarrant, the president of the Whidbey Island Public Hospital District Board, handed in her letter of resignation Monday citing plans to relocate.

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    June 13 unveiling scheduled for new hospital moniker
    June 13 unveiling scheduled for new hospital moniker
    By Debra Vaughn • May 10, 2016 6:25 pm

    Whidbey General Hospital and its clinics will transition to the new moniker WhidbeyHealth next month.

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    Journalist Hedrick Smith was the first speaker in the Trudy Sundberg Lecture Series
    Pulitzer winner talks politics with students
    By Debra Vaughn • May 10, 2016 6:15 pm

    It’s hard at times to get high school students to think about larger issues like tax rates, income and the role of corporate contributions in politics — but that didn’t stop Hedrick Smith.

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    Once-in-lifetime teacher: Work with disabled children is ‘almost a higher calling’
    Once-in-lifetime teacher: Work with disabled children is ‘almost...
    By Debra Vaughn • May 7, 2016 7:00 am

    The Oak Harbor School District employs 358 teachers who spend their days making a difference for the town’s children. This is the story of one of them.

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    The robotics team from Oak Harbor High School took home a Spirit Award at the World Robotics Championships in St. Louis
    Oak Harbor HS robotics team earns spirit award
    By Debra Vaughn • May 6, 2016 5:23 pm

    The robotics team from Oak Harbor High School took home a Spirit Award at the World Robotics Championships in St. Louis, one of only four teams out of the 600 competing to do so.

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    Larsen looks to ease jet noise impact
    Larsen looks to ease jet noise impact
    By Debra Vaughn • May 4, 2016 2:32 pm

    It’s no secret Congressman Rick Larsen supports the Navy, so much so that he said he doesn’t see Naval Air Station Whidbey Island going anywhere.

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    Scott Fraser
    This piggy went to Holland Happening
    By Debra Vaughn • May 3, 2016 6:25 pm

    As if 3,000 pounds of pork isn’t enough, chef Scott Fraser is adding one more gigantic oinker to the Pigfest celebration.

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    Most senior Oak Harbor officer ready to hang it up
    Most senior Oak Harbor officer ready to hang...
    By Debra Vaughn • May 3, 2016 6:19 pm

    If you’ve had to call the Oak Harbor police — or, ahem, been misbehaving — there’s a good chance you’ve met Steve Nordstrand.

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    Larsen explores ways to reduce Growler noise
    Larsen explores ways to reduce Growler noise
    By Debra Vaughn • April 29, 2016 6:01 pm

    It’s no secret Congressman Rick Larsen supports the Navy — so much so that he said he doesn’t see Naval Air Station Whidbey Island going anywhere.

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    Chef Mary Arthur said her student
    Top Baker
    By Debra Vaughn • April 29, 2016 6:01 pm

    Being the No. 1 high school baker in the state is easy as pie for Genevieve Boushey.
    The 18-year-old Oak Harbor High School senior took top honors at a commercial baking competition in Tacoma last month, and she’s slated to represent Washington at a national competition in Louisville, Kentucky in June.

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    Oak Harbor School District is making student drop-off safer and easier by creating a buses-only entrance to the school off of Heller Road.
    Hillcrest making drop-offs easier
    By Debra Vaughn • April 29, 2016 5:01 pm

    Oak Harbor School District is in the midst of making student drop offs at Hillcrest Elementary safer and easier by creating a new buses-only entrance from Heller Road.

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    Businessmen hope to have a hydro race competition in Oak Harbor this year.
    Hydro races resurrected in Oak Harbor; businessmen to...
    By Debra Vaughn • April 26, 2016 5:51 pm

    It looked like the Oak Harbor hydroplane races were dead in the water, but two local businessmen are committed to making them happen — even if they take a financial hit.

    Craig McKenzie and Jim Woessner, of the Craig McKenzie Team of Keller Williams Whidbey, are moving forward with plans to hold an event called Hydros for Heroes scheduled for Aug. 13-14.

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