Who was Wild Bill Hickok’s sidekick?
Today the answer to that is just a Google click away, but there was a time not long ago when finding the answer was a community enterprise.
I used to see them flying into the sunset and mistake them for seagulls, and then eagles. Now, I occasionally see them flying into the darkening sky and think I’m seeing a Boeing 787. Either my eyes are playing tricks on me, or Whidbey Island’s crows are getting bigger.
You know you’re getting older when going through a kitchen drawer becomes an archeological dig.
A crusty old salt has written a cute children’s story in hopes of helping kids battling cancer and other diseases.
Mr. Answer man has spent months coming up with more answer, so here they are regardless of if anyone asked any questions.
It takes a village to raise a child, and in some cases it takes a village to see that the grown child is cared for properly for the rest of his life.
Such is the case with Dale Sylvester, 36, who is well known in Oak Harbor for his 18 years as a Whidbey News-Times paper carrier and his 16 years working two hours a day at the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station gymnasium.
I regret having missed the Oak Harbor drag show the night of May 8 because of the many fond memories I have of drag shows.
In my time it was Arlington, not Oak Harbor, that was the mecca of drag. The Arlington airport had what seemed like an endless supply of asphalt and dragsters from miles around would show up to see who was fastest.
Business people and investors from Whidbey Island are behind the development of revolutionary advancements that promise to make the treatment of cancer and other diseases more effective while reducing or eliminating side effects associated with current treatments.
Those who doubt the economic recovery need only look along Whidbey Island’s main highway where the number of used cars for sale is returning to normal.
Coupeville, Oak Harbor and South Whidbey garden clubs are all involved in their spring plant sales, either counting the money from ones already held or getting ready for the flock of flower-lovers yet to come.
To Whidbey Island’s list of home tours, kitchen tours, wine tours, bed & breakfast tours, farm tours and garden tours, add the 2010 Chicken Coop Tour.
The tour takes place Saturday, April 24, and for $10, you can pack your car with up to four people, follow a map included with the ticket, and enjoy some of the finest chicken coops on all of Whidbey Island.
One odd thing about life is that it can be proceeding as normal, when suddenly an off-hand remark turns the mundane into something stressful, and something forgetful into something that picks away at your mind until you can think of little else.
Yours truly owes Randy Dorn, superintendent of public instruction, a humble apology. After Dorn was arrested for Driving Under the Influence, this column predicted he would get a lawyer, plead either not guilty or no contest, go through the diversion program and come out cleaner than a referee’s whistle after a few years. This legal strategy has worked for innumerable politicians in the past.
