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Peter Hunt holds up a Promenade Deck window he recovered from the Andrea Doria during a dive in the 1980s. He was the first to look through the window since the sinking of the Andrea Doria in 1956.

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Oak Harbor author dives into memories of adventure, friendship, life

Diving deep beneath the surface of the water was like no other feeling in the world to Peter…

Oak Harbor Lions Club member Jim Ryan helps Crescent Harbor Elementary School kindergarten student Kelsey Bull into headphones for a hearing test.

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Lions screen kids’ hearing, vision

Hundreds of elementary school students streamed into the Lions Health Screening Unit for hearing and vision screenings this…

Princeton Lollar gets on the school bus at North Whidbey Middle School. The school board will discuss transportation funding at a meeting Monday.

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Transportation, food services addressed for Oak Harbor school levy

With the approach of the 2013 levy next year, the Oak Harbor School District seeks input on what…

Marianne Burr hand stitches a quilt. At left and right are parts of her winning quilt

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Coupeville artist stitches her way to Japan

The circles within circles on Marianne Burr’s quilts seem to be the stars of the show, but upon…

Oak Harbor School District nurse Robbin White administers an insulin shot to diabetic student Brenna Sherman during lunch at Oak Harbor Middle School.

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More than Band-Aids: School nurses go above and beyond

The typical line-up of students suffering from stomach aches, rashes and coughs flowed into nurse Robbin White’s room…

Chainsaw woodcarver Lynn Backus demonstrates and sell her art at Skagit Farmer Supply in Oak Harbor

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Chainsaw artist carves a spot in Oak Harbor

When Lynn Backus wields a chainsaw, the result is eye-catching art, from murals and chairs to signs and…

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Impact Aid payments may become more timely

While no increase in Federal Impact Aid funding is expected for the Oak Harbor School District in 2012,…

Mary K. Hallen and Stephen James Anderson demonstrate a fight move students will learn in the Whidbey Playhouse’s Sunday Fight Club course.

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Rapiers, Shakespeare come to Whidbey Playhouse

The Whidbey Playhouse’s stage is about to get wild with hair pulling, punching and rapier fights. Stephen James…

Seventh-grade student Chante Powell learned to sew to make quilts for the American Hero Quilts project.

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North Whidbey Middle School students quilt for wounded soldiers

The hum of sewing machines and buzz of energetic chatter in North Whidbey Middle School’s family and consumer…

Robin Gohn hangs ornaments on her tree adorned with 25 years of handmade treasures.

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Ornament tradition brings women together

Of all the surprising materials in the hundreds of unique ornaments on Robin Gohn’s Christmas tree, one is…

Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest

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Oak Harbor’s Planned Parenthood to close

After 26 years of service, Whidbey Island’s only Planned Parenthood clinic will close Dec. 31. The clinic is…

Leylanix Reyes-Colon

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Students ask Santa to help others

Linda Dady’s second-grade students nearly bounced out of their seats with excitement just thinking about Christmas but this…

Sixth-grade choir students Mya Brookshier

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Oak Harbor choir students brighten seniors’ holidays

Cheerful singing filled the Oak Harbor Senior Center Monday as sixth-grade students from North Whidbey Middle School brought…