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Hunt runs unopposed for Oak Harbor School Board | Election 2011

Serving on the Oak Harbor School Board wasn’t Peter Hunt’s plan but when no one else ran four…

With both legs amputated to her knees

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Oak Harbor pool closure would leave some swimmers helpless

Four days a week, 74-year-old Cindy Strickland climbs from her wheelchair onto a motorized chair that lowers her…

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Abbott, Worthington face off for Oak Harbor School Board position

As Christine Abbott and John Worthington run for position 2 on the Oak Harbor School Board, they agree…

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Sherman continues 10-year Coupeville School Board spree

Don Sherman has served on the Coupeville School Board for 10 years, including as president of the board,…

Coupeville High School students Heni Barnes

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Coupeville High shows spirit for homecoming

An extra dose of school spirit will light up Coupeville High School this week during a homecoming week…

Oak Harbor School District Human Resources Director Kurt Schonberg will present these well-used 2003 world history textbooks at the Oak Harbor School Board’s textbook and technology replacement discussion Oct. 10.

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Textbooks, technology leave Oak Harbor School District behind

Maintaining school textbooks and technology is similar to keeping up a home or a car. Putting a new…

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Timely CPR saves man’s life

Tom Gilpin thought he was in excellent health when he attended dog agility trials at Windjammer Park on…

Bev McQuary turns up the heat to blow glass beads. She is one ov many artists participating in the Whidbey Open Studio Tour Oct. 8 and 9.

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Whidbey Island studio tour opens world of art

Bev McQuary gets to play with fire every day. And when she turns on her torch, her creativity…

Students and teacher Tami Aparicio rip up pillow stuffing while Lyla Stuurmans stuffs it into their scarecrow’s head.

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Scarecrows transform Coupeville into toon-land

Strawberry Shortcake is coming to Coupeville -- in the form of a scarecrow created by the students and…

Skylar Parker

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Oak Harbor’s Walk to School Day set

Instead of the aged “uphill both ways” complaint, this generation can brag about walking to school to reduce…

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Oak Harbor School District nears minimum staffing level

Enrollment for Oak Harbor schools is as the district expected, at slightly below last year’s by approximately 12…

Cynthia and Jim Cooper raise West of England Tumblers

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Let’s get ready to tumble — Coupeville couple raise odd pigeons

If the gray pigeons strutting down city streets realized their wide variety of cousins, maybe they’d understand why…

School Board member Peter Hunt asks Assistant Superintendent Lance Gibbon about state testing at the School Board meeting Monday.

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Oak Harbor student scores improve but still fall short

While Oak Harbor schools showed strong improvement in two-thirds of the categories of state testing, the only Oak…