School started early for some this year, but instead of a sea of kids sitting at tables covered with new notebooks and pencils, teachers were the students during a Department of Defense grant training last week.
Lynn Copeland’s world is awash in inspiration, her creativity so vivid that it sparked a new shop in downtown Oak Harbor: Whidbey Inspiration, which features tailoring and alterations, plus custom designed jewelry and embroidery.
When Lindsey and Greg Renick learned they were having a baby girl, images of frilly pink clothes, baking cookies and prom dresses filled Lindsey’s mind. Her baby daughter would grow up to have sleep over parties, paint her nails and someday, get married and have a family of her own.
The Oak Harbor School District’s budget doesn’t reflect major cuts for the first time in four years, a luxury that may only last until January.
Art comes at a price, even if someone else is paying most of the cost.
The Office of Super-intendent of Public Instruction allocated $21,800 for the Oak Harbor School District to spend on a commissioned art piece for Oak Harbor High School, but in order for the school district to utilize the funds, it has to pay approximately $9,600.
Thanks to the work of Oak Harbor, Coupeville and South Whidbey students, Thursday afternoon featured the installation of the new, historically accurate lantern house.
Two years of hard work by students from three schools, with a big boost from Archie Nichols of Nichols Brothers Boat Builders in Freeland and many other mentors, culminated as the lantern house arrived by truck at Admiralty Head Lighthouse Thursday morning preceded by an Island Crane Services, Inc. crane driven by Don Carscadden.
The first step into Gaye Santos’ Coupeville home is a big one, taking visitors back in time to 1859 to a log home, chinking visible between the whitewashed logs inside and Penn Cove sparkling outside the wavy glass windows.
It’s the excitement of the sport that keeps this 26-year-old coming back to achieve higher and higher honors. And in her medal-winning competition at the Olympic Games in London, there was no shortage of exhilaration as she threw Italy’s eighth-ranked judo star for the win in under three minutes.
Marti Malloy, a 2004 graduate of Oak Harbor High School, was the second woman from the United States to win an Olympic medal for judo, and the United States’ 11th judo medalist overall.
Sounds of laughter, music and the occasional revving hotrod turned Windjammer Park into a festive area Saturday as rows and rows of cars gleamed under the sun.
The 27th annual North Whidbey Car Show, put on by the Rotary Club of Oak Harbor, drew constant crowds Saturday morning and afternoon as visitors checked out cars from nearly every decade.
As children partook in games and families enjoyed interactive booths at Oak Harbor’s annual National Night Out event Tuesday, the partnership between the community, Navy and law enforcement agencies was lighthearted but reinforced.
Fun games, prizes and a life-like SWAT dummy certainly ramped up the excitement for children.
“It’s about police and community partnerships and safety and resources available to families in the community,” said Cathy Niiro, executive director of United Way of Island County and vendor manager for the event.
An identity struggle, a search for love, plus delicious gourmet food — and the recipes — blend to form Coupeville literary agent Andrea Hurst’s first novel. A book launch party is set for 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15 at Bayleaf in Coupeville.
While other teenagers are playing video games and vacationing, a handful of Whidbey Island teens are preparing for an earthquake and tsunami of epic proportions.
This is like no production the Whidbey Playhouse has done before. Cutting edge, lively and witty, “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” offers a peek into the lives of five very different women.
All wearing the same carrot-colored bridesmaid dresses replete with bows and frills and hats so flowery even their grandmothers would scoff at them, five completely different bridesmaids discover they may have a thing or two in common as they escape the wedding reception.
