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Ed Hartin, fire chief with Central Whidbey Fire & Rescue, will be hosting a tour of Station 53 on Race Road on three different dates this month. He wants to give Central Whidbey residents a visual of what proposed station renovations would look like. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Fire station tours to give public a glimpse of proposed renovation

Ed Hartin can talk for hours about the improvements that Central Whidbey Fire &Rescue is hoping voters will…

Robin Cedillo, right, gets ready to step up and receive her diploma during the commencement ceremony for Coupeville High School’s Class of 2017 Friday night, June 9, 2017. Emily Rose is in the background. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Salute to Coupeville’s Class of 2017

Clay Reilly gave so many hugs after the graduation ceremony at Coupeville High School last Friday night that…

Dawnelle Conlisk shares a snack and some laughs with her daughter Mary at the The Relay for Life of Whidbey Island event Friday, June 2, 2017, at North Whidbey Middle School in Oak Harbor. Conlisk has been dealing with cancer for 22 years. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Coupeville cancer survivor focuses on living life to fullest

She started her speech with an apology.

Robyn Myers, conference services manager at the Camp Casey Conference Center and Fort Casey Inn, has some fun while providing a tour of the iconic Colonel’s House Wednesday, June 7, 2017. The house and other attractions at the former Fort Casey will be open for the public to view during an open house from noon-4 p.m. Friday, June 16. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Camp Casey serving up tours of Colonel’s House

On a recent tour of the Colonel’s House, it wasn’t hard to guess one of the favorite resting…

Photos by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times                                Coupeville farmer Georgie Smith, left, speaks with Willowood harvest manager Alanah Lawrason last week while she rinsed off Mokum carrots in the farm’s newly constructed packing shed. Nearly three months after a fire destroyed a historic barn on her property, Smith has watched a steady recovery and is overwhelmed by generosity from the community.

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Out of the ashes, Smith farm operating

On an early afternoon in late May, Alanah Lawrason stood in a newly constructed packing shed at Willowood…

Images of the Coupeville High School Top 10 seniors from the Class of 2017. Photos by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Introducing Coupeville High School’s Top 10

Growing up together in a small, rural town, students at Coupeville High School develop a close bond that…

A hit-and-run accident on South Main Street in Coupeville leaves Coupeville’s Greg Odle to contemplate what happened while emergency responders with WhidbeyHealth EMS and Central Whidbey Fire & Rescue tend to him as a school bus passes Thursday. Odle was uninjured. The driver who fled on foot was later found in a nearby field and arrested and booked into the Island County jail. Pictured in reflective vests are WhidbeyHealth EMS personnel Greg Behan, left, and Robert May, right. Next to Odle is firefighter/EMT Marvin Raavel. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Dog assists in catching man who flees from accident in Coupeville

A man fleeing on foot from a hit-and-run accident in Coupeville couldn’t escape the keen senses of an…

A parade of sail will bring tall ships through Admiralty Inlet June 13. A poster for the event shows a painting by maritime artist Gordon Miller of British Columbia titled “Chatham and Discovery in Juan de Fuca Strait, April 30, 1792.” Illustrated provided by Lynn Hyde/San Juan Island National Historical Park

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Parade of tall ships to pass through Admiralty Inlet June 13

During a lifetime spent on Ebey’s Prairie, Roger Sherman can’t recall seeing any tall ships in Admiralty Inlet.

Jackson Young, 3, tries out the bubble machine while Mary Brock, center, and Wendy Hermandorfer try to stand clear of the bubbles at Karla Sharkey’s house in Oak Harbor Sunday. The group met for some final preparations for Relay for Life of Whidbey Island, which starts at 6 p.m. Friday. The bubbles will glow in the dark after Friday night’s luminary ceremony. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Whidbey Relay for Life raises cancer awareness, funds for 30 years

Jackson Young is preparing for his second Relay for Life on Whidbey Island.

Jim Short stands before a wood carving Friday, May 26, 2017, in his Coupeville shop. The carving will be part of a whale bell that is coming to the Coupeville Wharf. An unveiling celebration will take place at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 3. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Coupeville will ring in the whales with new bell

The first ringing of the new Coupeville Whale Bell will take place Saturday at the Coupeville Wharf.

Retirements leave Coupeville schools with big void to fill

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Retirements leave Coupeville schools with big void to fill

Dave Ebersole started to count the years in his head then realized the math was starting to get…

Craig Holmquist uses an excavator Monday, May 22, 2017 to dig a hole for a new vault toilet that will be installed in June near the office of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve in Coupeville. Carl Sholin, an archaeologist with the National Park Service, monitors the dig. The Reserve will be busy with several projects this summer as it braces for an increasing number of visitors. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Ebey’s Reserve works to keep up with rising popularity

The proof is in the guest book.

Mark Saia, right, chats with fellow captain Jonny Johnson before departing the Coupeville Wharf Wednesday. A night earlier, the 1925 schooner Suva broke free from her mooring during a nasty wind storm and ended up approaching the rocks across Penn Cove near Blowers Bluff. Saia got in an inflatable tender at the wharf and raced across the cove despite heavy gusts, high waves and increasing darkness to single-handedly rescue the boat. Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

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Captain’s heroics saves Suva from rocks

After a harrowing ordeal Tuesday, Mark Saia arrived home around midnight and soaked in his hot tub, allowing…