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To serve and direct: Director turned sailor lands on Whidbey Island with a big splash
Kevin William Meyer is a veteran stage actor with a flair for comedy. His first dip into performing…
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Race to Reenlist: Sailor renews contract after Whidbey Marathon
Although she’s all grown up now, with two kids, a husband and making a life of her own…
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Oak Harbor High School culinary arts team lands fifth again
The significance of being regarded as one of the top five high school culinary arts programs in the…
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Whidbey Playhouse offers peek at 2013-14 season
In the midst of a satisfying finish to the current season, Whidbey Playhouse is hoping to carry that…
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Whidbey Playhouse tackles work from Shakespeare for first time with guidance from new director
A little over a year ago, Allenda Jenkins said a few prayers. Shortly afterward, she met a fellow…
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Wildlife stocks Whidbey Island lakes for opener
Steve Stansberry hadn’t heard that one of his favorite lakes on Whidbey Island was getting a bonus planting…
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Oak Harbor’s culinary arts teams aim high at nationals
Racheal Balasa got so busy setting things up, she forgot to set one thing in particular. Her alarm.…
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Oak Harbor Garden Club keeps sprucing up community ‘one small area at a time’ in its 90th year
When Claire Reed learned that the community pool in Oak Harbor needed a little help sprucing up its…
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Washington state’s poet laureate to read at Oak Harbor Library
Mary Campbell was attending a women’s retreat in the mountains of north central Washington State in February when…
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Surprise Boston trip results in fear, chaos
Nancy Breeden didn’t tell her sister she was coming to Boston. Breedan pretended to be a housekeeper, knocking…
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Schulte says he’ll be stepping down as Oak Harbor School District superintendent
Rick Schulte admits that the idea of change at this stage of his career doesn’t come without some…
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Schulte to end tenure as Oak Harbor School District superintendent
Rick Schulte is ready for a new challenge. Schulte, superintendent for the Oak Harbor School District for the…
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Whidbey Island Marathon gains attention over its scenic beauty, impressions
It’s no surprise to Dale Folkestad that the Whidbey Island Marathon is considered one of the more intriguing…