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    Articles by Ron Newberry
    Charlie Van Cleve
    A good fit for 60 years | Oak...
    By Ron Newberry • April 24, 2015 4:25 pm

    After serving four years in the Navy, Gary Van Cleve returned home to Yakima to figure out what he was going to do with the rest of his life.

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    Garden club plant sale Saturday
    By Ron Newberry • April 22, 2015 5:42 pm

    The howling wind that whistled outside the Coupeville Garden Club greenhouse brought out some light humor among members.

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    Al Koetje
    Holland Happening to honor former mayor as grand...
    By Ron Newberry • April 21, 2015 5:41 pm

    Al Koetje donned a Dutch hat Tuesday, offering a preview of what’s in store for Holland Happening paradegoers Saturday.

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    Matt Daniel is owner of the Book Rack on Midway Boulevard
    Son creating new chapter at Book Rack on...
    By Ron Newberry • April 21, 2015 4:41 pm

    As much as Kay Daniel loved her bookstore and hated the idea of closing it, no other ending seemed possible until the day her son intervened two years ago.

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    Former Sonics, Seahawks executive to speak on Whidbey
    Former Sonics, Seahawks executive to speak on Whidbey
    By Ron Newberry • April 17, 2015 6:50 pm

    One of the Pacific Northwest’s most influential figures on the professional sports scene will be hosting a lunch and talk on Whidbey Island next week.

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    College students Kevin Adams
    Whidbey Island Skagit Valley College students organize major...
    By Ron Newberry • April 17, 2015 6:48 pm

    Rocco Strain can cover the 2.5 miles on his road bike from home to school in under seven minutes.

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    Oak Harbor Emblem Club No. 450 held its 46th annual installation of officers in March.  Back row from left: Diana Tiegs
    Oak Harbor Emblem Club continues to help charitable...
    By Ron Newberry • April 17, 2015 6:30 pm

    It’s not easy being at the top. For Dale Sandri, wearing the title of president with the Oak Harbor Emblem Club means at times he’ll wear different hats.

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    Nissan commercial to film on Central Whidbey next...
    By Ron Newberry • April 16, 2015 1:07 pm

    Whidbey Island will get a bit of national exposure in the coming months after a film production company shoots a car commercial on the island next week.

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    Science team heads to state
    By Ron Newberry • April 16, 2015 12:51 pm

    As a middle school science teacher, Terry Welch can tell you what’s the matter with matter and is crystal clear in her understanding of rock formations.

    But interpreting a message on her iPhone can sometimes still be an adventure.

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    Elijah Webb
    Oak Harbor High School choir takes a sentimental...
    By Ron Newberry • April 14, 2015 7:03 pm

    Elijah Webb’s senior year isn’t turning out quite as he expected.

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    A look west toward the Smith farm and Olympic Mountains from Cook Road in Coupeville
    Car commercial to be filmed on Whidbey roads...
    By Ron Newberry • April 14, 2015 6:06 pm

    Whidbey Island will get a bit of national exposure in the coming months after a film production company shoots a car commercial on the island next week.

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    A watercolor painting by Oak Harbor artist Larry Mason
    Oak Harbor gallery adds new artist, three guests
    By Ron Newberry • April 10, 2015 7:12 pm

    Oak Harbor’s Garry Oak Gallery is taking on a new look these days with more changes to come. The cooperative art gallery is featuring the works of three notable guest artists over the next few months and has embraced the return of fiber artist Barbara Lyter to the group.

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    Laura Renninger of Oak Harbor stands next to a Garry oak tree in her neighborhood that her family has identified with for two decades as the 'turn-around' tree. She started a group to help preserve Garry oaks called the Oak Harbor Garry Oak Society.
    Group aims to save Garry oaks
    By Ron Newberry • April 10, 2015 7:04 pm

    Less than a quarter-mile away from Laura Renninger’s Oak Harbor home is an oddly shaped oak tree that holds special meaning to her family. For most who pass by where 6th Avenue meets Quaker Street, the tree holds few distinguishing features in an area shaded by many more towering Garry oaks, but not to the Renningers.

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