Seven fifth-graders’ determination to help one of their ailing moms is paying off.
The Breast Cancer Club, comprised of Coupeville Elementary students, raised approximately $607.92.
The jars were distributed around to Oak Harbor and Coupeville businesses, including Flyers Restaurant and Brewery, Hallmark and New Image Hair Salon.
The culture behind zombies is something Pam Karels said her family follows. From the old school zombie movies, to the hit AMC television series “The Walking Dead” on AMC, they love everything.
“The Night of the Living Dead, the Walking Dead, dead, dead, dead,” Jaclynn Karels said.
Even though the fog lingered over the pumpkin patch, two girls were still able to scout for the perfect pumpkins.
“I’m looking for the perfect shape because I’m going to get lights and put them in it,” Rammaya, 9, said.
Rammaya carefully examined every other pumpkin she passed until she found the perfect shape she was looking for.
Oak Harbor residents will be humming Andrew Lloyd Webber show tunes the whole month of November.
“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” opens 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov.1 at the Whidbey Playhouse and runs through Nov. 24.
Auditions were held in August, and the cast has worked hard to perfect its performances. As soon as the music starts, it’s hard for the audience not to react to the beat.
Walking around the parking lot, a pack of zombies made their way to Midway Boulevard, dragging their feet as they walked.
“We look more like a family than we ever have,” Arianna Basoco said.
More than 200 zombies walked their way down Midway Boulevard Saturday, Oct. 26. The level of participation took everyone by surprise.
“We didn’t know what to expect,” said Kathy Reed, Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce executive director. “We’re well over our goal of a hundred people at this point.”
Oak Harbor Middle School students had the opportunity to meet a former student turned successful author last week.
“Remember this day, and keep it in your head for a long time because you might be the second OHMS author,” said Alice Mikos, an OHMS teacher librarian.
Brittany Geragotelis returned to her former school on Oct. 18 to speak to students about becoming an author.
With a community coming together, there’s nothing it can’t accomplish.
At the beginning of the year, the Whidbey General Hospital Foundation’s board of directors set a fundraising goal of $320,000: $230,000 for a Breast MRI Scan System and $90,000 for a biopsy machine for the hospital.
That goal became a reality last week.
“People in this community step up for this hospital because it’s their hospital,” said Laura Blankenship, Whidbey General Hospital Foundation executive director.
If you’re planning to leave the house on Saturday, keep an eye out for zombies.
They’re coming to a street near you.
The Monster Mash Street Bash is a new event aimed at bringing more business to merchants on Midway Boulevard, according to Kathy Reed, Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce executive director.
The fun is from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26.
After a long Labor Day weekend in 2009, Patricia “Annie” Martin learned she had breast cancer.
Shortly after the discovery on Oct. 6, 2009, she underwent a lumpectomy to remove the 4.7 centimeter tumor, along with the 13 lymph nodes.
This was only the beginning on her road to recovery.
Usually when it starts pouring down rain, golfers have to wait for the sun to come back to practice their game — but not anymore.
Beau Bayliss opened Tee to Green on June 1, and provides golf simulators for people to use for practice. From the driving range, to putting, golfers can work on every aspect they need inside.
“There’s nothing about golf that you can’t do in here,” Bayliss said.
Approximately 147 signatures were gathered in a petition seeking to raise the temperature of the John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool.
The petition was presented to the North Whidbey Park and Recreation board of commissioners meeting Thursday, Oct. 18 by Noela Graham.
Graham has been swimming at the pool since 1982.
On a misty morning, people gathered to learn more about the fungi around them.
“They have a certain mystique about them because of their deliciousness and their dangerousness,” Maureen Freehill said.
Freehill has been a mushroom enthusiast for a while. She took a class in the 1980s at The Evergreen State College and was hooked. When she heard about the “Walk and Talk with Fungi Tour” at the Whidbey Institute in Clinton, she signed up immediately.
For strong examples of women in business, you don’t need to look very hard in Oak Harbor.
Brenda Pike and Sandy Merriman opened Wild Magnolia on Pioneer Way three years ago. Because of their diverse backgrounds, they said they thought their different skill sets would complement each other.
“We use the whole brain theory,” Pike said. “Between the two of us, we make a whole brain.”
