SEAN POPP, an Oak Harbor High School graduate, has been promoted to branch manager of a Wells Fargo branch in Banning, Calif.
Whidbey Island’s only store devoted to cameras and images is shuttering its doors this month.
Through July and August, Penn Cove Gallery artist M. DENIS HILL’S work will be featured in the dining room at Christopher’s on Whidbey in the Coupeville’s historic waterfront district.
THE PURPLE BENCH, Antiques & Garden will be one of seven gardens on the Oak Harbor Garden Tour, which runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 7.
A $19 MILLION CONTRACT has been awarded to Bremerton-based Vet Industrial, Inc., to repair and renovate bachelor quarters number 12 at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. A firm-fixed-price construction contract, the work includes labor, materials and equipment for repair and modernization of the four-story concrete masonry structure.
Peoples Bank has promoted KEVIN ENGSTROM to assistant vice president and real estate loan manager for Island County.
“Kevin has been a great addition to our mortgage team and I am pleased to announce this promotion,” said Tony Repanich, an executive vice president. “Kevin joined the bank last summer when his team from First Island Financial made the move to Peoples Bank and opened our Freeland Office. Since that time he has been a solid producer and leader as the assistant loan center manager.”
The Oak Harbor Lion Club is now selling Wenatchee-grown, sun-ripened, Bing and Rainier cherries from 9 am to 6 pm, daily, until sold out. Look for the bright yellow stand in the Rite Aid parking lot. All proceeds support community services and projects.
Cookbook author and TV personality Graham Kerr will be at Wind and Tide Books in downtown Oak Harbor Saturday, July 14 at 1 p.m. to sign books. Seating is extremely limited so please call and RSVP at 675-1342.
Five new businesses have qualified to participate in the Sustainable Whidbey Coalition’s WHIDBEY GREEN SEAL program.
The SUMMER SAILING SCHEDULE for Washington State Ferries is now in effect. There are a number of changes throughout the day including an additional late night round trip on Friday and Saturday night leaving Port Townsend at 10 p.m. and Coupeville at 10:40 p.m. For a complete schedule, visit mwww.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/.
The July and August MEMBER MEETINGS for the Central Whidbey Chamber of Commerce have been canceled. The next meeting will held September. For details, call 678-5434.
JENNIFER WYNN has joined the team at Windermere Real Estate/Whidbey Island in Coupeville as a new agent.
AEROSPACE COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY training with Skagit Valley College will begin July 9 at the Marine Technology Center in Anacortes.
