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Reminiscing about downtown Oak Harbor

Over the decades, downtown Oak Harbor has gone through significant changes.

The Orion Squadron poses before a prowler on a VAQ-129 tour in 2022. (Photo provided)

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Oak Harbor’s Sea Cadets: Working hard, playing harder

The Sea Cadet Corps fuses the best aspects of the ROTC and the Boy Scouts.

Photos by David Welton
Holland Happening Grand Marshal Audrey Butler Henry Vanden Haak and other Dutch sweepers parade their klompen shoes in Downtown Oak Harbor. The cold, the rain and mild wind did not stop the festivities, which featured a professional wooden shoe carver, the annual Klompen Canal Race, delft tiles and numerous vendors.

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Oak Harbor goes Dutch

Photos by David Welton

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Kiwanian celebrates 50 years

David Cohick has been a member of Kiwanis for 50 years, and doesn’t plan to quit anytime soon.

Capt. Dave Williams (right) poses with another pilot. (Photo provided)

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Not exactly ‘Top Gun’: Oak Harbor veterans share call sign stories

Call signs, nicknames for pilots or aircraft, can be quick identifiers for military crew.

Photo by Sam Fletcher
Whidbey Artist Libby Hammer makes her Ragamuffins in her home studio.

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Artist makes ‘Ragamuffins’ from Whidbey beach rubble

Ragamuffins Rock Art are portraits of “rocks and shells, bits and pieces, found on Whidbey beaches.”

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The Klompen Canal race.

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Holland Happening returns to Dutch roots

Holland will happen, but Dutchier, this weekend in Oak Harbor.

The portrait of Dr. Bishop is missing.

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Rockin’ a Hard Place: Remembering a forgotten legacy and a missing portrait

When Dr. Paul Bishop came to Coupeville in 1949 and became the town’s only doctor with an office…

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Drop off old prescriptions on upcoming National Drug Take Back Day

South Whidbey residents who have been searching for the opportunity to dispose of old medications can attend a…

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Residents strive to live a green lifestyle

Two South Whidbey residents have embraced a lifestyle where they minimize their waste.

Photo by David Welton
Over 300 people turned out in Langley on April 13 for the annual Welcome the Whales parade. Creative costumes could be seen everywhere, including Ursula, the villain in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid.”

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Parade attracts a marine menagerie

Sea creatures marched down the streets on Saturday for the annual Welcome the Whales Parade.

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From left, author JA Jance and Coupeville residents Judy Lynn and Bonnie Abney pose for a photo after lunch.

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Whidbey women share connection with novelist

NYT Best Selling Author JA Jance will speak about her career and crime novels in Coupeville.

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Plant sale about to bloom

The Coupeville Garden Club’s 55th annual plant sale will offer a wide variety of plants next week.