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    Family of famous WWII aviator visits airfield named in his honor 75 years ago
    Family of famous WWII aviator visits airfield named...
    By Laura Guido • October 24, 2018 1:30 am

    A heroic moment in World War II left a lasting legacy but also marked a family tragedy.

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    New van for veterans helps with health care
    New van for veterans helps with health care
    By Patricia Guthrie • October 24, 2018 1:30 am

    It’s not an ambulance, fire truck or other rescue vehicle.

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    Veterans Day Parade will march downtown
    Veterans Day Parade will march downtown
    October 24, 2018 1:30 am

    The Oak Harbor Veterans Day Parade is returning to Pioneer Way.

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    VP-4 Skinny Dragons return home
    VP-4 Skinny Dragons return home
    October 24, 2018 1:30 am

    “Skinny Dragons” of Patrol Squadron Four returned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island on Oct. 11 , following a seven-month…

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    Whidbey Island Radio Control society members come out to Naval Outlying Field on most Saturday mornings to fly class model airplanes and other aircraft, such as these. Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
    Model citizens: Oak Harbor group toys with radio-controlled...
    By Emily Gilbert • August 3, 2018 1:30 am

    Something other than military jets are taking to the skies at the Navy’s Outlying Field Coupeville.

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    Photos by Patricia Guthrie                                Roy Schlicht works on assembling a small-scale plastic model kit during a recent Friday evening gathering of Whidbey Island veterans who are known as “modelers.”
    Model vets pursue miniature hobby
    By Patricia Guthrie • August 3, 2018 1:30 am

    Big passion for small-scale replicas

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    Vet services coordinator is here to help
    Vet services coordinator is here to help
    By Laura Guido • May 25, 2018 1:30 am

    Cynthia Besaw left the Air Force after seven years of service with a broken back, shattered foot and two young…

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    Frank Thorton receives a quilt from Anita Smith.
    ‘Giving to the Givers’
    By Patricia Guthrie • March 30, 2018 1:30 am

    Marines wrapped in quilts and gratitude

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    Evan Thompson / The Record                                Joe Simon, a 68-year-old Useless Bay resident, holds up a picture of himself taken during his tour in Vietnam from January-December 1969.
    Remembering Vietnam: Useless Bay veteran recounts a year...
    By Evan Thompson • December 6, 2017 6:00 am

    When Marine Joe Simon came home after seeing nearly a year of combat in Vietnam, he bottled up his experiences…

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    Patrol Squadron 46 returns home
    Patrol Squadron 46 returns home
    December 6, 2017 1:30 am

    By Lt. J.G. Layne Morrison

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    PBY Naval Air Museum still flying strong after nearly 20 years
    PBY Naval Air Museum still flying strong after...
    By Patricia Guthrie • December 6, 2017 1:30 am

    But lack of volunteers limits its activities with visitors

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    Oak Harbor renovation remembers veterans
    Oak Harbor renovation remembers veterans
    By Patricia Guthrie • December 6, 2017 1:30 am

    Soldiers’ tribute locked in sentiment and steel

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    Whidbey sailors’ clothing, toiletry drive exceeds all expectations
    Whidbey sailors’ clothing, toiletry drive exceeds all expectations
    By Laura Guido • December 6, 2017 1:30 am

    On Thursday afternoon, the county Housing Support Center was overrun with clothes in folded piles and boxes all over the…

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    • Local egg market is sunny side up
    • Judges rule in two public records lawsuits against Langley
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