Singer and songwriter David Roth, having performed at the inaugural fundraiser for Small Miracles, is returning to entertain again. Nearly six years later, Roth will be performing in the Coupeville Recreation Hall at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 18.
Whidbey General Hospital offers a student intern program to provide opportunities for youths in the community to learn about clinical health care careers and gain experience in those fields. These positions are eight weeks in duration from June 20 to Aug. 13.
The Sunday morning bell is calling the community to worship once again at the Little Brown Church landmark building on Maxwelton Road in Clinton. In March, the Little Brown Church began hosting the new Whidbey Bible Fellowship, and will continue to do so every Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.
The gray whales have returned to the waters around Whidbey and Camano islands, and islanders can get a chance at a close-up view during a whale-watching cruise later this month.
The trip is a fundraiser for the WSU-Island County Beach Watchers program, and will be the only one of its kind to leave from Whidbey during the gray whale season. The cruise through Saratoga Passage leaves from the Langley marina at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16.
Greenbank Garden Club’s spring plant sale is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 16.
The event will be in the Greenbank Farm barn, 765 Wonn Rd. This sale is very popular as there are hundreds of plants, shrubs and bulbs donated by the many members of the club and some commercial nurseries as well. This is a major fundraising project for the club, which was founded in 1947. Due to many collective years of gardening experience, the sale is well-organized and the vast collection of plants is labeled clearly.
Air Force Airman Curtis J. Ducken graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The…
The Coupeville Lions on March 23 honored seniors Tyler King and Courtney Arnold as Students of the Quarter from Coupeville High School. Both students are members of the National Honor Society.
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Friends and relatives are rallying to help an Oak Harbor family that’s been devastated by illness.
Well-known house painter Aaron King, a longtime Oak Harbor resident, recently got the terrible news that he is suffering from a serious form of stomach and esophageal cancer and can no longer work, according to family friend Cindra Oldemeyer.
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Senior Services of Island County is soliciting donations of usable items for a sale on Saturday, April 23, at the Senior Services Center. The purpose is to replace funding losses for the current budget year. The organization hopes to raise $5,000.
Last Saturday I had the pleasure of spending an hour with Graham Kerr. As keynote speaker for the 2011 Whidbey Gardening Workshop, sponsored by the WSU Master Gardener Program, he charmed and delighted but also asked us to dig deep into our own motivations for gardening. Days later, I’m turning over the soil in my raised beds and thinking about his message.
Like millions of people worldwide, I first knew Kerr as The Galloping Gourmet in the 1970s. He and his wife produced over 1,800 shows back then, passing on ways to prepare great food for people to enjoy in the most delightful and entertaining ways. As he tells it, back then food was great if it looked good, smelled good and tasted good.