Hair Happenings is collecting 1,005 pairs of socks at sylviaschildren.org for a Mbiriizi Primary School and Orphanage in Masaka, Uganda.
The Coupeville Lions Club will serve a Samish Native American style Salmon Barbecue with all the fixings on Sunday, Sept. 12, from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Tours of the Trillium Woods have been so popular that the Whidbey Camano Land Trust has scheduled three more.
Dr. Frank and Sharon Schufletowski recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married August 11, 1960, in Columbia Falls, Mont. They have lived in Oak Harbor for the past 10 years. Frank works for Delex, Inc., and Sharon recently retired from Whidbey Island Bank.
Meerkerk Gardens Summer Arts Series presents the Whidbey Island Bluegrass Festival Saturday, Aug. 28, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Former Oak Harbor residents Lyle and Cindy Caplinger are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Matthew Allen Caplinger of Bellingham, to Megan Frances Robb, a lifelong resident of Bradford, Ontario, and daughter of Darlene Robb.
The Island County Children’s Commission recognized Coupeville resident Jordan Lamb for his efforts helping a student through Big Brothers Big Sisters.
No doubt the summer of 2010 will be remembered as the summer we looked out upon a sea of fog. Morning after morning. Then, in what has seemed like a tease, the sun has managed to shine most days early afternoon into the evening. All this has done little for the garden I so greatly anticipated.
There will be a lot of love affairs going on in Windjammer Park Saturday.
Make that love between man and machine, rather than the opposite gender-type love so common in a waterfront park on a sunny August weekend.
Naval Hospital Oak Harbor Daulton Richard Scott Webster, 12 pounds, 1 ounce, was born July 20, 2010. He is the…
Maurice and Phyllis Lund recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with an old-fashioned picnic. The couple was married on July 9, 1960 in Spokane, but started their life in Oak Harbor following Maurice’s naval career. In addition to their children, grandchildren, siblings and cousins, many “old” and “not so old” friends gathered to make it a memorable celebration.
I have never rafted down the Colorado River or gone swimming with dolphins; held a koala or zip lined across tree tops. But I have witnessed the Northern Lights. Twice.