The 2011 Spoiled Dog Contest winner will be introduced Sunday, Nov. 20, at “Yappy Hour,” from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Taste for Wine Tasting Room at Bayview Corner Cash Store.
This year’s winner, Tag, a miniature long haired Dachshund, has his own stroller because he gets hot and tired on long walks.
Raven Rocks Gallery presents “THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS” for November.
Artworks Gallery will feature watercolorist and acrylic painter BARBARA MARKS during November.
Coupeville Library will hold BIRDS OF WHIDBEY art show through Dec. 31.
Whidbey Working Artists seeks applications for their SPRING OPEN ART STUDIO TOUR, which will be March 3 and 4.
Women who serve as the primary wage earner for their family and seek financial assistance to go back to school are encouraged to apply for the Soroptimist International of Oak Harbor, Women’s Opportunity Award. The award can be used for tuition, books, child care, car fare, or any other education related expense.
Though not alphabet, the soup that flowed at the Whidbey Island Writers Association annual meeting satisfied a crowd that appreciates the written word.
For the past six weeks, dancers and choreographers have already been rehearsing for Whidbey Island Dance Theatre’s yearly December holiday show, the “Nutcracker.”
Tickets go on sale the first week of November. The show opens Friday, Dec. 9 and runs through Dec. 18.
Late-night calls used to send my heart racing. During my childhood such calls meant one thing: somebody had passed.
Late-night calls in recent years have become commonplace and far less alarming. That’s because we armed our children with cell phones when they became teenagers and paid for their use with one stipulation: if we called, they were required to answer. We also asked them to regularly check in with us and oh, they did. In fact, “back pocket” calls, those accidental dialings made after dropping a phone into a purse or shoving it into a pocket, came so regularly we stopped lunging at the phone each time it rang.
In celebration of HOPE Therapeutic Riding School’s 25 years of service, Payless Food in Freeland donated a $250 gift certificate and ten $25 gift certificates for a fundraising raffle.
Whidbey Island children who may benefit from orthopedic specialty care regardless of their family’s ability to pay are welcome at a free screening clinic Nov. 12 at United General Hospital in Sedro-Woolley.
Hosted by the Shriners organization, the clinic will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the North Puget Cancer Center at United General Hospital, 2000 Hospital Drive, Sedro-Woolley.
Meet the Smith family at the 1904 World’s Fair with toe-tapping tunes, charming romance and contagious optimism as Whidbey Playhouse talent presents “Meet Me in St. Louis.” The musical opens Friday, Nov. 4 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 27.
In the musical, set in St. Louis in 1904, the Smith family is excited that the World’s Fair is coming to their hometown.
I learned about two years ago that texting is a great way to communicate with older kids. It’s less disruptive for them to receive a quick message than a call if they’re busy. It also cuts to the heart of conversation.
My favorite texting exchange of the week goes to my son Dan, a college sophomore. Our conversation went like this:
Dan: I ran into a Gideon, today. Haha.
