It’s a pirate life in the upcoming production of “Jolly Roger & the Pirate Queen” at Whidbey Island Theatre for Youth, in Oak Harbor. Join the cast of 15 young actors, ages 5 to 14, for this crazy adventure to Treasure Island, as Roger Goodman (Josh Blyther) seeks to win the hand of his lady love, Sarah Huffington (Caroline Jungmann). Along the way we meet characters of Long John Sliver (Noah Leach) and Bluebeard the Pirate (Jolene George), a colorful pirate crew, the parents of Miss Sarah, who just happen to be dropping by Treasure Island while out for a weekend cruise, and of course a parrot, because no pirate tale is complete without one.
His name is Wong Herbert Yee and his book, “Fireman Small,” was almost forgotten at our house until a few days ago.
Our memory of this treasured book came after we spent an hour gazing at ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” It was late and we knew we had to get ourselves in bed if we intended to get up with good humor. But we were a chatty bunch. We played with our Chihuahuas and dilly-dallied even further.
The Coupeville Arts Center officially changed its name to the Pacific Northwest Art School, early in May.
The new moniker will better describe what the school is today, executive director Sue Symons said: A regional professional art school.
By Peggy Darst Townsdin Special to the News-Times The Gothic-style Libbey House on Main Street in Coupeville that may be…
Forecast for Aug. 29, 2009: It will rain. It will rain golf balls, to be exact, from the skies over the Useless Bay Golf and Country Club on South Whidbey.
At the first annual Big Brothers Big Sisters Helicopter Golf Ball Drop, thousands of golf balls will be scattered on a target on the golf course. The ball that lands closest to the target is the winning ball and its owner will walk away with $1,000 in cash.
After spending much of her life riding horses competitively, all that practice paid off for a Whidbey Island resident who won a national competition in April.
Barb West, who lives south of Oak Harbor, won the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo Championship held in Pocatello, Idaho.
I remember thinking as a youngster that I had a terrific family and if I wished hard enough, my life with them would go on forever. I could not imagine living without them.
Neither could I have imagined the serenity I would experience while traveling with them in the Pacific Northwest one summer in the 1970s.
The Whidbey Island American Association of University Women invites art-lovers to admire the hidden artistic talent among island high school students at its 12th annual Showcase of the Arts on Saturday, May 2, at the Coupeville Recreation Hall.
Last year students submitted more than 200 pieces of art, Pat Lokanis, AAUW publicity chair, said.
The Whidbey Island American Association of University Women invites art-lovers to admire the hidden artistic talent among island high school students at its 12th annual Showcase of the Arts on Saturday, May 2, at the Coupeville Recreation Hall.
Last year students submitted more than 200 pieces of art, Pat Lokanis, AAUW publicity chair, said.
Even though Sheila Dennison moved away from Whidbey Island last year, she made sure she made it back to participate in Oak Harbor’s annual celebration of its Dutch heritage.
“We had to come back here for this year’s Holland Happening,” said Dennison, who now lives in Silverdale. “It’s one of our favorite weekends.”
She was one of the thousands of people who visited downtown Oak Harbor Saturday morning to witness the annual Holland Happening parade. She was with her son, Calvin, who had an inflatable snake wrapped around his head and held an inflatable shark.
Samantha Cook couldn’t believe her eyes while en route to the Seattle airport for a family vacation earlier this year. A group of homeless people huddled beneath an overpass caught the 9-year-old’s attention.
Where to they live? How do they get food and water? The questions kept coming, said her mother, Diane, who explained that the homeless do not have permanent homes and rely on food banks or shelters for sustenance.
While few of us would be characterized as purely extroverted or introverted, most of us fit into one category more often than the other. I’m willing to bet that Mr. Rushdie, the well-known writer of this week’s quote, is primarily an introvert.
For the next week, a four-block stretch along Pioneer Way will display art works from local elementary school students.
The pieces will be hung in shop windows, until April 29.
They were selected by art teachers throughout the year, as some of the “top student art.”