Writer David Howell can still remember directing the first “Whidbey Follies” in 1989, the comical satire of current issues faced by Whidbey Islanders.
The Washington Restaurant Association Education Foundation announced today that for the third consecutive year, culinary students from Oak Harbor High School grabbed top honors at the Boyd Coffee ProStart Invitational, held March 8 at Olympia’s South Puget Sound Community College.
Rep. Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor, spoke on the House floor Fridayy on a resolution that honors the sacrifices and work of the United States Navy in Washington state and around the world.
House Resolution 4630, prime sponsored by Bailey, officially observes Navy Day in the Washington State House of Representatives.
A penny can’t buy a kid much in Oak Harbor, but a group of sixth-grade girls are learning that it can make a big difference for students in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Ten top chefs in Coupeville will engage in a heated competition this weekend to see who cooks the best mussel chowder.
And it should be really good mussel chowder. The competition is one of the highlights of the annual Penn Cove Mussel Festival, which is in its 22nd year of celebrating Whidbey Island’s popular mollusk.
The arts community on Whidbey Island is opening its studios to the public this March, with more artists on the tour than ever.
From Greenbank to Oak Harbor, there will be 39 artists at 27 working studio locations.
Whidbey is home to a wide range of artists and artisans from potters, painters, glass blowers, weavers, jewelry makers and sculptors.
Many artists will be demonstrating during the tour and can answer questions.
Tuesday evening my husband and I ate dinner together as we watched President Obama present his first economic address to a joint session of Congress and the nation. As he spoke I thought back on a recent conversation I had over a meal with a friend. As we talked that day, she revealed that her 401K had shrunk in value by $30,000 in one reporting period. We wondered out loud if it’s irresponsible to temporarily file financial statements without noting the bottom line. It seems less stressful.
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Oak Harbor’s newest talk show can best be described as “eclectic.”
Daniel Miller, a former Friday Harbor resident, moved to Whidbey from California to host his own radio talk show on KWDB 1110 AM.
But “Politics Today,” every Friday from 5 to 7 p.m., is about far more than politics.
Half a dozen youngsters fidgeted with excitement as Oak Harbor Mayor Jim Slowik helped the pint-sized park-goers cut a yellow ribbon in celebration of the Born Learning Trail at Fort Nugent Park Friday.
“If you want to wiggle and jump and hopscotch, feel free to do that,” Cathy Niiro, executive director of United Way of Island County, said.
When my children were little we played a game called, “I Spy!” I’d say to them, usually in the car to promote interesting conversation and create a teachable moment, “I spy with my little eyes God….” I hoped to plant seeds of recognition as they processed the experiences of the day and heighten their awareness that God works all around them.
“It’s a ‘we don’t say no’ kind of a place,” Scot Ratzlaff said to describe Oak Harbor’s new, and only, theater workshop for young people.
Operating out of a kid-friendly building on Pioneer Way, executive directors Ratzlaff and Rebekka Handschke have opened Whidbey Island Theater for Youth to all theatrical endeavors.
