This week I’m focusing my time and attention on my husband and children. We’re enjoying some rare family time. It’s the natural order of things for children to grow up and begin creating lives of their own. That makes it increasingly difficult to get together. When we saw the chance to celebrate Christmas together, we took it!
The ability to help just one person makes it all worthwhile, Karla Sharkey, Relay for Life event chair, said.
That one person, in this instance, was an elderly man — a cancer survivor — who was re-diagnosed with the disease last week. The cancer also claimed his wife, Sharkey said.
He just needed someone to talk to about his situation. When the organization’s Channel 10 ad aired, he learned of Saturday’s Survivor’s Tea.
The presidential inauguration is just about as close to a royal coronation as America gets. Ceremonies, salutes, and celebrities, and even a party for tuxedoed insiders (the inaugural ball).
Amy Hannold wants to let you in on a little secret. Prices are rising, but that doesn’t mean your shopping bills should do the same. A little research, networking and coupon clipping saves Hannold enough money each month to cover her car payment, and sometimes more.
“This is not just a coupon clipping club,” she said of her workshops on how to save time and money everyday.
The Whidbey Camano Land Trust has acquired a conservation easement on 54 acres of productive farmland next to Deer Lagoon on South Whidbey.
The voluntary and legally-binding easement, acquired in partnership with Island County, was purchased from the heirs of Raymond and Eva Mae Gabelein.
“Apparently this guy is ranked second in the world at Guitar Hero, and he’s going to sing at the same time,” emcee and Junior Class President Jordan Ortruba said.
Anyone who’s ever played Guitar Hero, a music video game published by RedOctane which uses a plastic color-coded guitar controller, knows that “Through the Fire and Flames” (the final song on the bonus list) and “Expert” are a bad combination.
Lights, Santa, action: Never mind the cold and drizzle, kids of all ages flocked to the festive downtown tree lighting ceremony Saturday to welcome Santa Claus upon his arrival in a pirate ship decorated with garland and Christmas lights.
The rain that had been drenching the island took a break late Saturday afternoon just long enough for the annual parade to usher in the Christmas season on Central Whidbey.
The annual Greening of Coupeville parade went down Main Street toward Front Street as parade participants peppered people lining the streets with candy and the warm holiday spirit.
A Pearl Harbor commemoration ceremony was held Dec. 5, at the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Seaplane Base Marina to remember those lost that day, and honor the survivors who remember one of the most infamous days in history.
The hallway Monday was clogged with anxious employees hanging sale prices and stockpiling goods before the grand opening.
Ducking under the counter, fourth-grader Mara Powers and fifth-grader Molly Vagt met the first thirsty customers. Two Gatorades were sold off in minutes and the girls taped their first earned dollar to the wall.
With a new radio station set to start broadcasting on Central Whidbey Island, organizers are looking for volunteers to make sure it keeps a local flavor.
KWPA supporters plan to start broadcasting soon when its transmitter is erected north of Penn Cove. To help with the broadcasts, volunteers are needed for programs. A training session is taking place in December to show participants the ropes of broadcasting shows.
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Washingtons State’s first poet laureate, Sam Green, is generally described by critics as a small, quiet man with round spectacles.
At last Thursday’s poetry reading at the Oak Harbor Library, Green added another adjective to the depiction: “Man in Black.”
une 5th is National Gingerbread Day and I can’t for the life of me imagine why. Who thinks about gingerbread in June? We’re outside tending our gardens, graduating our children, and dreaming of afternoons out on the water. We’re inviting friends with crab pots over for dinner and bringing perfect meals to a brilliant conclusion with strawberries, piled atop flaky shortcake and mountains of freshly whipped cream.