Suffer from Glossophobia? Never fear, Toastmasters’ support is now available in Oak Harbor.
Founded in 1924, Toastmasters International is a world-wide organization dedicated to helping glossophobes overcome their fear of speaking publicly, one speech at a time.
Tickets are on sale now for “Zombies from the Beyond” a zippy, ‘50s musical by James Valcq about the American ideals and foibles in the Eisenhower era as the Cold War and space-race paranoia begin to threaten the good folks at the fictional Milwaukee Space Center in 1955.
Over the last few decades, Trevor Roberts has transformed his Central Whidbey home into a first-class museum of beautiful and exotic shells he collected from around the world.
“What a full day this has been,” I thought to myself as I leaned against my grocery cart, filled with basic items I’d need to prepare breakfast and lunch the next day. It was late evening and I had just returned to our beautiful island after spending a week with my husband in Phoenix.
Scott Fraser and an army of volunteers learned how far a thousand pounds of pork can stretch: It lasts about four hours, especially since thousands of hungry people arrived looking to enjoy a fabulous barbecue on a quiet August afternoon.
The police threw a party and families came in droves Tuesday, on a warm summer evening at Windjammer Park.
The unique crime and drug prevention event is called “National Night Out,” and is held annually in every U.S. state.
It was a weekend of arts, eats and beats at the Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival, where over 170 artisans displayed their wares Aug. 1 and 2.
The artists set up paintings, photographs, jewelry and other creations in stalls along Front, Coveland and Alexander streets.
Watercolorist Marty Rogers was awarded Best in Show for his piece “Blue Enamel,” while photographer Dan Karvasek won People’s Choice in the Coupeville Festival Juried Art Gallery.
This year’s Whidbey Island Music Festival happens to coincide with the anniversary of the two greatest composers from the Baroque period— Henry Purcell and Georg Frederic Handel.
Volunteers are working through sweltering heat to make sure a piece of Whidbey Island history is preserved.
Mick Dodge wants the world to wake up and walk the talk — barefoot, that is.
“There’s 6 million or more years of ancestral memory in our bodies. My feet led me into what is really healthy,” he said.
“Where’s Stetson?” my husband inquired this week as he hopped out of his truck. “If we don’t watch him, he’s gonna become eagle food!”
I hurried out of the garage with Stetson in my arms as my husband described what he had witnessed to cause his alarm. In what was a perfect “nature in action” moment, he watched as a mature eagle swooped down onto a pair of mallards.
Approximately 1,000 pounds of pork landed in Oak Harbor Friday, ready to become the main course in a free dinner offered to the community.
