My experience with God this week was not planned nor initiated by me. Likewise, it was brief; ending almost as suddenly as it began.
Anyone who has participated in this activity looks back and remembers the countless nights dedicated to history research, the 20-page long bibliography or the nerve-racking moments you waited for the judge’s results. But don’t worry, it’s not as bad as it seems. In fact, many people look back and realize that History Day is one of the best things they participated in. So, what is History Day? What makes it nerve-racking and so incredible at the same time?
On Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7, Habitat for Humanity of Island County hosted a Women Build event as part of the 2011 National Women Build Week sponsored by Habitat for Humanity International and Lowe’s. Despite chilly temperatures and rain, more than 50 people helped frame house number 30 located on Northwest Lofton Loop in Oak Harbor.
So many of us hope the county commissioners can change the number of days the public is allowed to light off legal and illegal fireworks. Because the county has limited resources in our police, sheriff and fire departments, let the public know by posting signs at the fireworks display booths and by placing advertisements in local newspapers to ensure the public is aware of the reduced number of days that it has to set off fireworks.
While meteorologists are calling this spring one of the coldest on record, an ever-growing presence of shellfish hunters indicates that summer may be just around the corner.
Armed with buckets, shovels, and all the various tools of the clam digging trade, seafood treasure hunters have been spotted scouring Grassers Lagoon with increasing regularity over the past few weeks. Most are taking advantage of spring low tides and brief breaks in the weather.
A 73-year-old Lynnwood man on a 2006 Honda GL 1800 Trike was injured in a collision Wednesday afternoon on Highway 20 in front of a North Whidbey convenience store.
The Oak Harbor Arts Commission said it was willing to pay for public art on Pioneer Way with money from its own coffers and it may just get its wish.
In fact, it may end up paying the bulk of the $80,000 project.
Early last week, city officials learned that their plan to use Real Estate Excise Tax money, commonly referred to as REET funds, was not a legal option and would likely raise red flags with state regulators.
Clamped sideways in the bird’s beak, the juicy fly struggles helplessly as its captor, a tiny Ruby-crowned Kinglet, pauses on a low-hanging twig at South Whidbey’s Possession Beach Park. Twenty feet away, Craig Johnson steadies his 400 mm lens, focuses and snaps a razor-sharp image “the hard way,” as he puts it, with no tripod. All his photography is hand-held.
The first count of ballots in Tuesday’s special election suggests that it may be a relatively close call whether or not the $50-million bond proposal to expand Whidbey General hospital will pass.
The majority of voters, just over 55.5 percent, cast ballots in favor of the measure, but it requires a 60-percent supermajority to pass. A total of 8,992 votes were in favor, while 7,208 were against the proposed bond.
Lt. John Dyer now has something in common with Clarice Starling.
Dyer may not have chased serial killers like the fictional Starling, played by Jodie Foster in the movie “Silence of the Lambs.” Or as least he’s not admitting to it. But Dyer ran the legendary “Yellow Brick Road,” the obstacle course at FBI headquarters that Starling famously jogs in the movie.
“It’s definitely challenging,” Dyer admitted.
The torrential downpour that drenched the area with record rainfall Saturday generally waited until a celebration of Whidbey’s Native American heritage wrapped up.
It appears a record number of canoeists from Native American tribes spanning the Puget Sound region and British Columbia participated in the canoe races that started at noon and continued throughout the afternoon. The races are always a highlight of the Penn Cove Water Festival.
Oak Harbor Police Dept. The following items were selected from reports made to the Oak Harbor Police Department: Monday, May…
Students at Skagit Valley College Whidbey Island campus have recently been heard echoing a popular battle cry from the Revolutionary War — no taxation without representation. Though they’re not exactly getting taxed, the students’ feelings are similar to those of the patriots. If they’re going to be forced to pay for services, they’d like a say in what those services entail. In short, they want to be heard.