Although his team struggled, Oak Harbor golfer Judd Ford had a strong week, placing first and second in a pair of four-team matches Tuesday and Wednesday, April 19 and 20.
Kaitlyn Eaton was born premature and weighed just over a pound. A bleed in her brain caused her right side to be compromised and her body to be weaker than a little girl’s should. Her technical diagnosis is cerebral palsy, but according to her grandma Barbara, Kaitlyn is “one of the lucky ones.”
Now, Kaitlyn is 4. Last Tuesday, she wore small purple shoes decorated with rhinestones and tie-dyed peace signs. Her rainbow socks were pulled up high and the rims around her riding glasses showed pink and silver. A protective helmet sat upon her head as she sat mounted upon an American Morgan horse named Sailor.
Jacob Miller, an Oak Harbor High School senior, bowled a 300 game at Oak Bowl Sunday, April 17, en route to tying for first in his division
in the monthly event of the Northwest Tour for youth bowlers.
An Oak Harbor man was injured early Wednesday morning while attempting to put out a small fire in his bedroom, the Oak Harbor Fire Department reported.
The North Whidbey Aquatic Club squeaked out a win over teams from Snohomish and Marysville in the Painterman Invitational at Marysville-Pilchuck High School April 16 and 17.
Coupeville School District Superintendent Patty Page has scheduled a public meeting to share information with the community about the 2010-11 and 2011-12 district budgets.
A meeting next week may be the public’s last opportunity to weigh in on proposed art pieces for Pioneer Way before the Oak Harbor Arts Commission makes its final decision.
The lawsuit that Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson and her husband filed against the county, two county employees and former Commissioner John Dean may come to an end next month.
At the same time, the Emersons’ lawyer leveled a new allegation that the county is polluting the Emersons’ property.
It takes about five students to operate the massive plant puppet that’s currently waiting for its debut on Coupeville’s Performing Arts Center’s stage. Its vines reach out eight feet on both sides and its large base is taller than most people. But it has to be big, because, well, it’s got to eat the actors.
I want to thank the Oak Harbor community for their overwhelming response to the USO needs at Seatac. Especially the Whidbey Shuttle for their quick transporting of the donations. It is heartwarming the way people and businesses step-up to meet a need.
A 48-year-old Oak Harbor man is being held in jail on $400,000 bail after he and another man committed a home-invasion robbery armed with a hammer and a screwdriver last week, court documents allege.
Island County Deputy Prosecutor Eric Ohme charged the suspect, Richard Weatherford, in Island County Superior April 14 with first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and second-degree assault. The robbery and burglary were charged with two aggravated circumstances — rapid recidivism and multiple current offenses — which increase the potential sentence.
An Oak Harbor woman is campaigning to change a law that allows certain sex offender to forego a lengthy prison terms in exchange for treatment in the community.
Amber Truex said she was upset that the man who raped and molested her 11-year-old stepdaughter numerous times was sentenced to just a year in jail under the Special Sex Offender Sentencing, or SSOA.
Oak Harbor placed 12th out of 20 teams at the 19th Annual Burlington-Edison Girls Invitational at the Skagit Golf and Country Club Monday, April 18.