PEOPLE & PLACES: We hear news from almost everyone, everywhere
Published 3:00 pm Wednesday, June 18, 2003
Helen Bates and her sister Dolores Dorn of Seattle returned to lovely weather on Whidbey Island after spending an event-filled but rainy week in New York City. They visited museums and shows, shopped and did the usual tourist activities. The highlight of the trip came on Memorial Day with an all-day tour of Ground Zero, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and the United Nations. The trip was memorable but Helen said it is great to be back in Washington.
Jonathan Hnosko, a 2001 graduate of Oak Harbor High School, will receive an associate’s degree from Skagit Valley College. He has received a $2,000 renewable scholarship to Washington State University. Hnosko is a member of Touch of Faith sign language choir. His academic interests are in food, agriculture and environmental sciences and economics. He is the son of Leslie and David Hnosko of Oak Harbor.
Fifteen friends of Alice Brislin celebrated her 90th birthday with a potluck.
Oak Harbor Rock and Gem Club has awarded their annual $500 earth sciences scholarship to Anna Cichowski, an Oak Harbor High School graduate, who will be completing her senior year at Wheaton College. Cichowski is majoring in geological sciences and hopes to attend a graduate program in physical oceanography. She is spending her summer working for the National Parks Service giving guided tours and researching the area as an interpretational geologist at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.
Congratulations! Oak Harbor Navy League’s newsletter, “The Quarterdeck,” was noted for distinction this year. Among medium councils in the national category, the prestigious Donald M. Mackie Award went to “Quarterdeck” editor Manny Duarte and co-editor Helen Chatfield-Weeks.
Denny and Lorna Andrews of Bellevue opened summer on Sunset Beach with a visit to their beach cabin. The family is planning a July get-together when Doug Neil and family come from Christchurch, New Zealand.
Scott Harbour, son of Rob and Carol Harbour of Coupeville, recently graduated from Coupeville High School. Scott received numerous awards for academic and leadership excellence. Coupeville High School seniors picked him to received the high school’s senior service award. Among his other honors, Harbour received a $5,000 history award, a community foundation award for $400 and a $9,000 4-year scholarship to McDaniel College in Winechester, Md.
Oak Harbor Navy League, city of Oak Harbor and Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce Commerce are hosting a welcome home picnic for troops returning from hazardous deployments. The picnic will be held June 30 at City Beach Park. It’s free to military and their families. Tickets for the public are $5 at the chamber. Games and activities begin at 3 p.m. The band Mid-Life Crisis will play from 3-7 p.m. At 7 p.m. the Air National Guard Band will perform.
July 26 and 27,kids 8-12 can learn injury prevention, when to call 911, simple livesaving, bicycle, home and water safety at Base Camp 911. $60 for two days Includes: all meals and snacks; overnight accommodations; first aid supplies and kits; prizes and T-shirt; well-supervised activities; certificates. Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. kids ages 4-8 will learn safety too. Campers must pre-register, and is limited to 36 campers and 12 day campers. There is an optional overnight stay for kids 8-12 on both Friday and Saturday. Friday night is an additional $20, Saturday night is included in the $60. Call Deb Crager at 679-7997.
The women of Coupeville Methodist Church have begun to prepare for the annual Strawberry Social, which will be held Saturday, June 28, from 11 to 2 p.m.
School’s out; reunions are being planned and organizers want to find missing classmates. Coupeville High School class of 1973 will have its 30th class reunion Friday, Aug. 8, at 7 p.m., at Kasteel Franssen. Cost is $15 per person in advance or $20 per person at the door. Members of the classes of ‘71, ‘72, ‘74 and ‘75 and teachers are welcome to join. If you or someone you know graduated with these Wolves contact Marty McPhee-Whited at 675-5145 or nursie@starband.net.
Members of Oak Harbor High School’s class of 1983 are gearing up for their 20-year reunion to be held August 15-17, in Oak Harbor. If you are a member of the class, contact Marlene (Anderson) Balster at (253) 839-1124 or go to www.geocities.com
/ohhs83.
Oak Harbor High School class of 1973 will hold their 30th reunion the first weekend of August. More specific information to follow. Submit your name and information to classmates.com.
Admiralty Head Lighthouse at Fort Casey celebrates its centennial in August. Friends of the Lighthouse offers free postcards to businesses and residents. The sepia-toned cards feature a rarely seen photograph of Fort Casey under construction in 1916. The Red Bluff Lighthouse, the first wooden-frame lighthouse in the West, is seen in foreground with its replacement, Admiralty Head Lighthouse, in the background. Admiralty Head was built in 1903 and Red Bluff Lighthouse was dismantled to make room for more Fort Casey installations.
Laura Elizabeth Mott, daughter of Donna L. Mott and the late Robert T. Mott, received her master’s of science administration May 18, 2003, from Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind. She was the recipient of the MSA Excellence Award given to a graduating student for exemplary efforts to enhance the MSA learning community. Laura is a 1994 graduate of Oak Harbor High School and a 1998 graduate of the University of Washington. She lives in Santa Fe, N.M., where she is a staff accountant for Thornburg Mortgage Company.
