Amanda Sterling, a 10th grader at Coupeville, has won two awards from Washington Poets Association.
Sterling placed second in the Homer Henderson Award with her poem “The Fates.” This award was open to students in grades 10, 11 and 12 for poems written in free verse.
Sterling’s poem, “Lake,” which was a sonnet, received an honorable mention in the Betty Fukuyama Award. This award was open to grades 6 through 12 for traditional poems in rhyme and meter.
“The students showed a mastery of language that was very mature,” said Richland poet Lorri Lambert-Smith, who was one of the judges and serves on the WPA board. “Some of the traditional poems, like the sonnets and villanelle, are quite complex and the winning students rose to the challenge.”
In addition to cash prizes for the three top awards in each category and honorable mention certificates, winning students have been invited to read their winning poems at the WPA Burning Word Festival, April 24 at Greenbank Farm.
The American Red Cross of Island County is in the middle of its first Pennies for Our Future fundraiser. Their goal is to work with as many groups, organizations and businesses as possible in Island County to promote the idea that everyone, with just a little contribution, can make a very bigdifference in the community. Any one interested in participating please call Barb at 257-2096. We have large and medium bottles available at the chapter.
And when you are around town and see a collection bottle, drop in your pennies.
Clinton J. Woods of Oak Harbor, is one of 599 students at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Va.., named to the college’s Dean’s List for the fall semester of the 2003-04 academic year. Woods is a sophomore at Mary Washington College.
Whidbey churches have a long-standing relationship with Camp Lutherwood, even though it’s just across the Skagit/Whatcom county line. Historically, the camp counts on area churches for much of its volunteer and financial assistance.
A major “Join Hands Day” work day will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 1. Contact Bob Merrill, operations manager, 360-734-7652, or Sine Hough, board of directors, Freeland Trinity Lutheran Church, 360-341-1210.
Merrill said supplies are already on hand at Camp Lutherwood for miscellaneous painting and construction projects including installation of new toilets and construction of fencing, two decks and a 14-foot tower on a lakeside dock. Among items on the camp’s wish list paint and treated lumber.
“We will have team leaders for each group of ten volunteers,” said Freeland resident Sine Hough, who serves on the Lutherwood board of directors. Give’em a call and help out Camp Lutherwood.
Rebekka Handschke of Oak Harbor has been named to the winter term Dean’s List at Eastern Oregon University.
Marine Corps Pfc. David A. Glein, son of Pamela and DavidGlein of Oak Harbor, recently completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Calif.
Glein and fellow recruits ended the training phase with The Crucible, a 54-hour, team evolution culminating in an emotional ceremony in which recruits are presented the Marine Corps Emblem, and addressed as Marines for the first time in their careers.
Glein is a 2000 graduate of Oak Harbor High School.
Whidbey Christian Elementary School, 31830 Highway 20, in Oak Harbor, is accepting registrations daily until school is out in late May. In the style of 19th century one-room schools, Whidbey Christian Elementary started in 1978. The school is state-accredited and is in the lower level of Oak Harbor Seventh-day Adventist Church. The school offers a full curriculum for all eight grades with field trips and life practice Bible classes. For more information, call 279-8277 or 672-0455. Visitors are welcome from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays.
The An-O-Chords, a men’s chorus specializing in barbershop harmony, meets and rehearses every Thursday in Anacortes. Rehearsals begin at 7:30 p.m., at the Island View Elementary School, 2501 J Avenue. All men who enjoy singing are invited to come. Call 678-0919 for more information or a ride to the meeting.
