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Ashes to ashes

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:52 PDT

Oak Harbor nude club plans unveiled

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:52 PDT

Oak Harbor readies laws aimed at adult businesses

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:52 PDT

Oak Harbor City Attorney Margery Hite and Prosecutor Bill Hawkins briefed Mayor Jim Slowik and others at a governmental services standing committee meeting last week about several “emergency” laws to regulate erotic dance within city limits.

HomeConnection gets Clover Valley

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:52 PDT

The Oak Harbor School District will have a vacant elementary school this year, and after months of debate, the school board has settled on a plan for it.

Woman's body recovered from waters of Deception Pass

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:52 PDT

War hits home for Oak Harbor family

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:52 PDT

Child rape included threat with gun

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:52 PDT

A 27-year-old Coupeville man was recently sent to prison for having sex with an underaged girl, pointing a handgun at her head and threatening to kill her.

Oak Harbor P.D.: Stolen beer, money, backpack, and pushy vacuum men

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:52 PDT

NAS Whidbey exercise next week uses laser sensors, blank ammo

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:52 PDT

Oak Harbor City Council runs afoul of Open Public Meetings Act

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:52 PDT

Soccer: Lack of experience hurts 'Cats in opening loss

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

The Wildcats' lack of experience was exposed in Oak Harbor's season-opening 4-0 loss in soccer at Arlington Tuesday, March 16.

Girls golf: Oak Harbor finishes 3rd out of 11 schools in Shootout

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

The Oak Harbor High School girls golf team finished tied for third out of 11 teams in the Gallery Shootout on a blustery NAS Whidbey course Tuesday, March 16.

Baseball: Wolves put together solid game in winning opener

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

The Coupeville High School baseball team put together a solid all-around game in its season-opening 10-0 win over visiting Concrete Tuesday, March 16.

Fastpitch: Coupeville tops Concrete in season opener

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

After squandering an early lead, the Coupeville girls fastpitch team came back to defeat visiting Concrete 11-7 Tuesday, March 16, in the season opener for both teams.

Fastpitch: Wildcats spoil no-hit attempt

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Oak Harbor fastpitch player Whitney Osborn spoiled Burlington-Edison’s Lindsay Dawson’s bid for a no-hitter with a seventh-inning double in the Wildcats’ season-opening 6-0 loss on the Tigers’ field Monday, March 15.

Tennis: Oak Harbor starts season with 4-3 win

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Sweeping the singles events, the Oak Harbor girls tennis team squeaked out a 4-3 season-opening win and Western Conference match at Monroe Monday, March 15.

Girls basketball: Coupeville's Smith named first-team all-league

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Senior Megan Smith led a list of 13 Coupeville High School girls basketball team letter winners this season.

Boys basketball: 4 from Coupeville honored by Cascade Conference

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Senior Jason Bagby and junior Hunter Hammer earned all-league first-team honors and coach Randy King was co-coach of the year in Cascade Conference boys basketball this season.

Five Flyers win at Mount Vernon Three-Ring Circus meet

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Five Moving & Grooving Island Flyers placed first in their divisions at the Three-Ring Circus meet at Mount Vernon Saturday, March 13.

Baseball: Oak Harbor falls to Edmonds-Woodway

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

or the second game in a row the Oak Harbor baseball team found itself in an early, deep hole; this time the Wildcats couldn't pull out the victory.

This ‘COPS’ stars our cops

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Emergency crews descended on Oak Harbor High School with lights and sirens flashing. A thick fog had settled over the campus and they could make out the silhouettes of frightened students racing from the building. With guns drawn, police cautiously approached the campus to search for bad guys.

Whidbey Playhouse's Play Day gives a taste of sizzling 'Chicago'

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Oak Harbor Lutheran Church hosts Minnesota concert choir

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

The University of Minnesota’s Morris Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. Kenneth Hodgson, will perform Saturday, March 20, at 7 p.m. at Oak Harbor Lutheran Church, 1253 NW Second Ave., Oak Harbor, across from the Oak Harbor High School Stadium. The concert is part of the choir’s 2010 West Coast Concert Tour.

African harp master appears on Whidbey Island

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

The acoustic world music duo Nomad and Cirque de Soleil vocalist Gina Sala will give an intimate concert at the Whidbey Institute in Clinton, March 10.

Greenbank Farm's Artworks Gallery presents‚ “She Sells Seashells”

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Oak Harbor art teacher goes abstract in retirement

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

AAUW gears up for fashion show

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

The Whidbey Island Branch of American Association of University Women is planning their Annual Spring Luncheon and Fashion Show to be held Thursday, March 25, at the Whidbey Golf & Country Club, Oak Harbor.

Ear to the Ground

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

New ad campaign promotes Whidbey cattle

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Investment earning spike SVC scholarship funds

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

The Skagit Valley College Foundation Board of Governors recently approved more than $308,000 in endowed scholarship funds to be awarded to Skagit Valley College students during the 2010-2011 school year. This endowed scholarship allocation is the largest scholarship distribution the SVC Foundation has ever provided in its 32-year history.

Port of Coupeville to air airport study proposal

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

A public meeting will take place Wednesday, March 24, at 5:30 p.m., at the Monroe Landing Fire Station to gauge public sentiment about the possibility of the Port of Coupeville conducting a feasibility study to acquire the neighboring air field.

Census forms lead to more grant money for Island County

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Ten years ago, only 59 percent of residents of Island County filled out their census forms, which means agencies and governmental entities missed out on many thousands of dollars passed down from the state and federal government.

Mystic Sea sails out of Coupeville

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Whidbey General Hospital hires chief operations officer

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Coupeville Public Library opens Monday

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Biz Beat

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Bethany Ridge Farms of Oak Harbor was recognized by the American Angus Association recently in the association’s 2010 Pathfinder Report. Visit www.angus.org for more information.

Friendly Pacific Northwest bees are doing fine

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Third time’s the charm for Oak Harbor's China City

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

How the Irish built Oak Harbor

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Lace it up against birth defects

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Oak Harbor Rotary boosts OHHS Culinary team

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Luke Felkner, captain of the state-champion Oak Harbor High School Culinary Team, made a profitable visit to the Oak Harbor Rotary Club last week.

When God's presence dims

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Gluten Free Foodies

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Are you ready for your close-up, Mr. Mayor?

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

There’s a new program on Channel 10 starring city officials, staff members and well-known community members.

Coupeville's MusselFest features chowder cook-off

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Coupeville High School theatre troupe tackles school shootings

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Coupeville High School is taking on what drama advisor Peg Tennant calls “one of its most controversial pieces to date.”

Greenbank Farm's Raven Rocks Gallery features two artists

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Raven Rocks Gallery at the Greenbank Farm presents “Friends & Family: Portraits of life, the art of Anna Davis and Gemma Insinna.”

2 days, 24 studios: Tour shares Whidbey artists' habitat

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:53 PDT

Creating art can be a lonely business, woodworker Gary Leake said, but two days each spring, artists across North and Central Whidbey open their studios to the general public.

Editor's Column: Plenty of time to change in a modern house

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

The beginning and end of each Daylight Saving Time always leaves us wondering: Why do we need so many clocks?

Editorial: Sit down and be counted

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

U.S. Census forms are scheduled to arrive in the mail this week, so take a little time to sit down, fill it out completely and send it back.

Tough times require real spending reforms

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

Editorial: City subcommittee strays from the law

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

Editor's Column: Inebriated germs spread more coughs and colds

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

Editorial: No nudes is good nudes

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

At the risk of being labeled puritanical in a libertine time, let us say that Oak Harbor city leaders are doing the right thing in trying to head off anyone from starting a nude dancing establishment here.

Editorial: Habitat in tough times

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

Soundoff: Tough times require real reform

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

Editor's Column: Manufacturers take the fun out of babyhood

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

Editorial: Felony DUI law welcome

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

An Island County Superior Court judge recently sentenced a man to more than four years in prison for driving under the influence, among other charges.

Maybe Koster would care about library

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

Rural character more than visual

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

I moved to Whidbey Island early in 2001 from Minneapolis, where I lived happily near the city center, on the 14th floor of my condo overlooking Interstate 35W, the downtown skyscrapers, and the winding Mississippi and its bridges, with an expansive view of sunsets and approaching storms. Here I am a renter, living happily on a corner of Ebey’s Reserve, in San de Fuca, again loving the very different visual beauty but also the remarkable peace and quiet, which I had not experienced since my adolescence in the Nebraska countryside, having lived contentedly in cities (including Glasgow, London, and Houston) all my previous adult life.

Not so many believe in God

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

Unite against alien invasion

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

The Whidbey News-Times letters section has become boring. I’m tired of reading about one-way streets, property taxes, seedy city councilmen and global warming. Quite frankly, people need to wake up to the real threat posed against all peoples, cultures and societies: Alien invasion.

You never know who’s packing

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

Well isn’t that precious, another cartoon about guns and even in color (Whidbey News-Times, March 13). It again appears that our cartoonist has an anti-gun agenda, but let’s look at reality. Many of our fellow citizens have a “License To Carry Concealed Pistol — State of Washington,” issued after going through finger printing and an extensive background check. Didn’t know that, did you? When you see that person who has this permit as they enter a restaurant or other place of business, you usually glance at them, then away, without ever knowing that they may be armed.

Throw precaution to the wind

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

To add to Mr. Moreland’s letter of March 6, the planet was cooling from 1940 to 1975 and in the first Earth Day (April 1970) the major subject was the coming ice age. The planet has been cooling slightly ever since 1998 according to climatologists.

Do the right thing and cut

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

State Sen. Lisa Brown wants to use a horrible tactic to raise taxes. She is going to use class envy to get the middle class and poor to vote in an income tax on the “higher wage earners” (those earning $200,000) in exchange for reducing the sales tax upon themselves. If this goes through, how many of these “higher wage earners” will stick around Washington state very long, much less hire any more of the middle class and poor.

Think twice before littering

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

Seeing commies through the smoke

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

It would appear with a recent letter on these pages that “global warming a.k.a. climate change” has taken a more sinister turn. The writer in question suggests that Communists have infiltrated the environmental movement to push “global warming” on us unsuspecting evil humans.

Web site should restrict comments

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:54 PDT

As a former Oak Harbor resident for a long time I really enjoy reading the online version of the Whidbey News-Times but I sure do not like that now there are all these personal comments added. There are more comments than news lately, and by the sound of the comments it is mostly young folks looking for a place to sound off and go back and forth between themselves.