Perhaps the only way Jack Hartt could be more a part of the landscape at Deception Pass State Park is if his skin was made of stone.
Hartt manages one of Washington’s most spectacular state parks. He works at the park, sleeps at the park and nearly every day for 10 years has driven a pickup across a wide span of bridge that has become the iconic image not only of Deception Pass State Park but of the entire Washington state parks system.
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A group of Los Angeles filmmakers who are gearing up for production of a motion picture filmed on Whidbey Island in September are looking for businesses and community members who are willing to donate goods or services toward the project.
Dundee Woods knew this day was coming.
The quiet, peaceful world that surrounds him at the Deception Pass Marina in Cornet Bay is about to get rocked.
But when the earth moves, it will release a little of his anxiety as well.
No matter how creative Lynn Backus is with her chainsaw art, she can’t sell a piece of her work without people seeing it.
With so many cars whizzing by her workplace at the roadside store at Dugualla Bay Farms, Backus got an idea and acted on it.
Then she had to sell the idea to Bob Hulbert, owner of Dugualla Bay Farms.
In a little more than a month, downtown Oak Harbor will be transformed into a music festival with 30 bands performing on two different stages over three days.
But none of that would be possible without an army of volunteers.
Since January, an organizing committee has been meeting weekly to gear up for the second Oak Harbor Music Festival, which takes place Aug. 30 to Sept. 1.
Lynn Goebel and Kathy Chalfant have been tasked with coordinating the volunteers for the free community event, which is funded through donations.
With a paint brush in one hand and a smile on his face, Steve Olson bore a look of contentment as he spread a fresh coat of red paint on a guard rail at Oak Harbor’s Olympic View Elementary School.
Around him were five dozen associates working toward a common goal.
Shannon Olson watched with envious eyes as a parade of Harley-Davidson motorcycles rolled out of the parking lot of the Coachman Inn & Suites Thursday night.
Olson, a front desk clerk, got to see the start of a motorcycle parade that traveled through downtown Oak Harbor. Dozens of Harleys rode by her.
The tug on the line caught Kyle Eckles by surprise.
Could it really be a salmon?
Eckles saw a flash in the water and told his dad he had a fish. His dad thought he caught the bottom of Puget Sound.
For Caleb Fischer, there’s only one way to travel on this journey he’s taking.
He’s not in any race, but as long as he keeps moving forward and getting closer to his dream, that’s good enough for him. For now.
Barbara Bourg can see the baseball fields from her antique store.
She isn’t quite sure what to expect once the Washington State Little League baseball tournament for 9- and 10-year-olds gets going July 13-21 at Windjammer Park
Jeff Vallejo grew up in central California and remembers taking weekend road trips to the coast to ride the surf on a bodyboard.
After moving to Oak Harbor, he surveyed the water and noticed something was missing.
Human activity.
Jon Marrs used a soft cloth to wipe down his metallic blue Harley-Davidson touring bike.
The motorcyle, a monster at roughly 950 pounds, gleamed brilliantly in the sun. Still, Marrs kept at it, not wanting to miss any dust, returning for another rub. And another.
Marrs and his wife Katie are in Hog heaven.
