Teachers in the Oak Harbor School District are breathing a collective sigh of relief after reaching a three-year contract agreement.
Tensions were mounting between the Oak Harbor Education Association and school district after a series of negotiations resulted in little progress. But, during the last scheduled meeting June 7, both sides reached agreement on a new deal following seven hours of negotiations.
Alexis Richter couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful backdrop for her son’s graduation ceremony.
The sun shined brightly on Oak Harbor High School’s Class of 2013 Monday night, providing a picturesque setting for a memorable occasion.
Recognizing her age, Naomie Robinson wanted to prepare her 6-year-old subject for a dramatic change.
Robinson wanted to make sure Piper McMahan understood what was about to take place and brace her for any shock. She delicately explained that after the haircut, her hair would come down to about her chin, but would still look beautiful.
Dwight Lundstrom doesn’t know exactly when the paper toss started at Oak Harbor High School.
He knows it’s a decades-old tradition, and a chaotic one. And as principal, he knows the drill.
“Just paper down on the floor!” Lundstrom said into a microphone as a sea of paper-toting students began pouring into the Student Union Building.
Smiles come easily from Jennifer Marzocca these days. Among the many large things to celebrate in her life, on…
Since being diagnosed with bone cancer last August, sleep doesn’t come easily for Gail Seelow.
Yet, she surprised herself Saturday morning, nodding off in her car.
The early morning quiet didn’t last, replaced instead by the sounds of heavy machinery.
“They came to clean the Porta Potties,” Seelow said, breaking into laughter.
Coping with nerves can be a tricky thing.
Gwyneth McSween was having a little trouble herself as she sat with a group of fidgety third graders from Broad View Elementary as the curtain was about to rise.
By the time Lance Gibbon got home Tuesday night, it was too late to hold much of a family celebration.
So Michelle Gibbon waited until the next evening to cook up a family favorite: Tater Tot casserole.
“We don’t eat that very often,” Lance Gibbon said with a laugh. “It’s not the most healthy food in the world.”
Of all of the emotions Ginny Walters has experienced since she was diagnosed with cancer six years ago, one in particular stayed with her the longest.
Guilt.
Bill Storey likes to say that life doesn’t end at age 50.
In a way, it just begins.
Storey is 83, long retired from military service and freelance journalism, and is enjoying a new chapter in his life in Oak Harbor as a novelist.
As mayor of a military town such as Oak Harbor, Scott Dudley said he is honored to speak at Monday’s Memorial Day services in two Whidbey Island communities.
The holiday is dear to him because of where he lives and the nearly four years spent in his early adult life in military service before a medical discharge.
With a solid foundation in place and a groundswell of positive momentum, Lance Gibbon is interested in continuing to build on the successes he’s seen take place around him in the Oak Harbor School District.
It appears he will get that chance.
Oak Harbor preteen aspires to turn passion for acting into more
