I grew up near the foothills in Southern California and each fall we worried about wildfires. The year the foothills near my home caught fire was the year my dad was acting principal of the nearby high school and stayed with several hundred students evacuated to the school when the foothill fire sprang up, dangerously near our neighborhoods.
Three clergymen nationally known as the “Interfaith Amigos” are featured in the seventh annual Whidbey Interfaith Vigil of Peace and Hope held 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 23 at St. Augustine’s-in-the-Woods Episcopal Church in Freeland.
Ingathering and Water Ceremony The beginning of a new church year will be celebrated with UUCWI’s traditional Ingathering and Water…
A Whidbey Island church, seven Christian rock bands and the owner of a downtown Oak Harbor bar are holding a benefit concert Sept. 14 to raise money for the families of three people killed in a tragic accident.
One of Oak Harbor’s national treasures turned 90 on Aug. 24, celebrating with old flying buddies at the PBY picnic.
A “threshold choir” is forming on Whidbey Island to give comfort to the ill and help the dying transition peacefully into the next realm.
Religion Notes
Whidbey General Hospital Nathaniel Joseph Battle, 6 pounds, 15 ounces, was born June 29, 2010. He is the son of…
Volunteers from the Readniess to Learn Foundation are collecting donations for the “Back to School Project” in order to provide school supplies, clothing vouchers and shoes to eligible families.
Garry Oak Gallery and Kit’s Camera are holding a Digital Photo Contest for Whidbey Island students. The contest, “Life on Whidbey,” is open now and entries will be accepted until Sept. 24.
An economist with a funny bone will bring humor to the “dismal science” when he appears in Mount Vernon and Oak Harbor this month.
On Thursday, Sept. 9, the Skagit Valley College Foundation will welcome Yoram Bauman, Ph.D., described as “the world’s first and only stand-up economist,” for two entertaining opportunities to help raise student scholarships.
The new production of “Chicago” at Whidbey Playhouse in Oak Harbor has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz; one show-stopping-song after another; and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen.
Washington’s VFW Auxiliary President, Diane Small of Oak Harbor, a member of Whitehead-Muzzall VFW Auxiliary 7392, led the state delegation of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. at the 97th National Convention held Aug. 21-26 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind.
