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Tahoma One Drop Zen Monastery’s Community Outreach Coordinator Jessica “Sokei” Leon (left) and Head Monk Tony “Dairyo” Fairbank (right) demonstrate portions of zazen

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Monastery celebrates 20 years of Zen on South Whidbey

With the reverberating metallic sound of the rin gong, or singing bowl, meditation at Tahoma One Drop Zen…

Organic Farm School Director Judy Feldman shows off the farm school’s new home. Their new farmland is located at an old horse racing track.

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Organic Farm School plants new roots in Maxwelton Valley

The Organic Farm School has found a new home in the Maxwelton Valley, and it’s now accepting applications…

Pastor Mikkel Hustad from St. Peter’s Lutheran Church tends to the church’s community garden.

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Clinton church sows seeds for community gathering space

Clinton has a new community gathering space, and it involves one of South Whidbey’s favorite hobbies: gardening. Pastor…

Island Strings owner Linda Good (right) instructs one of her pupils

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Unplugged artists to show off South End acoustics

Linda Good hands children an instrument when they’re young.

Father Rick Spicer of Saint Hubert Catholic Church is celebrating 30 years since he was ordained in the priesthood.

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Langley congregation to throw party for priest

Father Rick Spicer of Langley’s Saint Hubert Catholic Church loves to walk. Walking is something he enjoys so…

The frontrunners turn in a race to the finish line in the Lasers/Vanguard 15 class.

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Whidbey Cup Regatta: sailors enjoy more than a breeze

With winds swirling left and right on Lone Lake, sailors were doing their best to use their sails…

Whidbey Flex Studio owner Christine Lincks (front left) leads a group fitness class.

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South Whidbey women rally to save gym

The participants of the “mixxed fit” classes at Whidbey Flex Studio can make walls shake. Loud cheers and…

Gary and Janie Gabelein stand in their “farmhouse garden.” The garden surrounds their Clinton home that sits on two acres. The farmhouse is also utilized as a three-unit bed and breakfast.

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Meet the green thumbs of South Whidbey: Gary and Janie Gabelein

The Farmhouse Bed & Breakfast is more than the name entails. While the Clinton homestead is located on…

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UW-based suicide prevention program comes to Whidbey

State grant money has paired a University of Washington-based suicide prevention program with Island County Public Health in…

Swedish Medical Center patient Maria Peccorini is all smiles as she starts to ride a horse with the help of Equestrian Crossings workers. Peccorini has multiple sclerosis.

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Healing horses: studies begin on horseback riding for multiple sclerosis patients on South Whidbey

Swedish Medical Center patients suffering from multiple sclerosis began a therapeutic horseback riding program in Greenbank on Thursday.…

Rubatano Director Dana Moffett (left) uses Zimbabwean shakers to maintain the beat during her “Nyeredzi” kids class as Naomi Atwood (center) and Ian O’Brien (right) play the marimba.

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Marimba performances, classes keep feet moving

With the smacking of a mallet against the wooden bars, the party has begun. The sound emanating from…

Three of the bold year-round swimmers catch up before taking a plunge in front of Seawall Park in Langley. The ladies are often the ones who rally the troops in less forgiving conditions. From left to right: Megan Scudder

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Too cold? Not for Whidbey’s swimmers

The Whidbey Open Water Swimmers are a bold bunch. Rain or shine, summer or winter, 20 or so…

Oak Harbor residents Dan and Kate Junod cross the finish line at the Pawz by the Sea 5K Run/Walk in Langley on Monday. Attendance was estimated at nearly 200.

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A day for the dogs – Pawz by the Sea 5K Run/Walk

Runners, dog owners, sunshine and excessive amounts of drool were out in full force Monday morning for the…