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    Articles by Patricia Duff
    Whidbey Island Dance Theatre company member Madyson Hunter as the Reindeer.
    Snow Queen redux| Theatrical ballet returns after 16...
    By Patricia Duff • April 1, 2014 5:09 pm

    One of the main thrusts of “The Snow Queen” is about what one friend will do for another.

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    Jim and Jo Shelver have created more than a dozen  different bird houses and bird feeders for a birdhouse auction to help pay for a new roof for Enso House
    Freeland’s Enso House needs a new roof: buy...
    By Patricia Duff • June 15, 2012 6:00 pm

    A local hospice needs a roof, and volunteers will hold a birdhouse auction to help the cause.

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    Lloyd Furman and Ivan Little take a moment for a photo in Freeland. The longtime friends from South Whidbey both are on a kidney donation waiting list.
    Two old friends share long wait for kidney...
    By Patricia Duff • June 15, 2012 5:45 pm

    FREELAND — You’re never too old for a kidney.
    That’s what doctors told Freeland resident Ivan Little when he went from being fit all of his life to suffering from kidney failure in the fall of last year.

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    Flautist Yasuko Honjo Harris will be play Shinbue (transverse bamboo flute) at the “Riches of Japan” cultural event at the Northwest Language Academy Cultural Center in Langley Saturday
    Explore the cultural wonders of Japan in Langley
    By Patricia Duff • June 13, 2012 3:43 pm

    From sushi to shakuhachi, the art, tastes and sounds of Japan come to Langley next week.

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    Hannah McConnaughey will travel to Florida this month for a robotics international competition.
    South Whidbey robotics team member heads to Florida...
    By Patricia Duff • June 13, 2012 3:38 pm

    After a disappointing finish at the regional robotics competition, South Whidbey’s Team Atlantis, Inc. robotics team member Hannah McConnaughey will compete at the international level, after all.

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    Josh Hauser stands in front of the children’s book section at Moonraker Books in Langley. Hauser started the bookstore 40 years ago this month with her husband Glenn Hauser
    Forty and still fabulous at Moonraker Books in...
    By Patricia Duff • June 13, 2012 3:19 pm

    LANGLEY — Moonraker Books in Langley sails into its 40th year this weekend as owner Josh Hauser continues to navigate the waves of fortune.

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    Whidbey Audubon Society volunteer Kelly Zupich works on a bird specimen in taxidermist Matt Klope’s Oak Harbor studio for the Bird in Hand exhibit at Greenbank Farm.
    Bird in Hand event comes to Greenbank Farm
    By Patricia Duff • June 11, 2012 12:29 pm

    Reach out and touch a bird, or 100. And meet “Zeb” the hawk, too.

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    Jim Scullin plays David Frost and Ken Church is Richard M. Nixon in “Frost/Nixon
    Evans directs ‘Frost/Nixon’ at WICA
    By Patricia Duff • June 6, 2012 1:53 pm

    It was 1977, and a moment in which “Tricky Dick” was not as tricky as he needed to be.

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    Ashley Ricketts and Karyna Hezel tunes into the ancient art of pysanka
    Support is needed if art is to remain...
    By Patricia Duff • May 29, 2012 6:43 pm

    Whidbey Festival of the Arts is Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2.

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    Artist Aleah Chapin in the studio.
    Whidbey Island native Chapin shortlisted for prestigious London...
    By Patricia Duff • May 28, 2012 2:30 pm

    Artist Aleah Chapin has been short-listed for the BP Portrait Award 2012 in London, one of the world’s most prestigious art prizes.

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    Above is an example of a certified private backyard. Below
    Take a walk on the wild side at...
    By Patricia Duff • May 28, 2012 2:24 pm

    Whidbey has made it to the wild side.
    The island joins 13 other communities in Washington to be certified by the National Wildlife Federation. Whidbey Island is number 57 on the list of certified Community Wildlife Habitats in the country.

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    Memories of a 100-year-old vet: 4-H youths tell Savy Savinelli’s story of WWII
    Memories of a 100-year-old vet: 4-H youths tell...
    By Patricia Duff • May 25, 2012 7:21 pm

    FREELAND — In 1941, while President Franklin D. Roosevelt was initiating a full scale support of China in its war with Japan, 29-year-old Achilles “Savy” Savinelli was trying to find a direction in life.

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    Brian Plebanek and Gail Liston
    Freeland wine shop owners celebrate ten years
    By Patricia Duff • May 22, 2012 6:54 pm

    FREELAND — Walk into Vino Amore wine shop and expect a warm hello from Koa.

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