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    Articles by Samantha O'Brochta
    Sue McKinney trains for the Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure daily.
    Greenbank woman gets ready to Walk for the...
    By Samantha O'Brochta • September 14, 2010 6:49 pm

    Sue McKinney hasn’t always been able to walk three miles a day.

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    Tom Churchill and Don Wilkins will tell many of the stories of their youth and the friendship that sprung from their American and British experiences during World War II at the Whidbey Children's Theater Sept. 17 and 18.
    Two Whidbey gents forge friendship through stories
    By Samantha O'Brochta • September 14, 2010 6:44 pm

    The Brits and the Yanks may be 3,000 miles away from each other…

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    Some of the many props used to create the live sound effects in the show.
    ‘Old Time Radio’ returns in an encore live...
    By Samantha O'Brochta • August 30, 2010 9:21 am

    With a world full of visual entertainment, radio has become a forgotten art.

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    Daniela Rose gets ready to perform a monologue for a group of directors at the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts season auditions in Langley.
    The knee-knocking business of auditions in Langley
    By Samantha O'Brochta • August 20, 2010 7:09 pm

    When there’s an audition call, actors swarm to it like bees to honey.

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    Merritt Atwood of Freeland plays with her dogs Milton (left) and Nelson. Both dogs were adopted from WAIF recently and are eligible to be in the King and Queen dog contest at Wag ’n‘ Walk this year
    Wag ’n‘ Walk welcomes folks in search of...
    By Samantha O'Brochta • August 18, 2010 8:00 am

    It may be a dog’s life most days, but life is never “ruff” at Whidbey Island’s annual Wag ’n‘ Walk.

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    Highland dancers of all ages
    Highland Games brings Celtic culture to Langley this...
    By Samantha O'Brochta • August 10, 2010 7:21 pm

    Oh! Ye’ll take the high road and I’ll take the low road, to the 12th annual Whidbey Island Highland Games.

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    Ken Green of Oak Harbor watches his belt sander
    Belt sander pirates raid Freeland lumber yard
    By Samantha O'Brochta • August 3, 2010 6:33 pm

    Arrrrgh! There be pirates roaming the lumber yard, but these buccaneers weren’t carrying their typical tools of the trade.

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