Tom Gideon was living comfortably in Woodinville. It was a place filled with nice folks with good careers, big homes and fancy cars. He fit in, certainly, and was grateful for what he had.
Corporate suit is not the image that comes to mind when first meeting Ken Starkweather.
Whidbey Island has a strong volunteer ethic that’s fueled by an involved citizenry committed to supporting their causes, communities and neighbors.
Ohana. It means “family” in the Hawaiian language, and it’s how a former South Whidbey firefighter colleague described to Terry Welch what the experience of firefighting would be like.
Don’t tell the kids, but when Santa rides through the neighborhoods atop the red South Whidbey Fire/EMS fire engine, he gets a little help from Chris Blasko.
When Robert G. Armstrong Jr. was a child growing up in rural New York State, he and his friends used to sneak into a barn that housed a fire truck and pretend to be fireman.
