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    Articles by Susan Knickerbocker
    Hometown heroes Cliff and Donna Slade (left) with Coyla Shepard, founder of Tiny Houses in the Name of Christ. (Photo by Judy Thorslund)
    Cliff and Donna Slade: We are all Members...
    By Susan Knickerbocker • September 6, 2019 1:30 am

    “Oh yes, brothers and sisters, we are all members one of another. The difference, beloved, ain’t in who is and…

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    Coach: Dedication to more than a sport
    Coach: Dedication to more than a sport
    By Susan Knickerbocker • February 19, 2019 1:30 am

    Some gravitate only to those who are popular, have influence, wealth or superficial outward appearance.

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    Photo by Jim Carroll
    Hometown Hero Vicki Robin: What life’s really about
    By Susan Knickerbocker • December 14, 2018 1:30 am

    What’s the purpose of your life? Why are you here?

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    Hometown Hero: Lewis Pope
    Hometown Hero: Lewis Pope
    By Susan Knickerbocker • May 15, 2018 1:30 am

    Once every year a South Whidbey senior is chosen by the South Whidbey School District to be featured in the…

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    WAIF volunteer has heart for more than animals
    WAIF volunteer has heart for more than animals
    By Susan Knickerbocker • February 14, 2018 8:00 am

    You’re coming out of the market, groceries in your arms. You notice a person in tattered clothes sitting hunched over…

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    Bill Cochran: Giving back to the people
    Bill Cochran: Giving back to the people
    By Susan Knickerbocker • December 26, 2017 1:30 am

    What’s important to you?

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    HOMETOWN HERO | Pam Kniseley, living with intention and purpose
    HOMETOWN HERO | Pam Kniseley, living with intention...
    By Susan Knickerbocker • July 29, 2017 6:00 am

    Just as people choose to live on South Whidbey, what are the other daily choices they make that are intentional?

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    Diana Putney poses near the trailhead of Putney Woods. Putney is the founder of a 4-H group
    Diana Putney: Working to be an example of...
    By Susan Knickerbocker • October 18, 2016 6:12 pm

    All who have been touched by Diana Putney describe her as humble, sweet, caring and a model of a good person who creates hope in the human race.

    Angie Pratt says, “My daughter Mya had been in 4-H for six years and was ready to give up on performance, because of various circumstances.

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    Hometown Hero Tom Ewell stand next to his “bean poll” at the Whidbey fair. The dedicated peacemaker uses it as a tool to demonstrate federal budget priorities and the great amount that goes toward defense spending.
    Ewell: Quaker dedicates his life to peacemaking |...
    By Susan Knickerbocker • September 2, 2016 7:13 pm

    Besides songs, poems, bumper stickers, protests, and posters, one way to define peacemaking is on a personal level. And so it is with Hometown Hero Tom Ewell, whose friends and colleagues often refer to him as a peacemaker.

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    South Whidbey High School senior Macey Bishop was selected as this year’s student Hometown Hero. Living by a motto of “Apathy is lame
    Bishop: Caring is cool, South Whidbey senior says...
    By Susan Knickerbocker • June 7, 2016 5:18 pm

    Once a year South Whidbey schools nominate one senior to be a hometown hero. This person is chosen by adults and students, is a person who inspires others, and makes the community and school a better place. This year it’s Macey Bishop.

    Caring isn’t always easy. Sometimes it comes with a price. The person who acts indifferent or apathetic towards others and life may think they’re avoiding being hurt, but the truth is, fear of showing vulnerable feelings of caring and acting detached is more painful in the end. It hurts oneself, others and the world is cheated out of the real you, says Macey Bishop, hometown hero.

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    Andersen: Recognizing, moving past our fears | HOMETOWN HERO
    Andersen: Recognizing, moving past our fears | HOMETOWN...
    By Susan Knickerbocker • April 1, 2016 7:30 pm

    What are your fears? We all have them. You know, the ones that hold you back from being your better self. Fear of failure, success, rejection, not having enough, being good enough or perhaps fear of being alone.

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    Don Allen
    Don ‘Hunter’ Allen: Sharing freely his labor’s fruits...
    By Susan Knickerbocker • January 23, 2016 8:00 am

    It does not matter who you are, what you do, what race, religion or non-religion, political party, or if you are rich or poor, Don Allen will cheerfully help you, and share with you.

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    Jerry Lloyd sits on one of his horses during a fundraising event for the purchase of Trillium forest.
    Jerry Lloyd: A giver with the heart of...
    By Susan Knickerbocker • November 10, 2015 5:34 pm

    Many of us are big picture people, some of us are better at seeing the small details.

    Hometown Hero Jerry Lloyd, however, sees the forest and the trees clearly at the same time. His motivation is what is best for the community as a whole, and then he narrows the needs of individuals all at once.

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