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Remembering the day I went to war; welcome to the ’Nam

It wasn’t easy for my parents to send their only son to war. For years, they’d been bombarded…

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Doris Ann Ward

Doris Ann Ward died May 27, 2006 at Whidbey Island Manor at the age of 72. She was…

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David Bruce Nyland

David Bruce Nyland, of Langley, lost his battle to cancer on May 25, 2006. He was born Nov.…

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Ferry ticketing goes high tech

The same technology that reads tickets at Disneyland is now also a ticket option for the Port Townsend…

Tony Lombardo of Seattle heads into a turn at the halfway point of Sunday’s Mudder Race in Langley.

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Mudder: Into the woods, very fast

You never know what kind of a day you’re going to get when you stage an outside event…

“Dancing on Whidbey Island” takes place inside Bayview Hall every Thursday. The upcoming dance series begins on June 8 and wraps up July 13. Students can learn beginning or intermediate swing dancing or salsa dancing for all levels.

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Take Out Those Dancing Shoes

A dancer exists inside of each and every one of us. Walter Dill, a Whidbey Island dance instructor,…

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Comp plan group looks at city vision

During Langley’s next town meeting on its growth plan, residents and friends of the seaside town will have…

Hal Seligson and other volunteers planted the trees in the pouring rain. Seligson said helpers slipped ankle-deep into the mud

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Langley’s tree project finished

It all started late last year when Fran Abel said to Hal Seligson: “I want trees for Second…

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10th Chum Run takes to the forest this weekend

Time to run with your “chums.” The tenth annual 5K Chum Run and Walk will take place at…

Somer Kreisman won a national silver medal

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South Whidbey High’s Super Shooter

Somer Kreisman pauses to think about what her life would be like without photography, and the camera she…

Landscape architect Jason Henry walks across the “living roof” on the picnic shelter at the Clinton Beach park before it was planted last Saturday.

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Living roof sprouts in Clinton

Matthew Swett of Langley’s Taproot Design believes a green revolution is sweeping the nation. And he wants to…

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John H. Herget

John H. Herget of South Whidbey passed on May 24, 2006. Born July 7, 1921 and raised in…

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Patricia Joan MacLean

Patricia Joan MacLean, 61, passed away peacefully on May 23 2006 at the Royal Jubilee Hospice in Victoria,…