| Oak Harbor residents urged to conserve water |
The City of Oak Harbor has implemented Stage 1 water-conservation measures and are encouraging voluntary water conservation due to the possibility of a drought as evidenced by low water levels in the Skagit River.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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| Outdoor classroom seeks volunteers |
Assistant teachers are needed at the Maxwelton Outdoor Classroom for this fall's lessons on the food web in a forest and stream ecosystem. Volunteers and grades 1-5 will learn about the cycle of food producers, consumers and decomposers.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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| Nonprofit fair set for Sept. 18 |
Local residents can learn more about the many nonprofit organizations at work in Central Whidbey at the Nonprofit Fair, set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18 at the Coupeville Farmers Market.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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| Health officials issue whooping cough alert |
Pertussis – or whooping cough is on the rise in the Pacific Northwest. Infants and children who have not been immunized are at highest risk of getting sick.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Donate fall school supplies |
The nonprofit Readiness to Learn Foundation is collecting school supplies to be distributed to low-income families.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Apple Rescue to boost food bank |
Whidbey Island residents with a bumper crop of apples growing in the backyard are invited to share them with their neighbors as part of the second annual Great Whidbey Island Backyard Apple Rescue project.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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| Longtime community volunteer mourned |
Janet Enzmann, one of Coupeville’s best-known and most enthusiastic volunteers, died Aug. 16 at age 84.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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| Coupeville artist honored |
A watercolor painting by Coupeville area artist Perry Woodfin titled “The Beauty of Chance” received the Best of Show award in the Expressions Northwest art show in Port Townsend recently.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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| Kids can enter the Mr. Yuk Poster Contest |
The Washington Poison Center has announced their Mr. Yuk Poster Contest for 2011 will be Mr. Yuk Rules.
Friday, August 13, 2010
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| Islanders find achieving fitness a moving experience |
Though exercise is a key to a healthier, happier life, many of us avoid it. Getting advice and training can overcome the blocks and discouraging experiences that create aversion and turn us into couch potatoes, setting us up for problems and giving our kids the wrong message.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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| Campaign signs prohibited on state highway rights-of-way |
As election season gets under way, Washington Department of Transportation officials remind people that campaign signs are not allowed in the state highway right-of-way.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
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