Doe Stahr asked that I post a notice of this interesting event in August. For more information, please visit this webpage.
Author: Kate Poss | With Photos by David Welton
Kate Poss | With Photos by David Welton
Kate Poss This Is Whidbey was founded by Kate Poss for readers who are interested in cultivating our island’s quality of life, including its land, sea, and air; its people, plants, and animals; and the bodies, minds, and spirits of its inhabitants. You may know Kate from her work in island libraries through May of 2016. Her background includes a career in newspaper reporting in Los Angeles for various weeklies and dailies, including The Los Angeles Times. She was a frequent contributor to the online Whidbey Life Magazine and still writes for the biannual print magazine. David Welton Stories are highlighted by David Welton’s excellent photography. David is a retired physician who was a staff photographer for Whidbey Life Magazine since its early days. His work has also appeared in museums, art galleries, newspapers, regional and national magazines, books, nonprofit publicity, and on the back of the Whidbey Sea-Tac Shuttle!
Joy Lyon, League of Women Voters Events Chair, asked that I run this announcement:
Note: our friend and neighbor Mindy Roberts was appointed last month as executive director of the Puget Sound Partnership. What follows is a March 5 press release from Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office. Brava, Mindy! OLYMPIA – Today Governor Bob Ferguson announced the appointment of Mindy Roberts as executive director of Puget Sound Partnership. She started her new position today. Puget Sound Partnership is the state agency that leads the region’s collective effort to restore and protect Puget Sound. The Partnership works with hundreds of tribal, federal, state and local partners on actions that advance recovery based on science. Prior to joining…
You’re invited to a BBQ dinner to benefit the Baby Island Saratoga Club–BISC–on Saratoga Road Friday, March 13th at 5:30 PM. Tickets are $15 per person. Please RSVP on or before March 9th to ensure timely meal planning and provisioning. The menu? Pulled pork, vinaigrette-base coleslaw, scalloped potatoes, cornbread, baked beans and sweet potato pie for dessert. Please bring your own spirited beverages. For more information contact David Stenberg at 425-269-7999. Proceeds benefit the club, which has served as a neighborhood gathering place for nearly a hundred years. The March dinner will be prepared in the club’s commissary kitchen, whose design…
Note: All photos shared by Lisa Harris and Matthew Swett. This story appeared previously in a special Home & Garden issue published by The South Whidbey Record/Whidbey News Times April 2025. Lisa Harris, CEO of Harris Environmental Group in Tucson and Seattle, traces her Whidbey Island connection to the 1980s when her parents retired and bought a home overlooking Mutiny Bay. It was spending time on Whidbey each summer with her family that led Harris to building her own home at Bush Point nearly 30 years later. “My parents lived right over the marshy area, and had amazing views of…
Following 30 years of filming wildlife documentaries for channels such as BBC and National Geographic, marine biologist/cinematographer Florian Graner will present his latest film “Orcas–Life in Black and White” at the Clyde Theater in Langley May 17 and 18 at 2 PM. With a PhD in marine biology specializing in marine mammals, Graner founded his production company Sealife Productions in the 1990s with his wife Gina Truesdell, who holds a PhD in molecular, cellular and developmental biology. Having worked previously as a research scientist, she now works with Sealife Productions. She is a certified scuba diver, drone pilot, and production…
The year’s annual South Whidbey Hearts & Hammers—SWH&H— event May 3 reflected the can-do spirit of its late founder, Lynn Willeford, and one of its beloved volunteers and board members, Jim Scullin, who passed away April 24. Scullin volunteered for SWH&H each year since 1995, and served as a board member since 2000. He earned his living as a finish carpenter and remodel contractor. His skills, humor, compassion and service to the community helped many a neighbor who needed home repair. His legacy was honored that evening when SWH&H volunteers and recipients gathered for dinner at South Whidbey High School.…
Register no later than April 17 for the April 19th first Emergency Preparedness conference at South Whidbey High School from 9 AM to 4 PM. Visit this South Whidbey Fire and EMS webpage to sign up. Terra Anderson, project manager for the South Whidbey Resilience and Emergency Preparedness Conference, said as of April 4, 300 residents have already registered. The conference promotes getting to know neighbors, assessing our skills, and learning how to help one another in an emergency. She’s noticed unprecedented interest from the community for this event. “This thing is coming together, and…the time is right,” Terra said.…
As if she were a celebrity making her comeback, the newly remodeled Langley Library opened her doors after a year’s closure due to a major remodel. Library staff estimate about a thousand visitors passed through the doors to nibble hors d’oeuvres, collect whale-themed library bling and stand in the transformed, sleek, light-filled modern space. The overall emotion throughout the day was one of joy and pride and celebration. “When I arrived this morning at 9 AM the kids drew ‘Welcome’ in chalk on the road, and I felt like crying with joy, ” said Rhianna, an enthusiastic Langley Associate Librarian.…
Willow Dolde runs year-round, often clad in a pink top and skirt, long pink hair flying in the breeze, feet bare or in simple sandals. Dolde is an ultra athlete who trains for and competes in 100-mile races. Asked the preferred pronoun to use, they, them, their is the reply. Born as male, Dolde prefers being called they, and texted a link from webpage “Teaching Outside the Binary: Quick Guide to Singular They” to help raise awareness for writing this story. The website’s author explains they used as a singular pronoun dates back to 1375 in medieval poetry and is…