ACTIVITIES Whidbey
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Oak Harbor fills with jazz The Oak Harbor Music & Jazz Festival will fill the streets with jazz Sept. 1 and 2. Check out art, craft and food booths. The hours are 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2. Admission is free. Find the music schedule at www.oak harbormusicfestival.com.
IDIPIC at Grigware Hall IDIPIC presents its next South Whidbey DUI/Underage Drinking prevention panel Sept. 1. Doors open at 12:45 p.m., come early to assure a seat; no late admittance. The meeting is at Trinity Church’s Grigware Hall, Highway 525, Freeland, and is required by local driving instructors for both driver’s education students and parents. Contact 672-8219.
Lions sell fruits, veggies The Oak Harbor Lions Club will be selling sunripened peaches, tomatoes, nectarines, onions, peppers and other produce from the Wenatchee area. They will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. until sold out. Look for the familiar yellow trailer in the Rite Aid parking lot. All proceeds support community projects and services.
Register now for state of county The League of Women Voters of Whidbey Island will hold its annual state of the county address and salad supper at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Oak Harbor Golf and Country Club. The cost is $15 in advance. Send a check to LWVWI, PO Box 1933, Oak Harbor, WA 98277 by Sept. 7.
Plants on sale for Labor Day Meerkerk Gardens is holding its Labor Day Nursery Sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 1 through 3. Potted plants are 50 percent off. The garden is located at 3531 S. Meerkerk Lane in Greenbank. Call 678-1912.
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sun. Tour PBY during two open houses The PBY Memorial Foundation will hold an open
house at the center Sept. 2, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The aircraft will be open for those who wish to tour a World War II PBY patrol aircraft. Normal open hours in the Whidbey Aviation History Center, Building 12 on the Seaplane Base, Oak Harbor, are Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Many displays covering World War II, Korea, Vietnam and post Vietnam, can be viewed, including the NAS Whidbey command display with several dioramas showing the history of the naval air station. Contact 240-9500 for more information or special tours.
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mon. Cemetery heritage tour offered Central Whidbey Island historian and pioneer descendant Roger Sherman will lead a guided tour of the historic Sunnyside Pioneer Cemetery on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. While touring the beautiful old cemetery, Sherman will focus on the early history of Whidbey Island and will explain how various settlers and their families played roles in the development of the island. Sunnyside Cemetery is located on the north ridge of Ebey’s Prairie. Passes to the Cemetery Heritage Tour are $5 per person. All proceeds benefit operation of the Island County Historical Museum. Passes may be purchased at the Island County Museum, 908 NW Alexander St., Coupeville, or at the cemetery the day of the event, based on availability. Call 360-678-3310 for passes or information.
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Give and get: Great Oak Harbor Giveaway Day is set for Sept. 8. Swap clothes or household items for something new to you. See Activities listing for more information.
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Saturday, September 1, 2012 • Whidbey News Times
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Fall flower arrangements The Greenbank Garden Club will meet at 10 a.m. Sept. 6 at the Greenbank Progressive Clubhouse, located at Bakken and Firehouse roads. The program will be “Your Season Floral Ideas,” presented by guest speaker Eileen Oldham. She has been a floral arranger for many years and has arranged in England and Canada, as well as been a flower show judge for the U.S. Federation of Garden Clubs. Call Reece Rose at 360-5795880 with questions.
American Veterans chapter meets DAV Chapter 47 will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Island County Resource Center on the corner of Whidbey Avenue and Regatta. Contact the DAV office at 360-2574801.
New women to Whidbey meet Neighbors Enjoying Whidbey (N.E.W.) invite women to join them at their Sept. 6 meeting at the D.H. Buffet, located on Midway Boulevard in Oak Harbor, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Reservations are required. Call 675-2099 for more information. The N.E.W. Club is open to women who have moved to the island within the past five years and wish to expand their friendship base. This is a fun social group which shares recommendations of what to see and do on Whidbey Island and its environs. Besides a regular monthly luncheon meeting, an outing is also offered each month.
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Olympic medalist speaks to league
Get an instant wine cellar
The Oak Harbor Area Council of Navy League meets at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 4 at NAS Whidbey Island Officers Club. The guest speaker is Marti Malloy, 2012 Olympic bronze medal winner for judo. Malloy will review her journey from childhood to judo participation at NAS Whidbey gym to the world stage of Olympic competition.
Help United Way of Island County by purchasing tickets for the Instant Wine Cellar, set for 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge. Raffle tickets are $5 and winners receive an instant wine cellar stocked with 50 bottles of wine, or other prizes. Enjoy bites and sips by local restaurants and wineries served by local celebrities, plus music by Mojo Filter. Tickets can be purchased at United Way in Oak Harbor or from any board member.
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Imari Tones, a Japanese band, took the stage at Rock the Rock 2012 last Saturday to benefit the Blue Fox Drive-in Theater. “The weather was beautiful. The amount of talent displayed amazing,” said Scott Scrimshaw, event organizer. Visitors enjoyed Go-Kart rides, CDs and T-shirt giveaways, plus a lineup of live bands. Rock the Rock 2012 was held in memory of Tegan Ollie and dedicated to Sheri Lam Berkimer and Jean Hamer. “There were also people moved at this being in memory of Tegan Olllie. She would have loved it!” Scrimshaw added. Scrimshaw would like to thank the sponsor, Frontier Building Supply.
Children are screened Families living in the Coupeville School District with concerns about their child’s development (ages birth to 21) can participate in a screening for developmental delays in motor, communication, problem solving, self help and social skills. Children may be eligible for free services. Screenings are by appointment on Sept. 7, Oct. 5, Nov. 2, Dec. 7, Jan. 11, Feb. 1, March 1, April 12, May 10 and June 7 at Coupeville Elementary School. Schedule an appointment by calling 678-4409 ext. 3023.
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Lantern house dedicated Commemorate the completion of the Admiralty Head Lighthouse lantern house at 11 a.m. Sept. 8 at Fort Casey State Park in Coupeville. After two years of work by the three Whidbey high schools’ students and teachers, and Nichols Brothers Boat Builders and other volunteers, a historically accurate lantern house was installed on the lighthouse. Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen will speak at the
dedication, along with volunteers. Visit www. admiraltyhead.wsu.edu.
Give it all away, get something new All are welcome to Great Oak Harbor Giveaway Day, whether they have something to give or not, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 8 at the VFW Post Hall located at 3037 Goldie Road in Oak Harbor. Bring clothes or household items in clean, usable condition, and kids can bring a book to trade. Call 675-2338.
Back Country Horsemen ride The Island County Chapter of the Back Country Horsemen will host its annual Russell Maugans Memorial Raffle Ride and Chili Cook-Off Sept. 8 at Edgewood Farm, 2936 Keller Road in Langley. All riders and walkers are invited to participate in the two- to three-hour trail ride through Putney Woods and the chili cook-off, raffle and silent auction afterwards. Riders and walkers may depart anytime between 9 and 10:30 a.m. Entry fee is $10 and includes five free raffle tickets or $20 for the ride plus 20 tickets. Additional raffle tickets are $1. The entry fee for the chili cookoff is $10. The chilies will be judged at 11 a.m. with tasting by the ride participants at noon. Cash prizes
for chilies will be given for both the judges and peoples choices. The drawing for raffle prizes begins at 1 p.m. The silent auction is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This event celebrates the life of Russell Maugans, an early developer of trails on Whidbey Island and a lover of horses and good chili. Funds raised will go toward furthering the Back Country Horsemen’s goals of educating riders in low impact methods of using public trails and continuing trail development for riders, bikers and walkers on Whidbey Island. Call Mary Casey at 425-315-4622 or Diana Putney at 360-321-5631.
Daughters of Norway meet Daughters of Norway, Ester Moe Lodge #39, will meet Sept. 8 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Clinton. Coffee time begins at 9:15 a.m. with singing around the piano and the meeting starts at 9:45 a.m. The program will be presented by Emily Felt, who will talk about her year in Finland as a South Whidbey Rotary Scholar. She will also talk about the Concordia Language Villages in Northern Minnesota where she spent three summers. Bring a potluck item to share for lunch. Guests are always welcome. For information on Ester Moe Lodge #39, visit www. daughtersofnorway.org.