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ISLAND LIVING Lions holding car show in Oak Harbor
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2013 | Vol. 114, No. 63 | www.whidbeynewstimes.com | 75¢
Woman reports UFO over Whidbey
Celebrating state parks
By JANIS REID Staff reporter
News that Department of Defense civilian furloughs are being reduced from 11 days to six was welcome news Tuesday in Oak Harbor. The announcement was made by U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. The furloughs, part of the larger government sequestration, began the week of July 8. About 1,200 civilian workers at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station were slated for an 11-week furlough,
By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter
An Oak Harbor couple watched an object they could not identify in the night sky above Puget Sound two weeks ago. Isha Hendricks reported the very unusual object to the Mutual UFO Network, known as MUFON, becoming one of a growing list of Whidbey Island residents to describe unexplained lights in the sky. Many of the sightings over the last 50 years are chronicled on the website www. ufostalker.com. “There are things you can’t explain,” Hendricks said. “It makes the universe an interesting place to me.” James Clarkson, the Washington state director of MUFON, said the sighting was not considered “a close encounter” because of its height in the sky. “If it’s further than 500 feet away, it’s considered a light in the sky,” he said. “A highaltitude event could be any number of things.” Still, he said Hendricks is very credible witness and the details were very interesting. He said the sighting was categorized simply as “unknown.” Hendricks said she and her husband, James, were camping in a yurt at the Cliffside RV park on the Whidbey
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Photo by Janis Reid
Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Roy Dietz rallies in support of OLF operations Saturday.
Pro-OLF rallies build in numbers By JANIS REID Staff reporter
Photo by Janis Reid/Whidbey News-Times
J.M. Shira of Kent surfs on driftwood at Deception Pass State Park’s West Beach Saturday during Washington States Park 100-year anniversary celebration. See story and more photos on page A2.
The number attending Outlying Field Coupeville support rally Saturday more than doubled from the previous weekend. “For me, I’m tired of the squeaky minority getting the oil,” said Kathy Garey, an Oak Harbor resident who served 20 years in the Navy. “The majority needs to come out.” “There is power in numbers.” The group swelled to about 70 people, in part See OLF RaLLY, A10
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DOD furloughs days cut from 11 days to six