Whidbey Crosswind April 8, 2011

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‘Serve the living while honoring the dead’

VFW post is on a roll A motorcycle raffle supports Wounded Warriors and other veterans’ causes

By KATHY REED

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Earth month activities at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island are all about education.

So says Paul Brewer, the solid waste management program manager at NAS Whidbey.

The base’s recycling center held an open house Tuesday morning to kick off Earth Month and the activities leading up to Earth Day on April 22. According to Brewer, the

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ob Nielsen of Oak Harbor made two very important decisions last October.

First, he decided to join the Whitehead-Muzzall post 7392 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, located on Goldie Road in Oak Harbor.

Then he decided to buy not just one, but two raffle tickets for a chance to win a motorcycle. Both decisions appear to have been good ones.

In a drawing held March 26, nearly six months after buying his tickets, Nielsen found out he was the winner. He was presented with his brand new Harley Davidson motorcycle last Friday evening, and while there was a lot of joking and good humor at the award ceremony, it was no April Fool’s prank.

“A couple of fellas asked me if I was interested in buying a ticket for $20, and I said, ‘OK, I’ll take a ticket,’” Nielsen recounted. “I’d never bought a $20 dollar raffle ticket before, so I decided to buy another one. It was the second ticket that won – number 1-5-7-7.”

Nearly all the members of the local post’s new motorcycle group, the VFW Riders, were on hand at Friday’s presentation, where Nielsen was handed the title and keys to his new Harley. Not a bad outcome for a $40 investment.

“It was a damn good investment,” Nielsen said while perched on the saddle of his new bike. “I’ve never had the money to afford a bike like this. It’s just incredible. It’s beyond belief.”

In addition to his new bike, Nielsen has the satisfaction of knowing the money he spent went to a good cause. Half the proceeds from the raffle were divided between the Wounded Warrior Project and the Fisher House Foundation, which provides a place for military families to stay while a loved one is hospitalized.

NAS Whidbey Recycle leads the way for Earth Month

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THIS EDITION Local business sends pieces of home abroad .....pg. 2 Captains needed for Bowl for Kids’ Sake ..............pg. 5 Coast Guard Auxiliary meets in Oak Harbor.........pg. 8 Iskra charted a course for Navy women........ pg. 10 WHIDBEY CROSSWIND PHOTO CONTEST

Polishing cloth in hand, Bob Nielsen, right, talks with a member of the “VFW Riders” motorcycle group about winning a new Harley Davidson motorcycle in a raffle conducted by the Port Orchard VFW Ladies Auxiliary. KATHY REED / WHIDBEY CROSSWIND The remaining proceeds will be divided among other programs the VFW supports.

The motorcycle raffle was the brainchild of Deborah Cahill, a member of the

Port Orchard VFW’s Ladies Auxiliary, and the head of the fundraising committee. She purchased the Harley for the raffle.

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Burley Funeral Chapel will mail care packages

Drop off your filled, addressed, medium flat-rate priority boxes and completed customs forms at: Burley Funeral Chapel 30 SE Ely Street Oak Harbor 675-3192

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For anyone who regularly ships care packages to family or friends serving abroad, you know it gets spendy. That’s where an Oak Harbor business can lend a hand.

“Fill the box, address it, and we’ll pay the postage,” said Jim Haddon, manager of Burley Funeral Chapel on SE Ely Street.

For nearly four years, Haddon and office manager Cathy George have overseen their company’s “pieces of home” project. Folks fill medium, flat-rate, priority boxes from the U.S. Postal Service with items, address the box, fill out the necessary customs forms, and bring it to the funeral chapel. George and Haddon take it from there.

“We try to mail them at least once a week,” said George, who has had to bring as many as 100 boxes to the post office at one time. “ My longest receipt stretched from the floor to the top of my head.”

“We love it,” agreed Haddon.

“We see wives, girlfriends and

Cathy George regularly mails boxes to military personnel on deployment as part of Burley Funeral Chapel’s Pieces of Home project. KATHY REED/WHIDBEY CROSSWIND kids come in here with boxes and they’re just so pleased. That’s $9 they don’t have to spend. That’s $9 they can put toward another expense or spend filling the box.”

In fact, the cost to ship a medium flat-rate, priority box is $10.95. Haddon estimates the chapel mails 400 to 500 boxes a year. Holidays such as Christmas and Valentine’s Day see the

heaviest volume, but packages come in steadily throughout the year. The cost to the company, said Haddon, is worth it.

“We believe in putting back into the community,” he explained. “It feels good to do something for folks that makes a difference. We are honored, privileged, to do so.”

While the funeral chapel never

puts its return address on the boxes, a feedback form included inside the box does list contact information. It was enough for one recipient to track George down and thank her when he got home.

“He and his wife brought me a pie,” she said, blinking back tears. The feedback keeps George excited about the program. “I

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Jahleel Vestor, 15, a student at Oak Harbor High School, helps with the launch of the Whidbey Crosswind last week by offering copies to shoppers as they leave Saar’s Marketplace in Oak Harbor. KATHY REED / WHIDBEY CROSSWIND

Anyone separating or retiring from the Navy and looking for employment may be interested in a couple of upcoming classes at WorkSource Whidbey in Oak Harbor.

A workshop scheduled from 9 to 11 a.m. April 14 will focus on the Boeing Company’s application process. WorkSource staff will share resume tricks and tips to successfully apply. Boeing expects to hire 5,000 new employees in 2011 to fill its upcoming plane orders.

Another workshop set to take place at 9 a.m.

April 26 will explain how to prepare for a job fair.

Those attending will find out what to expect when attending, how to talk to employers and tips on how to “work” a job fair. The next WorkSource Whidbey

job fair will be held at the Oak Harbor Elks Club from noon to 4 p.m. on May 5.

The workshops are free and are open to anyone. Those interested in attending are encouraged to pre-register by calling WorkSource Whidbey at 675-5966.

Search and Rescue to share its secrets If you’ve ever wondered how Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s Search and Rescue team does what it does, here’s your chance to find out.

The team will reveal its secrets during a program at 3 p.m. April 21 at the Oak Harbor Library. Team members will share the capabilities of the MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter, along with what’s involved in mountain search and rescue operations and medical evacuations.

The program is free and

get emails from people telling me how much they appreciate it, and from people who come in to drop off packages. The kids are so excited to be sending something to Daddy.”

Items most often requested include letters, coffee and baby wipes. If the package is being sent to the Middle East, do not send pork, pork by-products, fruit or yeast. George and Haddon also caution against sending chocolate, because it melts, and soap, because the smell can permeate the the entire contents of the package. Most helpful, though, is that the boxes are addressed and the customs forms completed before dropping them off at the chapel.

Starter kits are available at Burley Funeral Chapel and include the box, a list of approved goodies, customs forms and instructions. Boxes and customs forms are also available at the post office.

open to everyone. Anyone with questions may call 675-5115 or visit www.snoisle.org for details.

Sponsors sought for Centennial of Naval Aviation Naval Air Station Whidbey Island MWR has announced sponsorship opportunities for the upcoming Centennial of Naval Aviation in July.

Sponsorships start at $500 for these events, which include a USOsupported concert with the Lt. Dan Band featuring CSI New York’s Gary Sinise; a golf tournament; an officers and all-hand reception/fly-in; and the grand finale open house, which is open to the public and includes a 5k run on the flight line, a classic car show and much more.

Visit www.navylife nw.com/site/177/ MWR-Sponsorship. aspx and click on the “Centennial of Naval Aviation Sponsorship Opportunities” link.

VFW essay contests open to local youth Veterans of Foreign Wars wants local youth to get a head start on its upcoming essay contests for children in grades three through 12.

The youth essay contest is for children in grades three through 5. The theme is “What is an American?”

Youth in grades six through eight may enter the Patriots Pen contest by writing an essay on the theme “Are you proud of your country?”

The Voice of Democracy Scholarship Program is the contest for youth in grades nine through 12. The theme for this program is “Is there pride in serving in our military?”

The entry deadline for all contests is Nov. 1. Local winners will be announced in November, district winners in December and state winners will be announced in January.

Entry forms and information are available at www.vfwofwa.org/programs.html.

Sailors spruce up Oak Harbor Elementary Navy, parents, teachers come together for work day

(Above) Chief Rodney Layton of Naval Hospital Oak Harbor, ABH1 Jarman Watts and PS1 Natalie Howe, both of NAS Whidbey Island, helped spruce up a garden at Oak Harbor Elementary School.

(At Left) Volunteers help spread and smooth gravel for a new walking path.

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refreshments. “It was so important for us to get the walking Gray skies and chilly path,� stated Carissa Booth, temperatures couldn’t OHE PTA President, as keep dozens of volunteers she grilled hot dogs for away from Oak Harbor volunteers. “That’s so the Elementary recently. kids aren’t coming back Principal Dorothy Day muddy, which then keeps and the the mainteOHE nance bills on Parent “I would just like the building Teacher � “Our third-grade is startto thank all of our down.

Association “I would ing a unit where they’re hosted Navy partners for just like to going to grow vegetables,� teachers, thank all of Booth explained. “So gethelping our school, students, our Navy ting that garden weeded for the walking parents, partners for and ready for them to plant substitutes, path. � helping our after they grow the vegand a large school, for the etables in their classroom turnout – Principal Dorothy Day walking path,� was really key. of Navy said Day. “All “It was really nice to personof the kids have the Navy and the nel from nearby Naval Air use the walking path every parent partnership come Station Whidbey Island day.� about today.�

March 5 for an annual Besides the path, workChief Rodney Layton Beautification Day of the ers were busy trimming of Naval Hospital Oak campus. and pulling weeds in a Harbor, ABH1 Jarman “I’ve never seen this learning garden close to Watts and PS1 Natalie many volunteers out here,� the school building.

Howe, both of NAS said Tom Lerch, parent of an OHE student and owner of Nautilus Construction. “It’s a great turnout,� Day agreed.

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Whidbey Island were on hand in the learning garden. “I just do it to help out the community and the kids,� Layton said.“Especially in this struggling economy, you know, if everybody pitched in, if everybody did this in the community, they wouldn’t have to worry

about all this funding that they always have to ask for. That’s how I look at it.

It’s just more money that

they don’t have to spend on other things. They can take that money and spend it on school supplies.�

Watts and Howe also shared Layton’s enthusiasm for community service, as well as something much simpler: an escape from boredom. “I’m here to have fun and get out of the house,�

Watts explained, as all three shared a laugh. “It’s kind of boring here, so...� “I volunteered to do this to help out the community,� Howe agreed, continuing, “and to get out of the house, and do something different.�

The three Navy personnel laughed, talked and worked side by side, filling up a trash bag with debris from the learning garden. Principal Day worked nearby, kneepads over jeans as she ripped up weeds and directed volunteers. “It looks so much better,� she said, smiling. “It’s 100 percent better. The kids are going to be very excited.�

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irst, let me say thank you. Thanks for showing your support by picking up the first issue of the Whidbey Crosswind. If you’re reading this, thank you for giving it another try.

When I said the Crosswind is meant to be a paper that serves this community, I meant it.

While our focus is on all things Navy and related to the military, we want to include what happens off the base as well.

Oak Harbor and the surrounding area is a great mix of active duty military personnel and their families, retirees and their families, base employees and their families. All of us KATHY shop, eat, relax, worship, work REED or go to school here. We are all connected in some fashion to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island – whether directly or through family and acquaintances.

I mentioned last week I want to infuse Crosswind with the voice of our community. We need you! We need people of experience to share their views and offer their opinion on what’s going on around Oak Harbor, at NAS Whidbey and on Whidbey Island. We need the wisdom and perspective of people who have served their country to comment on what’s happening in Washington, D.C., Japan, Libya or here at home and give us their take on why those events are important to all of us. I encourage you to think about writing a weekly or monthly column for us.

I think about all the families here that come and go from Oak Harbor on a regular basis. There are newlyweds who have to settle into new surroundings while learning not only to deal with being married, but being married to someone in the military. There are spouses who are dealing with their first separation due to a deployment. I think

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Bowl for Kids’ Sake Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County is looking for teams to participate in the 13th annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake events coming up next month on Whidbey Island.

The fundraising events will take place at Oak Bowl in Oak Harbor on May 7 and at Ebey Bowl in Coupeville on May 14.

Here’s how it works: A team captain puts together a team totaling five bowlers. Teams choose to bowl on either of the dates. Each bowler is encouraged to raise a minimum of $100 to support Big Brothers Big

Sisters of Island County, and to be eligible for the BFKS T-shirt.

Organizers say anyone can put together a team, such as Navy squadrons or commands, businesses, service groups, police and firefighters, student groups and friends and families.

The agency can also help connect those interested in bowling who aren’t part of a team.

The annual bowling event is one of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County’s largest annual fundraisers. Organizers say Bowl For Kids’ Sake is a

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REED | FROM PAGE 4 about parents whose children have to adapt to new schools and make new friends.

I know there are people here who have chosen to stay on Whidbey Island after they’ve severed ties with the Navy, who have been through all of this and more. Chances are they’ve counseled friends and family in need of advice. With life experience comes perspective.

Think about sharing the knowledge you’ve acquired with other people in this community who need to hear it from someone who’s lived it.

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VFW | FROM PAGE 1 “I knew we couldn’t bake enough cookies and banana bread to do any real good,” Cahill said. “I decided we needed to ‘go big or go home.’ We went big.”

Cahill is a prime example of what the VFW is about. Her husband, Army Sgt. Stephen Cahill, was a career military man who served his country for 34-and-a-half years. He suffered a traumatic head injury in Iraq on his last tour of duty and came home for treatment.

“When he came home from Iraq as an injured soldier, the military was just setting up the Wounded Warrior Battalion,” Cahill said. “The first place he took me when he got home was Fisher House. He took me there because he knew I did a lot of fundraising with the VFW and the place needs a lot of help.”

Sgt. Cahill died of a brain aneurism three years ago. Deborah found strength through her connection to the VFW. “They’re my family. If they weren’t here when my husband died, I don’t know what I’d have done,” she said. “I got calls from someone every day to check on me.

And they did that the whole time he was deployed, too. [VFW members] take care of their own and their families.”

Local post commander Pete Sill said that is exactly why the VFW exists.

“Our mission is ‘to serve the living while honoring the dead,’” Sill said. “If people were to come in and ask about our programs, I’m sure they would be impressed

(Above, left) Raffle organizer Deborah Cahill shakes Bob Nielsen’s hand after he was presented with the raffle prize – a new Harley Davidson. (Above, right) Post Commander Pete Sill displays the leather vest he wears with the “VFW Riders.” KATHY REED/WHIDBEY CROSSWIND by what we do.”

The local Whitehead-Muzzall post, which was established in 1946, is the fifth largest post in the state, boasting 983 members along with a Ladies Auxiliary of nearly 400. The dollar amount of disability claims brought in for local veterans last year alone is staggering.

“The two volunteer service officers here brought in $800,000 in claims for disability last year,” said Keith Wooldrige, commander of VFW District 15. “We serve

our vets, absolutely. They can be 85 years old and come in 60 years after serving to apply for disability benefits, or they can be 21.”

While helping veterans with disability claims is a large part of what the VFW does, the local post and auxiliary are involved with other programs as well, such as the National Home for Children and the United Services Organization, and a multitude of other national programs. Local posts help support them through fundraising efforts like the motorcycle raffle.

But the VFW doesn’t just support national programs. Post 7392 has adopted Goldie Road and Ault Field Road to Highway 20 for a monthly cleanup. The post will also loan medical equipment to anyone who asks, veteran or not.

Wooldrige and Sill say gaining new members is the biggest challenge they face.

The motorcycle raffle, which was held at posts across the state, was a big boost.

“The best part of the whole raffle was watching the VFW posts and their auxiliaries pull together as one to achieve a wor-

thy goal,” Cahill said. “And we recruited 500 new VFW members.”

Another challenge facing the VFW is overcoming the perception that the post is just another bar.

“Most VFW’s don’t have bars,” said Wooldrige. “Out of the five posts in District 15, only two have bars.”

“The bar is just a quirk of membership and is separate from any official VFWsponsored events,” Sill said. “What we do is behind the scenes and not really visible to the average citizen. We are trying to get new members to realize they are not joining to be able to sit at the bar, but to assist in the administering of the various programs.”

Sill has been the commander of the Whitehead-Muzzall post since 2009. He will be stepping down as the leader when his term ends June 30, although he plans to remain an active member. His advice to the next commander?

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The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance office is up and running for 10 more days at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

Retired Capt. Roger Pierce said as many as 30-40 volunteers have helped active duty sailors, dependents, family members and retirees with their taxes and will continue to help until April 18, this year’s tax deadline.

Tax preparation is completely free and filed online so sailors can get their returns within two weeks.

Since it opened its office at NAS Whidbey on Jan. 18, VITA has helped about 1,757 people save approximately $4 million. Pierce expects to help well over 2,000 people by April 18.

Volunteers have helped young sailors of 18 years of age, along with Navy retirees in their 80’s. Pierce said at least half of them are young sailors. All are affiliated with the Navy.

VITA volunteers are available Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. They are located in the Navy Operation Support Command Building, (Bldg. 2793) or call them at 257-5952.

VITA has been serving people since 1995 and Pierce said an indispensable part of the office’s success are the retired volunteers. Time volunteers spend helping people ranges anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours.

The cornerstone of the NAS Whidbey office consists of Pierce, Tom Glenn and Tom Ford. They have been here right from the start. Pierce is the IRS expert, having prepared tax returns for 10 years – six professionally and four as a VITA volunteer.

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“You’ve got to remember the Navy is a pretty transient society. There are always new people coming in and the old ones leave,” Brewer said. “It’s about educating people. It kind of focuses people’s minds on the direction NAS Whidbey would like to go.”

Besides the kickoff held Tuesday, Earth Month activities will include the so-called “Dumpster Diving” event starting at 9 a.m. April 13. Dumpster diving involves picking six to eight dumpsters from around the base, Brewer said. Teams of volunteers pull everything out of the dumpsters and sort the contents by whether it’s recyclable, can be composted or is trash. Then everything is weighed in order to get an idea of how much material in the dumpster could have been disposed of differently.

At the Navy Recycle Center on Tuesday, Brewer was joined for the kickoff

by Cmdr. Michael Dysart, the Public Works Officer for NAS Whidbey Island.

Dysart spoke a few minutes about Earth Day. “Earth Day is about awareness of the environment,” Dysart said. “When it started on April 22, 1970, it energized America to become a better place and people responded. The Republicans, Democrats, rich, poor, farmers, hikers and labor leaders all responded.”

But there is still more to do, he said. Events like those planned this month can help.

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Paul Brewer, left, integrated solid waste program manager and Cmdr. Michael Dysart, Public Works Officer for NAS Whidbey Island, address the crowd at an open house at NAS Whidbey Recycle. DENNIS CONNOLLY/WHIDBEY CROSSWIND The big focus this year will be the beach cleanup and environmental fair scheduled for April 22.

Both get underway at 9 a.m. The fair will be held at Costnen-Turner Park near the Nor’wester and the beach cleanup will stretch from Northgate Terrace all the way to the Gallery Golf Course on base property, said Brewer.

“This year we’re focusing on the beach all the way past the Navy golf course because that area’s been kind of neglected,” he explained. “We typically find tires, styrofoam, plastic bottles and cans.”

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Coast Guard Auxiliary gather for GNATS Auxiliary donates time for public safety

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Imagine Oak Harbor without the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

What Coast Guard Auxiliary, you might wonder?

For starters, the approximately 80 volunteer Coast Guard Auxiliary officers that gathered at the Oak Harbor Marina and Skagit Valley College this past weekend for the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary District 13 Great Northern Area Training, or GNATS, as it’s called. They came from Washington, Oregon and Idaho to learn

(Above, from left) Coast Guard Auxiliary member Steven DeMaggio, past Captain; Peter F.W. Raiswell, Commodore District 13; and Richard Coons, District Captain - North, gather while classes are being taught at Oak Harbor Skagit Valley College. (Inset, right) Joe Baney, a DSO-Navigator in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, teaches a class on Navigational Systems. DENNIS CONNOLLY/WHIDBEY CROSSWIND to be vessel examiners, get a CPR card and get qualified to use a defibrillator as well as attend a special Coast Guard-oriented

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In addition to boat safety inspections, where Coast Guard Auxiliary members check to see if boaters have proper flares, spark arrestors, bilge pumps and running lights, etc.

Classes on public education, navigation, vessel inspections and others are offered, and it’s virtually free. There is a small fee to cover books and other public education costs.

Richard Coons, District Captain in the Auxiliary for the Northern Area said they can stay busy as volunteers.

“Some of us give thou-

sands of hours, some hundreds,” Coons said.

“We keep track of our hours and they are sent to Congress via the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard is credited toward their budget. Last year the Coast Guard saved millions of dollars and were credited 644,498 hours.

“We do everything that the Coast Guard does except law enforcement,” Coons added.

Nationally, the Coast Guard Auxiliary has about 32,000 men and women civilian volunteers who annually donate their time doing vessel safety checks, public education courses, search and rescue, maritime domain awareness operations and marine safety.

In Oak Harbor on Saturday, they taught classes about operations, human resources, communications, marine science and computer systems to other auxiliary members.

There were sessions on boat inspection and repair both days and a member of the state department of Fish and Wildlife taught a class on invasive species.

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Auxiliary, said training volunteers get is equivalent to Coast Guard training. The Auxiliary even trains regular members of the Coast Guard.

“For example, a 21-yearold active duty Coast Guard kid who comes from the Bronx and we send him out to Neah Bay, Washington. We mentor him and work with him to bring him up to active duty standards in the water,” he said. “We go out with Coast Guard boats and offer our boats so the new kids can experience boarding or rafting up to a boat or towing a boat before the real event happens.”

Coons said the Auxiliary boats range from big inboards to little kayaks, which are great for going around marinas and checking out shallow draft areas.

As to why they do it – go through the meetings, pay for the uniforms, go to classes and teach search and rescue for free – the answers are numerous.

Some say they just want to stay connected to the water and the people who go out on it. Others say they want to help the Coast Guard, that it’s a good organization that deserves their help.

Richard Coons said it has to do with people.

“I believe in serving my community and my country,” he said, then went off to check on a class.

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Mensans meet at San Remo’s: Whidbey Island Mensans will hold their monthly TGIF April 8 at 5 p.m. at San Remos Restaurant in Oak Harbor. All members and prospective members are encouraged to attend. Any questions, call Helen at 675-4201.

“Murder in the Magnolias” continues: The Whidbey Playhouse community theater production of “Murder in the Magnolias” continues this week in Oak Harbor. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 p.m., through April 17. Tickets are $16 and are available at the box office or can be ordered by calling 679-2237.

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Tribute to the King of Pop: Coupeville High School senior Jamie Price is hosting a Michael Jackson tribute fashion show at 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, at the Coupeville Performing Arts Center for her senior project. Admission is $5 and proceeds will be donated to the drug and alcohol free senior graduation night celebration. Models will be provided by John Robert Powers Seattle/Spokane.

The ins and outs of orchids: Larry Skinner and John Marshall are back at Sally’s Garden for an orchid class and re-potting workshop at 2 p.m. on April 9. Bring an orchid of your own to re-pot or choose a new one from Sally’s Garden. Sally’s Garden is located at 107 S. Main St. Call 678-9114 for additional information.

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is having a Spring Bling Bling and Things Fling on April 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and April 10 from noon to 3 p.m. in Oak Harbor at 31780 SR 20 #2 (Marnan Bldg). “Gently used” items will be available for purchase to raise funds for our programs that help improve the lives of women and girls on Whidbey Island and around the world. Stop by our event to find some fun new treasures to put some “bling” in your spring.

Women should know their cars: A free seminar organized by Ed Jenkins, a volunteer driver for seniors, and sponsored by local businesses to benefit the senior centers, is scheduled for April 9, 9 a.m. to noon, at the Oak Harbor Senior Center. This is not a do-ityourself class; it is about making informed decisions and how to avoid bad repair shops, understand your service needs for your type of driving, know your car and how it should be serviced. Call 279-4583 for details. The same event will be held April 16 at the Bayview Senior Center.

Safer driving in only one day: Make Whidbey Island safer for everyone by attending the AARP Safe Driving One Day Class April 9 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the South Whidbey Senior Center. No age limit with focus on older drivers. Please bring lunch and check for $12 for AARP members; $14 for nonmembers. Check with your insurance for discounts. Register at 6783373 or 360-321-1600.

Boaters sell and swap stuff:The sixth annual Deception Pass Sail and Power Squadron Marine Swap Meet will be April 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Oak Harbor Marina. Sell your no-longer-used boat stuff or find something you can’t live without. Contact Mark Casteel, 682-5112,

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Issues facing Puget Sound: The worst pollution in Puget Sound comes from its storm water. Learn more about the issues facing Puget Sound including an update on low-impact development features on Whidbey Island at Oak Harbor City Hall from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. April 12, with Beach Watcher Tillie Scruton, Rob Hallbauer of the Whidbey Island Conservation District and Maribeth Crandell, city environmental educator.

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Book debated in Coupeville: The Coupeville Library will host a book discussion on “Someone Knows My Name” by Lawrence Hill at 6:15 p.m. April 23. Call 678-4911 for details.

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Harbor Tower Hero

Hal Johnson On December 8, 1941 the USS Warden set sail to patrol the Hawaiian Islands for Japanese submarines. After patrolling for a week The USS Warden took convoys of ships to the Christmas Islands near the equator. Their first engagement after Pearl Harbor was the Coral Sea Battle. During this engagement the USS Lexington sank.

Hal and his shipmates picked up the survivors and took them to New Caledonia.

Little did Hal know that 70 years later at Harbor Tower Village he would be eating his meals with one of the survivors of the USS Lexington, Joe Malsom. It took all of two meals together for the two to put together their amazing connectionwhat are the odds??

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The USS Warden rushed back to Pearl Harbor after the Coral Sea Battle. The crew did not know yet, but the Japanese code had been broken.

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They loaded up with ammunition and stores the next day and escorted the USS Enterprise to Midway.

The breaking of the Japanese code told the United States that the next planned attack was going to be north of the Hawaiian Islands at Midway.

Three carriers, destroyers and cruisers intercepted the Japanese and The Battle of Midway began.

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During this battle The United States suffered a number of losses. The USS Yorktown was severely hit and sank. The USS Enterprise launched all of its planes during the attack and not one pilot returned.

That night the whole task force lit itself up in case any pilots had survived and were still looking for the convoy.

Unfortunately, no one found their way that evening.

Next it was back to Pearl Harbor and a well deserved week of liberty. After the week of rest and relaxation Hal was headed back out to sea to an undisclosed location........

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Iskra charted a course for women The diver became the first woman to command a ship

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BREMERTON — She began her Navy career at Officer Candidate School in Rhode Island. She went on to the Navy Diving and Salvage Training Center.

There, she was only one of two females in the class of 15 students.

“There were times I wanted to quit,”

said Darlene Iskra. Her one fellow female classmate kept her going, saying, “‘You aren’t quitting because I’m not staying here by myself.’”

Following diving training, Iskra enrolled in the Surface Warfare Officers School. There she learned about navigating and piloting a ship.

She was assigned to her first ship in December 1980, as the diving officer onboard the USS Hector, a Navy repair ship.

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Darlene Iskra has authored two books: “Women in the United States Armed Forces: Contemporary Military, Strategic and Security Issues� (Praeger Publishers, 2010) and “Breaking Through the Brass Ceiling�

(VDM Publishing, 2008)

In command Iskra was back at sea in 1984. Six years later, she became the first female to command a Navy ship – USS Opportune, a rescue and salvage ship.

Iskra and the USS Opportune were deployed overseas during Desert Storm. “It was a responsibility I did not take lightly,�

Iskra said. “I thought a lot about how I would react if we were attacked.�

Iskra said her promotion to commander caused a lot of jealousy, especially from her superiors.

During her first evaluation as commander, she was ranked last in a squadron of five. Iskra was confused; no one else had been deployed to a war zone. And her ship had passed all of its inspections.

Why the low ranking? Iskra recalls her boss telling her, “You are a woman. It won’t hurt you. You’ll have other opportunities.� “I was mad! But there was nothing I could do about it,� Iskra said. “You can’t impugn the motives of your superior. He gave me all A’s, so theoretically I didn’t have a negative evaluation. But being ranked fifth of five was negative. I should have been ranked first or second.�

women to wear the abaya. “Unfortunately, it only referred to Saudi Arabia,â€? Iskra said. “Now women in Afghanistan are wearing head scarves ‌ They are toting guns, with men in full combat gear, helmet and all, but they’re wearing headscarves. Come on! Talk about a force-protection issue.â€?

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their career potential.�

Iskra said there is still a lot of resentment of women in general in the Navy.

She cited a recent article in Proceedings magazine. The author of the article indicated that men were fired due to fraternizing with women aboard ships. The author said men should never have been fired for misconduct because it had nothing to do with their duties.

Iskra wrote a rebuttal.

There have been many women com“Excuse me, but when you are commanders since Iskra. She’s tried to keep manding officer of a ship, you are suptrack, but the posed to be Navy doesn’t held to higher keep the records. standards,� Iskra In the 1990s, said. women were Reflecting on allowed to her time in the serve on comNavy, Iskra said, batant ships, “I knew I wasn’t which opened one of the guys, up even more but I wasn’t advancement going to be one for women. And of those women soon, females who complained will be onboard every time a submarines, a The USS Opportune. PHOTO COURTESY OF DARLENE ISKRA man told an offdomain that has color joke.� previously only It wasn’t the allowed men. teasing or the bantering that bothered her.

By 2012, Bangor is scheduled to have Instead, Iskra said it was the men who are one of the first submarines with females. really serious about hating women in their What does Iskra think about females on domain that bothered her. submarines? Iskra smiled and gave a big “Those people need to be screened out,â€? thumbs-up. she said. “The Navy is coming down hard “The Navy still has a long way to go on anyone who indicates any “ism,â€? such with women and submarine issues,â€? Iskra as racism or sexism. People will complain said. “They are starting out just like they that we are losing the best people ‌ realdid with women on ships ‌ they are start- ly? No, we aren’t.â€? ing on just one class of ships, which limits

In her footsteps

McSally was an Air Force combat fighter pilot who had been stationed in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. In Saudi Arabia, women in the Air Force were required to wear an abaya – a traditional head-to-toe garment worn by Muslim women – when they went off base.

Not only were Air Force women told to wear the abaya, they were also instructed to abide by the local customs on how women should act in public.

Women weren’t allowed to drive and had to sit in the back seat. They had to walk behind the men.

McSally objected to the requirements, primarily because she considered herself a Christian woman and didn’t want to wear Muslim dress. “My take on it was more secular,� Iskra said. “It’s undermining her authority as an officer. Here she is supposed to be leading these men and she has to dress in the abaya and walk behind them?�

Iskra brought this issue to Cantwell’s attention. She and Sen. Bob Smith of New Hampshire co-sponsored an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill.

The amendment passed and forbade the Defense Department from requiring

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College work can help sailors make rate Attending college now can pay big dividends in the future

By MELANIE HAMMONS

associate’s degree earns the recipient two promotion points, while a bachelor’s You lead an incredibly degree awards four points. busy life. Work, family, Sometimes, though, cirand other important concumstances can alter plans. siderations compete for What happens if health your attention. Why in the problems, high-year tenworld would now be the ure, or any one of a numbest time to attend college, ber of issues force an early especially when costs are retirement – earlier than higher than ever? planned, at least?

It turns out there are “We live in uncertain several reasons why this economic times,” Pollock could be the right time, said. “That is a reality for everyAVY one, whether military or AMILIES civilian.”

Local college repreELANIE sentatives on AMMONS base could not agree more. despite the ever-increasing “Higher education is cost of higher education. becoming almost a necesThoughtful planning sity in today’s society,” involves examining the said Patrick Travenetti, expense, but higher educadirector of Embry-Riddle tion is an investment in the Aeronautical University’s future, one that can pay big NAS Whidbey Island dividends, especially for Campus. “In the past, those who plan to make degrees were not nearly the military a career. as important in order “The right classes can for Americans to earn a help sailors make rate reasonable living wage. even more quickly,” said Nowadays, people with Cheryl Pollock, director of degrees and professional Navy College on Naval Air certifications are simply Station Whidbey Island. more marketable, and earn “Your Navy job always more money.” comes first, of course, but Travenetti believes the college-level work can value of higher education actually boost your chances goes even beyond financial for advancement.” and career considerations, There are three colthough these are imporleges have offices at NAS tant.

Whidbey: Embry-Riddle “We at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; believe that our university Brandman University, and the military share a which is part of the common goal of building Chapman University good citizens,” he said.

System; and Columbia Actually, military perCollege. Programs range sonnel are uniquely posifrom certification and tioned to take advantage of technical programs to college opportunities right degree programs. Pollock now. There are avenues of said a sailor completing an Whidbey Crosswind

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funding open to alleviate some of the expense. From military tuition assistance to the G.I. Bill to federal Pell grants and scholarships, there are several possibilities.

The Navy College Program at NAS Whidbey Island offers a wealth of information to service

members. Not only is there information about the types of financial aid available, but also about the best programs to meet individual needs.

Counselors can help suggest choices, a valuable benefit for those in the military.

For those who can’t

picture themselves as a “typical college student,” there is no such thing any longer, due in large part to cultural changes, technological advances and the Internet. And just as traditional colleges are making their environments more friendly and accommodating, so too are the

Navy and other branches of the military. Ask the Navy College Program Office about non-traditional learning associations and programs such as the College Level Examination Program, the DANTES distance learning program and the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges.

Congratulations Oak Harbor High School Culinary Arts Teams State Champions

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State Champion Restaurant Management

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First Place Management Operations Team, 2011 Boyd’s ProStart State Invitational 2nd Place Culinary Operations Team, 2011 Boyd’s ProStart State Invitational Leandra Reuble-Team Mentor, Kim Smith, alternate, Back Row: Louise Reuble- Instructor, Annie Leete, Amanda McElhiney, Katie Patrick, Nicholas Merrick, Captain Scott Fraser-Team Mentor, Front Row: Matt Moore, Sam Schortzmann-Team Captain

The Management Team also received a special acknowledgement as having the best portfolio of all of the teams.

Culinary received a similar acknowledgement for having the best dessert. Students received certificates and boxes of books in acknowledgement.

Our Compliments on your Successes at the 2011 State Competition!

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A portion of sales of this section will be donated to help the teams with travel expenses to Nationals. You can help too! Donations to the culinary program can be made directly through the Oak Harbor Education Foundation in care of Jones Accounting Associates, located at 1199 SE Dock Street in Oak Harbor. Good Luck at Nationals!