— In this issue —

Bits & Pieces

  • STAR MEAT DELIVERY INC. RECALLS RAW PORK, BEEF, AND GOAT PRODUCTS PRODUCED WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF INSPECTION
  • Rob Schouten Gallery presents Alfred Currier - new paintings October 1 - November 2 Opening Reception Saturday, October 3 from 5 to 7 pm During Langley’s First Saturday Art Walk
  • OCTOBER 2026 at the WHIDBEY ART GALLERY MEMBER SHOW for October “The Crow Show”
  • Island County Reduces Burn Ban from Level II to Level I

What's Going On

  • Wings Over Whidbey Bird Festival Friday, Sept. 25-Saturday, Sept. 26 Camp Casey and locations throughout Central Whidbey
  • Emergency Preparedness Fair Saturday, Sept. 26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 855 E. Whidbey Ave., Oak Harbor
  • Let’s Make a Scarecrow! Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Coupeville Library, 788 NW Alexander St., Coupeville
  • Invertebrates in the Salish Sea Thursday, Oct. 1, 3-4 p.m. Coupeville Library, 788 NW Alexander St., Coupeville
  • Shred-It Fundraiser Saturday, October 3, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Whidbey Island Bank, 5590 S. Harbor Ave., Freeland
  • Día de Fiesta Hispanic Heritage Festival Friday, Oct. 2-Saturday, Oct. 3, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Downtown Oak Harbor

Life Tributes

  • Barbara A. MacCallum January 23, 1949 – August 15, 2026

— Island 911

— ­­­­BRING OUT THE BEST­: Are you app happy? JoAnn Hellmann, JOC (USNR, ret.)

— A Word With Our Publisher: Voter Safety & Lola's Quick Bread Recipe Samantha Goodman

— Community Bulletin Board: Jobs, For Sale & Others