Taylor Brotemarkle brings the excitement. (Jackie Saia photos)
One more flashback to the big stage in Yakima.
Coupeville High School spikers are still basking in the afterglow of a trip to the 2B state tourney, and, thanks to Wolf Mom Jackie Saia, we’ve got a bunch more photos to capture the moment.
Marinate in the sets and spikes.
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It’s all over except for the final wrap-up.
Alison Perera will retain her position on the Coupeville School Board, while Charles Merwine will join the lineup a year after his wife, Glenda, stepped down for health concerns.
Meanwhile, Coupeville Schools Director of Technology William Smith has lost his bid for a position on the Oak Harbor High School Board.
Perera, who was appointed to fill out Glenda Merwine’s term, was on the ballot for the first time and faced CHS grad and Naval veteran David Ford.
Charles Merwine, a former teacher and longtime volunteer, faced off with Booster Club board member Leann Leavitt to replace school board president Christie Sears, who is retiring.
The winners join directors Nancy Conard, Sherry Phay, and Morgan White on the five-person panel, and will be sworn in at the Nov. 30 board meeting.
Smith, who works for Coupeville schools but lives in Oak Harbor, has children attending that school district.
Numbers released Thursday afternoon by the Island County Auditor account for 28,611 ballots having been counted.
That includes all eligible ballots received to date.
Since Washington state votes by mail, ballots may continue to be received and will be counted if they have valid postmarks.
A final count will be released at 3 PM on Tuesday, Nov. 28, the day general election results will be certified.
Island County stacked up well against other counties in the state, with 46.92% of its 61,529 eligible voters casting a ballot.
That puts us fifth highest on the list, with three of the four ahead of us being very small counties with less than 3,500 votes cast.
Vote totals as of Nov. 9:
Coupeville School Board – Position #1:
Charles Merwine (2946)
Leann Leavitt (1077)
Coupeville School Board – Position #4:
Alison Perera (2518)
David Ford (1573)
Oak Harbor School Board – Position #5:
Sharon Jensen (4080)
William Smith (3147)
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One of the gift baskets available at this Saturday’s Booster Club dinner and auction. (Photos courtesy Jess Lucero)
Two days to go, with 16 tickets left on the open market.
After that you’ll have to hang out behind the gym and deal with the ticket scalpers.
The return of the Coupeville High School Booster Club’s annual dinner and auction is set for this Saturday, Nov. 11, with doors opening at 4:30 PM.
The event happens at the Whidbey Island Nordic Lodge (63 Jacobs Road) and will be catered by Serendipity Catering and Events.
Dinner begins at 6:00, with a dessert auction set for 6:30, and a live auction hosted by Dale Sherman kicking off at 7:00.
A silent auction and raffles run throughout the evening.
Tickets are $55, or $400 for a table of eight, and can be obtained from Booster Club board members, who can be found at the end of this article.
Auction items continue to pour in, with some recent additions including “beachside drinks and pu pu platter,” hosted by Gordon McMillan and Nancy Conard, a painting party (with wine) for up to 10, and a dinner for six (with wine pairings) cooked in your home by a professional chef.
Those items join already announced ones such as a one-week stay at a Maui condo, a sunset cruise, and a four-day, three-night stay at a townhome in Park City, Utah — home of the Sundance Film Festival.
Wolf cross country cares about your tender tootsies.
There will also be a variety of themed baskets available in the silent auction, including Italian dinner and wine and cheese assortments, as well as Sherman beef, running and Patagonia gear, and local artwork.
All proceeds help the Coupeville Booster Club, which provides major funding for school athletics.
The organization annually awards eight $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors, while also providing a yearly stipend to high school and middle school sports programs.
The club provides roses for Senior Night festivities, varsity letters for Wolf athletes, meal money and goodie bags for road trips, and numerous team improvement items.
These have ranged from literature and DVDs to tarps, weight room equipment, batting cages, upgrades to school athletic fields and facilities, and t-shirts for cancer awareness nights.
The Wall of Fame in the CHS gym, which documents accomplishments from 100+ years of Coupeville athletics?
It wouldn’t exist without the support of the boosters, who provided the biggest financial contribution to its development, and continue to handle updates.
Your bucks help the booster club thrive, and the club helps athletics thrive. The circle of life in Wolf Nation.
To buy tickets, call Jess Lucero at (636) 675-1632 or reach out to any of these Booster Club board members:
Michelle Armstrong
Garrett Arnold
Dina Guay
Leann Leavitt
Mariah Madsen
Bob Martin
Gordon McMillan
Jon Roberts
Ron Wright
Ashley’s Design can outfit your entire crew.
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Teagan Calkins prepares to hurt the volleyball. (Jackie Saia photos)
Spikes flew and cameras clicked.
It was a busy day at the Yakima SunDome Wednesday, as the 2B state volleyball tourney played out on multiple courts.
With Coupeville High School sparring with Lind-Ritzville-Sprague and Goldendale in a pair of tense tilts, Wolf Mom Jackie Saia was kept busy, snapping away.
The pics above and below come courtesy of the hardest-working yearbook advisor in the biz.
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Issabel Johnson (left) and Taylor Brotemarkle share a moment at the state volleyball tourney. (Michelle Johnson photo)
“I just thought it was so sweet.”
Wolf Mom Kim Brotemarkle is a frequent presence at games, as a coach, parent, and fan.
The photo above, which she sent my way from the state volleyball tourney in Yakima, captures her daughter Taylor and Wolf senior Issabel Johnson, who both won sportsmanship awards for the way they conducted themselves on the big stage.
Wins and losses come and go.
This is the kind of connection remembered years down the road when these two have daughters of their own playing the sport.
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