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Dress natty, support music

Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged , , , , on March 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Be stylish and show your support of musical education in Cow Town.

The Coupeville Music Boosters are teaming up with Ashley’s Design to offer a selection of t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, hats, and more.

All of the merchandise displays your support of music in local schools, with the fundraising store running through Mar. 31.

For more info, and to order your own gear or accessories, pop over to:

https://ashleysdesign.com/coupeville-music/shop/home

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Bound for glory

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on May 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Lyla Stuurmans is off to Cheney for the state track and field championships. (Photo courtesy Sarah Stuurmans)

They’re off!

The Coupeville High School track and field team sent 16 athletes and a couple of coaches towards Cheney, and the 2B state track meet, Thursday morning.

It’s the first state championships since 2019, with the pandemic having taken a bite out of a whole lot of prep sports careers.

There are a handful of events Thursday at Eastern Washington University, but Coupeville’s athletes are only scheduled to compete Friday and Saturday.

Before they left town, the Wolves were hailed by their classmates, teachers, parents, and various hangers-on as they boarded the bus.

The photos above and below, capturing some of the farewell, come to us courtesy a bevy of CHS parents, all nice enough to let me poach their pics.

 

PS — And a big shoutout to Ashley’s Design owner Eric Peterson, who went above and beyond in the final moments to make sure the Wolves would have specially crafted state t-shirts.

“His customer service is unbelievable,” said Wolf mom Sarah Stuurmans.

“He does everything he can to help coaches and athletes get the things they need as quickly as possible.”

Nick Guay smiles for his dad. (Dylan Guay photo)

Always time for a photo op. (Kim Robinett photo)

Giddy with excitement. (Photos courtesy Mariah Madsen)

It’s a race to Eastern Washington, car vs. bus. (Photos courtesy Mariah Madsen)

Wolves (l to r) Mikey Robinett, Issabel Johnson, and Aidan Wilson are ready to hit the road. (Kim Robinett photo)

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Time to burn the past?!?!

Posted in Ranting and Raving, tagged , , , , on July 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Which of these is not the same as the others?

Which of these is not the same as the others?

I have a battered, cruddy t-shirt, worn down by time and the tears of those who toiled for The Whidbey Examiner while she was still still an independent newspaper.

The hole across the collar is getting larger, and, since the shirt itself is getting thinner after several years of wear and washing, it’s about to go from a slight annoyance to full-on disgrace.

I should probably throw it away, or burn it.

And yet, I have held on to it, since it was the last connection to a time before the Canucks swept down from Moosejaw and bought up The Examiner, putting a monopoly on Whidbey’s three papers.

Having written a lot of stories for the rag — my weekly video column alone ran, without missing a week, for 15 years — I wasn’t thrilled to see it sold off to Black Press, becoming just another small line item in a vast global media empire’s business report.

But, we’re not here to rehash that.

Instead, I’m here to show off the unexpected gift that showed up in my mailbox yesterday.

Having seen a photo of my much-battered Examiner t-shirt, Eric at Ashley’s Design (http://www.ashleysdesign.com/) in Oak Harbor decided, on a whim, to print up some shirts for Coupeville Sports, using a similar design.

It was a nice, unexpected surprise.

As this blog careens, slightly out-of-control, towards its two-year anniversary on Aug. 16, maybe it’s time to put on a new t-shirt and fully discard the past.

Who wants to make smores cooked over the embers of a beat-up Examiner t-shirt?

Anyone … anyone … Bueller … Bueller?

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