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Food train fuels farm boy’s recovery

Posted in Fundraisers, tagged , , , , on June 13, 2026| Leave a Comment »

“Get that food in my mouth, son!!”

There ain’t no holdin’ down a farm boy!

Callum Flack, whose parents Kyle and Paige (Mueller) Flack are fourth-generation tillers of the Whidbey soil, was born at 41 weeks after a challenging labor, and entered the world with an underdeveloped lower jaw, making it difficult for him to breathe on his own.

But after a stay in the NICU at Seattle Children’s Hospital, the lil’ guy (and his luscious locks) has made the move to Coupeville to join his parents and two older brothers.

As the family adjusts to all the transitions, friends have launched a meal train to ease the burden.

The link for it can be found by hopping over to:

https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/zmk7gy

Along with running Bell’s Farm with her husband, Paige, a plucky CHS basketball player back in the day, is the Program Director for the school district’s Farm to School program.

She was also previously the elementary school librarian in Cow Town.

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Be a big supporter for a lil’ guy

Posted in Fundraisers, tagged , , , , on May 17, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Callum Flack

Fourth-generation Whidbey farmers Kyle and Paige (Mueller) Flack recently added son #3, Callum, to the family, but the future tiller of the land has had a difficult entrance to the world.

Born at 41 weeks after a challenging labor, he has an underdeveloped lower jaw, making it difficult for him to breathe on his own.

Callum has been transferred to Seattle Children’s Hospital, where he is in the NICU.

Fighting dangerously low oxygen levels, he is in a 72-hour protocol to cool his brain and prevent further injury.

Kyle and Paige, a former Coupeville High School basketball player who went on to work as an elementary school librarian in Cow Town, face mounting medical bills.

There is also the cost of transportation between Whidbey and Seattle, and the challenges of being away from their farm and two older sons, who are four and six.

Family friends have launched a GoFundMe to help, and you can read more and donate at:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-baby-callum-and-the-flack-family

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One baby, two empires

Posted in Babies, Basketball, Football, tagged , , , , , on November 7, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Adeline Richter informs dad Bennett his football players should be running stairs right now, even if it is the offseason. (Photos courtesy Megan Richter)

There’s a new coach on the sidelines.

Adeline Joy Richter, the cutest baby to appear on Coupeville Sports today, arrived Nov. 2, uniting two sports empires.

Mom is Megan (Smith) Richter, three-time CHS Athlete of the Year turned Wolf varsity girls’ basketball coach.

Dad is Bennett Richter, state football champ (back in his Oak Harbor days) and the man who ended Coupeville football’s three-decade dry spell, bringing a gridiron league title back to Cow Town in 2022.

Grandpa is CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith, the first coach to lead a Wolf girls’ team to a state tourney win in ANY sport.

Grandma is Cherie Smith, the true power behind the throne, a hoops whisperer of great renown for both her husband and daughter.

And we haven’t even spoken of Uncles James and Ian Smith, legendary three-sport Wolf athletes who made South Whidbey sports teams cry more than once, which is just plain sweet.

Plus, Aunt Ashley Smith, who will be her fiercest protector, and countless cousins and other family members on both sides.

Why, Adeline, who popped into the world at 5 pounds, 15 ounces, and 19 inches long, might almost be called … “The Chosen One.”

Just don’t tell Grandpa I said that.

“How you doin’?”

“Mom, we can’t tell dad this, but … basketball is God’s chosen sport.”

“Yowza, is it just me or is there a draft in here?”

Hangin’ with the grandparentals.

“I’m snug as a bug in a rug.”

“I already signed a NIL deal? Sweet!”

“Hit the gas, Skippy! Big Ten hoops on Peacock in 10 minutes and rumors of a bottle waiting for me!”

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Two kingdoms, one queen

Posted in Football, Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , , , on June 14, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School coaches Bennett and Megan Richter await the arrival of the progeny. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Maybe this one I really will get to call “The Chosen One.”

When Coupeville High School girls’ basketball coach (and three-time CHS Female Athlete of the Year) Megan Smith wed Wolf football guru Bennett Richter, two empires united.

And now, unto to CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith, AKA “Pops,” shall be born another grandchild who will one day be a standout Coupeville athlete.

So it is written.

For those following along, news of an impending baby swept through Cow Town, and now, the answer to the question proffered by every Wolf athlete.

Shall it be a boy or shall it be a girl?

To the delight of most of the CHS girls’ basketball team, it shall be a girl.

 

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