
“Simmer down, ya animals! Five minutes more! Willie Smith, you even breathe on that oven you get none, mister.”
Posted in Basketball, tagged Basketball, Brad Sherman, celebrations, CHS Wolves, pizza rolls on February 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Basketball, Cheer, tagged Boys Basketball, celebrations, CHS Wolves, John Fisken photos, L'Oreal, Nick Guay on January 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »
John Fisken may be obsessed with Nick Guay.
Just sayin’…
The wanderin’ photo clicker captured a whole bunch of pics featuring the lanky Coupeville High School senior Tuesday as he helped lead the Wolves in thrashing South Whidbey.
Maybe it’s Guay’s mad hoops skills.
Or maybe it’s his photo-ready mane of hair, practically begging to sign its own contract with L’Oreal’s men’s division.
I mean, if they made a biography of Guay, would they take the title of Kevin Bacon’s 1994 hoops flick, add an H and make it “The Hair Up There?”
Yes, yes, I’ll see myself out now.
Posted in Not sports? Tough!, tagged books, celebrations, Coupeville Library, Leslie Franzen, retirement on February 9, 2023| 1 Comment »
There’s a changing of the guard in the world of books.
Longtime Coupeville Library Manager Leslie Franzen is retiring Mar. 1, putting a cap on 43 years of work in the industry.
She’s ridden the ever-changing waves from the days of card catalogs to a world driven by computers, always remaining one of the friendliest, kindest guardians of the written word.
A celebration of her library tenure is set for Thursday, Feb. 23.
The event, which will feature light refreshments and is open to the public, is set for 1-4:00 PM in the library’s meeting room.
The Coupeville Library is located at 788 Alexander Street.
Franzen, a CHS grad, began her library life by working as a page while still in high school.
After a stint off-Island, she and husband Derek returned to Whidbey, where they raised children Kelsi and Garrett, and Leslie was tabbed as Coupeville’s managing librarian in 1988.
Over the years, Franzen (and the library) bounced from location to location in Coupeville, with the snazzy current version being built in 2010.
Two bond measures were passed in 2008 to finance the library improvement, with Franzen among those leading the charge in stumping for the new building.
Posted in Photos, tagged Brad Sherman, celebrations, CHS Wolves, John Fisken photos, Kylie Chernikoff, Mollie Bailey on December 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »
They are the 21 images which best capture 2021.
Or, at least the ones which catch my attention the most today.
They’re presented in no particular order, and come from the cameras of eight different snappers.
There’s action, and reaction, and a whole lot of emotion.
So, basically, life.

Brutally cold, yet three generations of the McGranahan’s still showed up for a softball game. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Jill Prince makes the catch of the year, bare-handed. You had to be there to fully appreciate the degree of difficulty. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged AC/DC, celebrations, CHS Wolves, goals, John Fisken photos, Kool and the Gang lyrics, Soccer on March 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Abraham Leyva flips in a goal in the final seconds of the game, keeping his scoring streak alive at five games and counting.

Spark gets a hug from Tanner Kircher (11) after banging home a goal on a shot that traveled almost half the field.
The thrill of the score, the click of the camera.
They go hand-in-hand, and travelin’ photo man John Fisken knows how the game works.
Capturing a mix of celebration and actions pics Wednesday, as the Coupeville High School boys’ soccer squads battled with Bellevue Christian, he provides us with the shiny pics found above.
To see more, and possibly purchase some, thereby helping fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes, pop over to: