Meryl Schenker captured these glimpses of daily life around the community. Click on a thumbnail to see a page featuring a larger, more detailed version of the image. Blustery days don't keep Oak Harbor residents from walking the city's public beaches and parks. Dale Johnson, who has lived in Oak Harbor for 54 years, says hello to Martha Bund during a watercolor class at the Oak Harbor Senior Center. The largest oak tree in the area is located in front of the Oak Harbor post office.
Student uniforms make the school a popular choice for parents.
Oak Harbor historian and writer Dorothy Neil, left, Navy chaplain Wes Weslund, and photographer and reporter Helen Chatfield-Weeks meet for coffee every day at the Daily Grind. The Hildebrand family was just transferred to Whidbey Island from Maryland. Evelyn and James' father is a pilot. Bill Rollins, rear, a second-year student in the Marine Maintenance Program at Skagit Valley Community College, makes a cradle for a boat with classmate Terry Heaton, left. Heaton, retirted security director for the Navy base, is also a second-year student.