Spring Shred Event

Mark your calendars for May 11 from 10 am to 2 pm and get rid of old sensitive documents the easy way while supporting one of Island County’s non-profit organizations. The Soroptimist International of South Whidbey Island is holding a ‘Spring Shred Event’ at the Trinity Lutheran Parking Lot at 18341 SR 525 in Freeland. Time to clean out your filing cabinets, garages & storage rooms. Securely dispose of your personal and financial records by a licensed and bonded secure shredding company. Minimum donation is $5 for banker’s box or grocery bag and $10 for an oversized box or bag.

Drug Take Back on Saturday

Law enforcement agencies are holding their 5th ‘Drug Take Back’, giving residents an opportunity to dispose of unwanted medication safely. The goal is to prevent accidental poisoning, drug abuse, and drug-seeking burglaries.

Oak Harbor police will accept medications in the front lobby of the police department. The Coupeville marshal will accept medications at Town Hall. And the Island County sheriff will be at the South Precinct on East Harbor Road in Freeland. The event is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at three island locations.

Sheriff Mark Brown said the emphasis of the program is on prescription pain pills, but that any type of unused or expired prescription medicine are accepted.

You can read more about the program on this Whidbey News-Times article.

Welcome M.C. Brill

M.C. Brill has joined our Coldwell Banker Tara Properties’ family. Her experience of customer service, support, and problem solving can aid you in all of your real estate needs. You can reach M.C. in our Bayview office at 360-221-0169.

Nationwide Open House April 20 & 21

Mark your calendars for Saturday and Sunday, April 20 and 21, 2013—and join REALTORS® and associations throughout the U.S. and internationally for a weekend open house. Coldwell Banker Tara Properties will join with other real estate companies on Whidbey Island to have a wide variety of homes available for viewing.

Please stop by one of our offices (Bayview, Freeland, Langley, and Oak Harbor) to pick up a map showing the location and times for our open houses. We look forward to seeing you!

Looking for a few good men & women

Coldwell Banker Tara Properties is looking for new or experienced agents for our Whidbey Island offices. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to participate in a four-week long high-intensity training session. This will be a great kick-start to a new career in real estate or a superb refresher course for seasoned agents. If you are interested in joining our team of experienced professionals, please give us a call at 360-331-6300.

Congratulations to our Award Winners!

We just enjoyed our 2012 Awards Breakfast yesterday at Gordon’s Restaurant in Freeland. A fabulous meal and almost all of our brokers and staff attended plus we had two guests from the Coldwell Banker corporate world as well as our two recent retirees.

Our award winners are:

Diamond Society: Rick Chapman

Sterling Society: Ron Admiral

Merit Society: Charlene Arnold, Christina Parker, Deborah Jones, Gary Ingram, Joe Supsinskas, Marchele Hatchner, Steve O’Sullivan and Victoria Buerger

Honorable Mention: Bob Blakley, Cathy Wilson, Gail Pierce, Kathleen Philippsborn, Lawrence Wallace, Lisa Rogers, Ronald Macdonald, Sheila Davies, Tom White, and Wayne Locke.

Congratulations to all of our award winners. We expect to have many more at our 2013 Awards celebration next year.

Inventory is Low But Sales are Happening!

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Sales on Whidbey Island

Our standard winter inventory is just waiting for all of those new spring listings. As you can see, inventory peaks in the summer months, but sales for last year were fairly consistent. We know there are a lot of new properties coming on the market soon. Give us a call and find out what’s new. Here’s a graph of the last 12 months worth of listing inventory and sales.

Deception Pass: An American Story

Kamarie Chapman, daughter of our own Rick Chapman, has written the play, “Deception Pass: An American Story”, which takes place on Whidbey Island. The play will be presented in the Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theater at Western Washington University. If you’re interested in viewing it, you can get more information at http://www.wwu.edu/theatredance.

We know Rick is very proud of this accomplishment and we all look forward to Kamarie’s next endeavor.

Welcome Back, Wayne!

Wayne Tippery

Wayne Tippery has returned to Coldwell Banker Tara Properties. Wayne was with our company for several years and then struck out on his own for a while. He’s now back and working out of our Bayview office. You can reach Wayne at 360-331-0137.

Hello and Goodbye!

Suzanne Leisher

We are starting off 2013 with a brand new agent in our Bayview office, Suzanne Leisher. We welcome her and wish her all the best luck. At the same time, we are sorry to lose one of our fine Freeland agents, Tom White. Tom has decided that it is time to retire. We will miss him.

Tom White