April 2011 - theOrcasonian.com

A Lot Can Happen in 10 Minutes – 2011 PlayFest Review

By Community|2020-11-09T15:02:45-08:00April 30th, 2011|1 Comment

Ballot Tracker Lawsuit Comes to a Boil

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-29T13:43:55-07:00April 30th, 2011|Comments Off

Choral Society Sings of Sleep in May 7-8 Concerts

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-29T20:46:12-07:00April 29th, 2011|Comments Off

Stress Awareness and Mindfulness at the Healing Arts Center

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-29T16:50:44-07:00April 29th, 2011|Comments Off

Online Auction for Orcas Montessori: Friday/Saturday Only

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-29T11:59:12-07:00April 29th, 2011|1 Comment

May Brings Many Changes to County Staff

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-29T16:38:58-07:00April 29th, 2011|Comments Off

Intro to Genealogy Workshop at the Library

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-29T10:29:38-07:00April 29th, 2011|Comments Off

OPAL Community Trust Open House & Annual Meeting Tomorrow Afternoon

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-29T16:41:11-07:00April 29th, 2011|Comments Off

Volunteer Technical Advisors Sought by County for Shoreline Update

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-28T15:46:03-07:00April 29th, 2011|Comments Off

The Weekend: Make Hay While the Sun Shines

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-28T19:52:45-07:00April 29th, 2011|Comments Off

What’s with the Chicks and the Egg?

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-28T15:36:23-07:00April 28th, 2011|Comments Off

Smaller Sealth to Run Next Week

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-28T15:21:37-07:00April 28th, 2011|2 Comments

Women’s Spring Luncheon with Inspirational Speaker

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-28T09:24:46-07:00April 28th, 2011|Comments Off

Medicine Take-Back Day Observed Everyday at Ray’s Pharmacy

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-29T10:27:45-07:00April 28th, 2011|Comments Off

Opening Night for Local Playwrights’ Festival Tomorrow at the Grange

By Community|2020-11-09T15:02:45-08:00April 28th, 2011|Comments Off

Library Storytimes at the Farmers Market

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-28T08:06:03-07:00April 28th, 2011|Comments Off

Caring Bridge Site Connects Peter Rutledge with Friends and Well-Wishers

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-28T19:24:22-07:00April 28th, 2011|5 Comments

Wilks Speak at Land Management Meeting with Interior Secretary Salazar

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-28T08:48:07-07:00April 28th, 2011|Comments Off

Citizens Petition Drive to Renew the Land Bank Begins

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-26T21:03:37-07:00April 27th, 2011|Comments Off

Cheri Peters: Celebrating Life in Recovery

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-28T15:52:37-07:00April 26th, 2011|Comments Off

American Legion Scholarship Fund Seeks Contributions

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-26T20:57:02-07:00April 26th, 2011|Comments Off

Join the Parade to ‘Celebrate the Arts’ with Orcas Chamber

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-26T20:42:31-07:00April 26th, 2011|Comments Off

Healing Arts Fair is This Weekend

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-26T07:17:20-07:00April 26th, 2011|Comments Off

Mt Baker Road & Trail Improvement Project Update

By Lin McNulty|2011-05-03T21:55:29-07:00April 25th, 2011|Comments Off

The Week Ahead: Playfest, Wine Tasting, Men’s Breakfast, Meetings & More Will Keep You Busy!

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-28T09:19:37-07:00April 25th, 2011|Comments Off

Historian Talks About US Place in the Modern World

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-25T15:46:51-07:00April 24th, 2011|Comments Off

Letter to the Editor: Japan Benefit Concert a Success

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-24T22:20:41-07:00April 24th, 2011|Comments Off

Letter to the Editor: Protect the Earth with Safe Waste Disposal

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-21T14:55:42-07:00April 24th, 2011|Comments Off

LWV Asks: Are the Times A-Changin’? at May 2 Meeting in Friday Harbor

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-23T13:08:14-07:00April 24th, 2011|Comments Off

Eth-Noh-Tech Announces Summer Internship Positions

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-23T12:43:19-07:00April 24th, 2011|Comments Off

League of Women Voters Honors SJ Family Resource Center Co-Founder at Annual Meeting

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-23T12:37:02-07:00April 23rd, 2011|Comments Off

OPALCO’s Annual Meeting & Election May 14

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-22T13:18:11-07:00April 23rd, 2011|Comments Off

Craftsman Corner’s Conditional Use Permit Denied

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-22T12:49:13-07:00April 22nd, 2011|Comments Off

Ferries’ Peak Season Surcharge Begins May 1

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-20T19:33:07-07:00April 22nd, 2011|Comments Off

Improve Your Business with Classes through May

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-21T13:48:18-07:00April 22nd, 2011|Comments Off

Celebrate the Last Snowfall this Spring Weekend

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-21T15:35:39-07:00April 22nd, 2011|Comments Off

Investigating and Honoring Our Marine Heritage

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-21T14:20:49-07:00April 21st, 2011|Comments Off

Point Lawrence Road Project Moves Forward

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-20T16:39:28-07:00April 21st, 2011|Comments Off

April 30 Wine Tasting Event and Auction to Benefit Orcas Montessori

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-17T10:08:57-07:00April 21st, 2011|Comments Off

Ferries to Continue at Current Levels of Service

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-20T19:26:20-07:00April 20th, 2011|Comments Off

Portions of CAO “Best Available Science” Synthesis Now Online

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-20T15:56:13-07:00April 20th, 2011|Comments Off

Gates Foundation Grant Awarded to OICF

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-20T15:39:05-07:00April 20th, 2011|Comments Off

Ranker Explains the Budget and Effect of Loopholes

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-20T15:03:46-07:00April 20th, 2011|Comments Off

Letter to the Editor: EPRC Needs Pro-Environmental or Neutral Members

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-20T14:38:59-07:00April 20th, 2011|1 Comment

Ranker’s Report: Senate Budget Cuts Demand a Look at Unpaid Taxes and Loopholes

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-20T15:05:27-07:00April 20th, 2011|Comments Off

Big Quilt Show Comes to Orcas Center

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-16T11:19:47-07:00April 20th, 2011|Comments Off

Easter Sunday at Lighthouse Christian Center

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-20T09:33:20-07:00April 20th, 2011|Comments Off

Letter to the Editor: Best Available Science Process Flawed

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-19T20:35:54-07:00April 19th, 2011|2 Comments

Japanese Flower Arranging (Ikebana): New Season Begins

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-19T20:19:47-07:00April 19th, 2011|Comments Off

Seder Poem: Yet We Desire It Above All

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-19T10:24:58-07:00April 19th, 2011|Comments Off

Cultivating Everyday Peace Within at Orcas Women’s Retreat this Summer

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-18T07:00:56-07:00April 19th, 2011|Comments Off

Regatta Report: Orcas Teams Win the Regionals

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-19T11:04:45-07:00April 19th, 2011|3 Comments

Lifestories: Unraveling Our Own Life’s Journey in the Company of Other Curious Travelers

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-15T16:56:29-07:00April 19th, 2011|Comments Off

Letter to the Editor: School Suspends “Pennies for Peace” Efforts

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-19T08:17:13-07:00April 19th, 2011|Comments Off

The Lions’ Easter Egg Hunt Starts a Springboard of Service

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-19T08:08:08-07:00April 19th, 2011|Comments Off

Count of Homeless in San Juan County Shows Increase

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-19T08:33:11-07:00April 19th, 2011|Comments Off

San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau Announces First Photo Contest

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-16T18:26:04-07:00April 18th, 2011|Comments Off

The Week Ahead: Here Comes Peter Cottontail…

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-20T14:18:02-07:00April 18th, 2011|Comments Off

Legislature Faces Ferry Finances: Fuel, Labor, Management and Fares

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-18T06:47:05-07:00April 18th, 2011|Comments Off

6 Families, 6 Keys and Now 6 New Homes!

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-18T06:56:56-07:00April 18th, 2011|Comments Off

NW Coast Medicine Teachings in Honor of Earth Day

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-13T20:57:23-07:00April 17th, 2011|Comments Off

Field Research Day at Indian Island this Thursday

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-17T10:40:41-07:00April 17th, 2011|Comments Off

Guest Column: Prepare for Landslide of Waste Resources

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-15T18:56:41-07:00April 16th, 2011|1 Comment

Mystery of East Sound Waters Signal Herring Return

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-17T08:38:38-07:00April 16th, 2011|Comments Off

April 22 Parade to Honor “Our Dear Earth”

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-19T08:13:03-07:00April 16th, 2011|Comments Off

Performance Poetry Competition at Doe Bay Café April 24

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-14T20:55:02-07:00April 15th, 2011|Comments Off

New Orcas Fire Fighters Sworn in to Volunteer Service

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-15T09:48:47-07:00April 15th, 2011|Comments Off

The Weekend: Lots to Do and Time to Do It

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-14T20:57:27-07:00April 15th, 2011|Comments Off

Ciscoe Morris Coming to April Garden Club Meeting

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-14T19:08:27-07:00April 14th, 2011|Comments Off

Darvill’s Hosts Hiking Washington’s History Author

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-14T20:54:28-07:00April 14th, 2011|Comments Off

School Board Accepts $900,000 and Moves Forward on Non-voted Debt

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-14T14:37:49-07:00April 14th, 2011|Comments Off

Chamber Music Festival: Spring! Students! Strings!

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-12T20:45:20-07:00April 13th, 2011|Comments Off

Susan Osborn & Orcas A Cappella to Sing at Deer Harbor April 23

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-13T20:33:42-07:00April 13th, 2011|Comments Off

Orcas Island Library Celebrates National Library Week and Volunteer Recognition Week

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-13T20:11:19-07:00April 13th, 2011|Comments Off

Simon Winchester Adds Book Signing to Crossroads Lecture on China

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-13T11:13:26-07:00April 13th, 2011|Comments Off

Letter to the Editor: Thanks for Moran Park Cleanup

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-13T10:38:19-07:00April 13th, 2011|Comments Off

Message from State Senator Kevin Ranker

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-13T10:30:19-07:00April 12th, 2011|1 Comment

The Funhouse is Looking for Mentors

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-11T20:34:46-07:00April 12th, 2011|Comments Off

Granny’s Attic Getting Filled with Recycled Treasures

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-12T08:53:08-07:00April 12th, 2011|1 Comment

Consensus Group Labored Long to Find “A Way Forward”

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-12T22:06:35-07:00April 11th, 2011|Comments Off

Consensus Reached on “A Way Forward” for Orcas Schoolchildren

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-11T20:25:15-07:00April 11th, 2011|2 Comments

Education, Poetry and Grange Events this Week

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-13T20:48:26-07:00April 10th, 2011|Comments Off

“Music Matters” Message Approved for License Plates

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-10T21:52:28-07:00April 10th, 2011|3 Comments

Be Part of the Solution Against Sexual Assault

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-08T17:11:07-07:00April 10th, 2011|Comments Off

BullWings Survey: Should the School Board Take the Money?

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-11T20:38:19-07:00April 10th, 2011|19 Comments

Turn Mourning into Dancing at KindlingsFest July 27-30

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-09T18:18:58-07:00April 10th, 2011|Comments Off

Orcas LGBT Fund Begins New Grant Cycle

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-08T21:22:18-07:00April 9th, 2011|Comments Off

Upcoming Classes at the Public Library

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-09T18:20:31-07:00April 9th, 2011|Comments Off

Orcas Island Grange in 1931: Jane Barfoot-Hodde Was There!

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-09T17:47:03-07:00April 9th, 2011|Comments Off

Letter to the Editor: Solid Waste Questions

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-08T16:55:47-07:00April 9th, 2011|1 Comment

Join your poet Friends in Celebration of National Poetry Month!

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-09T11:22:12-07:00April 9th, 2011|Comments Off

“A Way Forward” Consensus Group Issues Statement

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-08T11:47:22-07:00April 8th, 2011|1 Comment

Kids and Drugs on Orcas Island

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-08T11:06:12-07:00April 8th, 2011|Comments Off

Orcas Community Foundation Awarded $15,000 Grant from Philanthropy NW

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-08T07:46:58-07:00April 8th, 2011|Comments Off

This Weekend: Work Parties, Classical & Country Music & a Tea Party with Fairies

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-07T20:18:14-07:00April 7th, 2011|Comments Off

Kaleidoscope Childcare Plans Work Parties

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-07T12:24:42-07:00April 7th, 2011|Comments Off

Radiation from Japanese Reactors Found in SJC Rainwater

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-07T11:47:08-07:00April 7th, 2011|Comments Off

Judd Cove Guided Walk this Sunday

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-07T09:48:03-07:00April 7th, 2011|Comments Off

The Chelan Returns to Service with a Fresh Face

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-07T09:43:38-07:00April 7th, 2011|Comments Off

Funhouse Classes for Adults and Kids — New this Week

By Lin McNulty|2011-04-07T13:44:07-07:00April 7th, 2011|Comments Off