Here’s a thought…
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.”
GIORGOS SEFERIS
Three Exhibits Open Islands Museum of Art
-- from Rebecca Parks of San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- [San Juan Islands Museum of Art opens the season with a three-in-one exhibit on Saturday, May 23 that will run into August.] "Spineless:
Citizens Ask Island County to Halt “Irreparable Injury”
-- from Citizens of Ebey's Reserve -- Island County Commissioners faced a room full of concerned and sometimes tearful Whidbey Island residents requesting specific actions be taken in response to documented proofs of on-going health
Brook Meinhardt Offers Cardboard Camp for Kids
-- from the San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- Kids create at the cardboard camp with Brook Meinhardt next weekend San Juan Islands Museum of Art presents "Cardboard Camp for Kids" with
Orcas Elementary: Water, Water Everywhere
-- by Margie Doyle -- [metaslider id=36722] Superintendent Eric Webb points to the "culprit" faucet that was stuck on, causing the elementary school flood of thousands of gallons of water last weekend. Sometime
Wow Them All at Smugglers’ Blues Costume Gala!
Saturday, May 23 from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Historical Museum -- from the Orcas Island Historical Society -- Be a flapper or a pirate or a dirty smuggler -- but come to
Ferry Reservations Town Hall on Lopez
Tuesday May 19, 4-6 p.m. at Lopez Community Center -- from Linda Koller for San Juan County Council -- Update from Ingrid Gabriel, Council Clerk on May 14: The SJC Council will be attending a
School Board Supports Island Education Rally
Sunday, May 17 at 12 Noon, Orcas Ferry Landing - Wear Red! -- from Orcas Island School Board -- Throughout the state, teachers are staging one-day walkouts to protest the Legislature’s failure to fully fund
What A Weekend in the School Garden!
--by Colleen Stewart, School Garden Keeper -- Awesome Americorps Volunteers from all over the US - Selena, Madison, Monica, Hannah, MacKenzie and Joe! Thank you Americorps Volunteers! On a sunny Saturday, a team
AARP Smart Driver Course Offered Again!
-- by the Orcas Senior Center and Orcas Medical Foundation -- Drivers 50+ can save money on insurance premiums It was so popular the first time, the Orcas Senior Center and Orcas Medical
“Seeds” Author Event in Friday Harbor
Friday, May 22, at 7 p.m. at the Friday Harbor Grange -- from the San Juan Preservation Trust -- Thor Hanson. Photo courtesy Kathleen Ballard Hear local award-winning author and biologist Thor Hanson
History Matinee: When Orcas Was an Apple Orchard
Sunday, May 17 at 3 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall Apple trees in blossom -- where have all the flowers gone? In the year 1909, at the height of its fruit industry,
OPALCO Member Feedback Posted Online
-- from Suzanne Olson -- OPALCO is listening. Of the 337 people who attended OPALCO’s 78th Annual Meeting, 54 members submitted questions and comments for staff to respond to. Member comments, questions and answers have been posted
Letter to Editor: Thanks for 20 Years of Project PAL
-- from Madeline Danielson, Project PAL Coordinator -- Twenty years ago, Project PAL was started by Beth Anderson of OPALCO and a few community volunteers so Co-op members could give each other a hand up with electric bills in
Elementary Principal Resigns
Elementary school building open on Tuesday, May 12 At a Special School Board Meeting on Monday, May 11, 2015, the Orcas Island School Board accepted the resignation of Kathy Page, full-time elementary K-6 Elementary Principal
“Across the Universe” Tickets for Live Stream Available NOW!
Tickets still available for this weekend -- from Orcas Center -- "Across the Universe" with Beatles' music at the Orcas Center. Sold out, but now you can buy tickets for the Live Streaming in
Garden Club Meeting Features Ferns
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 10 a.m. at Orcas Center -- by Jan Jacobson -- "Fancy Fronds! Everything you want to know about hardy ferns" will be the topic by Judith Jones at the May
