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
Letter to the Editor: Vote for OPALCO Incumbents
-- from Boyd and Lovel Pratt -- Ballots for OPALCO have arrived by mail. We thank all the candidates running for OPALCO’s Board of Directors. We are grateful for the many years of service Randy
Summer Ferries Reservations Start Tomorrow
-- from Lance Evans, Director, Orcas Chamber of Commerce -- EDITORS UPDATE: At 9:31 a.m. according to Orcas Issues reader Janet Brownell, the internet system appears to have crashed; the phone. Calling reservation system's phone
OI Green Drinks Returns
Tuesday, April 14, 5:30-7 p.m., upstairs in the Co-Op Commons -- from Regina Zwilling -- OI Green Drinks is re-launching at The Co-op Commons on Tuesday, April 14th. What’s Green Drinks? Started in London in
The Campaign to Save Mount Grant
-- from the San Juan Preservation Trust -- The San Juan Preservation Trust announces the launch of a major fundraising campaign to create a new nature preserve in the heart of San Juan Island. The
Orcas Real Estate Sales Continue to Grow
-- from Sandi Friel -- Property sales on Orcas Island are up—significantly. In fact, the number of sales on Orcas last year far exceeded pre-crash levels. The recovery, which began in 2012, has firmly taken
Come Ride the Zip Line!
-- from YMCA Camp Orkila -- Ride the Zipline at Camp Orkila! YMCA Camp Orkila would like to invite you to come out and take a ride on our 1000-ft Zip Line! We
Orcas H.S. Band Students Receive Excellent Ratings at Regional Contest
-- from Kristen Wilson -- The small, but mighty Orcas High School Band brought home “Excellent” ratings from judges at a regional contest in Bellingham on March 25. Playing under the direction of Darren Dix,
Shakespeare Festival a Photographic Delight
-- by Cara Russell -- [metaslider id=35905] “Can one desire too much of a good thing?” –Hamlet. Yes one-eth can! On Saturday April 11th from 12-3 p.m. on the Village Green, the 4th Annual Shakespeare
Center Streams The Hard Problem
Thursday, April 16, 7:30 pm., Orcas Center -- from Artha Kass -- Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The
April Poetry: Jan Ferris Koltun
In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate and highlight our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to again offer daily poetry during April. WAY TO GO! -- by
Island Sinfonia Concert Brings in Spring!
-- from Karen Blinn for Island Sinfonia -- Islands Sinfonia will play on Orcas Island on Sunday, April 12 Island Sinfonia will be on center stage at the Orcas Center, Sunday, April 12.
Weary Responders Save the Day
-- from Paul Kamin, Eastsound Water -- Crews have concluded response and clean-up efforts at the gasoline spill that occurred on Seaview Street on Orcas Island on April 10, 2015. Washington State Department of Ecology
OPALCO Forum: Hearing Unpleasant Truths, Making Necessary Changes
-- by Margie Doyle -- With OPALCO Board of Director candidates Ed Sutton and incumbent Winnie Adams showing up, the April 9 forum for the four candidates to fill the two board openings on the
Where Goest Thou This Day? Festival of the Shakespeare
-- by Margie Doyle -- [metaslider id=35875] Cloudy skies be not a deterrent to Eastsound fun and merriment. The spirit of the man they call Shakespeare be radiant throughout the village. Though the parade be
Kaivalya Workshop Introduces “Silence Dancing”
Saturday April 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 128 Scenic Lane, Eastsound (off Bartel Rd) -- from Dave Lutz -- Kaivalya Natana (also called Shantata Natana), means 'silence dancing', and is the process
Congressman Rick Larsen’s Proposals Criticized as “Non-Solutions”
-- from the Citizens of the Ebey Reserve [Whidbey Island] -- Congressman Rick Larsen, who boasts of his role in bringing controversial ‘Growler’ Navy Jets to Washington’s Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, is being criticized
