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
Chamber of Commerce Party a Jam-Packed Success!
-- by Margie Doyle -- Chamber members listen in rapt attention to presentations at the Annual Event. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Lance Evans and Chamber Board President Susan Gudgell presided over the
Familiar Distance, Locally-Written One Acts Coming Up
Friday-Saturday, November 14-15, Friday-Saturday-Sunday, November 21-23, 7:30 p.m., The Grange -- by Lin McNulty -- What happens when you return to a familiar place from your past? What has changed? What remains the same? These
Conversation of Prevention and Choices at Joint Meeting
VOICES for Healthy Choices: A Community Conversation about Prevention The League of Women Voters San Juan and San Juan Island Prevention Coalition are partnering for their November meetings. Join us on November 14th from 11:30
Built for Speed, the Minke Whales are Mysterious
Tuesday, November 11 at 7 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish Hall -- from Jean Lyle for the SeaDoc Society -- The elusive Minke whale. Photo courtesy of Jared Towers The SeaDoc Society &
Letter to Editor: Somewhere There’s a Military Dog Who Needs Honoring
-- from Carl Owens -- I have been trying to find info about this wonderful dog, called everyone I could think of, with no result. Maybe you can help, by asking your readers? The School
Orcas Power Teams with the Funhouse Commons
-- from Suzanne Olson for Orcas Power and Light Co-operative (OPALCO) -- -- from Suzanne Olson, OPALCO -- Funhouse kids build solar pizza ovens. The Funhouse Commons is in the process of becoming
Big Apple Circus’ All-New Show to Stream Here
Saturday, November 8 at 6:30 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Artha Kass -- Bring the whole family and fly away to the magical Big Apple Circus’ All-New Show, Metamorphosis. Be transported to a realm of
Orcas Currents Forming New Lecture Series
-- from Greg Ayers, Board Member of Crossroads Lecture Series and Orcas Currents -- I am pleased to inform Orcas Islanders about the formation of a new lecture series, Orcas Currents Together with myself, Donna
Eastsound Celebrates Hallowe’en and the Great Pumpkin!
–by Cara Russell -- [metaslider id=32795] Nearly everyone loves free candy, but let’s face it, Halloween is celebrated by so many because it is the only holiday where for one day and one night, you
Letter to the Editor: Vote Yes on School Levy to Prepare Students for Future
To the Orcas community, I enthusiastically and absolutely support the levy to enable our Orcas Island school district to continue to do the best job possible in preparing our kids for the future. Yes, we
Guest Column: Water Users’ Board Policy is Discriminatory
-- Lesley Liddle -- The [Eastsound Water Users Association (EWUA)] Guest House Initiative remains in my mind an unjustified discriminatory surtax which will affect some long time small water users who happen to have guest
Art Workshop: Interpretive Landscapes in Pastel
Saturday-Monday, November 8-10, 9:30am-4:30pm -- from Maggie Sharkey -- Creativity cannot be taught but it can be inspired. Please join Orcas Art Studios for a 3 day workshop this weekend with a most inspiring and
Girls with Ukes to Play Random Howse
Friday, November 7, Dinner @ 5:30, Concert @ 6:30, Random Howse -- from Mandy Troxel -- Friday, November 7 at the Random Howse: An evening of community, music education and homemade fun all rolled into
Business Entrepreneurs Invited to EDC Business Café on Lopez
Thursday, November 13, from 5:15 – 7 p.m., Lopez Island Public Library -- from Victoria Compton, Executive Director, San Juan County Economic Development Council -- Business entrepreneurs are invited to a San Juan County Economic
November Olga Potluck Date Changed
Saturday, November 15, 5:30 p.m., Olga Community Club -- from Jan Ehrlichman -- Come to a Holiday Bazaar! The Olga Potluck, usually on the second Saturday of the month, is going to be on Saturday,
Skull Miraculously Appears
-- by Lin McNulty -- Replica Bison antiquus Staff at the Orcas Island Historical Museum were thrilled to find the missing bison skull sitting near their front door on Monday. "It's a little
