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
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival Looking for New Executive Director
-- from Pam Smith, OICMF -- The Executive Director is a full-time, permanent year-round position leading all aspects of OICMF operations and administrative management encompassing Development, Finance, Community Outreach, management of full-time and volunteer staff,
Army Reserve Vet Honors His Employer
Eric Webb, Blake Baida, and Representative Kris Lytton (WA 40th District) -- from Blake Baida -- I honorably served active duty at Joint Base Lewis McChord as a prosecuting paralegal for the US
Clean Up Our Act: Our Recycling is Garbage!
Orcas 8th Graders Dissect Island Recycling; Findings are Disappointing -- from Orcas Recycling Services -- Orcas Islanders are not doing a very good job recycling. That's what Laura Tidwell’s 8th grade science class found out
Orcas Cuisine Artists Featured at “Bite of the Islands”
-- from Shannon Borg for the San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau -- On Sunday, October 26 from 1 to 4 p.m., the passionate and talented chefs, farmers, fishers, winemakers, distillers and brewers of the San
Guest Column: EWUA Roundtable Needed to Address Water Usage Rates
-- by Lesley Liddle -- To the Water Board, and EWUA Members: I read through the latest attachment from the EWUA, sent late last night, a missive selectively reflecting the board's right to enforce this
Round One of TEDxOrcasIsland: This IS America Announced
November 8, 2014, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Adam Farish, TEDxOrcasIsland Curator -- “This IS America” : Exploring the relationship between our Island individualism and our place within the larger collective
Town Hall Meeting about Teen Drug Use
-- from the Funhouse Commons -- The Funhouse Commons, local counselors, Orcas Island Schools and Orcas Island Medical Center have come together and recognized the need for our community to reduce teen drug use. On
Habitat for Humanity Truck to Return
Monday, October 27, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Island Market -- from Jim Duffield, Skagit Habitat for Humanity -- By request of islanders, the Skagit Habitat for Humanity Store truck will be back on Orcas
Download Troxel’s New Song to Benefit DVSAS
-- from Mandy Troxel -- Orcas Island singer songwriter Mandy Troxel has released a new original song in honor of October's Domestic Violence Awareness month. The song is available for free download, with the option
Letter to the Editor: Thank You for Coming to LWV Voters’ Forums
Dear Editor, On behalf of the League of Women Voters of the San Juans, I would like to thank the citizens, press and candidates for office who attended our recent Voters' Forums. I also want
Letter to the Editor: Vote for Levy and County Parks
Please Support Continued Funding to Keep Our County Parks Open and Well-Maintained. Support for proposition number one on the November ballot continues the current “Levy Lift” funding needed to keep our county parks open, well-maintained,
Council to Hold Special Budget Meeting
-- from Ingrid Gabriel, Council Clerk -- The San Juan County Council will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 22 from 10 to 11 a.m. for the purposes of discussing the preliminary 2015 Budget
When A Child Leaves Us…
-- from Madie Murray -- No one ever wants to outlive their children, but life doesn’t ask us what we want...it just happens. My son, Bill Pollock, passed away Wednesday night from what appears to
“Strengthening Island Families” Workshop Series Begins
Saturday, November 1, 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m., Orcas Senior Center Ray Soriano to kick off parenting series in two-part presentation -- from Susan Anderson, Executive Director, Orcas Island Children's House -- Evidence shows that
How Will You “Manage the Holidays?”
Wednesday, October 29, 5:30 – 7 p.m., Orcas Library Managing the Holidays: A Formative Exploration of Joy, Anxiety, Excitement, and Expectation -- from Michael Elder -- As the days get shorter, the social expectations of
Starlight to Stream
Thursday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Artha Kass -- Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan star in David Hare’s award winning play about money, class, politics and love. Skylight is presented at
