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
Endangered Cousins of Our Local Deer
-- By Arianna Dean -- This is the first in a series of short ecology-related articles written by members of the Orcas High School Environmental Club in preparation for Earth Day 2014. This year’s Earth
Funhouse Commons Makes Science Fun
Saturday, March 29, 12-4 p.m., Funhouse Commons -- from Mariah Miller -- Science Fair 2012 The 14th Annual Funhouse Science Fair happens on Saturday, March 29, from 12 -4 p.m. at The Funhouse
Volunteers Get the Museum Ready
-- by Margie Doyle -- Michael Budnick, James Lobdell, John Willis and their supervisor worked Saturday to install new bricks in the museum walkway Volunteers buzzed inside and out the Orcas Island Historical
Guest Column: March and the Color Blue
-- by Lois Cornell -- Probably most of you did not know that March is Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Awareness month or that blue is the color of that awareness campaign. This is actually the first
Everything is “A-OK”
-- from Orcas Island Education Foundation -- Arts for Orcas Kids, brings artists into the classrooms, as a committee within the Orcas Island Education Foundation. The Orcas Island Education Foundation is thrilled to
Peace Ambassadors Profiles Abreu
Sharon Abreu and Mike Hurwicz, and their non-profit Irthlingz organization, are profiled in The Catalyst e-zine -- from The Catalyst -- Sharon Abreu is a Peace Ambassador. She met her partner Mike Hurwicz
School Offers Counselors for Students Affected by Mudslide
-- from the Orcas Island School District -- It is with heavy hearts that we follow the news coming out of Oso and Darrington. It appears that many of victims of this tragedy are parents,
Local Artist’s Work Selected by Noted Gallery
-- by Lin McNulty -- Sister #1 by Terry Johnson "Congratulations, it is my pleasure to invite you to participate in 2014 Collector’s Choice at Sylvia White Gallery." This was the exciting notice
Darrington Mudslide: Vikings Step Up to Help Neighbors
Fund raising rally throughout the community this Tuesday, March 25, 4—6 p.m. -- from Justin Paulsen and Orcas Island High School Spring Sports and the Orcas Island Booster Club ; update March 24 at 10
All the Island Was a Stage
-- by Cara Russell -- The odor of roasted turkey legs floated up and down the streets of the transformed Eastsound Village. Music filled the Village Green, there was a soliloquy everywhere you turned, muddy-barefooted
PlayFest: Behind the Scenes Opportunities
-- by Cara Russell -- Interested in getting involved in the behind the scenes world of community theater? This years’ ninth annual 10 Minute Play Festival at the Grange coordinator Cara Russell is looking for
Student Chef Competition Officially Launched!
-- by Madie Murray -- Last year's winners:Arla Sutton & Zora Leck - K-6Caitlyn Holley - MS/HS Entries must be received by April 28 Competition will be held on May 17 All students
Orcas Upon Avon: a Photographic View
-- by Cara Russell -- Saturday was the Third Annual Shakespeare Festival in Eastsound on Orcas Island! Captured below are island friends and neighbors, transported to the Elizabethan age of William Shakespeare! (all photos by
Turning 65 and Confused about Medicare?
Wednesday, March 26, 1:00 p.m, Orcas Library -- from Pegi Groundwater -- Medicare is the government funded insurance program available to people age 65 and older and persons who have been on Social Security disability
Orcas Issues Poetry Deadline Sneaking Up
-- by Lin McNulty -- Get your pens, your paper, and/or your keyboard ready! Orcas Issues is excited to once again invite our local poets to submit up to three original poems for our popular
Annual Hazardous Waste Round-Ups Scheduled
BUSINESSES must pre-register by sending in a list of the materials two weeks before the collection date. -- from Stan Matthews -- This year, San Juan County’s Hazardous Waste Round-up will give local residents a
