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
School Music Groups Present Free Concert
-– from Kristen Wilson for Music Advocacy Guild -– Thursday, Jan. 16, 7 p.m., School Cafeteria: 5th and 6th grade strings -- perform Thursday night! Orcas student musicians from the 5th through 8th
Go Digital or Go Dark: SeaView Theater Needs Your Support
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW! -- from Joey Mount -- The Challenge Movies have been distributed on 35mm film for over 100 years. Beginning in 2014, however, all major studios will be switching to
Her Dream Rides In On a White Horse
White Horse Irish Pub Now Open! -- by Cara Russell -- It’s been a great week for Orcas Islander, Shelbi Mattila-Patton, owner of the new White Horse Pub. On January 1, Shelbi, her father, and
Fire Dept & OICF Team Up for Service
-- from the Orcas Island Community Foundation -- The Orcas Island Community Foundation and Orcas Island Fire Department are offering a Day of Service program in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January
Ranker to Serve on Ways & Means Committee
-- from the Washington State Democrats -- The Senate Democratic Caucus unanimously voted Thursday to appoint Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island, as the assistant ranking Democrat for the operating budget and as the second-highest ranking
Come to the Meeting – Complete the Survey for New Superintendent
Thurs., Jan. 9, 5:30 p.m., School Library Survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SJ5HHHV -- from Scott Lancaster, Chair, Orcas Island School Board of Directors -- As many of you may already know, we are embarking on a search
EPRC Meet Canceled: Planners Consider Development & Preservation
Today's meeting has been canceled. The EPRC will meet the first Thursday in February, Feb. 6 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall -- by Margie Doyle -- The Eastsound Planning Review
See “Hamlet” in Exciting New Production
Thursday, January 9, 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Artha Kass -- Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet. National Theatre Live’s Encore of the critically acclaimed dynamic and contemporary production of Hamlet opens the 2014
Goldman-Sachs Declines to Invest in Coal Terminal
-- by Floyd McKay for Crosscut.com -- Ownership of the proposed coal port at Cherry Point north of Bellingham shifted abruptly Tuesday, with a Goldman Sachs subsidiary dropping out and a major Mexican businessman stepping
Community Foundation Hosts Day of Service
Monday, January 20 from noon to 4 p.m. -- from the Orcas Island Community Foundation -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for
“Keeping the Soil Warm” at Garden Club
-- by Jan Jacobsen -- Linden Staciokas and Ted Sponsel live and garden half the year in Alaska and have lots of experience at warming up the soil (think tomatoes on Orcas). Linden writes a gardening
PlayFest Submissions Being Accepted
Deadline: January 31, 2014. -- from Cara Russell -- It's not too late to submit a play for the 2014 Ten-Minute PlayFest! The Actor’s Theater of Orcas Island is looking for short play submissions from
Orcas Montessori School Thanks Solar Project Supporters!
-- from Tina Whitman, Orcas Montessori School parent, board member and solar project lead -- Orcas Montessori School with director Teresa Chocano at the left The staff, board, and families of the Orcas
Wheels Off the Road? Not Quite
-- by Lin McNulty -- Over 100 paper plates with personal, handwritten messages by Whatcom and San Juan seniors were recently sent to Senator Patty Murray in support of restoring federal funding cut by
And the Seahawks Tickets Winner Is…!
Wendy Shinstine's winning bid of $1,200 for two Seahawks playoff tickets means she will be off to the game on Saturday! Although she is a football fan, she says she has never been to an
Evan Allred Art at Islanders Bank
"Somewhere I'd Like to Be" by Evan Allred Orcas born and self-taught, Evan Allred is displaying his art for the first time at Islanders Bank. Allred's work will be exhibited until the end
