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
Funhouse Commons Utilizes On-line Courses
The Funhouse Commons: Creating a Bridge to the Future with Online Classes -- from Krista Bouchey -- Times are not like they used to be... in a good way! With computers and technology, communication and
The Finns Honor their Patron Saint Today!
from the Lewis-Carlos Family ODE TO ST. URHO Finland's St. Urho! Ooksie, kooksie, kollme vee Santia Urho isa poy for me. He sase out ta hopper as pig as birds, Neffer peefor haff
No Need to Be of the Irish to Partake!
Monday, March 17, 11:30 a.m., Eastsound -- from Tony Lee -- The sun is shining on the Irish (we're all Irish today, even black dogs!) Come to the parade, lining up at Island Market
Senior Center Benefit Brunch
Saturday, March 22 ,10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Senior Center -- from Jane Heisinger -- There will be a Brunch at the Senior Center on March 22 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This meal
A New Face at the Food Bank
Tom Murdock, new Orcas Island Food Bank President -- by Madie Murray -- In a unanimous vote by the Orcas Island Food Bank Board, Tom Murdock was selected as the new President of
Pete Seeger Legacy Concert Sunday!
Sunday, March 16, 2:30-5:30 pm, Emmanuel Parish Hall -- from Sharon Abreu -- A Community Concert Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Pete Seeger! Let’s celebrate Pete’s legacy together! Bring songbooks (like "Rise Up Singing"
Letter to Editor: Join Me in Support of Levy
-- from Betty Corbett -- After having read a number of letters regarding our upcoming fire levy, I am not sure we have scratched the surface in knowing the support provided to our community by
Sustainable Hardscaping (and Soil Too)
Wednesday, March 19 at 10 a.m. at the Orcas Center -- by Jan Jacobson -- The Garden Club presents Michael Sterling, March 19, 2014, at 10 a.m., in the Madrona Room of Orcas Center. Michael
Guest Opinion: Lessons from Orcas (By a Visitor!)
All I Need To Know I Learned In The Pacific Northwest -- from Stacey Hegarty -- Last year, my husband and I took a trip to Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington
Sailing Starts with Spring Regatta Season
-- from Gwyneth Burrill -- Sailors, left to right are Axel Greening, Dominick Wareham, Wylie Kau, Maggie Toombs, Matia Schwartz, Kaya Osborne, Taj Howe and coach Burke Eight Sailors from the Orcas High
Submit Your “Selfies” for April Fools Day
-- by Lin McNulty -- Never took a "selfie" before? Now's your chance! For those who might not be familiar with the term, a "selfie" is (according to Wikipedia - yes there is a Wikipedia
Crow Valley String Band to Play St. Patrick’s Day
Monday, March 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m., White Horse Pub -- from Jim Litch -- On Monday March 17, the Crow Valley String Band, travelling all the way from the farmland of Crow Valley near West Sound,
Invitation to Invertebrate High Tea
Saturday, March 15 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church Hall -- from Marcia Spees -- Come to the Tides of March 4 p.m. Saturday at the Episcopal Parish Hall
Calling ALL Science Enthusiasts!
Saturday, March 29, 12 -4 p.m., The Funhouse Commons Entry deadline is March 24, 2014 -- from Mariah Miller -- The 14th Annual Funhouse Science Fair will be held Saturday, March 29, from 12 -4
Medical Evacuation: Re-Defined and Clarified
(Reprinted upon request from November 1, 2013) – by Lin McNulty – UPDATED: November 1, 1 p.m. Since the October 14 Orcas Issues piece on medical evacuation services available on Orcas, things have changed a
If It’s Spring, It Must Be the Shakespeare Fest
-- by Margie Doyle -- "The Plays of William Shakespeare" by Sir John Gilbert, 1849 Orcas Island's signature shoulder-season event, the third annual Shakespeare Festival, comes to us next week. The four-day event,
