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
Think American Politics is Dirty? Come See “Patriocracy”
Monday, July 2 at 6:30 pm at the Orcas Public Library The Orcas Island sub-group of the League of Women Voters (LWV) plans another showing of the documentary "Patriocracy" as part of its Membership Drive,
School Board Trims Upcoming Budget to the Bone
By Margie Doyle The Orcas Island School District (OISD) Board faced a tight budget for 2012-13 with little – no – wriggle room at its regular meeting last Thursday evening. At the meeting’s end,
Orcas Anti-Coal Port Coalition Creates Website
A new resource for the Orcas Community has been announced with the creation of the Orcas NO COALition website at www.OrcasNOCOALition.net. Orcas NOCOALition is a nonpartisan group of Orcasians committee to informing our local community
Orcas Island Golf Club Celebrates its 50th!
Saturday, June 30, events from 3:30 on at the Orcas Golf Club From Justin Taylor Come celebrate 50 years with the Orcas Island Golf Course! We have recently received hundreds of pictures and news paper
Join the Annual Community Historical Day Fair & Parade
Jane Barfoot-Hodde in the 2011 Community Historical Days Parade From the Orcas Island Historical Museum Join the Orcas Island Historical Museum in celebrating the 2012 Historical Day Fair Saturday July 7th from 10
Benefit Auction at Rosario for Orcas Alumnus Peter Rutledge & Family
Peter Rutledge and family last fall Thursday, July 5, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Rosario Resort's Beach House Peter Rutledge graduated from Orcas Island High School in 1997. Over a year ago,
Fourth of July Week: Big Low Tides and Indian Island Field Research Days
By Marcia Spees Indian Island is the small island you see in the bay when going through Eastsound. It is accessible via a tombolo (revealed pathway at low tide) in daylight only a handful of
Dance to Rock and Soul with the Odd Fellows for the Community Giving Fund
Charles Dalton cuts loose at the latest Odd Fellows Dance. There will be a dance on Wednesday July 4 to benefit the Community Giving Fund. Wednesday, July 4 from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30
Carl Buttke Paintings at Artworks
Carl Buttke with his painting, one of the "Reflection Series" that will be featured at the Orcas Artworks through the month of July. The Orcas Island Artworks will feature watercolors by Carl Buttke
Tepley’s Artwork Celebrates Roundness
Judy Tepley with a ball from her signature artwork Roundness everywhere you look. Judy Tepley's balls are the featured works of art Washington Federal Bank through the month of July. Tepley has titled
This Weekend: The Calm Before the Glorious 4th?
Friday, June 29 The Mobile Dental Clinic returns to the Orcas Island Community Church, June 29 and 30. The Clinic will provide free care to qualifying community members. Applications are available on line at www.oicf.us
Tony Lee as Einstein at The Grange
July 6-7, July 13-15, 7:30 p.m. at The Grange The Actors Theater of Orcas Island announces five performances of a fully staged reading of the one-man play "Einstein: A Stage Portrait" with local actor Tony
Orcas Man Rescued by Emergency Responders
By Kevin K. O’Brien, Fire Chief/CEO Orcas Island Fire and Rescue On Thursday, June 28, 2012 Orcas Island fire and Rescue was dispatched to a report of a missing adult male who had been missing
Mozart’s Don Giovanni: Opera’s Ultimate Anti-Hero
Mozart's creation, Don Giovanni, regales the ladies THE MET: LIVE IN HD’s third opera of the summer Encore Series is Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, airing at Orcas Center on Friday, July
Local Writer and Artist Release e-Book
Six Inches Tall by Skip Snaith, and illustrated by Tina Rose. What would you do if you suddenly found that you were only six inches tall? That's the premise of the new digital
County Auditor Releases 2011 Annual Report
From County Auditor Milene Henley San Juan County Auditor Milene Henley has announced the publication of an annual financial report for the County for fiscal year 2011. The County has always prepared an annual report
