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.”
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New State Budget: Cut Social Services; Tax DIY Tobacco Smokers; Delay Local Payments
State saves over $200 million by temporary hold on sending tax revenues back to localities where they're collected From the Olympian.com By Rachel La Corte of the Associated Press Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday [April 12]
Chamber Music Festival Makes Music Education Fun!
From the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival There will be music and dancing when popular music educator Rachel Buchman returns to Orcas to visit pre-school students April 26 – May 1. She’ll
Habitat Restoration Opportunities Abound on Orcas
Sound Stewardship Training Begins at Earth Day Work Party on April 21 By Rachel Benbrook Hundreds of volunteers from all over Puget Sound have learned about nearshore habitat restoration and volunteer management through People
Reclaiming the Concrete Wilderness: a Lesson from Seattle
From Crosscut.com and Green Acre Radio By Martha Baskin As spring turns a warm corner, there’s no better place to experience it than a wetland, alive with swallows and the chorus of frogs. One wetland,
April Poetry: Have Something Left
In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to offer daily poetry during April. Have Something Left Could use a skull like
The Weekend — Lots to Do and Places to Be
Friday, April 13 'Safety Not Guaranteed,' World Premiere independent film, a Sundance Film Festival 2012 Screenwriter Award Winner! At the Orcas Center Local food will be provided by The Kitchen and includes a full bar
New Funhouse Commons Events Start Next Week
SAT Prep Class This class is for students preparing for the May 5 or June 2 SAT Test. April 24, 26, May 1 & 3. 5 - 6 p.m. Call 376-7177 to register. Spring Soccer
Guest Editorial: Coal Terminal Threatens Marine Life
By Jan Ehrlichman, Mark Mayer, Donna Riordan and Michael Riordan Goldman Sachs, SSA Marine, Peabody Coal and BNSF Railway are plotting to build a huge port facility near Orcas that would ship coal
Japanese Flower Arranging (Ikebana): Spring Season Begins
By Joan Stamm The Spring Ikebana class will begin Saturday, April 21 at 2 p.m., and will also meet on Wednesday April 25tat 1 p.m. Class meets regularly April through October. Beginners are
April Poetry: Dead Reckoning
In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to offer daily poetry during April. Dead Reckoning The sea was calm when first
Next Session Last for Proposed Charter Changes
From the San Juan County Charter Review Commission Outreach Committee The next meeting of the San Juan County Charter Review Commission (CRC) is on Saturday April 14 at the Orcas Hotel from 8 a.m. to
Letter to the Editor: Thanks from a Grateful Food Bank
There has been concern that the Food Bank was in dire need of food items and funding, and the Board would like to apologize for what appeared to be empty shelves. In the course of
Verdi’s La Traviata Sings of the Working Girl
Verdi’s La Traviata streams from the Metropolitan Opera to Orcas Center on Sunday, April 15 French soprano Natalie Dessay, one of the world’s greatest singing actresses and the star of the Live in
April Poetry: cradle
cradle one day in the deepest place where the dark has smothered the young trees I kneeled and looked into the humus cradle and found under the moss quilt a sleeping newt belly the color
Tea Time and Flowered Bonnets at the Senior Center Tomorrow
The Orcas Island Senior Center invites the public to its monthly Tea Service at 2 p.m. in the Lundeen Room on Wednesday, April 11. The tables are decorated with pastel tablecloths, flowers and
April Poetry: Why I May Have to Kill Gerry & True North
In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to offer daily poetry during April. Why I May Have to Kill Gerry Did
