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
Explore New Zealand Bush at Garden Club Gathering
Wednesday, November 14, 10 a.m., Orcas Center -- from Helen Huber for Orcas Island Garden Club -- The Orcas Island Garden Club welcomes Dr. Linda Ann Vorobik, PhD botanist and botanical artist, who will present
Library Issues Call for 2019 Exhibit Artists
-- from Margaret Payne for Orcas Library -- In December 2017, the Orcas Island Public Library committed itself to support the visual arts on Orcas Island by inviting island artists to exhibit in the newly
Poetry for Our Times: Let Us Lift Our Lamps
-- by Emma Lazarus -- excerpted from "The New Colossus" Lady Liberty walks a tightrope --"a welcoming mother, a symbol of hope to the outcasts and downtrodden of the world.""Give me your tired, your
Letter to Editor | Big Thanks for Halloween Donations
-- from Laurie Michael -- I would like to say thank you to Islanders Bank, OPAL staff, Orcas Issues, Islands' Sounder, Bonnie Brae neighborhood and the community for helping with a fun filled, highly energetic
Orcas Island School District to Honor our Veterans
Tuesday, November 13, 8:45 a.m., Orcas School Cafeteria -- from Orcas Island School District -- The Orcas Island School District is proud to invite all community members, most especially veterans, to its Tuesday, November 13
A Poem for Our Times: Let America Be America Again
-- by Langston Hughes -- Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free.
Orca Recovery Day of Action on San Juan
Saturday, November 10, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., Jackson Beach on San Juan -- from Sarah Hanson for San Juan Conservation District -- On Saturday, November 10 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., an Orca
Time to Check In On Indian Island Health
Thursday, November 15, 5:30 p.m., Emmanuel Parish Hall -- from Russel Barsh for Kwiaht -- Kwiaht and community scientists of the Indian Island Marine Health Observatory invite the public to the ninth annual monitoring report
Local Kids Transform into Film Critics
-- from Jule Treneer for Orcas Island Film Festival -- In a first time collaboration between The Orcas Island Film Festival and The Orcas Island Lit Fest in association with Novel Lab, the Future Film
Film Review: Matangi / Maya / M.I.A
-- from Gray Gailey, OISD 8th Grader -- as part of the Orcas Island Film Fest/Orcas Island Lit Fest Collaboration In a first time collaboration between The Orcas Island Film Festival and The Orcas Island
Film Review: Saving Brinton
-- Review by OISD Students Isabella Evans, Moose Kinsey, and Cat Moore -- as part of the Orcas Island Film Fest/Orcas Island Lit Fest Collaboration In a first time collaboration between The Orcas Island Film
Health Care District Closing In on a 2019 Budget
-- by Susan McBain, Orcas Issues Reporter -- Next Tuesday, November 6, the commissioners of the Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) will finalize the District’s 2019 budget. Both a budget hearing and a levy
A Poem for Our Times: Election Day, November, 1884
-- by Walt Whitman -- If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show, ‘Twould not be you, Niagara—nor you, ye limitless prairies—nor your huge rifts of canyons, Colorado, Nor
Let’s Talk About Your Electric Co-op
Wednesday, November 14, 5:30 p.m., Eastsound OPALCO Office -- from Krista Bouchey for OPALCO -- Join the OPALCO board for town hall style listening sessions. Have some feedback to share with OPALCO leadership? Stop by
Community Invited to Talk Trash at Forum
Saturday, November 3, 2 - 5 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Pete Moe for Orcas Recycling Services -- Members of the Orcas Island community are invited to a forum: “Talking Trash - Imagining the Future
Daylight Savings Time Ends Tonight
-- by Lin McNulty, Managing Editor -- Perhaps tonight's time-switch is more of a blessing than usual. Who couldn't use an extra hour of sleep to escape current events? On Sunday morning, at 2 a.m.,
