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
Reminder: Community Foundation Presents Medical Providers Roundtable
Thursday, March 29, 5 - 6:30 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Kate Long for Orcas Community Foundation -- The Orcas Island Community Foundation presents a Medical Providers Roundtable on Thursday, March 29, from 5 -
Peace Island Medical Center Featured in Case Study
-- from Hilary Andrade for PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center -- The telepsychiatry program at PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center was recently featured in a case study for the March 2018 publication of the American Hospital Association’s
Letter to Editor | Boteler Brings Experience, Intelligence, Responsiveness
-- from Lance Evans and Janet Brownell -- With strong encouragement we ask you to vote for Diane Boteler for Public Hospital Commissioner #4. First, let us say that we are impressed with all of
Supreme Court Justice Stevens Calls for Repeal of 2nd Amendment
-- by John Paul Stevens in the New York Times -- Rarely in my lifetime have I seen the type of civic engagement schoolchildren and their supporters demonstrated in Washington and other major cities throughout
Letter to Editor | In Support of Art Lange for PHD Commissioner
-- from Ed and Kristen Wilson -- After 27 years on Orcas Island, watching Art Lange work with multiple non-profit organizations and governing boards, we can say without hesitation that Art is the hardest working, most
Letter to the Editor: “Billy Elliot” Gets a Community “Wow!
-- by Annie Moss Moore -- Not much of a letter writer, but wow. A big hug to everyone involved with Billy Elliot! All the emotion of real, human experience of gain and loss bound
Letter to the Editor: Fire Commissioners Revise Public Information Policies
-- by Pierrette Guimond, a concerned citizen -- The Community voted to increase the Board to five Commissioners and I was supportive of that process. The Commissioners elected by the people, represent the people and
“Silks” to Explore Connections at Orcas Center
Island Aerial Acrobatic kids Island Aerial Acrobatics will appear on Orcas Center's Main Stage in "Connections" on March 30 and 31. The show will include some 80 students of Maria Bullock, who began
Learn East Coast Swing at Community Dance Class
Monday, April 2, 7 - 9 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall -- from Bill Gincig -- Local Instructors are again offering their community dance class on Monday, April 2, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Artsmith Salon at Darvill’s: Essays and Poetry
-- from Jill Johnson for Artsmith -- Essays by Stephen Corey, who will read at Darvill's Bookstore on Tuesday, March 27 In a rare west coast visit, author Stephen Corey will read this
Letter to Editor | Vote in Favor of Hospital District
-- from David Turnoy -- Both Friday Harbor and Lopez Island have public hospital districts. They have realized that the only way to financially support rural medical care is through a tax. Here on Orcas, many
Orcas Center Reviews its Year at Annual Membership Meeting
-- by Margie Doyle -- Orcas Center was the scene of an information-packed annual meeting with many new announcements and forthright explanations on Sunday, March 11. Outgoing Board President Tom Fiscus welcomed about 80 members
Letter to Editor | Art Lange, Diane Boteler Are Our Choices
-- from Melinda Milligan (CNM) and Dave Zoeller (Paramedic) -- As long–time residents of Orcas, and as medical providers (midwife and paramedic) for many of those years, we feel that the proposed hospital district is
Poem: Speech to the Young
Speech to the Young. Speech to the Progress-Toward. Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, “Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.” You
Japanese Textile Artist to Come to Orcas Island
Saturday March 31 at 1 PM, Mandala Yoga Studio -- from Susan Osborn -- Attention all lovers of things natural, comfy and beautiful! I have always loved beautiful fabrics and everywhere I traveled sought out
Flotsam and Jetsam: Island Springs
-- by Maurice Austin -- No, they’re not the source of that particular noise that develops in your Camry’s front end after too many trips up and down that pothole breeding factory you call a
