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
Adey Bell Brings Her One Woman Show to Orcas Center
Saturday, August 26, 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Jesse Boleyn -- Following two successful concerts presented this summer at Orcas Center for the Performing Arts, venerable songwriter Jesse Boleyn is proud to invite to
Fire Commissioners Review Wildland Fires, Overlapping Calls — and Taxes
(picture courtesy OIFR of Minnow Creek Fire, July 2017) -- by Susan McBain and Margie Doyle -- At their regular meeting on Monday, Aug. 21, Orcas Island Fire and Rescue (OIFR) Commissioners heard progress reports
Join End of Season Eastsound Art Walk
Thursday, August 24 starting at 5 p.m. in Eastsound Village -- from Michele Wiley -- The final Art Walk of the 2017 season takes place Thursday evening, Aug. 24, beginning at 5 p.m.
New Math Teacher Joins School Staff
-- from Cathy Ferran for Orcas School District -- Meet our new OIHS Math Teacher, Ryan Kennedy. Ryan “has always wanted to teach”, however, life and careers took him in other directions first. This latest
Skagit Valley College SJ Open After Summer Break
-- from Arden Ainley, Chief Public Information Officer -- Skagit Valley College San Juan Center is now open after the summer break. Regular hours are Monday through Thursday from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm. Fall Quarter
Lummis Debate Responsibility for Atlantic Salmon Release
-- by Mark Yuasa from Crosscut.com -- Atlantic Salmon released from Deepwater Bay. photo courtesy US Fish and Wildlife Service Lummi Tribal fishermen fishing near Samish south of Bellingham Bay have already reported catching
Don’t Miss the News!
Here at OIHQ (Orcas Issues Head Quarters) we are immersed in the daily news and local opinions about issues that affect us directly, everyday -- and about the background that shaped those issues and the
Guest Opinion: Free to Be Regulated
-- by Joe Symons -- As I sit waiting for my ferry, I notice the white lines marking the lanes. Why were they painted? Surely to help guide the traffic, to provide an orderly means
Walking and Drawing Class Upcoming
-- from Diane Martindale for SJI Museum of Art -- Cosmos Beach by Joe Miller A rare opportunity to take a workshop with the talented and incomparable Joe Miller is being offered by
School Board Schedules Two Back to Back Meetings
Special Meeting: Thursday, August 24, 3 p.m., School Library Regular Meeting: Thursday, August 24, 5 p.m., School Library -- from Cathy Ferran for Orcas School District -- Orcas Island School Board will convene in a
Eclipse Aftermath: Farmed Atlantic Salmon Released near Cypress Island
-- by Lynda V. Mapes from the Seattle Times It’s open season on Atlantic salmon as the public is urged to help mop up a salmon spill from an imploded net holding 305,000 fish at
Islanders Share Eclipse Viewing at Library
-- by Ayn Gailey -- [metaslider id=54653] Today the Universe treated us to a total eclipse of the sun, an event in which the moon passes between the sun and earth and blocks all or
Tow Away Zone Coming to Village Green
Sunday, August 27, 5 p.m., Village Green -- from Tish Knapp -- Sunday afternoon, the 27th, at 5:00 in the afternoon the Tow Away Zone or TAZ, as they are more commonly known, will entertain
New Face Joins School Maintenance Crew
-- from Cathy Ferran for Orcas School District -- OISD welcomes John Pacasum. John was hired just before the end of the school year to work in OISD Maintenance, and just in time to help
Enzo Thixton Soars in Silks
-- by Margie Doyle -- Enzo Thixton performing in Purple Rain, photo by Steve Smith [metaslider id=54640] Those of us who've been to Grace McCune/Jake Perrine's productions of rock extravaganzas in recent years
TED Speaker Katrina Spade at Emmanuel Parish Hall
Tuesday, August 29 at 6:30 p.m., Emmanuel Parish Hall -- from Gretchen Krampf for Orcasong -- What if our bodies could help grow new life after we die, instead of being embalmed and buried or
