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
Funhouse Commons Releases Request for Remodel Bids
-- from Krista Bouchey -- Request for Qualifications – Remodel General Contractors (Negotiated Bid Process) Owner: Children’s Discovery Foundation DBA Funhouse Commons James Cook, Project Manager PO Box 204 Eastsound, WA. 98245 757-377-3621 / jkccook@yahoo.com
Guest Opinion | Viability of Medical Practices on Orcas Island
-- from Paul Kamin -- Dr. Russell and Dr. Shinstrom have both been part of Orcas Medical Center, and subsequently chosen to practice medicine separate from the Orcas Medical Foundation. Both have been operating their
Flashmob Surprises, Honors Midwife at Enzo’s
-- from Kathi Ciskowski -- An Orcas flashmob gather at the Village Green to honor Melinda Milligan, retiring midwife. Melinda Milligan was peacefully enjoying a visit with her friend, Artha Kass (who knew
Separating Sewer from Water (Bill)
-- from Paul Kamin -- Every month, Eastsound Water Users Association, (EWUA or “Eastsound Water”) and Eastsound Sewer and Water District (ESWD or Eastsound Sewer) receive payments intended for each other. Folks send the Sewer
What is Your Vision for Future of Eastsound?
-- from Fred Klein -- How important is the future of Eastsound to you…?… What will it be like in twenty years?... And what role would you like to play in answering that question? How
Pertussis Update and Preparing for the Holiday Travel Season
-- from San Juan County Communications -- With the three recent pertussis, or whooping cough, cases in San Juan County, and with the holiday travel season upon us, now is a good time to review
Guest Opinion | Medical Future on Orcas Island
-- from Tony Giefer, M.D. -- Much of what has been written or placed online recently about the medical issues facing Orcas Island has been misinformed or plainly false. As Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan said
Snow, Cold, Library Work Continues on Schedule
-- from the Orcas Island Library -- Orcas Island Public Library continues expansion project Framing: The majority of the framing was estimated to be complete last week. Additional miscellaneous areas will be completed
Guest Opinion | OMF/UW Medicine Q&A (Part 2)
– from Orcas Medical Foundation (OMF) – This is the second in a series of answers to frequently asked questions about the OMF/UW Medicine plan to have a UW Neighborhood Clinic on Orcas Island. The
Health Care on Orcas: A Call to Action
-- from Adaline Adams, BJ Arnold, Dick Arnold, Carol Boring, Dale Heisinger, JoEllen Moldoff, Patsy Stephens, Stu Stephens -- A small group met to consider the question: How can the health needs of Orcas Island best
Immigration Rights Talk on Lopez
Wednesday, Dec. 14 on Lopez, 160 Village Rd -- from Eleanor Hoague -- Daniel Perez from the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project will give a talk in Spanish called "Know Your Rights" next Wednesday, December 14th
Farm to Cafeteria Program in November
--from Ashley Randall -- K-5th Farm to Classroom: During the first week of November, we met local botanist, Madrona Murphy, and her favorite plant, Great Camas. We explored the plants relationship to the Native Salish
Fill the Holidays with Art: Ballet, Theatre, Opera
-- from Susannah Weaver for Orcas Center -- Celebrate the season at Orcas Center with the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema’s beloved holiday favorite The Nutcracker; partake in world-class drama in England’s Nation Theatre production of
Celebrate your Holidays with Choral Society Concert
Saturday evening & Sunday afternoon, December 10 & 11, Orcas Center -- from Lynn Baker -- Whether the holidays to you mean on with the snow, Santa’s coming, the Festival of Lights, or the Christ
Who Needs Kids? Tech Workshops Are Here
Have lingering questions and nagging doubts about how to use new technologies? Don't be bugging your kids for tech help or moaning that you never had kids to keep you current. Instead, bring your computers,
Letter to Editor | Examining the Background to Current Medical Quandary
-- from David Shinstrom, M.D. -- I would like to take this opportunity to respond to several requests I have received to present the history of my time here on Orcas and how we have
