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
Islands Museum of Art To Give People’s Choice Awards
-- from Diane Martindale for San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- [metaslider id=40591] The clock is ticking and time running out to vote for your favorite art now showing at the San Juan Islands
Letter to the Editor: Thank You to Orcas Center for Providing Incredible Opportunity
-- from Rachel Brewer, OIHS ‘16 -- Last Thursday evening the Orcas Center screened the National Theatre Live’s production of "Hamlet" with Benedict Cumberbatch in the eponymous role. The public high school’s AP English class
What’s This “Flat Lance” Stuff?
-- from Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce -- If you are on Facebook you may have spotted the "Flat Lance" campaign from the Orcas Island Community Foundation. It's all in support of the Foundation's 2015
One More Time: Meetings Closed, Canceled, Rescheduled
-- from Ingrid Gabriel, San Juan County Council Clerk -- As you may know, the SJC Council continued the Public Hearing on the Eastsound Subarea plan to Friday, December 11 (see below). The ferry breakdown
Council Reduces Solid Waste Tax
-- by Margie Doyle -- On Monday, Dec. 7, San Juan County Council voted to reduce the solid waste tax for San Juan and Orcas Islands, and possibly Shaw Island, by 1.5%. (The three main
Subarea Plan Public Hearing Continued to Friday
---from Ingrid Gabriel, County Council Clerk-- A Special Meeting for the San Juan County Council has been rescheduled for Friday, Dec. 11, 2015 from 10:30 AM until 3:00 PM at Eastsound Fire Station, 45 Lavender
ATOI Auditions Rescheduled
Tuesday, December 8 and Wednesday, December 9, 7 pm, The Grange -- from Doug Bechtel -- Thursdays audition went well; then the weather caught up with us. We did have several hardy souls who auditioned
Special Meeting Still On in Eastsound
SJC COUNCIL TUESDAY SPECIAL MEETING ON ORCAS ISLAND Tuesday, Dec 8 from 10:30 AM until 3:00 PM Location: Eastsound Fire Station, 45 Lavender Lane, Orcas Island Description: The SJC Council SPECIAL MEETING on Orcas Island
Libby Cook Recovering; Will Need a Little Help from Friends
-- by Rebecca Cook -- Libby Cook last summer in Inderøy, Norway Libby had a ‘blister aneurism.’ Minuscule but in her case potentially deadly. She had two falls last Wednesday (the day before
OPALCO Crews Work Around the Clock Rebuilding Storm-Damaged Lines
-- from Theresa Haynie for OPALCO -- Editor's Note: Power was restored to Eastsound residences about 11 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 7] OPALCO crews responded to a report of a tree on lines on Shaw
Special Library Meet on Expansion
-- from Mary Pugh -- The Orcas Island Library Board will have a Special Board Meeting, Wednesday December 9 at 9 a.m. to discuss the building expansion project. The meeting is open to the public.
Welcome to the World, Baby Orca
-- from the Center for Whale Research -- Another blessed event for the Southern Resident Killer Whales L103 has a new calf! Yesterday [Dec. 5] we just confirmed the seventh new calf in
Aflame with Passion
-- from Artha Kass -- If you were one of the lucky ones, you experienced the spectacular Benedict Cumberbatch in National Theatre Live’s dazzling production of Hamlet last Thursday evening at Orcas Center. This Thursday,
Orcas Choral Society Concert Will Celebrate Our Longest Nights
Saturday Dec. 5 at Orcas Center; Sunday Dec. 6 at Lopez Center -- from Lynn Baker for the Orcas Choral Society -- The Orcas Choral Society present "Nightfall" on Orcas Dec. 5 and on
Happy Birthday Dear Grange…
-- from Carol Owen -- It was on this date in 1867 that Oliver Hudson Kelley founded the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, also known as The Grange. It's the oldest national agricultural advocacy
Thank You — Senior Center’s Holiday Festival an Encore Hit
Arron Redford and Jami Mitchell tell Santa and Mrs. Claus that they've been very, VERY good at the Senior Center -- from Arron Redford, Senior Center Manager-- On Nov. 28, the Senior Center
