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
One Night Only for JP and OK Rhythm Boys
Saturday, March 19, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Random Howse -- from Anita Orne -- Catch them while you can! JP and the OK Rhythm Boys will be playing on Orcas Island for one night only,
Ferries Change “Arrival Window” Policy
Spring Schedule Starts this Sunday -- by Margie Doyle -- Starting March 20 there will be a change of Washington State Ferries (WSF) policy re the time when reservation holders are to arrive at the
Letter to Editor: Thanks for Marine Science Lecture Support
-- from Jean Lyle for the SeaDoc Society and Haley Winchell for YMCA Camp Orkila -- The SeaDoc Society and YMCA Camp Orkila would like to give a BIG shout of gratitude to the businesses
Sibling Rivalry Erupts Like a Volcano
March 17-19, 24-26, 7:30 p.m., OffCenter Stage -- from Artha Kass -- Brothers--the good boy and the outlaw--square off in director Robert Hall’s (Miracle Worker) volatile and often funny production of Pulitzer Prize finalist Sam Shepard’s True
Hearts and Hands Schedules Potluck Meeting
Thursday, March 24, 4 p.m., Senior Center -- from Didier Gincig -- There will be a Hearts and Hands Potluck Meeting March 24 at 4:00 at the Senior Center. This will be open to volunteers who have
Online Auction Starts for The Concerto Project
Online Auction with Orcas Island Theme Begins March 15 -- from Susan McBain, for The Concerto Project -- Mount Baker Farm has facilities already in place to start up the Concerto Project's two-year residential
Orcas Fire Chief Placed on Administrative Leave
-- by Lin McNulty -- Following an executive session of the Board of Fire Commissioners today, it was announced that Fire Chief Mik Preysz has been placed on administrative leave while OIFR conducts an administrative
Join Orcas’ Historic St. Patrick’s Day Parade
-- from Tony Lee -- [metaslider id=42030] Don't forget to join us Thursday, March 17, at noon in Eastsound for the St. Patrick's Day parade. We meet at Island Market parking lot at 11:30 am.
Salmonberry Students Set Sail
-- by Captain Ryan D. Downs, Master, S/V Carlyn -- [metaslider id=42424] On Thursday, February 25, Emmy Gran and Shawn McKee's first, second, and third grade from Salmonberry School classes came sailing with my crew
Orcas Voices – March, the Lion, the Lamb
-- by Sally Buchanan -- The month of March is tricky. Apparently it always has been. Weather records from centuries past report its fickleness. It is the month of the spring equinox in the northern
Register for Turtleback March this Sunday
Sunday, March 20, 1 p.m. sharp, Turtleback Mountain Preserve -- from Tanja Williamson -- Welcome Spring! The San Juan County Land Bank and Orcas Island Youth Conservation Corps invite you to the second annual MARCH TURTLEBACK
Editorial: A Break from Normal is Over
--by Margie Doyle-- Yes, we've had a break from normal with wild winds, high seas and power outages over the past few days. And Orcas Issues also experienced a major break from our normal 24/7
Letter to the Editor: TEDxOrcas’s Success Shared by Islanders
-- from Gretchen Krampf for TEDxOrcasIsland -- When the Design Team for TEDxOrcasIsland decided on the theme for our 2016 event, we reached out to Corey Wiscomb, a design and art teacher at Orcas High
How Plants Work
Wednesday, March 16 at 10 a.m. at the Orcas Center -- by Jan Jacobson -- Linda Chalker-Scott brings the stranger-than-fiction science of the plant world to vivid life in her new book "How Plants Work." By
Letter to the Editor: Thanks to All Participants in the MAG Concert
-- from The Board of the Music Advocacy Group -- We want to thank everyone who was part of the MAG concert on Sunday, March 6, and helped us raise money to support the music
Robert Hall Explores Family Discord in True West
-- by Margie Doyle -- Director Robert Hall is crafting a unique interpretation of the Sam Shepherd play, "True West" for Orcas audiences to enjoy the last two weekends of this month. When original plans
