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“Peace is not something we ask for — it’s something we practice, together.”
WALK FOR PEACE
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 career choice has been a great transition for him and his young family. He is
How Are We Doing? A Tale of Two Trends for Second Quarter 2017
-- from County Auditor F. Milene Henley -- It is the best of times, it is the worst of times, it is the season of light, it is the season of darkness, it is the spring of hope, it is the winter of despair. Out of respect for Charles Dickens,
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 starts September 18th and there is still time to register. It’s not too late. Interested
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 some of the thousands of Atlantic salmon escapees that fled a Cooke Aquaculture fish farm
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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 future developments of those issues. We're not just Hit-and-Run Journalism. And even we are amazed
Letter to Editor | Please Don’t Build in April’s Grove
-- from Domenic Verbano -- Please don't build in April's Grove. Affordable housing is a must, but do we have to knock down one of the last stands of mature fir and madrona trees in Eastsound to build it? I don't know why Opal hasn't [taken] this into consideration: 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 to establish the first come, first serve rule which silently regulates the cultural understanding of
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 the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA). Four Forests: Walking and Drawing will be
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 special school board meeting to develop the OISD (Orcas Island School District) Strategic Plan on
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 a Cooke Aquaculture fish farm near Cypress Island. Lummi fishers out for chinook on Sunday
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 part of the sun, depending on where one is viewing it from. According to NASA,
NAS Whidbey Conducted Two Rescues on Saturday
-- from Mike Welding for NAS Whidbey -- A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island conducted two rescues on Saturday, August 19, 2017. The first rescue was on Mt. Baker in the Cascades, the second in the Olympic National Forest. Saturday afternoon, NAS Whidbey
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 the gathering at the Village Green with their musical blending of traditional with irreverence, editorializing
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 ready our campus for our largest event of the year – OHS graduation. John migrated
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 -- "Moulin Rouge" in 2014, "Across the Universe" in 2015, and "Rock of Orcas" this
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 turned to ash? Join Katrina Spade as she discusses "recomposition" -- a system that uses
