Here’s a thought…
“Peace is not something we ask for — it’s something we practice, together.”
WALK FOR PEACE
OPAL Annual Meeting Features Film, Potluck
Tuesday, April 25, 5 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall -- from Eros Belliveau -- Please join OPAL on Tuesday, Apr. 25 for our annual meeting. We’ll hold a brief business meeting starting at 5 p.m. The meeting will be followed by a screening of the documentary film. After the Film "Arc
Orkila Launches First Annual Kids Spring ROAR
Sunday, April 23, 1 p.m., Camp Orkila -- from Jared Larson -- Our Kids Spring ROAR is a Rogue Obstacle Adventure Race that combines the elements of mud, water, color and obstacles - including a cargo net crawl and at least one massive mud pit. This event is a great
Orkila Launches First Annual Kids Spring ROAR
Sunday, April 23, 1 p.m., Camp Orkila -- from Jared Larson -- Our Kids Spring ROAR is a Rogue Obstacle Adventure Race that combines the elements of mud, water, color and obstacles - including a cargo net crawl and at least one massive mud pit. This event is a great
Orkila Launches First Annual Kids Spring ROAR
Sunday, April 23, 1 p.m., Camp Orkila -- from Jared Larson -- Our Kids Spring ROAR is a Rogue Obstacle Adventure Race that combines the elements of mud, water, color and obstacles - including a cargo net crawl and at least one massive mud pit. This event is a great
Letter to Editor | Your Contribution to American Legion Scholarship Fund is Needed
-- from Judi Resch -- Each year, at this time, we reach out to the community (businesses and individuals) requesting a contribution of $25 for the continued funding of the scholarships. We will post an 8” x 10” poster, acknowledging each individual contributor and an 8” x 10” ad for
Montessori Announces Summer, Fall Programs
-- from Teresa Chocano -- Orcas Montessori School (OMS) will be offering its annual summer program for children ages 3 ½ through 7. Summer program activities include art, music, Spanish, cooking, nature study, and lots of outdoor play time. The summer program will run Monday through Thursdays, June 26 through
April Poetry | When I Saw Marguerite Gardening
When I Saw Marguerite Gardening -- David Kobrin -- When I saw Marguerite gardening bent on the walk weeds that colonize, pulled that explode with seed, pulled hands busy (while she talked) placing miniatures patting down moss; Marguerite in the shadow of the sun content with her vision. Her handiwork,
Lions Club Easter Eggstravaganza Coming to Cascade Lake
Saturday, April 15, 10 a.m., Cascade Lake -- from Don Webster -- On Saturday, Apr. 15 at 10 a.m. sharp the Orcas Island Lions Club will hold our annual Easter Egg Hunt. This free Eggstravaganza will take place at the Cascade Lake Day Use Area of Moran State Park. Apr. 15
Funhouse Has Lots to Sell in Rummage Sale
Saturday, April 15, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Funhouse Commons -- from Krista Bouchey -- The Funhouse has lots to sell at the upcoming Rummage Sale on Saturday, Apr. 15. Items include: audio/video equipment, books, Xboxes, Wiis, clothing, craft supplies, household items, pictures, picture frames, toys, and much, much more! Stop
Healthy Soil Topic at Next Garden Club Meet
Wednesday, April 19, 10 a.m., Orcas Center -- from Vanessa Julian -- Good soil is an important ingredient in the recipe for strong, healthy plants. Dr. Craig Cogger, a soil scientist from WSU will be at the Orcas Center at 10 a.m. on Apr. 19 to join the Garden Club
Guest Opinion | Whale Watching Endangers Our Orca
-- from Janet Thomas -- The public comment deadline for supporting a protection zone for our Southern Resident orca whales is Apr. 13. The Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) are facing extinction. The science is irrefutable--the whales need to be able to access the food that is available and the
Bolshoi Ballet’s “A Hero of Our Time” at Orcas Center – CANCELLED
Saturday, April 15, 6:30 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Susannah Weaver -- The Bolshoi Ballet brings "A Hero Of Our Time" from the Moscow stage to Orcas Center in cinema on Saturday, Apr. 15, 6:30 pm. Join us for a ballet of passionate interludes accompanied by a score of lament
Donate Items for Granny’s Attic Sale
-- from Arron Redford for the Senior Center -- Spring is on the doorstep and it’s time to clean out the attic! Once again the Orcas Island Senior Center is collecting donations of interesting and unique items of value for our annual Granny’s Attic rummage sale, to be held on
April Poetry | pan·e·gyr·ic
pan·e·gyr·ic -- Leif -- Bread: in complexity and difference, small discoveries. Not lovingly handled warm, breastlike, beautiful softly powdered, rising lump of goodness more like Children. sticky unpleasant unruly and wet flour wants to become bread any way keep away keep an eye out. Both. sometimes caress It knows the
Survivability Group to Talk About Cancer
Thursday, April 13, 5 p.m., Orcas Community Church -- from Sue Lewis -- Cancer. The one word no one wants to talk about. If you were recently given this unexpected diagnosis, the last thing you might want to do is talk about it. Then it would become frighteningly more real.
Farm to Classroom Expands Students’ Knowledge of Edible Plants
-- from Ashley Randall -- During the month of March, the sun began to shine brighter on our school garden. With spring on our minds, we tested our knowledge of edible and medicinal herbs by playing a cooperative board game, developed a garden map, created teacups from clay, examined the
