Here’s a thought…
“The future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.”
WILLIAM GIBSON
Orcas Key Club Gathers Stuffed Animals for Children’s Hospital
-- from Haley Moss for Orcas Key Club -- This past month, Key Club [at Orcas School District] has been extra busy. To benefit the patients at Children’s Hospital in Seattle, Orcas Island students put on a Stuffed Animal Drive. For two weeks in May, Key Club put boxes in the
OICF Hosts Nonprofit Workshop and Webinars
-- from Kate Long for Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF)-- As part of our capacity building efforts, OICF has three upcoming workshops/webinars, including an all-day event with Susan Howlett on fundraising. Howlett writes about her workshop, “You’re doing important work and you’re doing it well, but you could use more
Orcas Voices from Orcas History
--by Margie Doyle -- [metaslider id=52595] Terri Vinson, left, and her grandmother Edrie Vinson, confer at the Orcas Historical Museum's 2015 annual meeting. Photo courtesy Margot Shaw Years of recorded oral history seemed to languish unnoticed at the Orcas Historical Museum, but then Edrie Vinson set her granddaughter
Letter to the Editor: Support Resistance to Fossil Fuels
-- from Sharon Abreu -- This week, Mike [Hurwicz] and I and a few others from the San Juan Islands will be joining a 4-day walk in British Columbia, through the territories of the Lekwungen (Songhees and Xwsepsum/Esquimalt), W̱SÁNEĆ, səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Coast and Straits Salish
Education Auction Will Include a Bit of History
Saturday, June 3, 5:30 p.m., Four Winds Camp -- from Janet Brownell for Orcas Island Education Foundation -- Just a reminder that the Orcas Island Education Foundation’s (OIEF) annual fundraiser is June 3, 5:30 at Four Winds Camp. Dinner will be provided by the Orcas Village Store. And there will
All in One Day’s Work: NAS Whidbey Conducts Two Rescues
-- from Marcie West for Whidbey Naval Air Station -- A NAS Whidbey Island Search and Rescue crewmember is lowered down to two snowmobilers trapped on Mount Baker, May 21. It was the second rescue conducted by NAS Whidbey Island's SAR that day, ninth of 2017. A Search
Guest Column | Tar-Sands Threat to Northwest Waters
-- by Michael Riordan for Sightline -- This article is part of the series "The Risk of Northwest Oil Spills" Every week another barge or tanker traverses the narrow straits through the San Juan Islands north of Seattle, bearing a cargo of tar-sands crude or other heavy oils from Canada,
Local Author Robert Dash to Launch “On an Acre Shy of Eternity”
Wednesday, May 24, 6:30 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Michael Riordan for Orcas Currents -- Author and photographer Robert Dash takes nature exploration to new levels in his book On An Acre Shy of Eternity, to be published in June by Hyla Press. On May 24 he will launch this
American Legion to Observe Memorial Day with the Public
-- from Judi Resch -- The American Legion will be honoring Memorial Day at a ceremony to be held at 11 a.m. at the Olga Cemetery on Monday, May 29. The public is invited to the Post home immediately following the ceremony to see the outstanding veterans display.
Pets on Parade For 27th Year
-- from Vala Ross -- Kaleidoscope's 27th Annual Pet Parade is slated to trout out to the streets of Eastsound this Saturday, May 27 at 11 a.m. Registration begins at 10 a.m. at Orcas Island School, with judging at 10:45 a.m. Registration is by donation. Sponsors have put forward the
Public Historian Describes “Washington at War”
The Orcas Island Library and Humanities Washington invite the community to an engaging conversation with Public Historian Lorraine McConaghy. This free event takes place Thursday, May 25 at Orcas Island Community Church 176 Madrona St, Eastsound, WA 98245. One-hundred years ago in 1917, the US entered The Great War to
Orcas Community Resource Center Moving to New Location
-- from Jana Webb for Orcas Community Resource Center -- Our new office space is moving to 374A North Beach Rd. The entrance will be facing North Beach Road at the end of the courtyard in the lovely two-story red building. We will be closed Monday, May 29 for Memorial
Local Company Awarded Best-Eco Adventure Tour in Pacific Northwest
-- from Brittany Preischel for San Juan Safaris Whale Watch & Wildlife Tours -- For the second year in a row, San Juan Safaris Whale Watch & Wildlife Tours was voted Best Eco-Adventure in the Pacific Northwest by Seattle King 5 and voters in their annual “Best of Pacific Northwest
County Shellfish Harvesting Areas Show Exceptional Water Quality
-- from San Juan County Communications -- An annual evaluation of water quality found that all eight commercial harvesting areas in San Juan County showed exceptional water quality, resulting in no County closures. In contrast, statewide this year, six of the 105 commercial harvesting areas were closed and 16 additional
EMERGENCE Exhibit Will Feature First Nation Artists
-- from Diane Martindale for San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- Thunderbird Portrait Mask by Art Thompson EMERGENCE is the exhibition of First Nation Legendary & Emerging Artists that will run through Labor Day. In this exhibition, voices of First Nation ancestors speak through the work of a
Give Orcas 2017 Achieves Full Funding
Thursday, May 25, 3 - 5 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Hilary Canty for Orcas Island Community Foundation -- For the very first time every proposal submitted to the Give Orcas Grant Catalog will be fully funded. The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) is grateful to all who contributed to
