Here’s a thought…
“You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.”
JESSICA MITFORD
Superheroes Needed To Help Match Funhouse Grant
-- by Ayn Gailey -- Funhouse Commons staff and volunteers and the children they support gave a passionate presentation and request for Orcas community members to step up as part of their brand new "Superheroes For Super Kids" program and donate today to help them qualify for a $20k matching
Sheriff’s Report | May 17 – 23, 2017
-- from San Juan County Sheriff's Office -- May 17, 2017 17-002695 Boating Accident Injury 07:43:31 05/17/17 Lopez Island deputies along with Lopez Island Fire and EMS responded to a report of a sunken vessel off the south end of Lopez. All four subjects aboard were rescued by another nearby
Odd Fellows Host Flying Karamazov Brothers
Sunday May 28 at 7 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Hall in Eastsound -- by Margie Doyle -- The whacky, uproarious Flying Karamazov Brothers return to the Odd Fellows Hall on Orcas this Sunday, May 28 to what will surely be another sold-out family crowd. As usual their performance will
Local Responders Dispatched to Leavenworth Fire
-- from Brendan Cowan, San Juan County Emergency Management -- Three local agencies have sent response staff to support operations on the Spromberg Fire north of Leavenworth, WA. The blaze began in a massive pile of old logs and timber just off the Chumstick Highway mid-day on May 23. Given
Rowing Team to Hold Pizza Fundraiser
Wednesday, May 31, 5 - 7 p.m., Hogstone -- from Joe Thoron for Orcas Island Rowing Association -- The Orcas Island Rowing Association's annual pizza dinner fundraiser is May 31. Your meal includes hors d'oeuvres, pizza from Hogstone's oven, salad, and beverages. Open seating starting at 5pm. Tickets are $35
Meet & Greet: Soundwatch Coordinator & Team
Wednesday, May 31, 5 p.m., The Whale Museum -- from Jenny L. Atkinson for The Whale Museum -- A special “Soundwatch Meet & Greet” will be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31 at The Whale Museum. Please join us to meet our new Soundwatch Coordinator Sadie Youngstrom and the
OPALCO Crews Resolve Windstorm Power Outages
-- from Suzanne Olson for OPALCO -- Big winds hit the islands on Tuesday, May 23 leading to a number of power outages in the islands. The largest outage occurred on San Juan Island when a tree was blown into the transmission lines near the Pear Point substation where OPALCO’s
You’re Invited: Vote Counting Equipment Test
Thursday, June 8, 10 a.m., County Elections Office -- from Milene Henley, San Juan County Auditor -- Vote counting equipment testing on June 8th at 10:00 a.m. The upcoming August 1, 2017 primary election will have voters in the San Juan Island School District deciding on school board directors. There
ORS Rounds Final Bend in Funding New Exchange Building
-- by Margie Doyle -- Pete Moe, left, and Tim Blanchard, right, discuss the latest stage of fundraising for The Exchange Orcas Recycling Services/The Exchange (ORS) is oh-so-close to its fund-raising goal for the New Exchange -- just $5,000 short of their $245,000 goal. At a fundraising event
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,
