Here’s a thought…
“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.”
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
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
Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee Meets
-- from Wes Heinmiller -- Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee Public Meeting Deer Harbor Fire Station #24 Public Meeting Room April 12, 2017 4 - 5:30 p.m. Chair: Call to order, Quorum, Minutes of last meeting. Chair will recognize public attendees. Members of the public are invited to participate in committee discussions.
Orcas Distillery Brings Home Medals
Charles West and Carie DeRuiter at 11th Annual Judging of Craft Spirits in Baltimore Maryland. -- from Charles West -- Orcas Island Distillery was awarded Best in Category Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals at the Award Ceremony for the 11th Annual Judging of Craft Spirits in Baltimore Maryland
State Approves County Shoreline Master Program
-- from Robert J. Fritzen, Department of Ecology -- On Apr. 5, 2017, the Department of Ecology (Ecology) approved, with changes, the San Juan County (County) Shoreline Master Program (SMP). The SMP includes goals, policies, regulations, shoreline environment designations, and administrative processes and definitions. During its formal review process, Ecology
Rally and Solutions Fair as Salish Sea Stands for Climate Action
Saturday, April 29, 12 - 1:30 p.m., San Juan County Courthouse Steps -- from Katie Fleming -- Join your community on Saturday, Apr. 29 in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island in solidarity with Climate Movement marches throughout the world. The People’s Climate Movement and Mobilization is part of a larger
April Poetry | Crows’ Skin
Crows’ Skin -- Samuel Webster -- this morning I woke up with my crows’ skin on kyrie, eleison I shall find my father now whose soul took flight christe, eleison or my friend who took his life no longer lonely now kyrie, eleison my dance-away lover crushed in a car
New Video Highlights How Healthy Shorelines Can Adjust to Rising Seas
-- from Katie Fleming -- Sea level rise and climate change: they’re what coastal communities around the globe are increasingly talking about and feeling the impacts of. Forward-thinking individuals and governments are taking steps to prepare. In San Juan County, the most likely impacts associated with sea level rise are
Jackpot Bingo Winner Shares With Community
-- from Mindy Sonshine -- Before 9-year-old Chase Connell ventured into a Bingo hall for the first time, on Thursday night, Apr. 6 at the local American Legion, he made a deal with his sister and another friend that he would split the prize with them if he happened to win. Little did
Just Another Leg of the Journey
-- from Rosie Kuhn -- A young individual new to the world may come to perceive that there is only one long leg on the journey of life. As one proceeds, they will most likely come upon unexpected and unruly twists, turns, and roundabouts, which in the moment seems impossible
