Here’s a thought…
“Volunteering is at the very core of being a human. No one has made it through life without someone else’s help.”
HEATHER FRENCH HENRY
Six Business Resolutions for 2016 from SBA
-- from Nancy Porzio, District Director, Small Business Administration -- As we enter into the New Year, a lot of people focus on bettering themselves. More workouts and fewer vices are the usual focus of resolutions this time of year. But for business owners, here are some simple resolutions with your
Help Plan Eastsound’s Future at Public Meeting
-- by Margie Doyle -- The Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC) will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, Jan. 7 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall. Preceding the meeting, from 2:30 to 3 p.m., there will be a public workshop on “streetscape standards," which have
Montessori School Thanks the Community
-- from The Orcas Montessori School Families and Staff-- The families and staff of the Orcas Montessori School would like to sincerely thank everyone who generously supported our holiday wreath sale this year. The wreath sale is our second biggest fundraiser, and it benefits the school in a multitude of
NAS Whidbey Island SAR Rescues Woman Near Mount Baker
-- from Michael T. Welding, Public Affairs Officer -- Medical Technician Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) John Siedler secures an injured snowshoer into a rescue basket prior to hoisting her aboard NAS Whidbey Island's Search and Rescue helicopter on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016. A Search and Rescue (SAR) team of five
Funhouse Announces Fun Winter Schedule
-- from Rebecca DeMeritt, Funhouse/Commons -- The Funhouse will be offering another round of classes, M-F, throughout the winter months! The Funhouse also offers great clubs and opportunities for our kids! Join the Funhouse: “Where Kids don’t just go, they grow!” After-School Classes and Clubs offered this winter at the Funhouse: Mondays:
MaurineTalksBooks Highlights the Best Books of 2015
-- from Maurine Barnett, MaurineTalksBooks.com -- This is the time of year that every newspaper, web site, magazine, and public radio station announces their “favorite books of the year”, so who am I to not chime in with my opinion, too? More of my favorite reads this past year (not all
Saving Orcas History, One Voice at a Time
-- from Pegi Groundwater for the Orcas Island Historical Society -- Orcas Island history is about the lives of our people –what they know and what they have experienced. The Orcas Island Historical Society (OIHS) has a treasure trove of more than 40 taped interviews in their storage vault behind
Bob Dash Explores a Phenomenally Small World
-- by Margie Doyle -- Gull feather interior from the downy section of the feather. Image copyright by Bob Dash. The scale of this micrograph is the width of 100 "spirals" on this gull feather would span the head of a pin. Bob Dash, Orcas teacher, photographer and
TedX Comes to Orcas in March
best of both worlds : the potential in polarity -- from Gretchen Krampf -- Who would you like to see present at our second TEDxOrcasIsland on March 5th? Do you or someone you know have an idea worth spreading? Do you know someone developing new medical devices, a poet, philosopher,
Sheriff’s Report: December 22 – 29, 2015
December 22, 2015 15-007324 Wanted Person 09:14:47 12/22/15 On 12/22/15 a suspect was contacted in the San Juan Island area and arrested on a local warrant. The suspect was booked into the holding facility. 15-007329 Theft 11:12:30 12/22/15 On 12/22/15 the caller contacted the Sheriff's Office in reference to a
Nightwalkers Come to the Kwiáht Beach Walk
Saturday, Jan. 9 at 9 p.m. on the beach in front of Outlook Inn .-- by Margie Doyle -- Community scientists help BeachWatchers and Kwiaht maintain the health of East Sound and Indian Island in April, 2011. Photo courtesy of Susan Slapin. The Indian Island Marine Health Observatory
First Baby Boomers Turn 70? No Way
-- by Lin McNulty -- The first Baby Boomers turn 70 this year? Are you kidding me? Nobody ever told me Baby Boomers would get old. Who was it that said, "If you can remember the 60s, then you weren't there." Well, I do remember the 60s and I can now
Orcas Issues Makes New Year Predictions
-- by Margie Doyle and Lin McNulty-- Given the way things have been going, this is what we foresee will happen in the next 366 days (it's a Leap Year!) The ORS/Exchange will open its new building on the Orcas County Transfer Station site this year. With the Library Expansion
Orcasians Jump into 2016 with the Polar Bear Plunge
“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.” — Rainer Maria Rilke The Polar Bear Plunge 2016 --photo courtesy JoEllen Moldoff, Andrea Cohen Andrea Cohen writes about the picture above: "wonderful, crazy Orcas folk who welcome the New Year with a bracing
How’d We Do in Our 2015 Predictions?
-- by Margie Doyle -- Making predictions is a fun way to square our perceptions and philosophies with reality. So tomorrow, we'll be posting our predictions for the Year 2016. And in the reflective spirit of New Year's Eve, we present our 2015 predictions with a year-end update. Some tanked,
Library Board Calls Special Meeting
Tuesday, January 5, 8:30 a.m., Library Meeting Room -- from Mary Pugh -- The Orcas Library Board is having a special meeting Tuesday January 5 at 8:30 am in the meeting room of the library to discuss the building expansion.
