Here’s a thought…
“No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.”
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
It’s Raining Cats and Dogs at Senior Center!
May 1 – 30, Senior Center Lundeen Room -- from Jacqueline Kempfer -- Oil paintings by Anna Tejada The public is invited to view and exhibit of paintings, photography and sculpture in the Lundeen Room of the Orcas Island Senior Center. Our "raining cats and dogs" exhibit also
Benefit Softball Game between FireFighters and EMTs
May 14, at 7p.m. at Buck Park Orcas Island Fire and Rescue District will host a Firefighters vs. EMTs Softball Challenge to benefit Oso firefighter Seth Jerreds who lost his wife (Christina Jefferds), his granddaughter (Sinoah Huestis), his home and his dog in the Oso mudslide. The goal is to
Grand Re-opening of the Sea View Theatre
Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17 Double Feature: Doors Open at 5 p.m. -- from Donna Laslo -- "WIZARD OF OZ" at 6 p.m. and "CAPTAIN AMERICA" at 8:30 p.m. John Mount, owner of the Sea View Theatre, with new digital projector Come join us for a
Choral Society Sings of “Love Lost, Love Found”
Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Orcas Center This Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 PM the Orcas Choral Society will present “Love Lost, Love Found” at Orcas Center. The program will include the popular tunes “Fields of Gold” and the Beatles’ “Yesterday,” and is centered on the work
Letter to the Editor: “We Trust You With Our Son”
-- from Steve & Marla Johns -- Vehicle accident on Buck Mt. Road injures teenager On the afternoon of Friday, May 9th, we received a call no parent wants to receive....there's been an accident. Our son had lost control of his car, rolling it on Buck Mountain Rd.
Deer Harbor Plan Review Agenda for Wednesday
Wednesday, May 14, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. -- from Charles Binford -- DEER HARBOR PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE PUBLIC MEETING DEER HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER 4319 Deer Harbor Road Agenda 1. Chair: Call To Order, Quorum, Minutes of last meeting 2. Chair will recognize Public Attendees. Members of public are invited to
They’re Going to Disneyland!
High School Strings Students will Depart on May 16 -- from Kristen Wilson -- This is the group that is going to Disneyland:Back row, from left: Strings Director Pamela Wright, parent chaperone Mary Clure, Lisa Carter, Jo Gudgell, Paris Wilson, Emily Toombs and Emy CarterFront row: Michael Harlow, Zach
East Coast Swing Comes to Coast of East Sound
Monday, May 19, 7–9 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall -- from Bill Gincig -- Local instructors are again offering their community dance class on May 19 from 7 to 9 pm at the Oddfellows Hall. It will be East Coast Swing. Instruction will begin promptly at 7 pm followed by dancing
Strawberry Council Seeks New Café Tenant
-- from Patsy Stephens -- The reconstruction of the Artworks Building is progressing well with Sound Construction working full time and full crew! The Artworks Cooperative and the James Hardman Gallery have signed letters of intent to return their businesses to the much loved and restored building. The re-opening is
Land Bank Hosts Orcas Field Trips
-- from the San Juan County Land Bank -- More wildflowers thrive on Turtleback thanks to Land Bank’s habitat restoration. Photo by Anne Karp. The San Juan County Land Bank will host two guided field trips in May, on Turtleback Mountain and at Stonebridge Terrill to Crescent Beach
Purple Haze! Purple Haze!
-- by Cara Russell -- Andy Martin threw the first fistful of powder into the air, and with an eruption of anticipatory laughter, everyone followed, disappearing into a giant rainbow haze. For a moment no one could see a thing, and then like a curtain rising on a stage of
Guest Editorial: OPALCO, Telecom and our Future
-- by Gerry Lawlor -- Gerry Lawlor I recently attended the OPALCO Annual Meeting and I left the boat with a mixture of feelings about what is in front of our community and the role OPALCO will play in the area of telecommunications. Let me say upfront I
A Mother’s Day Remembrance
-- by Margie Doyle -- Mothers give you shelter from the storm I think my mother was a mother her whole life. The eldest girl in a family of six girls and two boys, she left school at 16 to work to support her family: her dad was
Wanted: Young Filmmakers and Student Movie-Lovers
Wrobel and Bosley will conduct workshop on San Juan Island -- from Sandy Strehlou, for Friday Harbor Young Filmmakers Festival -- Learn this July 24 about making films, enter and judge them in the Young Film Makers Festival this November The organizers of the Friday Harbor Film Festival
November Elections: Candidate Filing Week May 12 through May 16
-- from the San Juan County Elections Office -- If you’ve always wanted to be a elected official, now is your chance. Candidate filing for positions open for election in 2014 is [happening now!].The San Juan County Elections Office will accept online candidate filings from 9 am on Monday, May
Letter to Editor: Like Being Five Years Old!
-- from Jane Alden -- Photo by Cara Russell Kudos, thank you, congratulations, and "Wow," to Andy Martin for creating an UTTERLY wonderful community play/celebration/event Saturday afternoon at Waterfront Park in Eastsound! It was a Festival of Colors, akin to the Indian Holi Festival, in which participants bombard
