Here’s a thought…
“No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.”
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
“Listen Up:” A Catalyst for Community Creativity
-- by Margie Doyle -- The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival announced on Friday, May 9, that it has been awarded a National Education for the Arts (NEA) grant for the "Listen Up" project on Orcas Island. Aloysia Friedmann, Chamber Music Festival (OICMF) Artistic Director and Victoria Parker, OICMF Executive
Seed of 50-Year Old Dream Soon to Bloom
Monday, May 12, 5 p.m., Outlook Inn -- by Lin McNulty -- When Adam Farish's father first came to Orcas as the owner of the Outlook Inn in the early 1960s, one of his visions was for intellectual conferences to be held at the Inn. It would be a place
Check This Line-up of Summer Art Workshops
-- from Maggie Sharkey -- Orcas Art Studios is now offering several summer art workshops right here on Orcas! Figure drawing and painting, pastels, landscape painting, compositional studies and more are on the schedule. These workshops are all taught by locally- and internationally-known instructors. Orcas Art Studios, founded by local
Flyin’ Hawaiian Sushi Bar Moving In
-- by Cara Russell -- Island raised Kawika McGuire and his wife Meagan have been making Hawaiian sushi for their family for the last five years. At first it began as Meagan’s desire to expose her young children to their father’s half-Japanese, half-Hawaiian culture. Twice a month she would make
Unitarian Universalists Announce Upcoming Services
Sunday, May 11 at 11:30 a.m. at Benson Hall (Emmanuel Episcopal Church) "Five Habits to Heal the Heart of Democracy,” with Suzanne Olson The next service will be Sunday, May 25 at 11:30 a.m.:"Our Relationship with Animals," with Margot Shaw and friends. SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, June 21st - UUF
Measles Outbreak Response Draws to a Close
-- from the San Juan County Health and Community Services Department -- San Juan Health and Community Services officials are expressing their gratitude to its community partners and others who assisted during the measles outbreak in March and April. Despite wide potential exposure to the disease from a total of
La Cenerentola Streaming Sunday
Sunday, May 11, Noon, Orcas Center -- from Artha Kass -- Joyce DiDonato as Rosina in Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.”Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan OperaTaken during the dress rehearsal on September 30, 2009 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. The last Met: Live In HD of the
Field Carrier Landing Practice Operations Schedule at OLF Coupeville
-- from Mike Welding, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island -- No Field Carrier Landing Practice (FLCP) operations for aircraft stationed at NAS Whidbey Island are scheduled to occur at the Outlying Field (OLF) in Coupeville, Wash., the week of May 11-17, 2014. The FCLP tempo is driven by the Fleet
Letter to the Editor: Common Sense On Both Sides
by Howard "Howie" Rosenfeld Response to Sam Buck It’s easy to understand why the Common Sense Alliance (CSA) gets support. Most of us feel we have too many regulations. No question about it! But we need to ask: why are we plagued with so many rules and regulations everywhere we
Nuñez Granted One-Year Stay of Deportation
Eleanor Hoague is an advocate for Benjamin Nuñez. She wrote on Thursday, May 8 to announce "good though limited news"... "Ben Nuñez has been granted a stay of deportation for another year, until May 6, 2015. "Nuñez has been granted one more year and finally is going to be allowed
Ted Grossman Passes
-- by Lin McNulty -- It was with extreme sadness that our Orcas Issues editorial staff learned Sunday of the passing of Orcas icon Ted Grossman, Ted Grossman Ted, along with his wife, Kay, were owners of The Islands' Sounder before selling to Sound Publishing in the mid-1990s.
Theodore Grossman: 1940 – 2014
-- from Anna Kay Grossman -- Theodore (Ted) Grossman was born December 1, 1940, in Waterbury, Connecticut, to Nicolas and Adlah Grossman. He graduated from Crosby High School in 1958. He was a member of the golf team and the school newspaper staff. He attended Lafayette College in Easton, PA
Letter to the Editor: Fire Levy Passage Crucially Important
-- from Barbara Bedell -- On May 6, the passage of Proposition 1 and the certification of the San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 Maintenance of a Regular Property Tax Levy took effect, thus concluding months of hard work on the part of many people who were dedicated to
Krebs Announces for Sheriff
Fellow Islanders: Deputy Ron Krebs My name is Ron Krebs and I am announcing my candidacy for San Juan County Sheriff. I believe our County deserves the very best in public safety and I am asking you to join me in working together to make our islands safer
Crossroads Lecture: Search for Life in Other Worlds
Sunday, May 18, 2014, 4 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Sue Kimball -- Orcas Crossroads Lecture Series will host Chris McKay of the NASA Ames Research Center, who will present – “The Search for Life in Other Worlds” – Sunday, May 18, 2014, 4:00 pm at the Orcas Center. Do
County Clerk Candidate Enters Race
-- from Nancy Vejvoda -- Nancy Vejvoda has announced her candidacy for San Juan County Clerk. Nancy moved to San Juan Island in 1992 to work as an educator with the San Juan Island School District and was the Manager at a local hardware store for 8 years. She has
