Here’s a thought…
“And, frankly, I would like to make the U.S.-Canada relationship boring again.”
RICK LARSEN
Odd Fellows are Lovers, Too! Come to the Saturday Night Dance!
From the Orcas Odd Fellows Bring your sweetie to the Odd Fellows Hall this Saturday night, February 16, starting at 8:30 pm. Dance to music that will put you in the mood for love. The dance will feature the 1 Billion Rising flashmob dance video, projected in HD, during the
Community Foundation Opens Fund to Rebuild the Exchange
The Orcas Island Community Foundation has opened a fund to support the rebuilding of the Exchange on Orcas. The fund has been named the Exchange Phoenix Fund, in the firm belief that a new form will rise from the ashes with increased capacity to better serve our community. To contribute
Guest Column: Funding for Moran State Park Still Uncertain
By Michel Vekved, President, Friends of Moran State Park Funding of state parks is still uncertain. State Legislators need to hear from the citizens of Washington. Remember when we all spoke up in June? Well it’s time to DO IT AGAIN! State Parks is asking for 27.3 million dollars from
Jarman, Byers, and Pratt Prevail; Ayers Concedes to Hughes
By Margie Doyle Updated Feb. 13 at 11 p.m. Lisa Byers and Rick Hughes have secured their place in the upcoming Council Candidate Election for Orcas district, along with Lovel Pratt and Bob Jarman in the San Juan district. As of 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, election reports state
Guest Column: Global Warming Needs to be Treated
By Joe Symons I don’t have cancer. I hope I don’t ever get cancer. At the same time, we know about cancer. We know that if we want to maximize our chances of survival, we need to discover and treat cancer early. Really early. Earlier than we could possibly
Oh, Rigoletto This Weekend at Orcas Center
Orcas Center, Sunday February 17, 1 p.m. Rigoletto with a 1960s twist at Orcas Center on Sunday The setting is Las Vegas 1960 for a tale of how power and vice corrupt in this Metropolitan Opera’s contemporary production of Verdi’s masterwork, Rigoletto, screening live at Orcas Center. Tony
Exchange Will Rebuild; Orcas Solid Waste Transfer Station Contract on Schedule
Solid Waste Transfer on Orcas will continue as planned, the County Council was told today.Pictured at left are County employees Sam Gibboney, Solid Waste Program Administrator and Frank Mulcahy, County Public Works Director, with Mark DeTray, Exchange on Orcas Manager, in the red jacket behind them. By Margie
Consensus No Easy Task for “Response to Newtown” Group
"Build Trust First...reaching Consensus is the easy part. " By Margie Doyle Some came together in grief, some in anger, some in frustration, and some in concern for schoolchildren's safety. For fifteen hours over four days ( Jan. 26 to Feb. 2, 2013), some 43 Orcas Islanders met to discuss
Carolyn Cruso and Friends to Play at Agave
By Kathy Lunde Carolyn Cruso plays with Ben Sheppard and Randy Jezierski at Agave Restaurant, starting at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15 Singer/Songwriter/Multi-instrumentalist Carolyn Cruso is joined by Randy Jezierski and Ben Sheppard this Friday, February 15, at Agave Restaurant in Eastsound. Randy and Ben are both
Orcas Island Is Over 100 Pounds Lighter
By Carol Kulminski Weight Watchers opened their first meeting in January at the Funhouse Commons. There were some concerns about attracting enough people to make the investment of staffing the meeting and providing the materials necessary to make it the same high standard as Weight Watchers nationwide. Territory Manager, Lisa
Don’t Forget the Flea Market
West Sound Community Hall, Saturday, Feb. 16 from 10-2 The organizers of the Fidelis Flea Market want to remind everyone to tuck cash in their pockets and come on down to West Sound on Saturday. You'll find everything they need, or don't need, displayed on the 18 tables: hand made
Choral Society Announces Soloists for Mozart’s Requiem
From the Orcas Choral Society On Sunday, April 21st, Roger Sherman will conduct the Choral Society’s premiere performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem with orchestra at Orcas Center. The following weekend the chorus will be Orcas Island’s musical ambassadors while presenting the same program at Seattle’s Saint Mark’s Cathedral. The
Consensus Statement from A Response to the Tragedy at Newtown
Strengthening Community on Orcas Island Preamble This document has been created by a group of concerned citizens of Orcas Island. We met to reach a consensus on what improvements to local practices and attitudes we can make in order to lower the risk of an event occurring here such
Salmonberry School Celebrates Chinese New Year
The Salmonberry School students parade a traditional Chinese dragon through Eastsound. Students from Salmonberry School celebrated the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Snake, by parading under a traditional Chinese New Year's Dragon today, February 11. The Salmonberry primary class created an amazing 30-foot-long dragon made of
Update From the County on Exchange Fire
from Stan Matthews County Information Technology Manager The buildings which housed the Orcas Exchange at the Orcas Island Solid Waste Facility were destroyed by a fire Saturday, February 9. San Juan County Fire Marshal Paul Turner said has termed the cause of the blaze an accident. The fire was spotted
Read What the Sea Has to Say
by Lin McNulty Diary of the One Swelling Sea by Orcas poet Jill McCabe Johnson One morning, still immersed in the hypnopompic vestiges of a dream, Orcas Islander and Kangaroo House owner Jill McCabe Johnson remembered the words "diary of the one swelling sea," and she began to
