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“If you don’t vote you don’t exist. It is the only place where we’re all equal, the voting booth.”
GLORIA STEINEM
Letter to the Editor: Prepare Your Pets for Fireworks
Each year I get up to a dozen calls from frantic people who are searching for pets that ran away during the 4th of July fireworks. Some animals, especially dogs, react to loud noises such as thunder or fireworks, by panting, vocalizing, drooling, shaking, cowering or worse - running. A
Agave Introduces Comedy Night
By Kathy Lunde Fourth of July weekend starts off with a bang, as Agave presents our first Comedy Night, Thursday July 5th. We have two talented comedians joining us from Seattle, Mike Wally Walter and Renee Perrault. Mike Wally Walter is a stand up comedian whose been working the
County Solid Waste Subcommittee to Discuss Buget Sustainability
Thursday, July 5, from 9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Orcas Landing Meeting Room, The San Juan County Council Solid Waste Subcommittee will conduct a Special Meeting on Thursday, July 5, 2012 in the Orcas Landing Meeting Room, Orcas Island, beginning at 9:15 am. Agenda items include: discussion on long-term
Missing Man’s Companion Dog Found by Volunteers
Nell was found by searchers on Saturday and returned home Nell, the dog accompanying the man missing from Eagle Lake on Thursday, has been found. Nell, a black and white collie-spring mix was upland of the beach where her companion was found. The dog was tangled
Noted NW Photographer to Teach Classes at Olga
Tuesday July 10, 9 am-4 pm and Wednesday July 11, 9 am-4 pm at the Olga Community Hall (Energetics Club) The Olga Strawberry Council is sponsoring 2 workshops by Ray Pfortner: 1. Photography for non-photographer artists on Tuesday July 10, 9 am-4 pm 2. Turning your art into cards – and cash,
Fourth Often Not Fun for Fido
by Lin McNulty The jubilant red glare of rockets and celebratory Independence Day bombs bursting in air can be a lovely sight, if you are a human. For a pet, however, it is often a loud, noisy, frightening experience from which there is no escape. As many pet lovers know,
Think American Politics is Dirty? Come See “Patriocracy”
Monday, July 2 at 6:30 pm at the Orcas Public Library The Orcas Island sub-group of the League of Women Voters (LWV) plans another showing of the documentary "Patriocracy" as part of its Membership Drive, on Monday, July 2 at 6:30 pm at the Orcas Public Library. "Patriocracy" discusses the
School Board Trims Upcoming Budget to the Bone
By Margie Doyle The Orcas Island School District (OISD) Board faced a tight budget for 2012-13 with little – no – wriggle room at its regular meeting last Thursday evening. At the meeting’s end, they had decided to terminate the position of Facilities Manager, held for the last two
Orcas Anti-Coal Port Coalition Creates Website
A new resource for the Orcas Community has been announced with the creation of the Orcas NO COALition website at www.OrcasNOCOALition.net. Orcas NOCOALition is a nonpartisan group of Orcasians committee to informing our local community about the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal at Cherry Point, Washington. You've most likely heard about
Orcas Island Golf Club Celebrates its 50th!
Saturday, June 30, events from 3:30 on at the Orcas Golf Club From Justin Taylor Come celebrate 50 years with the Orcas Island Golf Course! We have recently received hundreds of pictures and news paper clippings. We now have the lost history from the early days of the Orcas Island
Join the Annual Community Historical Day Fair & Parade
Jane Barfoot-Hodde in the 2011 Community Historical Days Parade From the Orcas Island Historical Museum Join the Orcas Island Historical Museum in celebrating the 2012 Historical Day Fair Saturday July 7th from 10 am to 3 pm on the Eastsound Village Green. The Farmer’s Market will have their
Benefit Auction at Rosario for Orcas Alumnus Peter Rutledge & Family
Peter Rutledge and family last fall Thursday, July 5, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Rosario Resort's Beach House Peter Rutledge graduated from Orcas Island High School in 1997. Over a year ago, Peter was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. He received radiation therapy intended to halt
Fourth of July Week: Big Low Tides and Indian Island Field Research Days
By Marcia Spees Indian Island is the small island you see in the bay when going through Eastsound. It is accessible via a tombolo (revealed pathway at low tide) in daylight only a handful of days a year. Here on Orcas a cadre of local people are dedicated to documenting
Guest Opinion: The Risks Should Local Seas Become Coal & Tar Sands Export Highways
Tar sands "oil" is actually thick sticky "bitumen." Bitumen needs to be mixed with volatile diluents to be able to pump and move in crude oil pipelines. By Chuenchom Sangarasri Greacen Community Journalist The image of orcas and other marine life suffocating from a sticky coat of tar
Dance to Rock and Soul with the Odd Fellows for the Community Giving Fund
Charles Dalton cuts loose at the latest Odd Fellows Dance. There will be a dance on Wednesday July 4 to benefit the Community Giving Fund. Wednesday, July 4 from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. By Margie Doyle The Orcas Odd Fellows (International Order of Odd Fellows or IOOF)
Carl Buttke Paintings at Artworks
Carl Buttke with his painting, one of the "Reflection Series" that will be featured at the Orcas Artworks through the month of July. The Orcas Island Artworks will feature watercolors by Carl Buttke through the month of July. These paintings are part of his “Reflections Series” inspired by
