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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
Tepley’s Artwork Celebrates Roundness
Judy Tepley with a ball from her signature artwork Roundness everywhere you look. Judy Tepley's balls are the featured works of art Washington Federal Bank through the month of July. Tepley has titled the display "She's Got Balls." Everything in the show is a ball of some kind:
This Weekend: The Calm Before the Glorious 4th?
Friday, June 29 The Mobile Dental Clinic returns to the Orcas Island Community Church, June 29 and 30. The Clinic will provide free care to qualifying community members. Applications are available on line at www.oicf.us , or can be picked up at the Food Bank, Orcas Family Connections or the
Tony Lee as Einstein at The Grange
July 6-7, July 13-15, 7:30 p.m. at The Grange The Actors Theater of Orcas Island announces five performances of a fully staged reading of the one-man play "Einstein: A Stage Portrait" with local actor Tony Lee in the role of Einstein. This play, written by Willard Simms, presents the private,
Orcas Man Rescued by Emergency Responders
By Kevin K. O’Brien, Fire Chief/CEO Orcas Island Fire and Rescue On Thursday, June 28, 2012 Orcas Island fire and Rescue was dispatched to a report of a missing adult male who had been missing since 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning. The man was last seen walking his dog in the
Man Missing in Eagle Lake Area
Bruce Martin, missing in Eagle Lake/Doe Bay area. Orcas Island Fire and Rescue received a missing person report today for a 70-year-old male who lives in the Eagle Lake area. Bruce Martin, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, was last seen at 9:30 a.m., walking his dog, Nelly,
Mozart’s Don Giovanni: Opera’s Ultimate Anti-Hero
Mozart's creation, Don Giovanni, regales the ladies THE MET: LIVE IN HD’s third opera of the summer Encore Series is Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, airing at Orcas Center on Friday, July 6 at 7:30 pm. Don Giovanni is one of opera’s most notorious and fascinating anti-heroes.
Local Writer and Artist Release e-Book
Six Inches Tall by Skip Snaith, and illustrated by Tina Rose. What would you do if you suddenly found that you were only six inches tall? That's the premise of the new digital book released (recently) by local writer Skip Snaith and local artist Tina Rose. Inspired by
Historical Day Fair Issues Last Call for Vendors
By Eirena Birkenfeld Office Administrator. Orcas Island Historical Society and Museum Vendors, don't miss the last call to apply for booth space at our Annual Historical Day Fair on Saturday, July 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Eastsound Village Green. The Community Parade will take proceed down
