Here’s a thought…
“It wasn’t a Blue Wave; it was an American Tsunami!”
OPALCO and the EDC Invite the Community to Broadband Forums
From the San Juan County Economic Development Council Join OPALCO and the San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) to learn more about the broadband project and to give your input and ideas at five Community Broadband Forums, on Lopez, Orcas, San Juan and Shaw islands, from May 14-16. OPALCO
Beauty, History, and Sustainable Horticulture: “The Homestead Tour”
Saturday and Sunday June 23-24 By Sue Lewis The Orcas Island Garden Club presents “The Homestead Tour” of five farms and gardens on the east side of Orcas Island, with emphasis on beauty, history and the sustainable horticulture of fruits, vegetables, herbs and livestock, 11 a.m. to 5
Wilhelmina Concert May 20 at Odd Fellows Hall
The fifth and final 2012 Salish Sea Early Music Festival performance will be held on May 20 at Odd Fellows Hall in Eastsound. “An Afternoon with Wilhelmine,” with John Schneiderman on baroque lute, cellist John Lutterman and baroque flutist Jeffrey Cohan on Sunday afternoon, May 20 at
Christina Orchid: Celebrity Chef at School May 17
By Madie Murray She’s back, and we’re excited! On Thursday, May 17, our Island Celebrity Chef and author, Christina Orchid, will be our public school's Celebrity Chef, working with the cafeteria staff to prepare and serve Garlic-Smoked Paprika Chicken, corn pudding and rhubarb crumble for dessert as only
Letter to the Editor: Do You Want America to Fail?
Were you one of the approximately 250 volunteers, including numerous schoolchildren, who helped remove more than 2,000 lbs. of litter from San Juan Island’s streets, roads, and beaches on April 21 as part of the Great Island Clean-Up? Do you consider yourself an environmentalist? If you answered “Yes” to either
Canine Capers: Dressing the Dog
By Lesley Liddle Lesley Liddle is a certified service and pet dog trainer. First Mate Lulu is a Corgi/Red Heeler with spots like a baby harbor seal; Crewman Leonard is a Chihuahua/Doxie with tall ears like a rabbit. Both dogs have very short legs and were originally found in
How Are We Doing? A Quarterly Review of County Finances
by County Auditor F. Milene Henley First Quarter 2012 As Americans, we have a peculiar habit of using “How are you?” as a greeting. When I hosted a foreign exchange student, I learned that visiting students, at the beginning of their year, typically respond to that greeting by answering the
Adams and Thomerson Re-Elected to OPALCO Board
OPALCO Attendance and Voter Turn-out at Historic High Not since April 1, 1954, when 910 people gathered to vote on the location of OPALCO’s headquarters, have so many OPALCO members gathered in one place! (Go to www.opalco.com/history to get the rest of the story). On Saturday, May 5th,
Letter to the Editor: No Need for New CAO
Recently, Vivien Burnett of Friday Harbor complained that San Juan County has had the same critical areas ordinance since 1998. Wow! If that's the case, we'd better get crackin' and replace it. Immediately, right? I mean, after all, it's old! "Nothing is new." But nobody's found a single instance of
Kiwanians and Book Donors Help Celebrate National Children’s Book Week
By Lorena Stankevich This week is National Children's Book Week and the students of the 1st and 2nd grade multi age classes, along with their teachers Anne Ford McGrath and Lorena Stankevich would like thank the Kiwanis volunteers, especially Velma Doty, for coming to our class and reading one on one with students
Sons of American Legion Host Friday Nite Dinner
Mother’s Day Weekend Dinner at the American Legion -- Enjoy a steak dinner with all the trimmings plus dessert at Orcas Island’s American Legion Post on Friday, May 11 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. The dinner is open to the public and the cost is $18.00/ $10.00 for kids ten
Rowers Beat Their Own 24-Hour Rowing Record
Rowers prepare for NW Regional Regatta with hopes to compete in Tennessee Nationals By Martin Taylor From 12 noon on Saturday May 5 to 12 noon Sunday May 6, Orcas Island Rowing (OIR) continuously powered a rowing machine (erg) in 30 minute shifts. The junior rowers camped
School Board Meets with Rep. Lytton — Budget Meeting for 2012-13 Tomorrow
The Orcas Island School District (OISD) Board of Directors met today with State Representative Kris Lytton. They are pictured here sitting in the cafeteria, from left Scott Lancaster, Jim Sullivan (partially hidden), Chris Sutton, Janet Brownell, Superintendent Barbara Kline, Representative Lytton, OISD Chair Tony Ghazel and District Business
The Mother of All Weeks Ahead
Tuesday, May 8 Free health screening offered by the Orcas Island Lions Club and the Northwest Lions Foundation for Sight and Hearing.From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Open to all the public. The tests available on the van include screening and checks for: Blood Pressure, Hearing, Vision (using a Snellen
Community History of San Juans with HistoryLink
From the San Juan Islands Scenic Byway Project Come meet Marie McCaffrey, Executive Director of HistoryLink.org, the nation’s first encyclopedia of community history created expressly for the Internet. An informal coffee hour will begin at 9am on Monday, May 14th at the San Juan Island Library, followed by a 10am
Keary Taylor Writes Local Novel What I Didn’t Say
Keary Taylor was kind of lonely when she left her large extended family in Utah in 2008 to move to Orcas with her husband, Justin Taylor, and two-month old baby. So at first, she read a lot. Then she started writing -- and there's no stopping
