Here’s a thought…
“If you don’t vote you don’t exist. It is the only place where we’re all equal, the voting booth.”
GLORIA STEINEM
Learn to Repair Tools and Make Handles in This Workshop
Saturday, January 14, 10 am–4 pm in Deer Harbor The Orcas Island Food Masters group invites interested islanders to attend a Tool Repair workshop. Participants will have a special opportunity for some hands-on experience as well as viewing demonstrations of handle making and basic agricultural tool repair. Instructor Dan Borman
Watch Our Garden Grow…Literally!
By Madie Murray, Chair Orcas Island Farm to Cafeteria Program If you’re wondering about all the digging going on around the garden at the public school, it is to make the garden bigger—in fact, three times bigger! Our ambitious garden keeper, Chelsea Cates, has drawn up a plan
Chiladas Reopens on Thursday
Chiladas re-opens January 12, 2012! Their new lunch menu features tortas, tamales, sopas, and ensaladas as well as classic enchiladas, tacos, and burritos. They will serve continuously—lunch from 12 – 4 p.m., Siesta Fiesta Happy Hour from 3 – 6 p.m. and dinner with the mesquite grill from 4 p.m.
Letter to the Editor: Orcas Center Kudos
Kudos to Orcas Center for another amazing afternoon at the Metropolitan Opera this past Sunday! If I had been in New York, I might have seen Faust from the orchestra (for only $222.50), but I would not have been able to see the expressions on the faces of the extraordinary
San Juan County Taking Applications for Low Income Housing Funds
By Stan Matthews County Website and Communications Manager San Juan County will award grants and loans totaling up to $23,197 this year for projects which will help make housing available to very low income County residents. The program, created by the state legislature in 2002, is funded by a surcharge
Second Annual Salish Sea Early Music Festival Set
January 21 on Lopez, January 22 on Orcas and San Juan The second annual 2012 Salish Sea Early Music Festival, featuring some of the most accomplished performers on period instruments from around the country and Europe, presents five programs of early chamber music on period instruments on Lopez, Orcas
Thornton Wilder’s Works Celebrated in “Orcas Reads”
Kick-off party on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 3:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish Hall "Orcas Reads" is a month-long program brought to all islanders by the Orcas Center and the Friends of the Orcas Public Library. It will feature the work of American man-of-letters Thornton Wilder, including a
4-H Starting Anew this Thursday
The first meeting of the Orcas 4-H Fur & Feathers Club will be Thursday, January 12 at 3:30 p.m. at Orcas Christian School. Fur & Feathers includes cats, dogs, sheep, goats, chickens, guinea pigs, rabbits, photography, cooking, art, music, crafts and a whole lot more! Pretty much everything except horses.
2012 Settles In with Meetings, Lectures and Potlucks
Monday, January 9 T'ai Chi at the Senior Center with Joan Roulac. Free introductory class at 9 a.m. Advanced class at 11 a.m. Class fee for 8 weeks, $90. Tuesday, January 10 Orcas Island Public Library Board meeting form 9 to 11 a.m. at the Library. 376-4985. Friends of the
Cancer Support Group to Meet Thursday, Jan. 12
By Sue Lewis The Cancer Support Group meets on the second Thursday of each month at 5 p.m. in the Fireside Room of Orcas Island Community Church. This is a monthly, no cost, confidential support group for anyone touched by cancer whether personally, as family member, friend, caregiver or in
School Board Travels to Olympia to Consult with Legislators
A special Orcas Island School Board Meeting will be held at the State Capitol in Olympia this Tuesday, January 10, 2012. School Board members will meet with Washington State Senator Kevin Ranker, and Representatives Jeff Morris and Kris Lytton. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. at the Red Lion
EPRC Moves Ahead with Prune Alley “Streetscape” Improvement Plans
At the Jan. 5 regular meeting of the Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC), Committee members, with the assistance of Shannon Wilbur, County Engineer and veteran architect Bill Trogden, of the Eastsound Design Review Subcommittee, fleshed out some plans for advancing the Eastsound “Streetscape” design. One of the purposes of the
Judges Decide State Shorts Public School Funding
On Thursday, Jan. 5,2012, the State Supreme Court issued a ruling on state funding of public education. The following is a statement from State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Randy Dorn, on the case (McCleary v. State): Today’s unanimous ruling by the State Supreme Court is a clear victory for the
Jordan Griffin Heads for the Mountain Slopes
From Rachel Griffin on CaringBridge.com “Jordan starts his Bi-Skiing program this weekend. I probably don't need to explain to you how excited he is...but he is!! Literally bouncing off the walls, acting like a 5 year old waiting for Christmas! I will promise to continue to update with
In Formation: a Community Based Time Bank
By Morgan Meadows Learn how you can participate in creating "an hour for an hour" of coordinated time exchanges for meeting needs. How does this program support a reciprocal, strong, services to people based economy? Informational meetings are scheduled for the Orcas Public Library Conference Room, as follows: Friday, January 13
Ferry Schedule Changes: Anacortes Late Sailing to Affect Saturday Schedule
Updated at 10:30 a.m., Jan. 7 Washington State Ferries (WSF) announced this morning, Jan. 7, " The 10:15 a.m. departure from Anacortes to Orcas is operat ing 25 minutes behind schedule doe to heavier than normal marine traffic. "This will affect the 11:30 a.m. departure from Orcas, and the 12:40
