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
Chamber Music Fest and More This Week on Orcas Island
Monday, August 22 Chamber of Commerce meeting at 5 p.m. in the Public Library Conference Room. Music and Storytelling featuring "The Parking Angels" and Storybird Antoinette Botsford at the Odd Fellows Hall in Eastsound, 7:30 p.m. $10-20 donation fundraiser for Morgan Meadows. 376-5773. Tuesday, August 23 Chamber Music Festival, Orcas~trations "The
Chili Cook-Off Features Local Celebrity Chefs
Saturday, Augusts 27, 3:00 p.m. Local celebrity chefs Everett Brooks of Fire, Bill Patterson of Chimayo, Mia Kartiganer of Mia's, and Lisa Crowe of The Lower will pit their chili skills in the First Annual Chili Cook-off & Extreme Croquet Tourney for MS next Saturday. The event is a fundraiser
Shark Reef Literary Magazine Deadline Approaches
New Issue Online Now; Submit by September 30 Contributed by JoEllen Moldoff Founded in 2001 to promote writers and artists in Washington State’s San Juan Islands, SHARK REEF online literary magazine has just published the first edition of its second decade – an issue comprised of submissions from beyond the
Quick Start Tennis Train-the-Trainer Class Sept. 7
From the Orcas Park and Recreation District On September 7 from 12:30 to 7 p.m. the United States Tennis Association (USTA), Orcas Island Park and Rec (OIPRD) and the Orcas Island Tennis Association will be hosting a train-the-trainer workshop for anyone over 16 years of age who is willing to
Fundraiser at the Odd Fellows for Morgan Meadows Tomorrow
Orcas Storyteller Antoinette Botsford and the uniquely-Orcas singing sensations "The Parking Angels" will be the featured entertainers at a concert and open poetry event on Monday Aug. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Hall in Eastsound. The concert is a fundraiser for Orcas resident Morgan Meadows and her
Free Orcas Artists Studio Tours This Weekend
Visit the working studios of 28 premier Orcas Island Artists while the sun shines! See first hand how and where those special techniques are being mastered, meet the artists and purchase their most recent work. Watercolors, stone cutting, woodwork, forging, encaustics, ceramics, fiberarts, sculpture, photography, jewelry, printmaking, paintings
Local Playwrights to Present New Works in September
by Doug Bechtel The Actors Theater of Orcas Island announces five performances of short and somewhat longer works from our well-known Orcas playwrights. The eight pieces to be read range from monologues to stories to character sketches. Each spring, our festival of locally written plays is the most popular show
Report from the Fair: Still Life and Whirling Rides
By Brigid Ehrmantraut This year's County Fair is jam packed full of paintings, preserves, and spinning. Both 4-H and Open categories contain nonliving projects from cut flower arrangements to knitting to dozens of eggs. Jam is particularly prevalent. 4-H alone displays over 25 different varieties, including jellies, canned
Monique Gincig Remembered 1939 – 2011
Celebration of Life to be held August 28 Monique Gincig’s life has come to an end. She was very loved by the community, her friends, the Odd Fellows, and her family. Monique was a child survivor of the Holocaust. Monique Raymonde Lustig was born in Pont a Mousson,
County Fair Recycling Report: Fairgoers Talk Trash
By Helen Venada SJC Waste Reduction Coordinator Major lesson learned: IF recycling containers are available next to each trash container THEN they (we) will recycle! And, people seem to want to talk trash…more than ever! Thank you to all of you who are speaking your minds and sharing your good ideas
Orcas Ferry Advisory Committee Member Sought
By Stan Matthews County Website and Communications Program Manager The San Juan County Council is has begun the search for a Ferry Advisory Committee (FAC) member from Orcas Island to succeed 18-year veteran board member Ed Sutton, who resigned this week. FAC is a committee established by state law to
Dog Daze Annual Celebration Includes Games, Demos and Pix
This Sunday bring your furry friends and come out and share in the fun with fellow dog park patrons, at the Annual Orcas Off-Leash Area Summer Celebration Pawty. The celebrations will run from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Orcas Off-Leash area at the corner of Mt.
Learn How to Save Seeds at Food Masters Workshop
Food Masters presents "Seed-Saving Why It Matters and How To Do It" on Sunday August 21 from noon to 4 p.m. at the West Sound Community Hall. Food Masters' organizer Learner Limbach says, "Seed saving season is upon us. Find out why more and more people are beginning to grow
Report from the Fair: Orcas Wins in Little Critter, Livestock & Equestrian Competition
Hannah Brunner-Gaydos wins coveted Platinum Award By Brigid Ehrmantraut Opening Day of the County Fair: Heard the wails of protest at still life judging results (there seemed to be more reds given out vs. blues this year than last) Felt the omnipresent dust of the fair grounds seeping
Orcas Island Park and Recreation District Hires Interim Coordinator
On August 17, Orcas Island Park and Recreation District (OIPRD) hired Orcas resident Leslie Rae Schmitz, who holds a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) for four months of contract work to assist OIPRD in accounting system management, office procedures and controls and in overseeing the installation of a
Orcas Fire District Considers Taking On County-Wide Administrative Duties
By Ken Brown The Board of Fire Commissioners convened for their August regular meeting on August 9, where a main item of discussion involved the Fire Marshal’s Inter-Local Agreement. San Juan County’s Deputy Fire Marshal Paul Turner presented the agreement to the Orcas Fire Commissioners, which states that Orcas
