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
Create Peace by Living Peace with Arun Gandhi
By Leonie Van Gelder Tuesday, August 16 - Friday, August 19 Arun Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, belongs to the rapidly vanishing generation who lived with and learned directly from Mahatma Gandhi. He will be facilitating a workshop at Indralaya that will explore what it means to live a
Chamber Music Festival Previewed Tonight on Radio
KING-FM at 98.1 Previews Festival Tonight! (Aug. 9) Momentum is building for the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, which begins Friday, August 12th. The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival gets off to a very public start this week when it’s previewed on KING-FM, 98.1. Announcer Sean MacLean will
20th Annual Wildlife 100 Tour of the San Juans Benefits Orcas Rec
Sunday, August 14, 6 a.m. Wildlife Cycles will be hosting their 20th annual Wildlife 100 tour of the San Juan Islands. Your $10 donation goes to Orcas Island Recreational Program, which provides year-round activities for youth, teens, adults, and families. Orcas Rec is currently not receiving any money from the
Traffic Advisory for House Move from Deer Harbor to Eastsound
Scheduled for early Thursday morning, August 11 On Thursday, August 11 between about 5 a.m. and 9 a.m., Nickel Bros. House Movers is scheduled to transport a one-story house from Deer Harbor to Eastsound. Bob and Phyllis Henigson have donated the building to OPAL Community Land Trust. The structure will
New Week, New Things To Do
Tuesday, August 9 Chamber Music Festival, Music and Poetry: Music Lovers' Seminar. 6 p.m. at St. Francis Catholic Church, Eastsound. Open Mic. The Lower Tavern. Starting at 8:30-ish. Wednesday, August 10 Brown Bag Lunch Concert at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. This week: Orcatrazz Swing Band. Noon. Fur and Feathers 4-H Dinner
Islanders Can Make Peace Island Medical Center Their Own
By Amy Cloud of PeaceHealth Inscribed bricks and dedicated garden benches will provide personal messages and memorials from Islanders at the new PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center. The bricks will cover the outdoor plaza adjacent to the main lobby and the garden benches will provide outdoor respites
Volunteers Still Needed for Chamber Music Festival
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival is still in great need of "Behind the Scenes" volunteers for the Festival. These are the critical tasks we do to make the artists' stay welcoming, wonderful and smooth. It is often heard that it is the hospitality to these artists that makes them want
Thor Hanson to Read from Feathers at Darvill’s
San Juan Island author Thor Hanson will read from and sign copies of his new book Feathers at Darvill's Bookstore Thursday, August 11 at 7pm. The conservation biologist is well-known for his previous work, The Impenetrable Forest: My Gorilla Years in Uganda, which won the 2008 USA Book
Family Artist’s Work Displayed at Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival
By Andrea Hendrick An exhibit in the Madrona Room of the Orcas Center this month connects fine paintings with the family responsible for bringing the outstanding music of the Chamber Music Festival. Juanita Storch was a well-known painter in Sonoma County, California – as well as Festival Director
Guest Opinion: Land Use and Traffic Safety Should Rank Higher than Confiscating Signs
By Sadie Bailey Stan Matthews’ July 28 post, advising people to remove their off-premises signs and sandwich boards – or “County Staff” may remove them – rankles me. For all of San Juan County, we have only one County Code Enforcement Officer. How much time can he spend getting to
4-H Club Looks to County Fair Auction on Aug. 20
By Brigid Ehrmantraut The County Fair, with all the months of preparation leading up to it has been called “The Highlight of Our Year” by 4-Hers and their parents. It’s an event to look forward to for more than cotton-candy and gut-wrenching rides. The Fair doesn’t begin
Letter to the Editor: Historical Museum in Urgent Need of Help
Dear friends of the Orcas Museum, During this mid-summer season we are experiencing a dire shortage of volunteers who are willing and able to help out at the Front Desk here at the Museum. Many of our regular volunteers are off traveling, and we have some gaping holes in our
Letter to the Editor: Thank you Inter-tribal Canoe Journey Volunteers!
On July 21-23, Islanders hosted over 230 tribal members from Heiltsuk, Kakawinchitl (Ahousaht), Bella Bella, Clayoquat, Cowichan, Songees, Tsawout, Victoria, Kwmut leleum and Lummi Nations from July 21-23. 12 canoes and their support crews traveled through the San Juan islands en route to the Swinomish Indian Tribal
You Can Be Busy as a Bee this Summer Weekend
Friday, Aug. 5 Orcas Island Airport Fly-In Friday through Sunday. Town Hall Meeting, Eastsound Fire Station, 4 – 5:45 p.m. County Council Members Richard Fralick, District 4, Orcas West and Patty Miller, District 5, Orcas East, will host the first of three Town Hall Meetings on the Update of the
Live Music is Alive, and Good, on Orcas Island
by Lin McNulty Live music sets the soundtrack for an Orcas Island summer. And we are fortunate to have a wide variety of venues and music from which to choose. Here are regularly scheduled, ongoing events that provide a pleasurable note to an evening or afternoon. Sundays… Music
Funhouse Hosts Eco-Fest This Saturday
Saturday August 6, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The first ever Funhouse Eco Fest & Solar Science Fair! EcoFest is a science-based event celebrating local sustainability, renewable energy and island eco-living. Featuring booths and exhibits, local experts, live music, hands on activities and more! Prizes, activities, and education
