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“If you don’t vote you don’t exist. It is the only place where we’re all equal, the voting booth.”
GLORIA STEINEM
Ranker Reports from the Legislature
Dear neighbors, As we enter the 11th week of the 2011 legislative session, we find ourselves in a more troubling position than where we began. While we have been working hard for months on budget details, and we made strong strides towards streamlining and trimming waste within state government, now
Point Blank Puts Down Distracted Driving
By Jessica Gudgell An epidemic is sweeping across America causing drivers everywhere to black out for five seconds at a time. It’s called texting and driving. Texting behind the wheel of a moving vehicle causes one’s eyes to leave the road for an average of 5 seconds, which
Prepare Because You Care — A Practical Disaster Plan
"Disasters make life very uncomfortable. Proper planning and preparation will help you andyour family..." A Family Emergency Preparedness Plan was jointly developed by the Office of Emergency Preparedness at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, the Seattle-King County Chapter of The American Red Cross, and the Washington State Military Department,
Student Art Show Opening at Orcas Center
The art of Orcas Island ’s young people will fill the Orcas Center galleries through the month of April. The annual Student Art Show will feature the work of kindergarten through 12th grade students from Orcas Elementary, Middle and High Schools, as well as the Orcas Christian School
Getting to “YES!” for the Schoolchildren of Orcas Island
By Fred Klein The effort to reach a consensus on a way forward to ensure that the facilities of the OISD are adequate to meet our collective responsibility for the education of our community’s children will kick off this coming Saturday, April 2, at the Orcas Senior Center. Over forty
Country Corner Wine Shop to Re-open
Updated March 30 at 10 a.m. The Wine Shop at Country Corner will be reopening Saturday, April 2, at 11 a.m. The public is invited to stop by and say hello. Irene & Mark McKinley, new owners of the shop, say, "We hope those of you who already visit the
County Geographic Imaging Staff Create New Website
From Bea vonTobel, Port Manager The commissioners and staff of the Port of Orcas invite the public to visit a new web address: https://www.sjcgis.org/POA/default.aspx This new website was produced by SJC Public Works GIS staff, with particular thanks to Greg Sutherland, and will also be available as a link from
Lions Club Shopping Spree Results in Food Bank Bonanaza
The Orcas Lions Club Shopping Spree winner this year provided a bonanza for the Orcas Food Bank when two young sisters from Coeur d’Alene drew the winning ticket. Cassie and Kennedy seen in the photo, visitors to Orcas, enthusiastically mixed the raffle tickets and together pulled the winning
T’ai Chi Chih Classes on Mondays Start Soon
Joan Roulac will start a new series of T’ai Chi Chih classes, beginning Monday morning, Apr. 4. Roulac asks, “Ready to experience less pain, and develop more balance, flow and ease in your daily life? What if I promised you will feel better after your very first class…better yet, what
Science Fair Top Winners Announced
Updated Sunday, March 27 at 11 a.m. The 10th Annual Funhouse Science Fair was the place to be on this sunny day, as science exhibits on the theme of "How Does It Work?" filled the Funhouse and extended outdoors. Grand Prize Winners of the Richie Moore "Rocket Ship
The Return of the Outstanding! at Orcas Center
Next Saturday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. marks the return engagement of the premier youth chamber orchestra in the Norwest, the Academy Chamber Orchestra directed by Alan Futterman, music director of the Bremerton Symphony and the Peninsula Ballet Orchestra. The ACO wowed Orcas audiences in 2010 with its
Spring Ferry Schedule Starts Tomorrow,March 27
The spring sailing schedule begins this Sunday, March 27. More sailings will be added to popular routes and the international route resumes service. The first sailing from Anacortes to Sidney, B.C. on Sunday. Vehicle reservations are strongly encouraged for travel between Anacortes/Sidney, B.C. and Port Townsend/Coupeville. Spring also means more
Local Wine Experts Select Fine Wines for Montessori School Benefit
By Alyson Stephens, Orcas Montessori School Board Secretary Wine lovers on Orcas know that any wine tasting involving Autumn Ryan Boehm and Chimo Boehm is not to be missed. Islanders remember the popular party they hosted in June of 2009 to raise money for a resident who was
Letter to the Editor: Kaleidoscope Could Use Your Help
Hello All, As you may know, Kaleidoscope Preschool & Child Care Center’s expansion project is well underway!! We have had much community support to get as far as we have with an especially huge commitment from Terra Firma NW! Orcas Excavators were awesome! Island Sheet Metal & Gutters completed the
Quilt Raffle to Support Jordan Griffin
Orcas Quilter and businesswoman Carol Sutton saw a way to help Jordan Griffin, an Orcas youth injured in a snowboard accident in December 2008, and plunged ahead. She arranged for a fellow quilter, Jeanne Okuniewicz, to donate a quilt. She connectd with Community Foundation Director Hilary Canty for
Businesses: Be Included in the Next “Orcas on the Go” Coupon Book
By Milly Vetterlein After a successful launch in 2010, the Orcas Senior Center is repeating this popular fundraiser that was supported by over 100 local businesses. All island vendors are invited to participate by supplying a business card with an offer of a discount for goods or services.Your
