Here’s a thought…
“It wasn’t a Blue Wave; it was an American Tsunami!”
Class Spelling Contests on Friday, March 4
By Sarah Lyle Get out your word list and dictionary, it’s Spelling Bee time again. Last spring, Orcas Island Public School held their first Bee in many years. For participants and spectators alike, the bee was both thrilling and inspiring. Finalists 7th grader Dylan Thompson and 6th grader
Annual Music Advocacy Group Benefit Concert
This coming Sunday, March 6 at 3pm the Music Advocacy Group invites you to join your neighbors at our annual concert for the public school music program. The featured musical groups are: Orcas Choral Society Orcas Island Community Band Island Sinfonia with High School Strings Middle School Band Orcas Youth
Update from Senator Kevin Ranker
By State Senator Kevin Ranker As we enter one of the busiest weeks all session, I am pleased to report that many key pieces of legislation have now passed out of committee and continue to move forward in the legislative process. Helping families affordably insure their property Households along shorelines
Orcas Community Summit to Shape Shorelines Meets Wednesday
Shoreline Master Program Update on Orcas, Lopez and San Juan Islands From San County Community Development and Planning San Juan County is updating its Shoreline Master Program (SMP). Join us for a Community Summit to help shape the future of the County’s shorelines! Why should you attend? The SMP Update
Get a Jump Start This Growing Season!
"How to Use Greenhouses and Cold Frames to Extend Your Growing Season," a class taught by Rhonda Barbieri and Friends will take place on Sunday, March 6 from 12 to 4 p.m. at La Campesina Project on Hawkins Road. The class will include a tour of La Campesina, a look
Drumming up Talent at Orcas Schools
Percussionist Rob Tucker will be visiting Orcas Public Schools during the week of March 7th – 11th as part of Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival’s Musician-in-Residence program. Tucker will work primarily with Martin Lund’s band students, and the focus will be on percussion. Known as one of the
Drawing Retreat with Caroline Buchanan, March 7-11
By Caroline Buchanan If you have always been meaning to learn how to draw or how to draw better, give yourself a treat next week and attend the drawing retreat taught by Caroline Buchanan. A small group, no more than eight, will meet in the conference room at
OPAL’s Newest House Arrives by Land and Sea
Despite a two-day delay caused by high winds, a 1064-sq.-ft., two-bedroom beach house, given to OPAL Community Land Trust by Bruce and Toy Baker’s two sons and their families, was moved last weekend by barge and truck from its decades-old site on North Beach to its new location
“Orcas Reads Poetry” April Event Looking for Participants
By JoEllen Moldoff This year we are celebrating National Poetry Month with an informal reading by poets and poetry lovers in our community. You are invited to participate by reading a few of your own poems, and/or favorite poems on Sunday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to
Season of Lent: Soup and Services on Orcas
The Orcas Council of Churches is hosting a season of Lent services at places of worship across the island. The season begins with a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish on March 8th and the Imposition of the Ashes at Emmanuel and St. Francis churches on Ash Wednesday,
Women, Take Time to Rejuvenate at Camp Orkila
The next Women’s Wellness Weekend at YMCA Camp Orkila will take place March 4-6. Some of the activities on the schedule include needle felting, fimo beads, card craft, crocheted flip-flops, earring-making, many types of yoga, jazz dance, Core & More, QiGong, drama games, kayaking, challenge course elements, archery, metabolism workshop,
The Week Ahead: Will March Come in Like a Lion?
Monday, February 28 Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce board meeting at 5 p.m. in the Orcas Library Conference Room. Movie Night at Doe Bay Café starts at 7 pm, free popcorn at big screen show time, half-priced bottles of wine. Come and enjoy dinner and wine while watching a movie.
Guest Opinion: The Mini-Vesting Initiative and Real Estate
By Janet Alderton (Note: The County Council is holding a public hearing on the ordinance for the mini-vesting initiative on Tuesday, March 1 in the Legislative Hearing Room, 55 Court Street, Friday Harbor, beginning at 10:00 a.m. A link to the proposed ordinance follows this article.) The current county regulation
Writers Come to Fire for Artsmith Salon
Contributed by Jennifer Brennock On Monday, Feb. 28 Artsmith celebrates writers who were awarded the 2011 Artsmith Residency. Four writers currently producing new work during their awarded week stay at Kangaroo House Bed and Breakfast will read for the Orcas community at 7 p.m. at FIRE! Smokehouse and Grill. Elizabeth Langemak’s
Two Levels of Yoga Classes Begin at Senior Center
Sara Dailey-Smith, Certified Yoga Therapist will start a new Yoga class starting Wednesday, March 2 at the Senior Center. At 9 am is an Easy Yoga class that will be for all ages and for those that would like an introducation to yoga postures or an easier class to help
Next Marine Science Lecture:Who’s Flown the Coop?
SeaDoc Marine Science Lecture Series Presents “Missing Marine Birds: Who’s Flown the Coop? ” The next Marine Science Lecture, with Dr. Ignacio Vilchis, Postdoctoral Fellow, SeaDoc Society will take place on Tuesday, March 8, at Camp Orkila Marine Center and will consider the quesiton, "Why study marine birds?" In short,
