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“It wasn’t a Blue Wave; it was an American Tsunami!”
Auditor delivers bad news: county coffers have $1 million less this year
By Stan Matthews County Communications Program Manager San Juan County Auditor Milene Henley delivered the news to the County Council on April 28: Revenues are down, expenses are up and cash on hand is at its lowest point in three years, $1 million less than it was in 2008. In
Flu fears close Camp Orikila
The San Juan County Health Department reports that Camp Orkila on Orcas is being closed and approximately 300 school children from King County and Richland are being sent home after six children and one adult exhibited flu-like symptoms Thursday night. County Health and Human Services Director John Manning reported
Letter to the Editor: Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week
May 3rd through 9th is National Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week. The PTSA encourages you to take the time to thank the wonderful teachers and school staff personnel in our community, especially as they work so hard to provide the exceptional services they do during difficult economic times. The PTSA
How will Eastsound look in the future? EPRC hosts "Open House" May 4 at Senior Center
The Eastsound Planning and Review Committee (EPRC) will host an Open House on Monday, May 4, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Senior Center. After deciding on their top priorities for the year, the Committee, composed of Mindy Kayl, retiring Chair, Gulliver Rankin, Chair, Bob Connell, Audrey
Reception this afternoon for Spring Awakening Art Show
An Artist's Reception will open the "Spring Awakening" Art Showing by Michael Gerard Mele from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today, May 1 at the Senior Center. The photographic display will continue through the month of May. Mele's photos, in honor of Mothers, Mother's Day and Mother Earth, feature the sights
Spectacular University High School Choir performs May 1
On Friday May 1st at 7:30 p..m, University High School from Spokane, WA, will present a concert at the Orcas School Old Gym, hosted by the Orcas School Music Program. This concert is free of charge, and will consist of two of University High School’s top performance
Chamber Music Festival brings Shangrow back for Music Lovers Seminar
Contributed by Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival Mary Poletti introduces Music Lovers' Seminars by asking questions. "Simply love the music? Curious about the origins and context of a piece of music? Or enjoy the challenge of following the developing theme central to a composer's work?" While Catherine Pederson's motive for
Business Essentials: Internet Marketing for Small Business
Do You Twitter? Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce Executive Director will help you tweet, flicker and otherwise interface with the new social networking websites at anohtter Chamber "Business Essentials" class. Evans says, "You have your website up, but is that enough to bring attention to your business or organization? What
Poem for the Day: Nostalgia
Nostalgia Remember the 1340's? We were doing a dance called the Catapult. You always wore brown, the color craze of the decade, and I was draped in one of those capes that were popular, the ones with unicorns and pomegranates in needlework. Everyone would pause for beer and onions in
Ready for kindergarten in the fall? Find out at Orcas Elementary
Today and tomorrow, April 29 and 30, children who will be five years old by Sept. 1, 2009, and their parents can visit the Orcas School library and and meet teachers who will visit with them at various stations and lead them through various exercises at tables for
Ten Minute Play Festival begins weekend run
Orcas Island's local playwrights' festival sponsored by Actors Theater of Orcas Island begins at the Grange this Thursday night, April 30. The festival was created to encourage local island talent to show off their skills, or to challenge islanders to develop new skills in writing, acting and directing. As with
Holcomb and Horvitz share the bill with Twirl at the Center May 9
Orcas Center presents Orcas' own brother-sister duo Twirl on a shared bill with influential Seattle-based musicians Robin Holcomb and Wayne Horvitz for one performance only, on Saturday May 9 at 7:30 pm. Twirl is Grace McCune (Beauty in Beauty and the Beast) and her older brother Clint McCune.
Living Room hosts mystic scholar May 9
Writer and mystic scholar Andrew Harvey will be in the San Juans over Mother's Day weekend. The Living Room is hosting a workshop from 1 to 6 p.m. on Saturday May 9 from 1 to 6 p.m. Harvey is a writer, translator and editor of many books, including: A Journey in
Writers Festival ready for early bird registration
The second annual Orcas Island Writers Festival will be held September 17-20, 2009, in the town of Eastsound on Orcas Island. Early Bird registration began Saturday, April 25. The Orcas Island Writers Festival is a unique event, a place to grow as a writer, meet other writers and readers, and
Poem for the Day: The Waking
I wake to sleep and take my waking slow, I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go. We think by feeling. What is there to know? I hear my being dance from ear to ear I wake to sleep and
Friday brings school art show opening and school choir performance
Contributed by Barb Skotte Friday, May 1st, is a busy day for lovers of school arts programs. The month-long all-island student art show begins at Orcas Center, with an open house from 3:30-6:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to come see the works of our many talented student artists! Also that
