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Re-opening Saturday, April 25 -- from James Hardman -- The Orcas Artworks re-opens A beloved Orcas Island institution has come back to life! Thanks to tremendous community support and contributions large and small, the historic Strawberry Building in the hamlet of Olga has been restored after its devastating fire in July of 2013.
-- by Boyd C. Pratt -- I am writing to ‘nudge’ you in the direction of the Olga Strawberry Council’s “Final Push” to rebuild the Olga Strawberry Barreling Plant. Please support them in the efforts to finish restoration of this building, which is significant to the history, economy, and well-being of the Olga area, Orcas
-- by Beverly Johanson for the Olga Strawberry Council -- What a difference a year (or so) makes. In late July, 2013 an arson fire seriously damaged the historic 76-year old building in Olga. In the beginning, the building operated as a strawberry barreling plant that served the island community even as it supported its fruit
by Cara Russell By now we all know what happened in the early hours of July 19, 2013: arson, a single violent act for attention. And the victim, a seventy-five year-old building, which was home to three Orcas Island businesses. For The Artworks Cooperative, James Hardman Gallery, and Café Olga, the historic Barreling Plant building
By Tom Welch A phone call out of the blue a few weeks ago led to some surprising information about our local history here in Olga. A man who said his name was Ed Cappa called from the Boston area, looking for information about the Coast Guard station his father was assigned to during World
From Martin Taylor The Artworks building may be closed down for the time being, but the gallery web site is still open for business. The inventory for the web site was kept in a different location and was not harmed by the fire. While some of that artwork will end up in the new temporary
The Olga Strawberry Council is the non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation created in 2005 to purchase, restore and manage the historic 75-year-old Olga Strawberry Barreling Plant, better known as the Artworks Building. Last Friday’s tragic fire impacted many lives. The building housed three businesses (The Artworks Cooperative, James Hardman Gallery, and Cafe Olga) and was a source
UPDATED REMINDER: Olga Daze IS happening and support is more IMPORTANT than ever! Saturday, July 20, beginning at 10 a.m., parade at noon! By Jan Ehrlichman The Olga community is celebrating the fact that the Olga Community Center is 100 year old this year, with festivities planned for Saturday July 20 — Olga Daze!
The winds blew in gusts up to 40 mph, temperatures were in the teens and OPALCO linemen worked all through the night, Nov. 22-23, to track down multiple power outages and restore power across the county. The first outages of the night began at 4:00 pm when wind blew tree branches into the
Next in the series of summer Brown Bag concerts presented on Wednesdays at noon at Emmanuel Church throughout the summer is the wildly popular Olga Symphony. The group began over 25 years ago when a group of friends gathered to make music together at the Olga Store. When asked what kind of music they like