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Veterans Day honors all who served in the U.S. Military. Poster courtesy of Orcas Island School District The American Legion in Eastsound will commemorate Veterans’ Day with a service at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 11th at the post home. The public is invited. Light snacks, cake, and coffee will be served following
Plein air oil painting by Richard Haffey will be on display with other harvest themed artwork at the Senior Center Teddy Bears Picnic is the theme of the September Exhibit in the Betty Lundeen Room of theOrcas Senior Center. A delightful display of Teddy Bears, their friends, portraits and landscapepaintings with harvest themes.
Thursday, March 15 at 7 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall From the SeaDoc Society The largest octopus. The biggest barnacle. The most enormous anemone. Our backyard is home to some of the most extraordinary creatures on the planet. The Salish Sea’s unique combination of geology and hydrology makes it one of the
By Martin Taylor If you want to start the New Year with an electrifying jolt participate in an Orcas Tradition: The Polar Bear Plunge. It’s a simple event, the master of ceremonies will give the shout and the hearty souls of Orcas will charge headlong into Cascade Lake. Within a few seconds they
From the Orcas Museum Monday, Oct. 31 at the Historical Museum from 3 to 6 p.m. Trick-or-Treaters! Don’t missing learning all about Mrs. Rice and Higgy the Bear, a real life story from the annals of Olga history, in which Mrs. Rice (owner of the Olga Hotel) is given a Kodiak bear cub
It was a gorgeous crystal clear and icy cold first morning of the New Year. Orcas beloved white bear made his once a year appearance. He called the faithful to once more leap into the cold waters of Cascade Lake. The bright sun warmed the people as they chatted with friends and neighbors
If you want to start the New Year with an electrifying jolt participate in an Orcas Tradition: The Polar Bear Plunge. It's a simple event, the master of ceremonies will give the shout and the hearty souls of Orcas will charge headlong into Cascade Lake. Within a few seconds they will re-emerge shocked
A Spiritual Encounter with the Jewish Holocaust of World War IIwill take place at “Yom Ha-Shoah” on Sunday April 11. A Candle Lighting Commemoration and a showing of the documentary film “Raising the Ashes,” will take place at 3 p.m. in the Eastsound Fire Hall Community Room. Since 1996, people from many countries
At 11 a.m. sharp on New Year's Day, a motley gathering shed their blankets, towel and hats to reveal tie-dye T-shirts and other hippie garb to run headlong into the grey churning waters of Cascade Lake. Within seconds, all but three plungers were headed back to the warmth of the Moran Park shelter
||| FROM KING-TV SEATTLE ||| SEATTLE — KING 5 got an exclusive look at new hybrid-electric Washington State Ferries (WSF) boat models. The new boats will include charging units on the upper decks. WSF leaders told KING 5 the new fleet will be the most reliable it's ever been. Regular ferry riders shared their frustrations with daily