Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Come early! ATOI production this weekend now includes beer, cider, and pre-show live music
-- from Melinda Milligan for Actor's Theater of Orcas Island -- Actor's Theater of Orcas Island announces that beer and cider will be available for purchase at its upcoming production of “Winds In the Morning,” written by Richard Carter of Lopez Island at the Grange at 7:30 p.m. on December
School Board to meet for new member swearing-in
Thursday, December 5, 8:30 a.m., District Office -- from Orcas Island School District -- Notice of a Special School Board Meeting, along with a tour of Orcas Island Elementary School on Thursday, December 5. AGENDA 8:30 a.m. CALL TO ORDER, Special Meeting - District Office Swear in Board Director, Ayn
Contribute to Senior Center’s Hearts and Hands Program
Give Orcas: December 2-December 20 -- from Lena Kassa for Orcas Senior Center -- Community is all about heart and lending a hand when someone is in need. Fortunately, when Orcas islanders have a need for in-home assistance and companionship, Hearts and Hands is there to help. And now, Orcas
Garden Club welcomes The Nest for winter greenery demonstration
Wednesday, December 11, 10:30 a.m., Orcas Center Madrona Room -- from Nita Couchman for Orcas Garden Club -- The Orcas Island Garden Club welcomes Cindy Morgan from Nest to our December 11 meeting in the Madrona Room at the Orcas Center. The meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m., a bit
Aging isn’t about aging … What?
-- from Rosie Kuhn -- "Be yourself - everyone else is already taken," . . . ever hear that quote before? My friends David Bennett and Cindy Griffith-Bennett wrote a book called Voyage of Purpose. I’m on my third read of this book. The stories of David’s Near-Death Experience and the
Food ‘matters’ discussion upcoming at Library
Thursday, December 5, 6 p.m., Orcas Library -- from Mary Pugh for Orcas Island Public Library -- In a global world, food helps us share cultural traditions and practices. Rosedanie Cadet is an Orcas resident, global citizen, and director of Helping Hands Noramise—a Haitian nonprofit organization dedicated to providing nutrition
Put Whale Museum on your holiday to-do list
Saturday, December 7, 3 - 4 p.m. & Thursday, December 12, 5 - 7 p.m., The Whale Museum -- from The Whale Museum -- The Whale Museum is excited to announce our events for the Holidays. This December, visitors can look forward to two exciting events to celebrate the season:
Orcasional Musings | Golf ? Estates? What about that?
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| The Orcas Island Golf Course started life as a mustard-growing operation, first homesteaded as farmland in the late 1800s. Then in 1961, the Blake family, originally from Canada, bought the property, finished clearing it, and developed it into the 18-hole challenge that it
Sheriff’s Report | November 20 – 26, 2019
-- from San Juan County Sheriff's Office -- Wednesday, November 20, 201919-009678 Child Abuse or Neglect 08:59:53 11/20/19A Deputy in Friday Harbor received a report of possible child abuse. The report was determined to be unfounded. 19-009687 Malicious Mischief 11:53:18 11/20/19An Orcas Island Deputy was dispatched to a vandalism call
Square off with Friday the 13th dance
Friday, December 13, 6:30 - 9 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall -- from Nik Schulz -- Come join the Sassafrass Sisters for our big winter square dance! $10 sliding scale. No experience necessary, and no one turned away. This is our big winter square dance with live music and caller. You
Learn to make your own Holiday swag at upcoming Moran workshop
Saturday, December 7, 12 - 3 p.m., Cascade Lake Day Use Shelter -- from Nancy Quackenbush for Friends of Moran -- Come and join us at Moran State Park's Cascade Lake Day Use Shelter on Saturday, December 7, from 12 - 3 p.m. (or as long as supplies last) to
Last chance to change your Medicare drug plan
Friday, December 6, 1 - 4 p.m., Orcas Library -- from Pegi Groundwater -- Friday, December 6, between 1 and 4 SHIBA volunteers will be at the Orcas library to help Orcas residents review their Medicare options to see if they need to make any changes before this year’s open
ATOI brings Lopez playwright’s holiday play to Grange stage
December 6 - 7, 13 - 15, 7:30 p.m. Orcas Grange -- from Melinda Milligan for Actors Theater of Orcas Island -- Come celebrate the holidays and be welcomed by live music and a glass of cider at the Actors' Theater of Orcas Island production of "Winds In the Morning,"
State’s ocean acidification research is drawing global interest
-- from Governor Inslee's Office -- Jennifer Hennessey is Gov. Jay Inslee’s policy expert on ocean health and environmental issues. She recently traveled to Chile to help researchers better understand the impact of ocean acidification on Washington and Chile. Chile recently invited a group of Washington experts to share our
Editorial | Nothing but gratitude …
-- by Lin McNulty, Orcas Issues Editor -- Thanksgiving. Throughout my years, the meaning of the day has fluctuated from shenanigans at the kid's table with my brothers and cousins, through waking up early here on the West Coast to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on television, being sucked in
Inslee statement on I-976 injunction
-- from Governor Inslee's Office -- “We are taking action today in response to the court order and in consideration of the vote on the initiative. The state will take a fiscally prudent approach by effectively continuing to act as if the initiative is still in place from a state spending perspective.
