“Ocean Frontiers,” by Green Fire Productions discusses the problems we face in managing our oceans and explores solutions for those conflicts.
The world of dreams can be exquisite, startling and terrifying.
When the Orcas volleyball team qualified for state last year, head coach Gregg Sasan described the players as being beside themselves with excitement. Although the girls lost their first two matches at state, it was still a victory in many ways.
In observance of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001, Orcas Island Fire and Rescue and members of the community gathered at 8 a.m. at Station 21 for a flag salute, a moment of silence and Chief Kevin O’Brien gave a brief address.
In golf and in theater you get only one shot and sometimes that’s all you need. Well, at least that is true for Jim Shaffer-Bauck who has a long and rich history when it comes to putting on the green and puttin’ on the ritz. He’s so familiar with he two subjects that he has found parallels in what otherwise appears to have little in common.
When Lopez native Todd Foley started writing his novel two years ago, he decided his main character should be admirable, but when he put pen to paper the character evolved into someone far more human with good and bad traits.
Every night, Elizabeth Schermerhorn lets her three and a half-pound Yorkshire terrier Rosie outside for a few minutes to go to the bathroom in their fenced-in yard, located in the North Beach neighborhood. But several weeks ago, Schermerhorn let Rosie into the backyard and just moments later heard the dog shrilly barking in what she could only describe as a scream.
Last year, Hedrick Smith wrote the final chapters of “Who Stole the American Dream? Can we get it back?” while living on Orcas Island. The year before, he was in Seattle conducting interviews, trying to understand what and who drove Washington Mutual into the largest bank failure in U.S. history.
It all started five years ago with a broken leg that left an islander unable to work throughout the winter. A group of ladies at Country Corner put a donation can next to the checkout and started raising funds.
Jazz legend Willie Thomas is 81 years old, but he said that doesn’t stop him from learning daily.
The military has a strategy called the inkblot, where a small force aims to subdue a large hostile region by pushing out from each area, extending its control until only pockets of opposition are left.
On any given day, visitors can be see milling around shops in Eastsound, eating ice cream, walking on the beach and camping in Moran State Park. But islanders are skeptical as to whether or not this summer’s tourism is actually boosting the economy. Here’s a snapshot of how things are going when it comes to ferry riders, tourism, real estate and unemployment.
The Hillside Supper Club’s menu says “comfortable food, no pressure,” and features delights like smoked broccoli, grass-fed steak, hand-made fettuccine and duck liver mousse with rhubarb gelee.
