This season, nine students will be swinging their clubs on the green and Coach Bobby Olmsted couldn’t be happier.
Olmsted has been coaching for 11 years, but this is the first time that he has held tryouts. His requirements for ideal players? Ability is not as important as commitment, he said.
The Vikings are known as tough competition, and with this season’s slow start the Vikings may surprise other teams later in the season when they make their come back.
The farmers were noticeable not by their denim and muddy boots, but their expressions both somber and frustrated. They, and several other concerned citizens, took their turns sitting before the council at a special Lopez meeting on Tuesday and voiced their concerns relating to the Agriculture Current Use Taxation Program.
When Jeffery Broussard plays the accordion, he plays it with his whole body. And his toe tapping, hip shaking and exuberant shoulder shrugging is contagious. His numerous YouTube videos all have one thing in common – a room full of folks swaying and clapping their hands as zydeco and Creole melodies fill the air.
A wide range of topics was covered by U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA) during two recent meetings on Orcas Island. He started off the discussion with his stance on women’s health care and reproductive rights.
“I am shocked that we are having this debate, women are shocked and afraid because of this debate,” he said. “I am going to fight and advocate for the progress women have made for reproductive and health care rights.”
As the rain stopped and the sunlight broke out from the clouds, seven islanders stood in Waterfront Park with cardboard signs calling for peace, change, support of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, and also the removal of Ed DeMarco. This gathering is one of 200 “Save Our Home” rallies for MoveOn.org’s campaign asking President Obama to remove DeMarco as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and make Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, government-controlled mortgage lenders, change their policy to provide relief to the ten million Americans struggling with mortgage debt.
Ginni Keith always loved music, she even majored in the oboe in college, but for 25 years music just evaporated from her life – she even sold all her instruments. But when she moved to Lopez everything changed. She joined the choir – and for the last 12 years she has immersed herself in sound, even adding a few instruments to her repertoire.
Thousands died and riots broke out across Haiti as cholera raced through the population. In one area, burning barricades littered the streets and blocked the road to the hospital. Rosedanie Cadet watched as the chaos unfolded. She asked people to help move the mattresses and other objects set aflame, but only one person helped her to clear the way.
Junior Lana Bronn received “Honorable Mention,” and sophomore Bella Nigretto was awarded All-League first team honors, which is given to the top five players in the entire league, as voted by league coaches.
The award-winning documentary “Miss Representation,” which will be screened on Orcas on March 18, 2 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Hall, exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and the consequences to our youth, our culture, and our politics.
Local experts spoke about the update of the county’s critical areas ordinance, Feb. 29 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. The forum was sponsored by Friends of the San Juans.
Gregory Books wants teenagers to get excited about astronomical science. For one project his class dug debris out of their house gutters and using magnets determined that there were microscopic pieces of meteorites. He also had students brainstorm ways humans could live on Mars. Last fall he asked his class to build a sundial — not just a stick in the ground sundial, but one that would be adjustable for each season and daylight savings.
Judy Beemer receives numerous phone calls a day from telemarketers or automated surveys, but last week when she picked up the phone she was answered by a young man in his twenties, who said “Hi, Grandma.”
