The American Cancer Society’s annual community fundraiser, “Relay for Life®” comes to Orcas Island July 19-20, thanks to local organizers who persisted in getting Orcas Island’s own event.
Luminaria celebration at 10 p.m. Saturday, July 19. Relay for Life starts at 3 p.m. and ends at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 20.
Kimple and Pruett at fire sites threatening Bonneville Power lines
Superintendent Glenn Harris has submitted his resignation, after two years at the helm of the Orcas Island School District
Ranker has served as San Juan County Council member
Lion Frank “Mac” Trunkey received the International Lions’ Club’s highest award, The Melvin Jones Fellowship, last month.
Orcas Island Fire Department Chief Mike Harris announced on July 8 that the Fire/Medic local union members Valerie Harris, Mik Presz and Patrick Shelpler have formally presented the proposal to divide the Assistant Fire Chief duties into three positions, with a suggested interim start date of August 1, 2008.
s the July 24 deadline for budget completion for the 2008-2009 school year looms, the Orcas Island School District (OISD) Board sharpened their pencils and exchanged proposals for budget cuts at their meeting on July 7, and by the end of the evening, they’d whittled $210,000 from the proposed budget deficit.
Writers in San Juan County are invited to enter the annual San Juan County Fair Written Word contest. Writers of poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, children’s stories, young adult fiction are invited to submit entries by July 16. Exceptions may be made.
The July art show at Key Bank will feature local artist, Gail Anderson-Toombs’ newest interpretive acrylic paintings. For a splash of color and a giggle, come any time in July during regular banking hours.
The Writer’s Roundtable on Saturday, July 12 will feature a special presentation by Orcas writer Jill Johnson on “The Universal Language of Justice in Fiction.”
Orcas Island resident Damien Stark will swim the ferry route for 19.5 miles from Anacortes to Friday Harbor on July 26 and 27 because he believes “There is no greater joy than … not the swimming itself, but the ability to use swimming in order to help someone else.” This has been what he calls his personal mantra as he swims almost every other day, all year long, in East Sound, and this is how “Swimming The Crossing for Breast Cancer” began.
Bowling, rocket stoves, sculpture, pottery and nature walks are some of the programs offered through Orcas Island Recreation Program this week.
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