The Orcas Vikings took down the Darrington Loggers 57-52 on Jan 21.
The boys burst out in huge grins, said coach Gregg Sasan.
“It was about time to see them smile,” he said.
Orcas Islanders took the stage Saturday night to sing, dance and play their hearts out for an enthusiastic audience of friends, family and neighbors.
Eleven talented kids showed themselves braver than most adults in the audience by sharing their joie de vivre onstage at Orcas Has Talent Junior on Saturday afternoon.
Orcas Has Talent, a fresh new incarnation of the wildly popular annual Orcas Idol show, will be running its audition show on Jan. 22.
This year the show is open to talent of all kinds, not just musicians; organizers are throwing wide the doors to welcome jugglers, gymnasts, dancers – and whoever else might rumba on in for auditions.
The county has taken enforcement action against an Eastsound business it says added uses in violation of the zoning code, and alleges that construction on the site disregards required wetland setbacks, screening and parking requirements.
Both Viking teams fell to the Braves at the Tuesday, Jan. 11 home games.
The New York Times ranked the San Juan Islands second in “The 41 Places to Go in 2011,” a travel article posted Jan. 7.
The Viking boys basketball team is transitioning out of a hard-hitting football season, the players developing court finesse as they ease into the more hands-off game of hoops. And they’re bringing everything they’ve got.
This isn’t your grandfather’s long-bladed prairie windmill.
Almost whisper-quiet, the six-foot diameter Energy Ball V200 wind turbine looks like something out of the Howe art gallery: a gleaming silver orb of glass fiber polyester, composed of six blades fused at both ends. John Phillips recently applied for a permit to install an Energy Ball, anticipated to supply 9,000 kilowatt-hours of power annually to his Olga home, but the request was denied – based on a 25-foot height building restriction written into the 2006 Olga Hamlet Plan.
Orcas Center is ready to take audiences for a whirl around the world in 2011, filling the center stage with culture and music from Mexico, Canada, Africa, Cuba, Scotland and Hawaii. There will be some good dashes of Orcas Island talent, too.
There was merriment for all on Orcas Island this Christmas as islanders and Anacortesians snapped their fingers at economic woes and dug deep into their pockets to share – especially with the children.
Ferry fares will rise 2.5 percent on Jan. 1 after all, says Washington State Ferries. Attorney General Rob McKenna’s office has stated that the fare increase is valid because it was enacted before initiative 1053, which requires all fare increases to be approved by the legislature.
