Submitted by the Orcas Senior Center.
Volunteer changes
As we ring in the New Year, Orcas Senior Center would like to thank Bonnie Burg and Margot Shaw for their many years of dedicated service to the Orcas District Committee (formerly Operations Committee) and welcome three new: Erica Bee, Diane Craig and Lynn Roberts.
Among their many contributions, too many to count, Bonnie served as Chair of the Committee and Margot as Chair of the Membership Sub-committee. During their tenure, the center witnessed considerable growth, both in the number of members and the range of programs and activities offered.
New member Bee is an experienced Licensed Practical Nurse, senior caregiver, and professional educational administrator. Erica is already taking a leadership role overseeing some of Orcas Senior Center’s Health and Wellness programs.
Craig is office manager and a writer for Islands’ Sounder and has held management positions in publishing and for nonprofits. She says she appreciates being “a part of one of the island’s most important offerings for people of, ahem, our age.”
Roberts owned and operated a small business on Orcas Island for 25 years, before moving to Guatemala in 1994. He was very active with a maintenance and repair grant initiative before joining the Committee.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the committee, contact Lena at 360-376-7929 or lena@orcasseniors.org.
SV Golden Rule
“Connecting the Dots — The Story of the SV Golden Rule” will be presented at the Orcas Senior Center on Friday, Jan. 3 at 1:15 p.m.
In the face of overwhelming power, it is often the smallest things that have the biggest effect. The story of the sailing vessel SV Golden Rule is an example of an important action all but forgotten in the fog of history. In 1958, the US military was testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere over the Marshall Islands. In protest, a group of Quakers purchased a small sailboat intending to sail it into the nuclear test zone. Come hear Norman Petersen tell the story of the revival of the SV Golden Rule that is now unfolding. With the success of the Meeting of the Minds lecture series, now in its second season, the Senior Center is proud to announce the launching of a second lecture series, entitled “Connecting the Dots.” The theme for 2020 will be Connecting the Dots of History. The Story of the SV Golden Rule launches this new series, which will be on the first Friday of every month.
Geology of Orcas
“Geology of Orcas Island” will be presented at the Orcas Senior Center on Monday, Jan. 6 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Due to the overwhelming response in November, OSC will be hosting a repeat Geology of Orcas Island presentation by local experts Julia Turney and Michael E. Yeaman. Come learn about the complicated and unique geology of Orcas Island. The first half of this 90-minute workshop will cover geologic principles including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, geologic maps, geologic time, and how we read the history of the earth from its rocks. The second half will focus on Orcas Island bedrock formations — from the Turtleback Formation to the Nanaimo Group — and on the young glacial sediments that lie above them. We’ll also bring some Orcas Island rock samples to examine and talk about!
Turney has a bachelor’s degree in Geology from California State University in Sacramento and is retired after a 30-plus-year career working in Colorado, California and Washington in environmental and engineering geology. She lives on Orcas.
Yeaman has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Geology and Geophysics from Stanford University. He worked in the energy and consulting industries for 30 years before moving to Orcas in 2004. He has given lectures and conducted fieldtrips on the geology of the San Juan Islands for the past decade.
