Sabina Smith-Moreland began dancing before she was out of diapers.
“She was dancing before she could walk,” said her mom Audrey.
Greg White is orchestrating a twice-a-week lunch hour knitting group for 4th to 6th graders in a quiet corner of the school library, assisted by Poppies Fabric owner Cheryl Jackson, who has been instrumental in gathering donations from generous islanders. White and Jackson hand out supplies, get the kids started, and are there to help if they get stuck or have questions.
Orcas Montessori School recently received an anonymous grant to support burgeoning literacy among the school’s students.
The Orcas Island Junior Rowing Club and other hardy islanders are preparing to begin the new year with a splash at the 14th annual Cascade Lake Polar Bear Plunge.
The students from Point Blank, a high school prevention leadership club, will be at Island Market on Dec. 18 and 19 to pass out Red Ribbons with a message to “Have a Safe and Happy Holidays.”
When you hear and see the Community Band in concert Saturday, Dec. 18 at 2 pm, think about how music affects families. The Community Band, now in its 20th year, boasts musicians who are related either by blood or by marriage – because music unites everyone.
Continuing its December “Shop the Rock” campaign, the Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce is adding a twist to the second part of the promotion that will award $100 to a lucky winner.
Orcasites celebrated the holiday season last weekend with the Tree Lighting on the Green, the Senior Center Holiday Fair, the Deer Harbor Santa Ship, the Odd Fellows Artisan Faire and the American Legion Holiday Fair. Here are some snapshots of the weekend merriment.
JP and the OK Rhythm Boys are offering a celebration of local music on Saturday, Dec. 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Darvill’s Bookstore. It is also the release of their new CD, “JP and the OK Rhythm Boys Don’t Sing (much).”
Deer Harbor’s Cayou Lagoon is slowly silting up, choking under a thick layer of mud.
Bob and Meg Connor, who own a 140-acre estate bordering the lagoon, remember playing “Pooh sticks” with their children off the Channel Road bridge in the 1970’s, dropping bits of wood off the upstream side.
“We saw millions of fish going into the lagoon,” said Bob. “There used to be oysters, crabs.” Now, he says, people are incredulous at these stories; there are few signs of life in the murky depths.
Orcas School music teachers Martin Lund and Pamela Wright are hosting a middle and high school holiday concert this week.
The Orcas Choral Society will present its annual holiday concert this weekend at Orcas Center.
Orcas Family Health Center is holding its third annual dinner and dance to “share the spirit of the holiday season with friends and neighbors at a fundraising dinner dance.”
