Back by popular demand, James Lee Stanley will perform in concert at The Trading Company in Eastsound on Friday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Jim Rohrssen, of Lopez Island, returned from a trip to Asia this spring with a new found love of Myanmar (Burma). The people have been living under the control of a military junta for nearly 20 years. “After the cyclone devastated much of the country on May 2-3, I felt compelled to do something,” said Rohrssen.
On June 11, he will sponsor a dinner and benefit auction for the victims of the cyclone at the Galley Restaurant with seatings at 5:30 and 7 p.m. and on June 15 he will hold an afternoon potluck and band concert at the Lopez Center.
The June meeting of the Orcas Island Garden Club will be held Wednesday, June 11, at 11 a.m., at the home of Jackie Abell, 118 Golf Estate Road, Eastsound.
A “Start of Summer Celebration” will be held throughout Eastsound Square on North Beach Road on June 7 from 11 a.m.to 3 p.m.
The Public School Montessori Program, one of Orcas’ most innovative educational institutions, is now actively enrolling for the 2008/09 school year.
The Public School Montessori Program is a first through third grade Montessori classroom that operates within the Orcas Public Elementary School.
Who remembers what a typewriter is? Does anyone use one nowadays? The Orcas Island Community Band does and even believes it is a musical instrument.
Joe Babcock will lead the Community Band in a special tribute to American Composer Leroy Anderson. This is the Centennial Celebration of Anderson’s life and musical career.
From the fate of the lowly sea cucumber to the disenfranchisement of the next generation from their natural heritage, the San Juan Initiative is hearing it all, but the local-state-federal partnership is in a unique position to translate listening into a sea change, both for the San Juan Islands and for the nation.
A Special Meeting of the San Juan County Public Hospital District #1 Board to provide ample opportunity for community feedback will be held on June 11, 2008.
It’s green and it’s going to help the garden grow but Lopez students won’t be eating the latest green item associated with their farm-to-school program.
Lopez Island school officials have been notified that they have been awarded a grant from Lowe’s Home Improvement Stores in the amount of $3,600 toward further development of their food gardens.
At the May 19 Annual Membership Orcas Island Prevention Partnership (OIPP) honored the work of Orcas Island community organizations for their contributions to a safe and healthy community free of substance abuse. It also began a new tradition of recognizing the work of a specific community organization and youth for their efforts in prevention as well as expressing special thanks to an individual each year.
