Coming Events

SUPER SUCKERS: GIANT OCTOPUS: MARINE SCIENCE LECTURE SERIES

(Tuesday March 9 @ 7 pm at YMCA Camp Orkila)

Beautiful, bashful and brainy, the giant Pacific octopus leads a life of mystery. With a personality that’s as complex as its appearance, this animal is a master of disguise that can open jars, mimic other octopuses, and finds its way through mazes in laboratory experiments. Tim Carpenter, Curator of Fish and Invertebrates at the Seattle Aquarium, will lead the lecture.

INFORMATION: Call SeaDoc’s Jean Spalti @ 376-3910

ORCAS SCHOOL BOARD POTLUCK – YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE BOND

(Wednesday, March 10 @ 6:15 pm – High School Commons)

The Orcas Island School Board wants to hear your ideas about the school bond. The community is encourage to bring questions, comments and an open mind to a School Board sponsored potluck about the school bond. A great chance to sit down with the Board and give them feedback. We hope you can make it!

INFORMATION: Call Cathy @ 376-2284

COUNTY COUNCIL SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING ON ORCAS

(Thursday, March 11; 4 pm – 5:45 pm @ Eastsound Fire Hall)

Please join County Council Members Richard Fralick, District 4, Orcas West, Gene Knapp, District 5, Orcas East, County Administrator Pete Rose and County Auditor Milene Henley for a Town Hall conversation. Items for discussion will be the continuing county Budget Crisis, the Solid Waste Program, the Uplands’ Critical Areas Ordinance, the Shoreline Master Plan Update and other important issues facing the County. An open questions and answers forum will follow this presentation.

INFORMATION: Contact the Clerk of the County Council at (360) 378-2898

DALLAS BRASS BLOWS AWAY ORCAS CENTER

(Saturday, March 13, 7:30 pm. Burgers & Brew @ 5 pm – only $12)

Copland, Bernstein, Sousa, Gershwin, Berlin, Chicago, Dixieland, Swing, Broadway, folk, pop, hiphop. An American Musical Journey is an adventure for the whole family! The Dallas Brass is a nationally-recognized ensemble of traditional brass instruments and percussion, and their Orcas performance will feature several Orcas musicians. $25, $17 (Orcas Center members), $11 (students). Come in early for the ‘Burgers & Brew’!

INFORMATION: Call 376-2281 or visit www.orcascenter.org

VINTAGE JAZZ & UKULELE: MISS ROSE & HER RHYTHM PERCOLATORS

(Saturday, March 13; 8 pm show at Odd Fellows Hall)

Enjoy the Jazz Age with Miss Rose! Orcas’ Charly Robinson opens the show. This is a family-friendly, all-ages event. The Seattle-based quartet faithfully re-creates the vintage jazz of the early 1920s to the mid ’30s- an era when this music provided a playful soundtrack for the flappers who danced the Charleston. A portion of the proceeds from the show will benefit the Orcas Island Education Foundation. Tickets are $10 person, available at Darvill’s Bookstore, Orcas Elementary, Gordeaux’s & Eastsound Instruments. Saturday Ukulele workshops! Beginners (age 10 – adult) from 2 pm – 3:30 pm (only $30), and Intermediate from 3:30 pm – 5 pm ($30).

INFORMATION: Call 376-3148 or contact@missroserhythm.com

SONGSHARE 2010 AT ORCAS COMMUNITY CHURCH

(Saturday, March 20 @ 7:30 pm)

Join Orcas a Cappella for SongShare 2010: The Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, led by guest conductor, Richard Marlow of Trinity College, Cambridge, England. Special guests: Linfield Concert Choir, Marianne Lewis, organist, and WinterFests’ Harold Best. Tickets are $11 and sold at Darvill’s and the door.

INFORMATION: Email dawncleary@rockisland.com

SONGSHARE 2010 AT ORCAS CENTER

(Sunday, March 21, @ 3:00 pm)

SONGSHARE 2010: Join Orcas a Cappella for SongShare 2010: The Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, led by guest conductor Richard Marlow, with guest performance by Islands Sinfonia, Tickets are $11 and sold through the Orcas Center Box office and at the door.

INFORMATION: Email dawncleary@rockisland.com

REVERSE MORTGAGE WORKSHOP

(Thursday, March 25 @1pm-3pm at Orcas Senior Center)

Wondering if a reverse mortgage would be right for you? If you’re 62 or older with equity in your home, here’s a chance to find out how a reverse mortgage can improve your cash flow, make home improvements, or just bring you peace of mind. Despite increased popularity, some of the most basic facts of reverse mortgages are still understood. Find out the true costs and tax consequences involved, and when the loan needs to be repaid. Free to attend, pre-registration required. Sponsored by T Williams Realty. Featuring Axia Senior Lending Solutions.

REGISTRATION: Contact Sandi Friel @ 376-8374 or sandi@rockisland.com

FIRST EVER STUDENT CHEF COMPETITION

(Sponsors Needed for April 17 & 18 Event!)

The Farm to Cafeteria Program is putting on the First Ever OISD Student Chef Competition to be held April 17th and 18th and Sponsorships are available for any individual or business wishing to participate at a Copper Kettle ($50), Silver Spoon ($100), Golden Spatula ($250), or Platinum Platter ($500) level. Sponsors will be prominently listed in our promotional materials and programs and gratefully appreciated! Sponsorships for this event will help make this all possible.

INFORMATION: www.orcasislandf2c.org or call Bruce Orchid at 2608 or Madie Murray at 3064

Super Sales & Announcements

EARTH-FRIENDLY FUNDRAISING FOR FARM TO CAFETERIA

(Now through March 12)

All Students at Orcas Island Public Schools will be taking orders in person or online through March 12 for bulbs and plants for beautiful garden blooms in late Spring through Fall. All items are from just $10 to $30 and 50% of the total sales will go toward funding the Farm to Cafeteria Program! The fundraiser is through Flower Power Fundraising (flowerpowerfundraising.com) with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. You may also contact Anne Ford or Madie with any questions or advice on how to participate.

INFORMATION: Contact Madie Murray @ 376-3064

DAFFODILS BY THE BUCKET

(While supplies last)

Fill your vases with fresh cut daffodils! Fifty-five flowers per bucket; $40 includes tax; free delivery to Eastsound area. Easy online ordering at www.orcasislandflowers.com or call 376-5208 or email sue@orcasonline.com. Peace & Plenty Flower Farm: fresh, locally grown flowers. (02.18)

JOEBAY U TIP OF THE WEEK

(Your Digital Tipster)

Answering Machine vs Voice Mail. Answering machine: buy once, no monthly fee (+1). If someone calls while you are using the phone, he/she gets a busy signal and you lose an opportunity (-5). Customer/friend irritation factor toward you because they can’t leave a message (-6). Voice mail: monthly fee (-1). No caller ever gets a busy signal (+5), you can check your messages from anywhere easily (+3), it never breaks or fails even during power outages (+4). Score: Answering machine: -10, Voice mail: 11. Need help with your outgoing message? Take a JoeBay U short course and get your phone presence tuned up!

INFORMATION: Contact Joe @ joe@doebay.net or 376-4549

CAFÉ OLGA NOW OPEN FOR DINNERS ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS

Now serving dinners Friday and Saturday nights from 4-8 pm. This dinner menu is in addition to our daily menu. Steak, Chicken, Pork Seafood entrée’s. Reservations are excepted for dinner only. Finish up the weekend by joining us for our Sunday Brunch Menu. This also is in addition to our daily menu. Come on out to Cafe Olga and say Hi! You will love the food and you might want to try our famous Scalibut cakes. One of a kind. A Cafe Olga original! Cafe hours: Sun – Thurs 9-4 pm; Friday & Saturday 9 am – 8 pm; closed Wednesdays. (cc03.04)

INFORMATION: Call 376-5098

ORCAS ISLAND GOLF CLUB IS SWINGING

(Check out all the changes)

We have a new website, and would love to trade links with anyone on the island. Visit www.GolfOrcas.com. Don’t forget Corporate (or Business) Memberships, they are $100 off the regular price, contact us for more information, or if you would like to do a punch pass for your employees. And how about being a GOLF CART SPONSOR! Our fleet will be totally revamped & updated! Getting your name on a cart is a great promotional opportunity … contact us right away. Most of all – get out and golf! (cc03.04)

INFORMATION: Contact Justin @ 376-4400 or golf@orcasgolf.com

MARCH MADNESS SALE AT BOHEME – 50% – 75% OFF!

(Starts Friday, March 5 to the end of the month)

You don’t have to be a sports fan to come in and enjoy this huge clearance sale. Help us make room for all of our spring and summer inventory. Summer dresses – $12, Art based t-shirts – $10, Flip flops – $4, 50% off all vintage items and much, much more. Now’s a prefect time to fill your summer wardrobe on a budget! Sale starts Friday March 5th and lasts through the rest of the month. Open Thursday-Saturday, 11-5 (cc03.04)

INFORMATION: Call 376-8444.

FIRST EVER STUDENT CHEF COMPETITION

(Sponsors Needed for April 17 & 18 Event!)

The Farm to Cafeteria Program is putting on the First Ever OISD Student Chef Competition to be held April 17th and 18th and Sponsorships are available for any individual or business wishing to participate at a Copper Kettle ($50), Silver Spoon ($100), Golden Spatula ($250), or Platinum Platter ($500) level. Sponsors will be prominently listed in our promotional materials and programs and gratefully appreciated! Sponsorships for this event will help make this all possible.

INFORMATION: www.orcasislandf2c.org or call Bruce Orchid at 2608 or Madie Murray at 3064

Classes & Events To Enrich Your Life

BABYSITTING CLINIC FOR BOYS & GIRLS @ EASTSOUND FIRE HALL

(Sunday, March 14 from 10 am – 3 pm)

In this class we focus on basic childcare and safety, emergency action skills, safe play, babysitter responsibilities, and job recruitment. Each participant will receive a babysitting certificate and be placed on a community babysitters list on the Orcas Rec website if they choose. Must be 12 years & older. Cost: $25 Participants must pre-register! Instructor: Margie Sabine. (cc02.26)

REGISTER & INFO: Visit Orcas Rec office or call 376-5339

CHRISTOPHER EVANS TEACHES MOVEMENT @ ORCAS SENIOR CENTER

(Month of March; Mondays @ 1 pm and Thursdays @ 10 am, starting 3/1)

Christopher Evans will be offering Transformational Movement Lessons (TML’s) twice a week during the month of March. Christopher just completed a three year training to be certified in the Anat Baniel Method, based on the work of Moshe Feldenkrais. Participation in the class greatly enhances flexibility, strength, coordination and well being. These classes have helped people overcome pain, reverse the symptoms of aging, re-discover vitality, improve performance and discover the joy and pleasure of movement. Cost for the 8 class series is $60. (cc02.26)

INFORMATION: Contact Christopher Evans @ 376-4486 or christofire44@yahoo.com to sign up.

WORKSHOP: TELLING A LIFE JOURNEY STORY @ ORCAS SR. CENTER

(Fridays, March 12 & 26; April 9 & 30, from 10 am – 3:30 pm)

In conjunction with the Orcas Historical Museum July event, “Journey Stories,” (in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution), Caroline Buchanan will lead a series of Friday work sessions to help you tell your journey story. We all have journey stories — How do you go about telling YOUR story? Buchanan will help you to decide – written, done as a journal, as a children’s book, a collage … Caroline will help you make it possible. Class limited to 10, $165. REGISTER: Call Senior Center @ 376-2667

INFORMATION: Contact Caroline @ 376-5509 or watercolors@rockisland.com

BACK TO BASICS: SPRING PILATES CLASS @ ORCAS MOVEMENT STUDIO

(Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30 pm, beginning March 16th)

In this seven week class we will focus on connecting to and strengthening the abdominal muscles; Learning how to stabilize the body with the abdominals; and using stabilization to gain greater flexibility and strength through the rest of the body. Basic mat exercises and gradually add more for a dynamic full body workout. This will be a great class for those who have never taken pilates, as well as those who want to revisit what they have already learned! Cost: $112.00 plus tax. Other classes & formats (including Men’s) also available. (cc02.25)

INFORMATION: Call 376-3659

NEW CLASS OFFERING FROM CHRIS ELMS

(Starting in March)

Tuesdays 8:30 am – 9:30 am. Brains, Bones, Bodies. Combining use of small weights, yoga, the Tibetan Five Rites, and more, we will move in non-habitual and synapse improving ways to feel better and younger in our bodies, increase bone density and think better. Taught by Chris Elms, M.A., practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method and the Anat Baniel Method for Anti-Aging, High Performers and Vitality. Classes held at Odd Fellows Hall. $5-20 sliding scale. chriselms@vom.com.

REVERSE MORTGAGE WORKSHOP

(Thursday, March 25 @1pm-3pm at Orcas Senior Center)

Wondering if a reverse mortgage would be right for you? If you’re 62 or older with equity in your home, here’s a chance to find out how a reverse mortgage can improve your cash flow, make home improvements, or just bring you peace of mind. Despite increased popularity, some of the most basic facts of reverse mortgages are still understood. Find out the true costs and tax consequences involved, and when the loan needs to be repaid. Free to attend, pre-registration required. Sponsored by T Williams Realty. Featuring Axia Senior Lending Solutions.

REGISTRATION: Contact Sandi Friel @ 376-8374 or sandi@rockisland.com

CEDAR BASKETMAKING WITH VICKIE ERA – SIGN UP NOW!

(April 10 & 11; April 17 & 18)

Reservations may be made now for a beginning and advanced basketmaking workshop lead by Vickie Era and sponsored by the Olga Strawberry Council. The workshops will be held in the Benson Room at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church on the weekends of April 10-11 and April 17-18. The cost is just $80 for each 2-day workshop and all materials are supplied and included in the cost of the workshop. Workshops limited to 10 participants each. (cc03.04)

INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: Visit www.olgastrawberrycouncil.org (workshops) or call Madie @ 376-3064

Continuing Events

MOSTLY ABSTRACT: PAINTING BY CARL BUTKE @ ORCAS CENTER

(Thursday, March 4 – 31; Opening Reception March 5, 5:30 pm)

Carl’s exhibit will compromise both watercolor and acrylic works that are highly divers in medium, subject matter and style. His series will include abstract images of village scenes from Europe and the San Juan Islands.

INFORMATION: Call 376-2281

Public Meetings On Orcas Island

• • Monday, March 8 (9 am start). Orcas Island Public Library Board (Public Library). Call 376-4985 for more information. Meets the second Monday of the month.
• • Tuesday, March 9 (4:30 pm). Eastsound Sewer and Water District meeting (East side of Airport, at end of Cessna Lane). Regularly scheduled on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month.
• • Tuesday, March 9 (7:30 pm). Orcas Fire District Commissioners meeting (Eastsound Fire Hall). Call 376-2331 for more information. Regularly meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month.
• • Wednesday, March 10 (3:45 pm – 5:30 pm). Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee (Deer Harbor Community Center). Meets second Wednesday of the month. Public is welcome.
• • Thursday, March 11 (12 noon – 2 pm). Orcas Island Park & Recreation District (Eastsound Fire Hall). Meets second Thursday of the month.
• • Thursday, March 11 (7:00 pm). Port of Orcas Commissioners meeting (Airport conference room). Call 376-5285 for more information. Regularly meets on the second Thursday of the month. Next meeting is March 11.
• • Thursday, March 25 (5:30 pm). Orcas Island School Board meeting (School library). Call 376-2284 for more information. Regularly meets on the fourth Thursday of the month.
• • Wednesday, March 31 (5:30 pm). Sustainable Orcas Island meeting (Public Library). Call 376-4985 and speak with Phil for more information. Meets last Wednesday of the month.
• • Thursday, April 1 (3 pm). Eastsound Planning Review Committee (Senior Center). Meets first Thursday of the month.