Eastsound News

County and city officials delivered three-minute reports on issues, goals and future actions for Eastsound in an outdoor assembly at the Village Green on July 2, as part of the Eastsound Planning Review Committee.

L to R: Strawberries on the honor system, Chef Geddes Martin and his garden. Toni Hermansen popped open an tiny, briny oyster and handed it to me as I picked out a couple dozen bivalves at the Buck Bay Shellfish Farm on Orcas Island , a bucolic spot about three hours from Seattle.

In response to complaints from islanders and business owners about illegally placed signs, San Juan County has been tagging non-compliant signs with a courtesy notice stating that they must be removed within a specified period of time.

Onstage during last week's One World Concert at Orcas Center, local writer Ed Wilson surprised singer-guitarist-composer Gene Nery by presenting him with a platinum record, commemorating the sale of one million copies of a Mannheim Steamroller Christmas album, on which a song sung by Nery with lyrics by Wilson appeared.

One of the sure signs that summer has arrived on Orcas is the Brown Bag Concerts at Emmanuel Church in Eastsound.

Orcas Islanders getting into the spirit of solstice. Colleen Armstrong photos Today, 1:06 PM UPDATED Visitors and locals lined the streets of Eastsound to check out the annual Solstice Parade on Saturday, June 20.

Raffle tickets for the 2009 Olga Daze quilt will be on sale in Olga Park during the Garden Club tour on June 27 and 28, at the Eastsound village green on July Fourth, and at Island Market on Saturday, July 11.

Two years ago, the Eastsound Off Leash Dog Park was hidden away near the Orcas Animal Shelter and used by just a few dogs and their people.

The most flammable part of Thursdaya s Fire Commissioners meeting centered on public comment, with fire department supporters and questioners engaging in sometimes personal rhetoric.

Take a stroll through an art-filled rock garden or wander through an apple orchard on a 300-acre farm.

The 2009 version of the Eastsound Water Users Association Water System Plan is available for review.

If prom just wasn't in the cards for you in high school, there's a second chance to dress up and wear a corsage.

The second annual Orcas Island Writers Festival will be take place Sept. 17 to 20 in Eastsound.

Commissionera s jobs for the Port of Orcas, the Eastsound Sewer and Water District and the Fisherman Bay Sewer District are some of the positions that no one seems to want.

Art opening: "Soul of the Eagle and Tree," exhibit of color photography by Louellen McCoy and carved wooden eagles by Rocky McInnis.

May 21: A single-car collision near the intersection of Dolphin Bay and Lotta's Landing roads prompted the arrest of an Orcas Island man for DUI.

Over the past week we have received many calls about large floating brown mats in East Sound, followed by a smelly white coating of beaches and rocks at Eastsound and Indian Island, and parts of West Sound.

On Saturday, June 20, at noon, Eastsound will host the 11th annual Summer Solstice Parade as a celebration of summer, art and community.

Middle School theatre: Orcas Middle School choir students will perform "The Dastardly Doctor Devereaux," at 7:30 p.m., at Orcas Center.

A small crowd of observers broke into applause when artist Anthony Howe stepped down from his tall ladder at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, May 21.