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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 • The Islands’ Sounder
Auditions for play at Grange
The Actors Theater of Orcas Island announces auditions for their upcoming play “Love Song” by John Kolvenbach. Organizers say the play is a laugh out loud comedy with roles for two women and two men to play characters between 25 and 55 years old. Auditions will be held at the Grange at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 25 and 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 29. If needed, call backs will be held the following week. If you can't make either audition but want to be considered, contact the director Doug Bechtel at doug@orcasactors.com. A copy of the script is available for reading at the library. Rehearsals for “Love Song” will be twice a week beginning in June with seven performances in September. The Actors Theater is also considering presenting one or two to-be-determined readers theaters productions at Random Howse this summer. Formal auditions will not be held for these readers theater productions, but if you are interested in participating, email Bechtel.
Community briefs 4-H club dinner Orcas Island has a thriving 4H club. Kids meet monthly with projects focused around animals, photography and much more. On Wednesday, May 21 they will be hosting a dinner at 5:30 p.m. at the Orcas Senior Center. The meal includes tomato soup, local green salad, roast chicken with a Mediterranean-style lentil and rice pilaf, veggies and a rhubarb crisp with fresh whipped cream for dessert. Admission is $5 for seniors and kids, $10 for adults.
Discount for aviation fuel The Orcas Airport in Eastsound and Aeronautical Services of Friday Harbor have concluded an agreement to lower the price of aviation fuel sold at the airport for June, July and August this year. Initially, the price should drop on June 1 from $7.08 to $6.69 per gallon. A price
adjustment during the summer is likely and will depend on the wholesale price obtainable when fuel needs to be reordered to refill the tank.
Medicine Wheel ceremonies Samara Shaw and Rainbow Thunder Heart, aka Bavado, will be on Orcas Island to promote an “Ancient Medicine Wheel Ceremony,” offering teachings and a spiritual experience for those attending. Bavado is an Eastern Shoshone Wisdom Carrier from Wyoming. Join them from May 26 to June 1 as Bavado shares “Earth Wisdom Medicine Wheel Teachings” that have been passed down to him by leaders of the Shoshone Nations, ancestors, nature, spiritual guides and through study of ancient writings. Participants will gain knowledge of how medicine wheels work, and will learn about the “Principles of Peace.”
GO PAPERLESS: GET FREE Wi-Fi AT INTERISLAND FERRY LANDINGS OPALCO members who sign up for SmartHub (eBill) and choose to GO PAPERLESS can now access FREE WiFi at the ferry landings. Learn more at www.opalco.com or call 376-3500. Working cooperatively to serve YOU with ➊ safety and ➋ connection to ➌ improve the quality of our lives and the sustainability of our island communities.
Events are as follows: Friday, May 30 from 5 to 10 p.m.: Orcas Library, potluck and PowerPoint presentation “How The Electro-Magnetic Energies of the Medicine Wheel Operate to Heal the Environments, Charging up the Unified Energy Force Fields’ Electrical Energy to Promote a Sustainable Environment Within all of Creation.” Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1 from 9 to 6 p.m.: Meet at Island Market and travel to nine sacred sites around Orcas. Call Shaw at 317-8560 for information about sweat lodge ceremonies and additional teachings.
Forestry tour Northwest Certified Forestry is co-hosting a harvesting and marketing forestry tour with Rain Shadow Consulting on Orcas Island. “If done with care and good planning, harvesting timber can improve the quality and value of your forest while enhancing wildlife habitat, generating revenue and keeping your land in compliance with current use taxation programs,” say organizers. The event includes a tour of several recent harvest projects on Orcas Island to discuss harvest costs, logistics, markets and a wide range of ecological timber management strategies. The tour will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday June 14. The group will leave from Buck Park (Mt. Baker Rd. Eastsound). Participants are encouraged to carpool. Space is limited to 25 participants. RSVP at http:// n n rg . org / ne w s - e ve nt s / events/har vesting-andmarketing-forestry-touron-orcas-island/.