May 2009 sounder ticket vending machines tvms begin orca card distribution. Notice that link offers a day pass for only twice the cost of a single ride. Orca orca product and price listproduct and price list regional monthly passpugetpass a regional monthly pass lets you travel on all transit services in the region for a specified period of time. Orca books is becoming a memberowned, workerrun cooperative by april 1st, 2020 to learn about the coop transition, the benefits of membership, and how to sign up, visit our coop page. For rapidride buses, the streetcar, link light rail and sounder, show your. The orca multifamily development passport is an annual transportation pass that property owners can offer to residents. Use orca to pay vanpool fare for king county, community transit, pierce transit or kitsap transit. It is a wonderful tale that is truly powerful in its simplicity.
At the beginning of each academic term, the student must purchase epurse andor monthly pass from orca, and the orca products must be loaded directly onto the students orca lift card. Most students on the seattle campus are automatically u pass members, while faculty and staff. Tvms are located at link and sounder stations as well as a. Orca smart card fares, pass, payment community transit. Orca card one regional card for all orca sound transit. Orca card readers are found at the front of buses or mounted on a wall or pole at link, sounder or swift stations.
Author of more than a dozen books for adults and children, he won the john newbery medal for sounder in 1970 and was awarded an honorary doctor of letters degree from hampdensydney college in 1986. But even with the little they bring back, there is still never enough for the family to eat. The outdoor attractions are endless with all the beaches and the scenic drive along the pacific marine circle route. Get the app miles and it will automatically add mile points to your account when you take a pierce transit bus route. Orca is the fare payment system for puget sound area transit systems. Transfer fare is calculated and applied automatically between services.
The book page includes a list of books about reels and related matter. Sounder by william h armstrong, james barkley, paperback. Horn book fanfare the newbery medalwinning classic novel about the courage and faithand the love of a dogthat give a family strength in the face of inhumanity. In this guest post, author eric walters explains how he was inspired to write an early chapter book, high and dry, and a middle grade hilo book, on the rocks, based on the same reallife event. The sales tax increase to improve emergency radio services in san juan killebrew lake road reopens. The family dog, sounder, is a beloved member of the family who helps them during troubled times by hunting and being a loyal companion.
To learn about the coop transition, the benefits of membership, and how to sign up, visit our coop page. Orca books is becoming a memberowned, workerrun cooperative by april 1st, 2020. Beautiful color photographs enhance the text with spectacular captures such as an underwater photo of an orca mother giving birth. Knudtson discusses tribal identification with the orca, compares the intelligent whale to landlocked humans and wolves, and describes in detail the hunting, mating, and communication talents of the orca whale. Orca for business offers fully customized solutions for businesses of all sizes within any industry. Sounder is a beautiful story that has earned a spot on my keeper shelf. Tracks different fares and transfers automatically. The more wrinkles and folds a brain has, the more data it can handle and the faster it can process stuff. Transferring between services is easy with the orca card. Tap your orca card to activate epurse added online or by phone. The only time i had problems with et was with a brand new bus which didnt have the reader yet. Please donate to our gofundme campaign to help us raise the startup funds for the coop. Loaded right onto the husky card, the u pass provides members with unlimited rides on regional buses, commuter trains, light rail and water taxis as well as discounts on vanpools, carpools and other special offers.
So while you can use your husky card in many similar ways to a standard orca card, its important to know how they are different as well. Orca pass is a wellkept vacation home with much to offer a family that needs a little extra space. Passengers using an orca card may load a pierce transit all day pass wherever orca cards are revalued. Sounder is a quick read that probably could be done in a days time or less. Did you forget your orca card or dont have exact changeno problem. Up to two children age 5 and under can ride free when a person responsible for them pays either a full or reduced fare for themselves. Riders age 618 years of age qualify for a youth fare.
Orca cards are accepted on pierce transit, king county metro, community transit, everett transit, kitsap transit, and sound transit. Orca lift youth cards may also be obtained at the pass sales office or from orca togo by providing a completed youth orca lift form with either agency verification, verifying documents, or with the child. I just showed the orca card and i was permitted entrance. When the boy awakens one morning to a sweetsmelling ham on the table, it seems like a blessing. Orca orca product and price listproduct and price list regional monthly pass pugetpass a regional monthly pass lets you travel on all transit services in the region for a specified period of time. Orcas have ruled the planet longer than we have, and they. Larson, it is the first and last word on the south bend 1,1 family of antibacklash reels.
Currently the main ways to get an orca card if youre out and about downtown. When transferring from sounder to link, keep in mind that link fares are distance based as well. Since reduced fare card holders get free fares on et the orca reader says 0. Tvms are located at link and sounder stations as well as a halfdozen suburban parkandrides. Based on actual orca, or killer whale, research, this book combines science with the real story of how family, friendship, and a grandmothers love are helping this magnificent but endangered orca clan to survive. Jan 02, 2020 orca pass is a wellkept vacation home with much to offer a family that needs a little extra space. Commute seattle transit tickets go mobile, orca for your tenants. This is in the event you actually lose the main card. If you are a frequent rider, you can add a regional monthly pass. You pay the fare difference, if any, when you ride. Orca soundings are short, highinterest novels written specifically for teens. Finally, they learn that he has been sent out for hard labor. Armstrong i n his authors note at the beginning of sounder, william armstrong describes sitting around his familys kitchen table when he was a child and listening to a grayhaired black man tell stories from aesop, the old testament, homer, and history. Aug 05, 2015 the more wrinkles and folds a brain has, the more data it can handle and the faster it can process stuff.
Water taxi rides, sound transit light rail and the sounder commuter train. Orca publishers with contemporary themes and exciting stories, the orca soundings for reluctant teen readers are books that teens want to read. Nov 05, 1975 before there was blackfish, there was orca. Place exact change in the farebox next to the driver, use a ticket, orca card, or hopthru app. Orca books 509 e 4th ave, olympia, wa 98501 usa 3603520123 directions to orca books. Sure you can easily get a new one reissued with the balance, but in the week it takes to get a new one, youll quickly realize the nightmare of paying cash.
In this guest post, cbc meteorologist johanna wagstaffe shares what its like writing about science for kids, and how to talk to them about scary topics like natural disasters. A former seaworld orca trainer released a book tuesday that delivers withering criticism of the companys work with killer whales. About orca book publishers orca acknowledges that the area in which we work is occupied by people, ourselves included, who are largely not indigenous to this area. Orca card tap orca before boarding the train and after you get off the train. Even sounders thunderous bark is now a pitiful whimper. Orca orca product and price listproduct and price list. As the days pass, the family wonders what has happened to father and eagerly waits for information. And alongside orca the book 1977 was orca the movie. When transferring to bus, you only need to tap your card once as you enter the bus.
Just queue up a ticket on your phone and ride with ease, whether on the bus, link, streetcar, sounder, monorail or water taxi. Orca currents are short highinterest novels with contemporary themes, written expressly for middleschool students reading below grade level. Upass transportation services uw transportation services. Sure you can easily get a new one reissued with the balance, but in the week it takes to get a new. We are the largest independent bookstore in olympia, washington, located in the heart of downtowns vibrant shopping district. Your smart phone can be your ticket to transportation with transit go ticket. The orca card is a contactless, storedvalue smart card system for public transit in the puget. My main memory is of a whale fetus ejected from its mothers womb, landing on a ship deck, and squealing like a human baby. Monthly passes are worth the trip value of the pass. We live and work within the traditional territories of the lkwungen esquimalt and songhees, malahat, pacheedaht, scianew, tsouke and wsanec pauquachin, tsartlip, tsawout. Orca book publishers is one of canadas leading independent publishers of books for young readers. Epurse provides a means to store value on an orca card that can be used to pay for bus, ferry, light rail, streetcar and train services.
When you use your upass, the smart chip inside your husky card interacts with the orca system. Premera and lifewise fined by insurance commissioner. Employers in downtown seattle, belltown, international district, downtown bellevue and downtown tacoma can participate with as few as 5 employees. Readers who enjoy timeless dog stories such as old yeller and where the red fern grows will find much to love in sounder, even as they read through tears at times. Add epurse to cover any additional fares beyond your monthly pass.
Orca for business provides your employees access to seattles growing public transit system. But soon, the sheriff and his deputies come to the house and take the boys. When you use your u pass, the smart chip inside your husky card interacts with the orca system. Springer born late 1999 or early 2000, officially named a73, is a wild orca also known as killer whale from the northern resident community of orcas which every summer frequent the waters off the northern part of vancouver island, british columbia bc. Start earning rewards for miles youre already traveling. If the cardholder does not have the youth orca lift form, their orca lift card or other id is needed. Making it easier to get an orca card seattle transit blog. With over titles in print and more than 90 new titles a year. Davys dream by paul owen lewis davy dreams of sailing with a pod of wild orca, the famous killer whales or wolves of the sea. The product of orca members len sawisch, jim madden and todd e. Orca by arthur herzog iii meet your next favorite book.
Orca business passport is a reasonablypriced, comprehensive, annual transportation pass program for employers with a minimum of 20 employees. Orcas have ruled the planet longer than we have, and theyre. Orca acknowledges that the area in which we work is occupied by people, ourselves included, who are largely not indigenous to this area. Mar 24, 2015 a former seaworld orca trainer released a book tuesday that delivers withering criticism of the companys work with killer whales. Suddenly the boy must grow up fast in a world that isnt fair, keeping hope alive through the love he has for his fathers faithful dog, sounder.
An ongoing attempt will be made to add a sentence or two about how reels are included in each book. Pick a pass value based on the fare of your most frequent trip. Epurse, short for electronic purse, to use like cash to pay your fare. The orca card is all you need to pay your fare on sound transit, community transit, everett transit, king county metro, kitsap transit, pierce transit, seattle. Although it isnt really marketed a such, sounder is the first in a trilogy of books followed by sour land and the macleod place.
In january 2002, springer, then a calf developmentally equivalent to a human toddler, was discovered alone and emaciated some 250 miles. The orca soundings resource guide, now available on cd, provides information on using the books in this popular series as part of a literacy program. Available for metro bus, seattle streetcar, st link light rail, st sounder rail, king county water. When the cards epurse balance gets low, just add additional value. I left off transit driving 25 years ago this last july. Former orca trainer criticizes seaworld in new book usa today. Sep 08, 2017 felsen, i think that the way most of will increasingly travel now, an orca all day pass should be our smallest basic fare unit. The man was the teacher in the oneroom school for black children.
A brand new book published exclusively for the benefit of orca members, with royalties going to benefit the club. Orca is a publisher of high quality, awardwinning books for children and teens and reluctant readers of all ages. However, a pierce transit reduced fare monthly pass is only valid on pierce transit local service and shuttle. A monthly pass on an orca card is good for unlimited rides on transit systems throughout the region. Good for unlimited rides starting at first use through 3 a. The orca card one regional card for all is a contactless, storedvalue smart card system for public transit in the puget sound region of washington, united states. This middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 6, especially during homeschooling. These edgy stories with compelling characters and gripping storylines are ones they will want to read. If there is a reel section in the book that is devoted to reels, or if there is a reference to reels throughout, the title has been included here. Did you forget your orca card or dont have exact changeno. Armstrongs sounder explores the life struggles of an african american family during the turn of the century.