Here’s a thought…
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.”
GIORGOS SEFERIS
Russel Barsh Kwiaht Talk at Odd Fellows Hall
||| FROM DIDIER GINCIG for ORCAS ODD FELLOWS HALL ||| Russel Barsh Russel Barsh, director of Kwiáht, a nonprofit conservation biology laboratory in and for the San Juan Islands of Washington State, will be offering
Drop-in peer grief support group at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us for a supportive, non-judgmental space to process grief and mourning with the Drop-In Peer Grief Support Group Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. at Orcas Senior
County announces trail funding to be used on Land Bank’s Beaverton Marsh Preserve
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| During today’s meeting, Council reviewed the most recent iteration of the ‘Trail Project’ for which the County received $5.2 million in federal funding in 2023. After a brief
The demise of the Northwest Forest Plan
||| FROM THE WILDLIFE NEWS ||| When is the Northwest Forest Plan no longer the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP)? After the Forest Service has removed the skeleton, meat, and blood, leaving only the dermis. Any
LWVSJ Observer Corps Notes | County Council March 17, 2025
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| In public comment an Orcas resident said after the recent earthquake many on Orcas came together to discuss earthquake preparedness in the county. He came
Monthly Land Bank Commission meeting this Friday
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK COMMISSION ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold a regular monthly meeting on March 21, 2025 from 8:45am – 11:10am via Zoom. The meeting will also be available
Art & Feldenkrais topics being presented at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Discover Gentle Flexibility: A Balance Class Inspired by the Feldenkrais Method Join Andrea Preiss, a seasoned Feldenkrais practitioner and therapeutic eurythmist, for a relaxing movement class
Council begins review of Comp Plan elements during Spring workshop meetings
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| At today’s Council workshop meeting, Department of Community Development (DCD) staff kicked off a series of Comprehensive Plan Element review sessions. During the meeting, Council had the opportunity
Earth Day parade, workshops and event calendar news
||| FROM EARTH DAY ORCAS ||| Come celebrate Earth Day Orcas – all month long in April. Organizations from across the islands are joining to offer a month of inspiring and educational, fun and creative
Art Opening | Peter Olesen – An Echo of Light
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee (VAC) is pleased to present the next Art Opening, Friday, March 21 from 5:30pm – 7pm with featured artist Peter Olesen in
Microplastics are messing with photosynthesis in plants
Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows ||| FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ||| Microplastics are now a ubiquitous part of our daily physical reality. These minuscule fragments
OCS Teacher Spotlight | Debbie Liblik
||| FROM ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ||| “Chocolate mousse,” she says with a smile and a twinkle in her eye. If you know Debbie Liblik, you know she loves three things: chocolate, her family, and teaching
“Nye” from National Theatre Live at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Nye, a production from National Theatre Live, written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris, comes to the Orcas Center screen on Friday, March 21 at
Big announcement, new hirings, exciting times for Orcas Island Fire & Rescue
||| FROM BEN LUNA for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| OIFR is pleased to announce the hiring of Chief Chad Kimple as the new Fire Chief. Chief Kimple has served in multiple capacities for
Marty Isenberg’s Wes Anderson Playlist
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center and the Orcas Island Jazz Festival present acclaimed music curator and long-time film enthusiast Marty Isenberg March 22, with his carefully curated set honoring the
‘It’s worse than COVID’: Point Roberts seeks state aid amid US-Canada tariff crisis
||| FROM KOMO-TV SEATTLE ||| Almost five years to the day since COVID shut down the US-Canadian border, Tamra Hansen stands inside her Saltwater Café in Point Roberts worried about the future again. “I fear
