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
From EWUA: Guest House Upgrade Initiative Progress Report
-- from the Eastsound Water Users Association (EWUA) -- In 2015 EWUA will begin the process of developing our next Water System Plan, which is required by the State Department of Health every 6 years.
Rock Island, OPALCO & Why It Makes Good Sense
-- from Suzanne Olson, Orcas Power & Light -- The news last week that Orcas Power & Light Co-op and Rock Island have joined forces to deliver Internet services to islanders in San Juan County
Essayist, Poet, Buddhist Monk Ira Sukrungruang Reads
Sunday, March 1, 4 p.m., Darvill’s -- from Jill McCabe Johnson Perhaps the one thing that consistently permeates Ira Sukrungruang’s (pronounced sook-rung-rung) is his self-deprecating humor. That and his lyric voice. That and his keen
Salish Sea Early Music Festival 2015 Returns
Sunday, March 8, 1:30 p.m., Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church -- from Jeffrey Cohen -- The fifth annual 2015 Salish Sea Early Music Festival includes six programs of 16th to 19th-century chamber music on period instruments
Guest Editorial: OPALCO’s Commitment Justified
-- by David Mieland -- [In the recent conversation about the ''morphing" of OPALCO], maybe I’m missing something, but I’m not under the impression that OPALCO’s venture into broadband is impacting electric rates much at
The Last Week of Our “Push to Finish”
A panorama of revival. Right to left - rebuilt café seating area and kitchen; new bathrooms; left, central and side gallery areas toward main entrance and stairway to Upstairs Gallery. --
Mama Won’t Fly, So…Ridiculous Road Trip Ensues
--a review by Lin McNulty -- It starts as a quick flight from Alabama to California for a family wedding. Then Mama, Norleen (Lesley Liddle), announces at the last minute that she won't (as in
Am I Crazy Potluck Brings Out Transformation
-- from Dr. Rosie Kuhn -- It was only a month ago that I gave a presentation at the Orcas Island Library titled: Am I Crazy or Have I Just Had a Spiritually Transformative Experience?
Orcas Road Alignment Designing Begins
Open House on Tuesday, March 3, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Eastsound Fire Hall Roadway between McNallie Lane and Nordstrom Lane would have curves straightened -- from San Juan County Public Works -- In January, the
Water Leak Shuts Down Olga System
-- from Olga Water Users Inc. -- There has been a leak overnight [Feb. 25-26] in our system. Crews have been contacted and are on the way to repair the leak. Residents that are on
Meet Your Community Foundation
-- from the Orcas Island Community Foundation -- The Community Foundation is reviving its schedule for "First Fridays" social hours, beginning on March 6 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Foundation offices on the
Letter to the Editor: Support SJ Farmer Jenny Rice
-- from Lisa Lawrence -- We would like everyone to show that we’re in “Solidarity with Jenny” and our local farmers, by wearing green this Friday 2/27/2015 in the Superior Courthouse, San Juan Island. Please arrive 15-20
OPALCO and Rock Island Join Internet Forces
-- from Rock Island Communications and OPALCO -- General Manager Foster Hildreth announced today that Orcas Power and Light Cooperative (OPALCO) has acquired Rock Island Communications. Rock Island will merge its staff, infrastructure and operations
Rosario Ready for Next Phase in Master Plan
-- by Margie Doyle -- The Rosario Master Plan as submitted for the Planned Unit Development. Rosario Resort and Spa, now owned by the Barto family of Anacortes, showed its design for the
Letter to the Editor: the Morphing of OPALCO
-- by Don Webster -- Remember OPALCO? It was that friendly, financially conservative San Juan electrical Coop that did such a great job of supplying our electricity at rates below much of the nation.
Let’s Talk Drug Use
Wednesday, February 25, 7-9 p..m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Beth Jensen -- The fourth meeting of “Let’s Talk: Reducing Teen Drug Use on Orcas” is happening on Wednesday, February 25, 7-9 p.m. at the
