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
Pre-schoolers Get an Educational Boost!
-- from Jim Connell and Joe Cohen -- Orcas Island’s four pre-schools, Montessori, Children’s House, Kaleidoscope and Salmonberry have combined school fundraising, parent tuition and community-based “investment” dollars to provide all Orcas 3-5 year-olds access
Eastsound Update Before Planning Commission Continued
-- by Margie Doyle -- Following a failed hearing through teleconferencing, the Planning Commission decided to continue the Aug. 15 hearing on the Eastsound Sub-area Plan to a future date. At that time, public testimony
Mercy Trip to Fire-Devastated Areas: How You Can Help
-- by Siloam Parsons -- The plan is to leave the weekend of the 23rd. Siloam Parsons, , Lois Christensen and Colleen Billings load up items donated by Score! Nifty Thrifty I grew
A Legacy Shared: Trudy Erwin
Restoration and stewardship on private property -- from Jill Clark, Development Director, Northwest Straits Foundation -- Trudy Erwin and a young potter. Photo: Islands Weekly West Beach Creek property owner Dianna Down reminisced
Café Sought for Strawberry Barreling Plant
Artworks Building restoration - progress of the café area as of August 12th. -- by Madie Murray -- Orcas Island suffered a tragic loss mid-2013 when the historic Strawberry Barreling Plant, popularly known
Last Hearing of New Eastsound Plans Before Council’s “First Touch”
Friday, August 15 at 8:45 a.m. in Friday Harbor -- Teleconference from Orcas, Lopez Islands The San Juan County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the proposed Eastsound Subarea Plan update. The SEPA
Watch World Famous Musicians Perform Up-close!
Stage Seating Added for Aug. 15 & 16 Chamber Music Festival Concerts -- from Joyce Stone -- Jon Kimura Parker at the piano If you’d like to see some of the world’s most
‘It Was the Best of Times’. . .at the Library Fair!
-– by Cara Russell —- [metaslider id=31045] “’It was the best of times’ . . . and we’ll just leave it at that,” George Post quoted The Tale of Two Cities from under his straw
Ranker, Morris and Lytton to Go to Meeting & Fair
Update at 8 a.m. Aug. 14: Council to meet with State Reps at 10:15 a.m. -- from Ingrid Gabriel, San Juan County Council Clerk -- The San Juan County Council will hold a Special Meeting
Stand with the Lummi at Totem Pole Blessing
Sunday, August 17 at 9:30 a.m. at the Tribal Admin Center on the Lummi Reservation -- from Matt Petyrini of REsources -- Sponsored by REsources for Sustainable Communities, Power Past Coa,l Sierra Club and
Guest Column: Streetscape Plans for Fern Street Extension
-- from Fred Klein -- Pictured is the sketch prepared under the auspices of Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC) concerning the future use of the increasingly famous 50 foot wide lot originally acquired by Public
Special School Board Meet for Budget and Personnel
A Special School Board Meeting will be held Thursday, August 14 at the Orcas Island High School Commons, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The agenda calls for: *1. Approve Resolution 2014-12 Fixing and Adopting a General
Olympic National Park Scientist to Discuss How Climate Change Impacts Our Coasts
Wednesday, August 20, 7 p.m., San Juan Island Library -- from Julia Vouri -- Learn how the coasts and intertidal biological communities of the Pacific Northwest are impacted by climate change in a presentation by
Planned Power Outage: Shaw, Canoe, and Crane
August 19 10 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. -- from Suzanne Olson -- Power will be off for all of Shaw, Canoe and Crane Islands from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, August 19 while
At the Fair: Block Kinder Morgan Project with Brownies
--San Juan Islanders for Safe Shipping -- Chocolate and crude oil don't mix, unless of course you bite into one of the delicious brownies for sale at our Safe Shipping booth at the San Juan
Guest Column: What It Takes To Build Community
-- by Hedrick Smith -- Orcas has the irresistible lure of a natural Paradise and the attraction of a welcoming civic spirit - a caring human community. [In 2006], that community spirit inspired San Juan
