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
Wildfire Awareness Month in the San Juans held community event Saturday
Island Readiness event with DNR, Fire Depts., Conservation Dist., and more ||| FROM ANGIE REQUENA for WILDFIRE READY ||| Saturday, Orcas Island Fire & Rescue (OIFR), Washington Department of Natural Resources (WA DNR), and other
Paper Airplane Contest soon at Orcas school gym
||| FROM MAURICE AUSTIN for KEY CLUB ||| Do you have a sure-to-win paper airplane design? Come to the new gym on May 21 at 2:00 pm to build and how off your airplane. Categories:
Have a garden question? Ask an Orcas Master Gardener
||| FROM JULIA TURNEY and JAY LUCAS FOR ORCAS MASTER GARDENERS ||| Do you have a question about your soil, have a problem with your fruit tree, or are thinking about starting a garden? Is
2025 Orcas Island Garden Tour | Orcas beauty, bounty, and sanctuary
Interactive and educational opportunities at each location! ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN TOUR ||| During the 2024 - 2025 season, the Orcas Island Garden Club has been proud to fund speakers for nine programs always
OIFR responds to structure fire on Buckhorn Road
||| FROM BEN LUNA for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| At 10:45 AM on Friday, May 9 Orcas Fire responded to reports of a fire in the Buckhorn Road area. The initial fire report
Letter to Editor | We need your help
||| FROM SAN JUAN COMMUNITY HOME TRUST ||| The Town is blocking our development of affordable housing. For the past two years, we have been diligently trying to satisfy the Town of Friday Harbor’s requirements
Fidelio at Orcas Center
Start time updated to 7pm on Wednesday, May 14 ||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Metropolitan opera’s production of Beethoven’s Fidelio comes to the Orcas Center’s screen on Wednesday, May 14 at
In Memoriam | June Cale West, May 8, 1927 to April 26, 2025
||| FROM MARCIA WEST ||| June Cale West “Fly me to the moon” the song begins; however, June’s daily walks and hikes on Orcas Island earned her enough miles that she could have
Fraud Prevention | How to spot and stay safe from scams
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| In today’s digital age, scams, and fraud are more prevalent than ever. Protecting yourself and your loved ones from these threats requires knowledge and vigilance. Fortunately,
Open house for six soon-to-be-completed homes on Crayfish Way, Lopez Island
||| FROM BRETON CARTER for LOPEZ COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ||| Lopez Community Land Trust and Oystercatcher housing co-op invite you to join us for an open house for the six soon-to-be-completed homes on Crayfish Way,
Fun, free, Rotary Spelling Bee is coming to Orcas
||| FROM SUZANNE OLSON for ROTARY CLUB OF THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS The Rotary Club of the San Juan Islands invites the community to attend its 19th Annual Spelling Bee at 4 PM, May 15,
Don’t forget your septic system inspections in 2025
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Did you add inspecting your septic system to your 2025 to-do list? If you didn’t, don’t worry! Your local health department will be sending reminder postcards to properties
‘It will ruin the charm of our island’ | Decatur islanders push back on solar grid
||| FROM KING-TV NEWS ||| Locals on Decatur Island in the San Juans worry a sizable chunk of their island is being sacrificed for green energy and are pushing back against a proposed solar grid
Larsen releases report on his work in Congress this year
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Larsen released the following report on his work in Congress so far this year: "I have been working hard in the 119th
Support island youth, sustain island trails | Help fund Orcas Youth Conservation Corps
Fundraising Bake Sale at Island Market on May 13, 2:30-6:30pm ||| FROM JULIE CURTIS for YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS ||| The San Juan Islands Conservation District’s Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) is proud to participate in the
As the Paradigm Shifts | Asking for magic, one day at a time
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| I want to share something that bubbled up just yesterday and continued into this morning—something simple and tender, and also kind of profound. Over the years,
