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
Reminder | Ballots are due by Tuesday
||| FROM CAMOLYN ARMSTRONG, SAN JUAN COUNTY ELECTIONS MANAGER ||| Orcas voters will cast their vote for the Orcas Island Health Care 10-year temporary levy lid lift measure.
Worlds of Color art coming to Senior Center
||| FROM SUSAN SLAPIN ||| Orcas Senior Center beginning May 5 through June, 2025
Orcas pianist receives First Place award in state Young Composers Project
||| FROM SHELLY RUSSELL ||| Thurmond Russell, 17, of Orcas Island participated in the Washington State Music Teachers Association 2025 Young Composers Project. Thurmond’s composition, Waltz Ballade for solo piano, was awarded first place in
If Kilmar Abrego García is doomed, we all are
It’s the administrative error from hell — and that should terrify all of us. ||| FROM WASHINGTON POST ||| Where it stands right now is that Kilmar Abrego García appears to be out of options.
Land Bank will meet on Friday
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY CONSERVATION LAND BANK COMMISSION ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold a regular monthly meeting on April 18, 2025 from 8:30am – 11:10am via Zoom. The meeting will also
Start of summer reservations delayed until April 22
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Due to technical issues with the WSF reservation waiting room, the summer 2025 release has been moved out one week to Tuesday, April 22 at 10 a.m. We apologize
Time to report: How did your Garden Club daffodil bulbs bloom?
||| FROM NANCY REAS for ORCAS GARDEN CLUB ||| Hello to all of you who received daffodil bulbs from the Garden Club last October as part of Project Blossom. Hopefully, they have all bloomed and
Bring your plant questions to Master Gardeners on Wednesday
||| FROM KATE YTURRI for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| As we welcome spring with days spent in our gardens, we have high hopes of success. However, sometimes the weather, insects, disease, or our garden practices
Winter is over! What did you think? | Take the Winter Schedule Survey
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY FERRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ||| After a lengthy process of writing a new ferry schedule for the San Juans' routes, the SJC Ferry Advisory Committee would love to know what you
Summer vehicle reservations open on Tuesday
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Vehicle reservations for the summer 2025 schedule (June 15 through Sept. 20) will be available at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 15. For the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route reservations,
Emmanuel Holy Week schedule
||| FROM FR. BERTO GANDARA for EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH |||
We the People March in Eastsound on April 19
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| April 19 is another national day of action to protest the madness being propagated by our national government. The Friday Harbor Indivisible group is holding a march that day, and
This Washington border county is desperate for Canadians
||| FROM NBC NEWS ||| People have roamed across the 49th parallel on the west flank of North America for hundreds of years. Lately, many are thinking twice. Canadians frequently stop by Blaine, Washington, for
Join us for Sunday brunch & auction in support of Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Come enjoy a delicious brunch with Bloody Marys, mimosas, Irish cream coffee, and a charcuterie board Let’s Brunch! at the Orcas Senior Center on Sunday, June
Floating Ukulele Jam is back
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for FLOATING UKULELE JAM ||| Happy Spring! The Floating Ukulele Jam is back! Grab your uke, your voice, a song or two to share, and your friends and relations and join
Two Lights for Tomorrow 2025
||| FROM JENNIFER KREMBS for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| The Town of Friday Harbor is proud to participate in the “Two Lights for Tomorrow” lighting ceremony in anticipation of next year’s celebration of the
