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
Orcas Island Film Festival presents the Spring Mini Fest
||| FROM DONNA LASLO for ORCAS ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL ||| The Orcas Island Film Festival (OIFF) is thrilled to announce the return of its Spring Mini Fest happening April 25–27, 2025 at the Sea View
State budget cuts could slash Puget Sound’s passenger ferry service
||| FROM THE URBANIST ||| As the Washington State House and Senate work toward a compromise two-year transportation budget ahead of the final day of the legislative session on April 27, the future of a
Orcas Island Garden Club awards grants to two local non-profit groups
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| The Orcas Island Garden Club awards grants to anyone with projects which support the mission of our club: to stimulate knowledge and love of gardening, cooperate in the
Counting clams kicks off this year’s Indian Island program
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWAIHT ||| This year’s clam survey by Kwiaht scientists and local volunteers will take place between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm on Tuesday April 29, and noon and 2:00 pm
Monthly hearing services at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Stacie Nordrum, Au.D., CCC-A, from Island Hearing Healthcare, provides hearing care at Orcas Senior Center every first Thursday of the month. To secure your slot, it
Dive into education and plastic pollution at this year’s Great Islands Clean Up
Participate in the Great Nurdle Hunt ||| FROM JESS NEWLEY for GREAT ISLANDS CLEAN UP ||| The Great Islands Clean Up is just around the corner! On Saturday, April 26, communities across San Juan County
Airhawks Flying Club soars higher
||| FROM ROBERT WAUNCH for AIRHAWKS FLYING CLUB ||| The Airhawks Flying Club continues to spread its wings. We have added a second Beachcraft ‘Sundowner’ named Katie. The aircraft was generously donated by Orcas residents
Art, creativity, flexibility in upcoming classes 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
Learn about this PNW UFO encounter from 1947
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| On August 1, 1947, the tragic crash of a B-25 bomber in Washington State triggered an FBI investigation of “The Maury Island Incident”—an infamous Northwest UFO
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The whimsical world of Wonderland is about to take center stage in an extraordinary new ballet production, offering audiences a fresh and imaginative interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s
Easter | A time for renewal
||| FROM JARI-ANDREA BRENNER ||| To me, Easter is a time of renewal and growth. Plants push through dirt to find the Light, and humans do as well. What is this call to growth? We
Letter to Editor | Keep Shaw Shaw
||| FROM BARBARA, TED, AND PETER HUSTED ||| Dear County Council, County Mgr, and Community Planner: Public works is planning a future for Shaw Island that it neither asked for nor wants. This future would
OIFR 2024 Year in Review | Annual report and member appreciation
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| Highlights from the 2024 Annual Report were delivered during the meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners on March 17, 2025. 2024 was a year of significant
Bring spiritual awareness to your life with Wu Style Tai Chi
||| FROM STEPHANIE ROSENBLATT ||| Bring a new level of holistic physical and spiritual awareness to your everyday life by learning how this ancient practice creates a mindful, personal journey. Stephanie’s presentation will illustrate the
Food System Plan charts path to a more resilient local food future in San Juan County
||| FROM CAITLIN LECK for FOOD SYSTEM TEAM ||| Only 4% of food purchased in San Juan County is produced here. How can we grow more local food? That question—and many others—has guided the creation
LWVSJ Observer Corps | Board of Health April 16, 2025
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMAN VOTERS ||| The CEO search process is underway at the Accountable Communities of Health. The Community Collaboration Committee (CCC) awarded a $16k grant to the SJI Food
