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
Health Care District Board to meet tomorrow
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT BOARD ||| Board Meeting - February 26, 2025 The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold a regularly scheduled board meeting on Wednesday, February 26th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in
Local businesses unite to support Orcas Island Public School Music Program
||| FROM SHARON HO for MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| Three iconic Main Street establishments in Eastsound Village—Darvill’s Bookstore, Pawki’s Pet Store, and New Leaf Café—are partnering throughout March to support the Music Advocacy Group (MAG)
Rep. Larsen and Sen. Cantwell to Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration: Fund the Pipeline Safety Trust
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| BELLINGHAM, WA – Yesterday, Rep. Rick Larsen and Sen. Maria Cantwell sent a letter to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Associate Administrator Ben Kochman expressing
Rescheduled Bruce Pavitt program
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Bruce Pavitt is a cultural icon and founder of Seattle’s Sub Pop, the record label that first discovered Nirvana, Soundgarden and Mudhoney. Few people have influenced music
FREE Best of the Fest Night of award-winning short documentaries
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| Join us for a night of award-winning short documentaries, featuring captivating stories and a filmmaker Q&A at the SJI Grange on Friday, February 28 at
High winds expected to impact WSF service until tomorrow morning
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| All ferry passengers should be prepared for possible service disruptions starting this afternoon through tomorrow morning due to high winds. Anacortes/San Juan Islands and Port Townsend/Coupeville routes: With stronger winds in the
RIP: Bills that didn’t survive the WA Legislature’s first major deadline
A slew of measures are done for the year. More will be on the chopping block next week. ||| FROM THE WASHINGTON STANDARD ||| Bills dealing with cow burps, the state flag, and changes to
Wind gusts up to 50mph expected thru Tuesday morning
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 227 PM PST Sun Feb 23 2025 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Southwest Interior-Western Skagit County-Everett and Vicinity-Tacoma Area-Admiralty Inlet Area-Hood
What does it mean to home harden?
||| FROM THE WILDLIFE NEWS ||| I have written numerous critiques of the current fire policies that primarily focus on hinterland fuel reduction by logging and prescribed burning. While some limited use of these strategies
Port Commissioners will meet tomorrow
||| FROM PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, February 24th at 5:00 p.m. online via Zoom and in-person at the airport terminal conference room. Access
Puffs – A show at Orcas Center for anyone NOT destined to save the world
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Puffs: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic, opens this week at Orcas Center for six shows only from February 28 –
Upcoming Senior Center classes
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Fall Prevention Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance® Class at Orcas Senior Center Join Karol Wilson, DPT, for a three month fall prevention Tai Ji
Midnight Mutterings | Report from Bellingham
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES, AKA GRANDCHILDLESS CAT LADY ||| Rose the Cat here. My sister Molly and I have agreed to be guest columnists for Jackie’s regular column. She complains bitterly about how
After 10,000 years, let’s bury the plow
No-till farming reduces need for fertilizers and pesticides, and promotes soil health and biodiversity. ||| FROM WASHINGTON POST ||| Since the first farmers tilled the soil more than 10,000 years ago, the plow has been
Sheriff’s Report | February 12 – 18, 2025
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 25-000824 Property Damage, Non Vandalism 10:17:02 02/12/25 A Lopez Island Deputy was dispatched to Property Damage. The incident was investigated and documented. 25-000835 Property
All about the good
||| FROM LINDSAY JENNINGS for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| We are all thawed out, some businesses return from their hibernation and little signs of new life are appearing in pockets all over the island. Spring
