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
‘Waiting for the ferry blues’
||| FROM JP AND THE OK RHYTHM BOYS |||
Orcas Christian School welcomes Kyler Morgan to high school faculty
||| FROM ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ||| Orcas Christian School (OCS) is excited to welcome Kyler Morgan to its middle and high school faculty this school year. Morgan joins OCS after teaching in Chehalis, Washington, and
2025 Dog Licenses now on sale
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Auditor’s office is ready for the 2025 dog licensing season! Each year, the department has the pleasure of recognizing a ‘Celebrity Dog’. This year,
Salmon return to lay eggs in habitat after largest dam removal project in US history
||| FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS ||| A giant female Chinook salmon flips on her side in the shallow water and wriggles wildly, using her tail to carve out a nest in the riverbed as her body
Drop-In Peer Grief Support Group
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us for a supportive, non-judgmental space to process grief and mourning with the Drop-In Peer Grief Support Group Wednesdays at 10:00 am at Orcas Senior
Guest Opinion | An environmental spare tire
||| FROM BILL APPEL ||| Let's posit that a lot of federal clear air and water legislation and/or enforcement is stifled by federal executive and/or legislative action over the next few years. What should the
Uke Float
||| FROM ANITA ORNE ||| It’s Floating Ukulele Jam time again! Grab your uke, your voice, a song or two to share, and your friends and relations and join us on the interisland ferry on
Discover Gentle Flexibility
A Balance Class Inspired by the Feldenkrais Method ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Andrea Preiss, a seasoned Feldenkrais practitioner and therapeutic eurythmist, for a relaxing movement class at Orcas Senior
Odd Fellows Hall Red Cedar Circle on Sunday
||| FROM CHE BLAINE ||| Paul Chiyokten Wagner is a Saanich Nation tribal member which is located on so called Vancouver Island BC Canada. His mother lived on Orcas Island as a child. He is
OPALCO explores tidal energy pilot project
A successful effort means locally generated, clean, reliable power for the islands ||| FROM ORCAS POWER & LIGHT CO-OP ||| Earlier this year, Orcas Power & Light Cooperative was awarded a grant through the Department
Wind advisory issued
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 840 AM PST Sat Nov 16 2024 San Juan County-Admiralty Inlet Area- Including the cities of Friday Harbor and Port
Sheriff’s Report | November 6 – 12, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 24-007147 Welfare Check 13:26:24 11/06/24 An Orcas Island Deputy responded to a call for a welfare check. A hiker on North Turtleback Mountain Trail,
Larsen: Three years in, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is delivering for NW Washington communities
Together, BIL and Inflation Reduction Act have invested more than $386 million in WA-02 transportation projects ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the below
Audition Notice | ‘Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus’
||| FROM MELINDA MILLIGAN for ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| Actors Theater of Orcas Island will hold open auditions for this holiday classic on Nov. 24th, 4pm at the Grange. The play is done
Regional Chess Championships
||| FROM RANDY KAECH for ISLAND CHESS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ||| The regional Islands High School Chess Championships will be held Saturday, January 11 at Anacortes High School, along with the concurrent regional Islands Middle School Championships. The tournaments
Larsen: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law delivers $18.3 Million to improve NW Washington port infrastructure
Port of Anacortes T-Dock, Lummi Nation Fisherman’s Cove dock projects awarded DOT funding ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) announced that the U.S. Department of