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
Adult Spelling Bee
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Let the games begin! Neighbor versus neighbor...family against family...friend challenging friend...all fair game. The Orcas Island Library is presenting the 2nd Annual Adult Spelling Bee Friday,
Letter to Editor | Public lands are precious. So are private lands
||| FROM MIKE CARLSON ||| 34 years ago the Land Bank presented a creative solution to the problems facing San Juan County at that time. Land development and the passing of a generation of legacy
Islands Oil Spill Assoc. Community Forum
||| FROM BILL SYMES for ISLANDS' OIL SPILL ASSOCIATION ||| IOSA staff, volunteers, and board members welcome the Orcas community to an IOSA Community Forum for an evening of facts, fun, and refreshments. Find out
Emmanuel shares Market Day proceeds with local nonprofits
||| FROM BERTO GANDARA for EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL PARISH ||| Emmanuel Episcopal Parish has given $1,500 each in proceeds from the church’s Market Day rummage sale to Safe San Juans, OPALCO’s Project Pal and KWIAHT’s environmental
Letter to Editor | Baney endorses Stephanie
||| FROM BRANDON BANEY ||| I am happy to endorse Stephanie O’day for County Council from the perspective of a builder on San Juan that sees the real struggle new families have trying to make
Pardon our dust: Upcoming construction along Pear Point Road
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE San Juan County has a recovery strategy for protection of salmon populations which includes the Jackson Beach Restoration Project. As part of the plan, OPALCO
Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?
The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models – and could rapidly accelerate global heating ||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| It begins each day at nightfall. As the light disappears, billions
Letter to Editor | Paulsen for Council
||| FROM JULIE BRUNNER ||| I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with Justin since he moved to Orcas Island in 2003 and partnered with OPAL to build the OPAL office campus and
Letter to Editor | Paulsen, O’Day have the qualities I look for in a leader
||| FROM DEBORAH STRASSER ||| When considering the people I want to support in the role of County Council Person here in the islands some of the attributes I look for are: Strong familiarity w/the
Letter to Editor | Renew our Land Bank
||| FROM ED SUIJ ||| Just cutting carbon emissions will not prevent climate breakdown. "Humanity risks catastrophic global heating if it focuses only on decarbonisation at the expense of restoring the natural world," Colombia’s environment
Reminder: You’re invited to attend open house for 2025 Comp Plan update
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is pleased to host a series of grocery store information booths and open house events on three islands where the community can learn more about
No school Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
||| FROM BLAKE WILSON for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Dear OISD Student Families, Please be reminded that there will be no school on Wednesday, October 16 and Thursday, October 17 due to fall conferences. If your child has a scheduled
Orcas Center call for ceramics, watercolors artists
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee (VAC) is calling all Orcas artists to showcase your creativity and passion for ceramics and watercolors for the next art exhibit in
Protecting whales from ship strikes
||| FROM CBS NEWS ||| In the summer of 2022, I was walking on the beach at Half Moon Bay in California, when I saw the strangest thing approaching on the waves. When it struck
Feldenkrais Movement Class
||| 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 Center, Tuesdays at 11 am. Emphasizing a seated
Friends of San Juans virtual annual gathering
Loving this place isn't enough—we need to protect it, too! ||| FROM AYN GAILEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Join Friends of the San Juans Tuesday 10/15 at 5 PM (PST) for our 45th
