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
Questions or need voting assistance? Elections office is open all weekend
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| With the 2024 General Election less than a week away, the San Juan County Election Office is here to help you vote. The Office will be open Saturday, November 2
Letter to Editor | Shaw Islanders for Kari McVeigh
||| FROM SHAW ISLANDERS (SIGNED BELOW) ||| Kari McVeigh is currently our Shaw School Superintendent. We think our fellow islanders would benefit from hearing about her effective leadership abilities. Kari works with integrity, she is
Exceptional people, documentaries honored at Friday Harbor Film Festival
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| During an exciting weekend of fantastic films, inspiring interviews with filmmakers, and special events, the Friday Harbor Film Festival was delighted to present many special
Begin NaNoWriMo at Orcas Library
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year
San Juan County Fair announces 2025 theme & calls on community for poster art
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Although it may seem like Fair just ended, the San Juan County Parks & Fair staff are already hard at work preparing for the 2025 San Juan County
Garden Club presentation native bees, hoverflies in our gardens
||| FROM PERRI GIBBONS for ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Russel Barsh Please join us on Wednesday, November 13, when the Orcas Island Garden Club welcomes Russel Barsh to speak about native bees
Experience She Rose | A Celebration of The Divine Feminine
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center welcomes the collective creative forces of Marya Stark and Sedona Swan Soulfire with “The She Rose Show” for two magical nights: Friday, November 8 and
Gen Z could determine the 2024 elections … if we turn out to vote
||| FROM GRAY GAILEY ||| With Election Day fast approaching, it is important to remember that our local elections have the power to shape our lives just as much as national elections. Local government officials
How to track your ballot after mailing or dropboxing
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY ELECTIONS ||| Ballots were mailed to voters on October 16, 2024. If you don’t receive your ballot by October 24,2024, please contact the Elections Office in order to receive a replacement.
Sea Wall Repairs to temporarily close MacKaye Harbor dock and boat ramp on Lopez
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Environmental Stewardship Department is conducting repairs on a sea wall near the dock area on Lopez Island. The MacKaye Harbor dock and the boat ramp
League of Women Voters condemns attack on ballot box
||| FROM LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| Seattle – The League of Women Voters of Washington president, Mary Coltrane, jointly with the League of Women Voters of Clark County president, Nancy Halvorson, released the following
Letter to Editor | McVeigh is the only person to lead this community
||| FROM SALLIE DURETTE ||| A rich life, a rich society, is not defined in terms of monetary means: but, in how we live together, in harmony, with rich and poor, and all colors and
OCS students develop leadership skills at outdoor school
||| FROM ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL STAFF ||| This fall, high school students from Orcas Christian School (OCS) joined Lewis County Adventist School students to lead two camps for fifth through sixth grades and seventh through
It’s Halloween dance time coming up at Odd Fellows
||| FROM DIDIER GINCIG for ODD FELLOWS ||| The annual Halloween dance at the Odd Fellows Hall will take place on October 31 from 8:30 to midnight. Adrian Xavier / Ska Island Experience will provide
Letter to Editor | San Juan County is lucky
||| FROM TACY NICHOLS, DON RUPP, and NATE SAWYER ||| San Juan County is lucky. It is lucky to have strong, supportive and engaged leaders that are willing to make the representation and support of
Letter to Editor | Why San Juan County should have dark skies
||| FROM JOSEPH FRANETIC ||| When I first moved to San Juan Island, most areas on the island the night skies were black and the stars were bright. Now every year I see more and
