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
Artworks September featured artist – Ina Drosu
||| FROM BJ ARNOLD for ORCAS ARTWORKS ||| The Artworks featured artist for September is Ina Drosu. Ina started drawing in charcoal a few years ago, mostly small works. The new work "Heracles Ascending" on
Letter to Editor | The Conservation Land Bank deserves our support
||| FROM STEVE SNOWDEN ||| I support the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank (CLB) renewal effort because it is a vital part of maintaining scenic, environmental, and recreational attributes of the San Juan Islands
Generic attack form for Orcasonian readers
||| FROM DANIEL H. GOTTLIEB ||| Due to the frequency and intensity of the ongoing personal, professional, ethical (or lack of same) attacks, propagandistic blasts of emotion, or tantrums we present this generic attack form
Klamath River flows free after the last dams come down, leaving land to tribes and salmon
||| FROM USA TODAY ||| The last of the four dams that nearly destroyed salmon populations on the Klamath River at the California-Oregon border was demolished last week, marking a significant victory for tribes and environmentalists who
Labor Daze – Pride, chaos and kegs on Labor’s First ‘Day’
||| FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ||| On the morning of September 5, 1882, a crowd of spectators filled the sidewalks of lower Manhattan near city hall and along Broadway. They had come early, well
Prostate Cancer support group
Us TOO, Friday Harbor! ||| FROM MIKE HAMLETTE ||| September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. More than 3.3 million men are living with prostate cancer in the U.S., and it is the second leading cause
Life Line Screening at Orcas Senior Center: October 10
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Life Line Screening will be at Orcas Senior Center on Thursday, October 10 to offer non-invasive and painless health screenings. The screenings will help identify dangerous
Orcas Farmers Market
||| FROM KRISTEN FAY for ORCAS ISLAND FARMERS MARKET ||| The Orcas Island Farmers Market will continue to occur: Every Saturday on the Village Green in Eastsound from 10am-2pm through September 28th. The OIFM Harvest
LWVSJ Observer Corps: County Council August 28, 2024
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| The council reviewed the results with their consultant of the Diversity Equity Inclusion Belonging survey among county employees. One hundred fifty-seven employees of 260 responded to the
Hedrick Smith to speak on Sunday, September 8
||| FROM DOUG MARSHALL ||| Once again, Orcas Islanders will have the opportunity to hear political analysis from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and part-time Orcas Island resident Hedrick Smith. The one-time Washington Bureau Chief for
Guest Opinion | Regarding EWUA recall communications
||| FROM CINDY WOLF, COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER DIST #2 I have been receiving phone calls and emails from constituents regarding communication from a group running a recall at EWUA asking whether there are safety concerns
Governor’s San Juan visit focuses on climate change, Climate Commitment Act
Tour of kelp beds, eelgrass meadows illustrates research, underscores climate issues around health of the Salish Sea ||| FROM NANCY DEVAUX for SALISH CURRENT ||| Gov. Jay Inslee visited San Juan Island last weekend, where
Yoga Movement Class
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Tara Plank's active vinyasa-style yoga sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays at 5:30 pm at Orcas Senior Center. Classes emphasize the science of yoga, with attention
The Green Economy is hungry for copper—and people are stealing, fighting, and dying to feed it
With the possible exception of gold, no other metal has caused as much destruction as copper. In the coming years, we’ll need more of it than ever. ||| FROM WIRED.COM ||| Moqadi Mokoena had been
LWVSJ Observer Corps: County Council August 27, 2024
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| The Council approved 2024-2025 budget amendments for supplemental and emergency spending that included updated numbers in accounts. They did not approve added hours for the Land Bank
Sheriff’s Report | August 21 – 27, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 24-005434 Injury 11:49:05 08/21/24 A Deputy on Orcas responded to an animal bite. The victim was fine and did not need stitches from a
