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
Orcas Christian School clothing bank coming up
||| FROM MERRICK PARNELL for ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ||| Orcas Christian School (OCS) has a long tradition of serving the community through various projects. This weekend, the school is gearing up for its annual Clothing
ATOI to present Pultizer-nominated play, The Velocity of Autumn
||| FROM ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| Actors Theater of Orcas Island presents: THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN, Eric Coble's Pulitzer-nominated play, about an elderly woman who threatens to blow up her Brooklyn brownstone apartment
Art Opening at Orcas Center: Ponch Immel
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee (VAC) is pleased to present the next Art Opening, Friday, October 25 from 5:30pm – 7pm with featured artist, Ponch Immel in
How your Medicare insurance plan may be changing
||| FROM ISLAND HEALTH ||| The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period is now underway. From October 15 until December 7, Medicare beneficiaries can make changes to their Medicare insurance for the calendar year 2025. Due to
Letter to Editor | Land Bank = Ethical stewardship
||| FROM R. BRENT LYLES ||| Dear neighbors, I’m writing to share my deep, personal belief that supporting the Land Bank is a moral obligation. By voting to extend the Land Bank’s charter, we take
Vote! Sign! Send! November 5, 2024, General Election.
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| All registered San Juan County voters will receive a ballot for the 2024 General Election. Use this list of key election dates and registration information to plan your
Why Are Witches and Warlocks going stand-up paddleboarding to celebrate Halloween?
Across the country, revelers are dressing in costumes and gliding across bodies of water on stand-up paddleboards to ring in the spooky season ||| FROM THE SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE ||| Carving jack-o’-lanterns, watching scary movies, touring haunted
Letter to Editor | Paulsen’s dedication, pragmatism, community values, thoughtfulness and hard work make him best candidate
||| FROM PEGI GROUNDWATER and MICHAEL MOSS ||| We are voting for Justin because he gets things done and we hope you will vote for him too. We are so impressed with the hard work Justin
Letter to Editor | Hughes has experience, commitment we need
||| FROM PATTY MILLER ||| Rick Hughes has the experience, commitment, and community focus we need on our SJC Council I have had the privilege to work with Rick Hughes for more than 15 years. I
Letter to Editor | Vote for a listener to lead our county
||| FROM ANNA MARIA DE FREITAS ||| I am pleased to support Kari McVeigh for San Juan County Council. When Kari first announced her candidacy, she worked tirelessly to understand the issues in our community
Letter to Editor | Rick Hughes cares very deeply about these islands
||| FROM ADRIAN KILPATRICK ||| My name is Adrian Kilpatrick and I was a recent candidate running for a seat on the San Juan County Council. I am writing out to endorse Rick Hughes for
Yoga with Sam
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Samantha Fisher in a holistic movement practice suitable for all experience levels, prioritizing an attuned connection to your body's inner wisdom. Drawing from her training
Letter to Editor | Hughes’ commitment is unmatched
||| FROM MARK FICKEL ||| My name is Mark Fickel. My family roots go back since the late 1800s at Point Lawrence on Orcas and then in 1944 my grandparents and Rick’s, along with others,
Letter to Editor | Paulsen: Informed, articulate, passionate, accessible, compassionate
||| FROM REBECCA MCDOWELL ||| I've never written a letter to the editor or a lengthy endorsement of a candidate for any political office. I'd never written a short one either until I wrote one
Orcasonian Michael Riordan to receive 2025 Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics
||| FROM AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY ||| The American Physical Society announced today that they will award physicist and historian of physics Michael Riordan the 2025 Abraham Pais Prize for the History of Physics. The award comes in
Letter to Editor | Land Bank impact on property taxes
||| FROM RON WHALEN ||| A recent posting argued the Land Bank isn’t the cause of increasing property taxes as there’s multiple nationwide factors. I agree with some of the reasoning, but an important element
