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 Island Fire & Rescue|San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 seeking to fill position of Fire Chief
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| For a Department Chief Leaflet click here Position Summary: The Fire Chief of San Juan County Fire District #2 Orcas Island Fire & Rescue, is the chief administrative
OPALCO Tidal Town Hall Events
||| FROM JO LANGE for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| OPALCO is hosting a series of in-person town hall style meetings related to the feasibility of the Tidal Energy Pilot Project. Please join us
Reminder | Celebration of Life for Artha Kass
||| FROM RACHEL NEWCOMBE ||| In Hebrew, the number 18 is associated with the word "chai," which means life. So please join us as we share memories and celebrate the life of an island gem.
FH Film Festival to receive a $20,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| Friday Harbor Film Festival is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts
Happy New Year from The Exchange
||| FROM THE EXCHANGE ||| Happy New Year from The Exchange! 2024 was a great year at The Exchange—we reused and recycled more material than ever, saved a ton of carbon emissions thanks to our
WSF Weekly Report | Apprenticeship program; spring reservations; ridership increase
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve When I finished high school in England, Chevron sponsored me for a maritime deck officer apprenticeship. Without this opportunity, I wouldn’t be
LWVSJ Observer Corps | Board of Health January 15, 2025
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| The board elected Justin Paulsen as chair and Jane Fuller as vice chair. The council was briefed about committees the board has seats on. Mark Tompkins will
Rekindling Community Lunches
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| For many years, there was a community lunch served in the Community Church on Tuesdays. It was free and open to all. For some community members, this was their one
Grounded – Met Opera at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center screens the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Grounded on Tuesday, January 21 at 12pm on the big screen at Orcas Center. Filmed live in HD, these
Orcas Island’s Moose Kinsey stars in Princeton Triangle Club’s “Pageant Pending”
||| FROM MOOSE KINSEY for PRINCETON TRIANGLE CLUB ||| PRINCETON, NJ – Moose Kinsey, a performer from Orcas Island, shines in the Princeton Triangle Club’s latest original musical comedy, Pageant Pending. Premiering in November 2024 at
Land Bank to meet
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK COMMISSION ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold a regular monthly meeting on January 17, 2025 from 8:30am – 11:15am via Zoom. The meeting will
Council reviews major initiatives and priorities for 2025 at two-day retreat
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| This week, San Juan County Council completed a two-day retreat where they reviewed significant projects from 2024 and began setting priorities for 2025. Main topics included preparing for
Local Power Generation | Why the Bailer Hill Microgrid: Part 2 of 3
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| The Bailer Hill Microgrid project on San Juan Island is a future Community Solar and battery storage site. Community Solar is a local solution
Celebrate the life, legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
||| FROM SHARON ABREU for IRTHLINGZ ||| “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” – Martin Luther King,
JURY DUTY: JANUARY 21-24, 2025
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| All Jurors summoned for jury duty the week of January 21 - 24th are excused. Thank you.
Suspect successfully extradited for residential burglary charges
||| FROM ERIC PETER, SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF ||| On October 28, 2022, a deputy with the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office (SJC) initiated an investigation into a potential felony crime on Orcas Island. The
