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
Letter to Editor | Kari McVeigh has values I care about
||| FROM NANCY DEVAUX ||| I am excited to be able to endorse a candidate for county council who has a lifelong career in public service. Kari McVeigh has the values I care about. I
Choral music amplifies joy
Choral singing is a team sport – come learn how to play ||| FROM ORCAS CHORAL SOCIETY ||| Bruce Langford, Artistic Director of Orcas Choral Society, will conduct a Choral Singing Workshop from 2:00-4:00 pm
Vibrant Stitches: Quilters’ showcase at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Step into the Orcas Senior Center any weekday between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to delve into a magnificent display of quilting artistry! Throughout the months
Interpreting Bach on guitar and in movement
||| FROM JEFFRY STEELE for EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH ||| 12 noon, Wednesday, August 7, Emmanuel Church, 218 Main St, Eastsound Jeffry Steele performs on 8-string guitar music written by J.S. Bach originally for solo violin
Port Meeting
||| FROM CHIP LONG for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting, a Work/Study Session (no actions will be taken), Monday, July 15th, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
Island Verse literary collective & Land Bank partner for a series of FREE Writing Workshops
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is excited to partner with Island Verse Literary Collective for a free writing workshop series. Facilitators Shauna Barrows and Danny Sherrard
Public Hearing continuation on Friday Harbor House
||| FROM TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| On July 11, 2024, the Town Council granted the applicant’s request for a continuation of the public hearing for the Friday Harbor House Development Agreement to August 1,
Midnight Mutterings | Debate
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| While I vowed not to write political stuff here some time ago, I never said I wouldn’t copy someone else’s words. And so I am bringing you none
WSF Chaos | SJC community stranded as ferry service deteriorates
||| FROM ED ANDREWS for COMMUNITY WATER TAXI ||| In the last four weeks, the Washington State Ferry (WSF) Inter Island service in San Juan County (SJC) has experienced its most severe performance decline, with
San Juan County’s ‘wicked problem’
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP/ED REPORTER ||| The long wait for the release of comments to the draft San Juan Islands Destination Management Plan (SDMP) finally ended on July 8 when the results were
Summer is in full swing
||| FROM TERA in lieu of HILARY CANTY ||| Wow, the island is abuzz! It’s wonderful to see our local businesses swirling with traffic, flowers in full bloom and feel the sunshine bouncing around. There’s
Washington State Ferries canceled 1,145 sailings this summer, with outsized impact on the San Juans
Washington State Ferries is low on vessels and crew. Nowhere is harder hit than the San Juan Islands where one in 20 trips were canceled this summer ||| FROM KNKX ||| San Juan Islanders are
Cider, Mead Festival this weekend
||| FROM MICHELLE HASSEBROCK for ORCAS ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUMS ||| The 12th Annual Orcas Island Cider and Mead Festival is this Saturday, July 13. Over 20 vendors, large and small, will be pouring local and
Fires banned on DNR-protected lands
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| As of July 10, 2024, at 1:00pm, Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued a declaration banning all fires statewide on DNR protected lands. This ban extends
Free Concert, Delicious Food
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND WINERY ||| Orcas Island Winery Saturday, July 13. Doors open at 5 pm Portland's beloved Any Given Session is a heart, rock and soul band comprising long-time friends and former bandmates, they are
Whale Museum’s Global Orca Workshop
||| FROM TATE THOMSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Come join The Whale Museum’s Global Orca Workshop virtually through Zoom! The dates are Tuesday, August 27 from 1 - 8 p.m. and Wednesday, August 28
