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
Open House! Please join us
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| This coming Friday, June 28th, the Community Foundation is hosting an Open House to introduce Lindsay Jennings, the next Executive Director of OICF. I hope you
Guest Opinion | Everyone is right; Everyone is wrong; Everyone loses; No one wins
||| FROM GREG AYERS ||| We lost a chief, a leader in the fire department, also her second in command and 2 board members. This is a large loss that 3 remaining commissioners will need
Crucial marine plant under study: Eelgrass health in San Juans
||| FROM TINA WHITMAN for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| As summer begins, Friends of the San Juans research on eelgrass health will be gathering its second year of data from below the surface.
EWUA addresses two important issues
||| FROM TERI NIGRETTO for EASTSOUND WATER USERS ||| Dear Members and water users, There are two Important items we need to address Director Misconduct We write today to notify you that that two of
Scene/Story/Show improv workshop
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center is pleased to offer a three-day Improv Workshop with Brian James O’Connell, geared to help you not just on stage, but with any artistic endeavor
Walk for Health – Caminata Por Salud
||| FROM ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| June is Great Outdoors Month, a time to celebrate the beauty and wonder of nature, explore the great outdoors, and appreciate the natural world around us. Whether it's
OICMF to bring music to Lum Farm
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival (OICMF) is delighted to bring to you “Music on the Farm”, a half-hour of music for toddlers and preschoolers with
Biden-Harris administration launches Task Force to advance historic commitment to restore wild salmon, other native fish in Columbia River Basin
||| FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ||| WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris Administration today announced the creation of a new interagency Columbia River Task Force and the release of a landmark report acknowledging the harms that the federal
County streamlines job application process with new software
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is pleased to launch a new software program that will make applying for a County job easier and faster. The new applicant tracking system, powered
Community Water Taxi, Island Water Taxi partner to serve community during ferry outage
||| FROM ED ANDREWS ||| Members of the Community Water Taxi (CWT) and the owner-operator of Island Water Taxi, LLC sprang into action on Saturday, June 15th when the inter-island ferry went out of service
Construction on Lopez skatepark project begins in July
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Parks, Recreation, and Fair is pleased to begin construction for a new skatepark on Lopez Island. Construction will begin in early July and the new,
Letter to Editor | Senior Center an untapped resource
||| FROM SUZETTE LAMB ||| In 2020, my husband and I were lucky enough to become full-time residents of East-est Orcas. In 2023 I was able to start volunteering at the Orcas Senior Center (OSC)
Letter to Editor | Join me in supporting Senior Center campaign
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE ||| Orcas Senior Center (OSC) provides services and opportunities for givers and receivers on both sides of the volunteering equation. My parents died at early ages, so I didn’t get the
Monthly financial Q&A with retired CPA Michael Kulper
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Michael Kulper, a retired CPA and college accounting instructor, for insightful monthly Q&A sessions on budgeting, saving, and investing. These sessions will take place at
Water Board members look to recall Water Board members
||| FROM CAROL ANN ANDERSON, RON CLAUS, and JIM COOK ||| The three of us, Board members of Eastsound Water Users Association, have recently called for the recall of our fellow Board members Teri Nigretto,
Chief vanSchaick leaving OIFR; Commissioners Fuller and Biddick resign
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| Effective June 30, 2024, Chief vanSchaick will be leaving OIFR. During her tenure, OIFR’s volunteer numbers increased significantly, and voters approved a new five (5)
