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
Land Bank hosts public meeting and field trip
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County's Conservation Land Bank invites the public to a community meeting and field trip to the Crescent Beach Preserve to discuss a Stewardship and Management Plan
All San Juan County beaches are closed to recreational shellfish harvesting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| As of June 18, 2024, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has closed recreational shellfish harvesting in San Juan County due to unsafe levels of Paralytic Shellfish
Mayor Jackson recognizes Juneteenth 2024 with proclamation
||| FROM RAYMONT C. JACKSON, MAYOR, TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| WHEREAS, on New Year's Day ot 1863, using his war powers as President, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all persons held
Land Bank meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on June 21, 2024, from 8:30am – 11:15am at the Orcas Island Library, located at 500 Rose
Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains
||| FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS ||| BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly
Feldenkrais and Eurythmy Class
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Andrea Preiss, a seasoned Feldenkrais practitioner and therapeutic eurythmist, for a relaxing movement class at Orcas Senior Center, Tuesdays at 11 a.m. (No class Tuesday,
Quilter’s Showcase
||| 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
Salish Sea Music Festival returns with award-winning harpsichordist
||| FROM JEFFREY COHEN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Irene Roldàn from Spain, one of Europe’s prominent young harpsichordists and winner of the prestigious Bach Prize and an additional special award at the
Eastsound Water Users will meet tomorrow
||| FROM DAN BURKE for EASTSOUND WATER USERS ||| Our Regular Board Meeting is tomorrow night. Please join us at the Eastsound Firehall at 5:00 pm. Mission Statement Eastsound Water Users Association is a service-oriented
Update | County awaits funding for infrastructure resiliency work on Lopez Island
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County continues to wait for updates regarding its grant application to engage in sea level rise adaptation and infrastructure resiliency work on Lopez Island. San Juan
Master Gardeners to answer plant questions at Orcas Library
||| KATE YTURRI for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| As we welcome summer with days spent in our gardens, we have high hopes of success. However, sometimes the weather, insects, disease, or our garden practices betray
Protect marine ecosystems & island resources; become a Green Boater today
||| FROM JESS NEWLEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Boating season is here, and soon our waters will be buzzing with local and visiting boats. Our amazing group of islands, where boaters find
Guest Opinion | So, what is it, exactly, that nonprofit Boards are supposed to be doing?
||| FROM ROBERT AUSTIN ||| It’s a well-known fact that we have a lot of nonprofit organizations here on Orcas, and many of us have had experience volunteering to help them with their missions. These
Support local renewable energy projects
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT CO-OP ||| Earlier this year OPALCO requested changes to the Comprehensive Plan regarding land use designations and now those changes are being reviewed by the San
Alchemy Art Center & SJC Conservation Land Bank partner for summer series of FREE painting sessions
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County's Conservation Land Bank is excited to partner with Alchemy Art Center for a series of free painting sessions that connect artists with nature. Led by
Midnight Mutterings | Cognitive disuniformity
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| I don’t know a lot about anthropology. I did take an undergraduate class in anthropology and I once took a class taught by Margaret Mead. That was a
