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
7th Annual Orcas Island Rotary Pickleball Tournament
||| FROM SUZANNE OLSON for PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT ||| Here come the pickleball players! During the weekend of August 10 and 11, pickleball players from throughout the region will be on island for the 7th annual
Author to recount her Iceland adventures at sea
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The Orcas Island Public Library welcomes Margaret Willson this Thursday, Aug. 1st, at 6:30 to discuss her riveting book, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story
Selah Service Sunday evening at Community Church
||| FROM CAROL KULMINSKI for ORCAS COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| Jeff Johnson’s music spans forty years of over fifty solo and collaborative releases. He regularly leads a contemplative worship service featuring readings from the Psalms, music
2024 San Juan County Fair is just around the corner
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The countdown has begun for this year’s San Juan County Fair! With the theme “A Century of Growing: A Hundred Years at Home,” we have a lot to
Letter to Editor | Why I support Rick Hughes for Council
||| FROM MATTHEW LASLO ||| I am writing to express my wholehearted endorsement of Rick Hughes for San Juan County Council District #2. Having had the pleasure of opening Elusion Orcas Island Escape Room with
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival
||| FROM MARY TAYLOR for ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Tangos, trios, exciting new musical arrangements, and the world’s most preeminent talent are all part of Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival’s 27th Summer Concert
Shaw School teacher housing construction breaks ground
Groundbreaking ceremony celebrates historic milestone ||| FROM DEANNA SHANNON for SHAW ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| After purchasing land over twenty years ago, the Shaw Island School District Board of Directors, Superintendent Kari McVeigh, along with
Whale Museum’s summer lecture series continues
||| FROM TATE THOMSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum’s Summer Lecture Series is in full swing. Join us for our next two lectures, free and open to the public. Bright Extinction –
Letter to Editor | Justin Paulsen is simply the best candidate
||| FROM JOANNE CUNDY ||| Justin, this letter is to you really as well as to the community. I believe you are the best candidate for Orcas County Council representative. Since you are not a
Letter to Editor | Hughes embodies competence, character, caring
||| FROM SAM GAILEY ||| Rick Hughes embodies competence, character, and caring—the very reasons I am casting my vote for him. Our county stands at a crucial juncture, and Rick's experience with local and state
Letter to Editor | McVeigh’s deep commitment is what we need now
||| FROM CLARK CUNDY ||| Today I am writing to express my strong support for Kari McVeigh for San Juan County Council. With her extensive large departmental administrative experience plus prior and continuing community service,
In Memoriam | Kate Lee 1942-2024
||| FROM RICH LEE ||| Kate Lee (1942-2024) passed away peacefully on the 5th of May at Lighthouse Memory Care in Anacortes after a long and valiant battle with dementia. Kate was born in Willowbrook,
Petitions for recall of EWUA Directors submitted
||| FROM STEVE SMITH for RECALL WATER ||| The recall process has been started. Petitions requesting a Member meeting were submitted to Eastsound Water Users Association (EWUA). According to the bylaws, EWUA must send within
Local author pens new book of Orcas ghosts, legends
||| FROM JOSEPH W. REIGEL ||| Orcas Island, Washington has long been celebrated for its rare beauty and colorful history—but for many visitors and locals alike, the feeling that something strange lurks beneath the surface
Dr. Michael Copass, renowned Seattle emergency medical care figure, dies at 86
||| FROM KING-TV ||| An "emergency medicine legend" in the Pacific Northwest passed away on Friday, as the University of Washington announced that Dr. Michael Copass died. Dr. Copass was the director of emergency services
Indigenous communities catch lamprey at Willamette Falls every summer. That tradition could be in danger
The eel-like fish join the likes of salmon and sturgeon as a first food, a staple for local tribes long before European contact. But their numbers are dwindling. ||| FROM OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ||| The
