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
Doe Bay project alert: Power lines going underground
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT ||| OPALCO has started the project to move the overhead power lines underground from the (temporary) Doe Bay bridge to the Eagle Lake intersection. The project
Letter to Editor | We have some preschool challenges
||| FROM DALE HEISINGER ||| When I first read that the OISD was entertaining opening a preschool program, Transitional Kindergarten, designed for 12 to 15 4 y/o children, I thought this to be a wonderful
New diaper bank program at Community Resource Center
||| FROM MEGAN EHRMANTROUT for COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| The onset of the new year brings a valuable new program to the Orcas Community Resource Center. Thanks to a generous grant from the Washington State
Additional snow accumulations of up to 2 to 4 inches, ice accumulations of a light glaze
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 1004 AM PST Thu Jan 18 2024 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Western Skagit County- Admiralty Inlet Area-Eastern Strait of
POSTPONED: Public school to recognize Dr. MLK, Jr. on Friday
||| FROM WOMAN IN THE WOODS PRODUCTIONS ||| On Friday, January 19 th , the Orcas public school students will host several different age-appropriate presentations regarding Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The schools were closed
Public Service announcement from San Juan Sanitation
||| FROM SAN JUAN SANITATION ||| All garbage and recycling collection has been suspended in San Juan County, Wednesday (1/17) and Thursday (1/18), until road conditions improve. Service updates will be available at www.sanjuansani.com.
WEATHER UPDATE: Come to Orcas Center to see what your talented neighbors have created
Due to adverse (but beautiful) weather, the VAC Opening Exhibit has been postponed until Friday, January 26 at 5:30pm. We look forward to seeing you then - Stay Warm! ||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER
When the tide is out, the table is set
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY ||| Get to know the Pacific Northwest’s most beloved bivalve: the oyster. In this talk, author David George Gordon discusses three species— the Olympia, Eastern, and
Urgent overnight weather message: Freezing rain, 3″ snow
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 202 PM PST Tue Jan 16 2024 San Juan County- including Friday Harbor and Eastsound 202 PM PST Tue
OICMF presents WindSync concerts and workshops
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for ORCAS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Looking for a reason to leave your winter burrow? Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival is thrilled to announce the vibrant WindSync quintet will be returning
Puyallup Tribe, Kenmore Air announce flights to San Juan Island
Historic partnership adds destination route from Ruston Way; flights begin May 16 ||| FROM PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS ||| PUYALLUP RESERVATION, Tacoma, Wash.— The second season of Kenmore Air flights from the new Puyallup Tribal
Early Bird Registration now open for San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit March 8 & 9
||| FROM REBECCA MOORE for SJI AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT ||| Early Bird Registration is now open for the 12th Annual San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit March 8 & 9, 2024 through 5pm January 29. The Summit
Caleb Klauder returns to Orcas Center for an intimate concert
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms with Golden Shoals team up for an intimate concert at Orcas Center on Friday, January 26 at 7pm. When East Coast meets
Orcas Fire loses lawsuit against former Firefighter/Paramedic
Exclusive to theOrcasonian ||| FROM SELBY LIGHTHILL for LIGHTHILL LAW||| A King County arbitrator issued an award today in favor of former Orcas Island Firefighter Paramedic Alex Conrad. OIFR filed suit against Mr. Conrad in
Orcas Fire Commission will meet on Tuesday
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The SJC Fire Protection District #2 Board of Fire Commissioners invites you to a Regular Meeting on Tuesday, January 16th, at 3:00 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire
Land Bank regular monthly meeting on January 19
||| FROM SJC CONSERVATION LAND BANK COMMISSION ||| Friends (Kurt Fuller, Carey Chenoweth, Tracey Cottingham and Steve Snowden) take a new mobility device for a test drive around Channel Preserve, Lopez Island. The
