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 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
Encuesta de ferry entre islas SJC
||| FROM ED ANDREWS for COMMUNITY WATER TAXI ||| Community Water Taxi ha desarrollado una encuesta para que las personas compartan información sobre su uso del ferry entre en San Juan County. Aquí hay enlaces
Reserve your spot for Grannie’s Attic 2.0 at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us for the exciting return of Grannie's Attic 2.0 at Orcas Senior Center on Saturday, April 27! Showcase and sell your household or vintage items,
No turning back: The largest dam removal in U.S. history begins
||| FROM NPR ||| The largest dam removal in U.S. history entered a critical phase this week, with the lowering of dammed reservoirs on the Klamath River. On Thursday, the gate on a 16-foot-wide bypass
Friday Habor’s free best of the fest films begin Friday, January 19
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| Friday Harbor Film Festival’s FREE Best of the Fest series begins with showing The Space Race at the San Juan Island Grange on Friday, January
Explore gentle movement and/or your artistic side at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Discover Gentle Movement: Feldenkrais and Eurythmy Class with Andrea Preiss at Orcas Senior Center Join Andrea Preiss, a seasoned Feldenkrais Practitioner and therapeutic eurythmist, for a
Salish Sea Early Music Festival returns for a new season
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Between January and late June the 2024 Salish Sea Early Music Festival presents eight performances in Eastsound with outstanding specialists performing early music on
For your enjoyment, the Metropolitan Opera at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Start the New Year off right with incredible performances from The Metropolitan Opera at Orcas Center! Filmed live in HD, these on-screen events feature a diverse sampling
San Juan County opens resident camping reservations for 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Parks, Recreation, and Fair Department is pleased to announce the Resident Reservation program will now be offered through the department’s reservation website. On Wednesday, February
San Juan Preservation Trust seeks summer internship applicants
||| FROM CRAIG CANINE for SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST ||| The San Juan Preservation Trust https://sjpt.org/ (SJPT) is seeking applicants for its 2024 Fred E. Ellis Summer Internship. This internship program is designed to expose the
OISD letter from school superintendent about upcoming EP&O Levy
||| FROM ERIC WEBB for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| I am excited to share that the Orcas Island School District will ask voters to reauthorize the Educational Programs and Operations (EP&O) Levy on Tuesday,
Sheriff’s Report | January 3 – 9, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3 24-000053 Accident-NonInj 12:34:18 01/03/24 A Lopez Island Deputy was dispatched to an Accident Non-Injury involving a vehicle. The incident was documented. 24-000056 Wanted Person
Midnight Mutterings | Yep, it’s cold
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| I don’t need to tell the three of you who regularly read this column that it’s cold. Instead, I’ll go back 33 years when I first bought this
Community Water Taxi interviewed by CNL2
||| FROM ED ANDREWS for COMMUNITY WATER TAXI ||| During the first week of the year, CNL2.com in Friday Harbor interviewed the Community Water Taxi on its beginnings in the San Juans’, our work and
Wind chills as low as -5 F predicted throughout night, early morning
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 505 PM PST Fri Jan 12 2024 San Juan County-Western Skagit County-Admiralty Inlet Area- Eastern Strait of Juan de
Explore the rich history of Patos Island in engaging talk at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us for a discussion led by Denise Wilk, the President of the Keepers of the Patos Lighthouse, as we delve into the fascinating history of
