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
Public invited to San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit island-wide celebration March 8
||| FROM REBECCA MOORE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT ||| The San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit is hosting a delightful evening celebrating local food and community at our Ag Summit Celebration dinner at Oddfellows
Island Ways | The dining out desert
||| FROM THE INQUIRER AND MIRROR ||| Orcas and Nantucket Islands are each roughly the same size and the same distance off their respective coasts. We share the same concerns about the high cost of living, lack
Community Foundation accepting applications for spring campaign
Calling all Orcas Island nonprofits ||| FROM TERA ANDAYA for COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| We are pleased to announce that the application process is now open for 2024 Spring GiveOrcas. The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF)
JP and OK Rhythm Boys coming to Orcas Hotel
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for JP AND THE OK RHYTHM BOYS ||| Join JP and the OK Rhythm Boys for an evening of fine food and musical fun at Orcas Hotel! JP, Gordon, and Anita
PeaceHealth Peace Island earns national awards for excellence in patient experience
||| FROM BARBARA PONGRACZ LAMB for PEACEHEALTH PEACE ISLAND ||| FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. – PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center has been recognized with a 2023 Human Experience Guardian of Excellence Award®, and for the first
Dungeons and Dragons adventure coming to Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Witches and warlocks, paladins and goblins, elves and humans rejoice! She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen is a cultural phenomenon which premiered in 2011 at The Flea
Grannie’s Attic 2.0 @ Orcas Senior Center returns: Reserve your spot today
||| 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,
MAG benefit concert returns, features Orcatrazz & other island musicians
||| FROM MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| After a three-year hiatus, the Music Advocacy Group Spring Benefit Concert for the Orcas Island Public School’s music program returns Sunday, March 3, at 3 PM in the Orcas
Fire Commission to meet on Tuesday
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The SJC Fire Protection District #2 Board of Fire Commissioners 2nd Regular Monthly Meeting on Tuesday, February 20th, at 3:00 p.m. at the Eastsound
Explore Julia Summers’ captivating photography at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Visit Orcas Senior Center Monday through Friday, 9 am to 3 pm through April 19, to immerse yourself in the stunning photography of Julia Summers. This
“The Village of Lovers,” a film about community
||| FROM NIK SCHULZ ||| “The Village of Lovers,” a film which, as part of its global premiere, is available to stream until tomorrow night, tells the story of Tamera, an intentional community in southern
We have a new 2024 winner in Grilled Cheese showdown
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION BOARD ||| AND THE WINNER IS.... Sometimes it’s just worth the wait. It had been four years since the Orcas Island Education Foundation hosted the annual Grilled Cheese Showdown. (You know…Covid. Covid
Community health assessment presentation at upcoming Board of Health meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Health & Community Services will present on the 2023 Community Health Assessment (CHA) findings to the Board of Health in anticipation of the report’s publication
Your input requested for this Community Water Taxi survey
||| FROM ED ANDREWS, ET. AL for COMMUNITY WATER TAXI ||| The Community Water Taxi has developed a survey for folks to share information about their use of theSan Juan County inter-island ferry. The survey
Sheriff’s Report | February 7 – 13, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 24-000768 Missing Person 09:27:04 02/07/24 A Lopez Deputy responded when an individual reported that they have not had contact with an adult family member
Lawmakers urge Inslee to declare state of emergency for Washington State Ferries
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| OLYMPIA, Wash. — More than a dozen Washington state lawmakers are pushing Gov. Jay Inslee to declare a state of emergency for Washington State Ferries (WSF). The end goal of the
