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
Monthly Hearing Services at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Stacie Nordrum, Au.D., CCC-A, from Island Hearing Healthcare, provides hearing care at Orcas Senior Center every first Thursday of the month. In July Hearing Healthcare will
Sculpture Park bird walk
||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SJI SCULPTURE PARK ||| Join us at the San Juan Islands Sculpture Park on Wednesday, July 3 from 8-10am for our monthly bird walk with avid birder, Tyler Davis, leading
Friday Night Writes
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Are you working on a novel, short story, poem, or song? Do you want to work in a creative and supportive space with like-minded folks? Do
Yoga with Sam
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Samantha Fisher in a holistic movement practice suitable for all experience levels, prioritizing an attuned connection to your body's inner wisdom. Drawing from her training
Senior Center seeking volunteer drivers for off-island medical transport
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| The Orcas Senior Center is currently seeking volunteer drivers to support our off-island medical transportation program. We provide a small stipend to volunteer drivers based on
Art with Carla
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Unleash your creativity at "Art with Carla" every Friday, 1-3 p.m. at Orcas Senior Center. Led by experienced artist Carla Stanley, this lighthearted class focuses on
Summer news from Orcas Island School District
||| FROM ERIC WEBB for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Dear Students, Staff, Families, and Community, The end of one school year marks a significant milestone, yet it also serves as a reminder that the
Large turnout at Fire Commissioners meeting Friday – UPDATED
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| EASTSOUND—The San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 Board of Fire Commissioners held a continuance of their June 17th Regular Meeting on Friday, June 21st,
Council will meet to deliberate Shaw acreage purchase
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| On Tuesday June 25, the San Juan County Council is scheduled to deliberate on a decision to purchase approximately 16 acres along 1427 Neck Point Road to support
Summer Theatre Camp 2024: Theater 360!
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Theatre 360 is a deep dive into what theatre is, how it works, and how you can create it. Participants will explore acting, directing, storytelling, improvisation, technical
Sheriff’s Report | June 12 – 18, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 24-003429 Animal at Large 08:06:18 06/12/24 A Deputy responded to a reported animal at large in the Obstruction Pass area. The owner was identified
Rick Larsen to visit Friday Harbor
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| One last reminder - tomorrow Representative Larsen is launching his 2024 campaign in San Juan County. This is the fourth event in the Kickoff Week series
WSF Weekly Report | Public meetings; summer service; sailing stats
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve If I’m being honest, I’ve spent most of my career as a mariner, so the art of public speaking feels a little
Open House! Please join us
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| This coming Friday, June 28th, the Community Foundation is hosting an Open House to introduce Lindsay Jennings, the next Executive Director of OICF. I hope you
Guest Opinion | Everyone is right; Everyone is wrong; Everyone loses; No one wins
||| FROM GREG AYERS ||| We lost a chief, a leader in the fire department, also her second in command and 2 board members. This is a large loss that 3 remaining commissioners will need
Crucial marine plant under study: Eelgrass health in San Juans
||| FROM TINA WHITMAN for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| As summer begins, Friends of the San Juans research on eelgrass health will be gathering its second year of data from below the surface.
