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
Planet vs. Plastics! The Great Islands Clean-up is on Saturday, April 20
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Embark on a mission to protect our islands in the battle against plastics! Join your fellow islanders for the 2024 Spring Great Islands Clean-up on Saturday, April 20.
Geyman releases new book, Corporate Power and Oligarchy
How Our Democracy Can Prevail Over Authoritarianism and Fascism ||| FROM EMILY GEYMAN ||| Today's national politics are highly polarized, with one of our two major political parties dysfunctional with internal conflicts and public confidence
Orcas Island School District announces exciting career opportunities
||| FROM MALLORY BALCOMB for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Orcas Island School District (OISD) is thrilled to announce multiple openings for dynamic individuals to join our dedicated team of educators and professionals. Committed to
Earth Day workshops
||| FROM PARKER PAVITT for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MAKERS GUILD ||| Orcas loves a parade and we are excited to host Earth Day Celebrations April 19-20 in Eastsound. The Procession of the Species parade on Earth
Upcoming training burns scheduled on San Juan Island
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County's Fire Marshal is pleased to share upcoming scheduled training burns as local fire and rescue teams prepare for the summer season. Sunday, March 31st, 2024: San
The Funhouse Science Fair is back
||| FROM NICOLE SPINOGATTI for FUNHOUSE COMMONS ||| Join us at the Funhouse Commons for our 20th Science Fair, happening on Saturday, April 27th, from 12-4 PM! This incredible journey began in 2001, aimed
‘Baby Saturdays’ are back at Lum Farm
||| FROM MANDI TROXEL for LUM FARM ||| Lum Farm at Coffelt Farm Preserve invites you to celebrate Spring with our newest crop of babies! A much-adored and adorable yearly tradition, “Baby Saturdays” will be
Letter to the Editor | Fire levy has my support
||| FROM TONI KNUDSON ||| I am writing to express my support for the proposed Orcas Island Fire Levy. The proposition of a five-year temporary levy, which adds .24/1000 onto the current .53/1000 expiring levy,
LWVSJ Observer Corps: County Council March 26, 2024
||| FROM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OBSERVER CORPS ||| Council member Fuller was an excused absence being in Washington DC. During public access time Economic Development Council Director Victoria Compton thanked the council for their support
Returning Focus play
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center is pleased to present Orcas High School Student Ellie Wright’s Senior Project: Returning Focus running in the Black Box April 4 – 6 at 7pm,
Polar Bear Plunge
||| FROM TOBY COOPER FOR ORCAS ISLAND ROWING ||| Polar Bear Plunge Cascade Lake - Saturday, March 30, 2024 All are welcome. Great fun. Rain or shine. No experience necessary!* New date – March 30,
San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild seeking a Finance Manager
||| FROM LAUREN BIGELOW for SAN JUAN ISLANDS AGRICULTURAL GUILD ||| Finance Manager The San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild (Ag Guild) is hiring a Finance Manager, based in San Juan County, Washington at approximately 15-16
Winner announced in Rotary’s Annual Spelling Bee
||| FROM BARBARA MARRETT for ROTARY SPELLING BEE ||| Hazel Johnson, spelling bee winner, along with second place Elliot Roach and teacher Mr. McKinnon. Hazel Johnson once again proved her spelling prowess at
Friday Night Writes
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| A call to all islanders. Are you working on a novel, short story, poem, or song? Have you been wanting to write that idea that's been kicking around in
Health Care District Board meeting
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT BOARD ||| The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold the regularly scheduled board meeting on Tuesday, March 26th from 5:00 - 7:00 PM in the Community Room at the Orcas
Hearing clinic
||| 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. To secure your slot, it
