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
Orcas chimney fire on Saturday upgraded to structure fire
||| FROM ACTING CHIEF CHAD KIMPLE for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| Orcas Island, WA – January 19, 2025 — Orcas Island Fire & Rescue (OIFR) responded to a reported chimney fire at 1:30
Guest Opinion | Orcas Island supports queer youth
||| FROM MEAGAN GABLE for PEACH PIT ||| Dear Community Members, Promoting health and well-being requires more than addressing challenges—it calls for love in action. By accentuating the positive, fostering hope, and growing the good,
Coming up at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| SEE CALENDAR OF EVENTS Discover your Artistic Side: Art with Carla at Orcas Senior Center! Unleash your creativity at Art with Carla Fridays, 1 p.m. to
Community Meeting Recap | Bayhead Creek culvert repair project on Killebrew Lake Rd
The County is advancing plans to satisfy state requirements and install a 12-foot-wide box culvert specially designed to withstand severe storms and debris flow, improve fish passage in Bayhead Creek, and serve future generations. |||
Getting ready for Medicare?
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Is 2025 your year for joining Medicare? Medicare enrollment is not automatic for most people, so you’ll probably need to enroll with Social Security. Then you’ll
FREE painting sessions on Land Bank Preserves are back
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Led by Alchemy Art Center co-directors, Maria Michaelson or Glenn Hendrick, these free three-hour painting sessions will take place from 9am to 12pm every Friday in February and March. These unique events
Orcas Island Fire & Rescue|San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 seeking to fill position of Fire Chief
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| For a Department Chief Leaflet click here Position Summary: The Fire Chief of San Juan County Fire District #2 Orcas Island Fire & Rescue, is the chief administrative
OPALCO Tidal Town Hall Events
||| FROM JO LANGE for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| OPALCO is hosting a series of in-person town hall style meetings related to the feasibility of the Tidal Energy Pilot Project. Please join us
Reminder | Celebration of Life for Artha Kass
||| FROM RACHEL NEWCOMBE ||| In Hebrew, the number 18 is associated with the word "chai," which means life. So please join us as we share memories and celebrate the life of an island gem.
FH Film Festival to receive a $20,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| Friday Harbor Film Festival is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts
Happy New Year from The Exchange
||| FROM THE EXCHANGE ||| Happy New Year from The Exchange! 2024 was a great year at The Exchange—we reused and recycled more material than ever, saved a ton of carbon emissions thanks to our
WSF Weekly Report | Apprenticeship program; spring reservations; ridership increase
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve When I finished high school in England, Chevron sponsored me for a maritime deck officer apprenticeship. Without this opportunity, I wouldn’t be
LWVSJ Observer Corps | Board of Health January 15, 2025
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| The board elected Justin Paulsen as chair and Jane Fuller as vice chair. The council was briefed about committees the board has seats on. Mark Tompkins will
Rekindling Community Lunches
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| For many years, there was a community lunch served in the Community Church on Tuesdays. It was free and open to all. For some community members, this was their one
Grounded – Met Opera at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center screens the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Grounded on Tuesday, January 21 at 12pm on the big screen at Orcas Center. Filmed live in HD, these
Orcas Island’s Moose Kinsey stars in Princeton Triangle Club’s “Pageant Pending”
||| FROM MOOSE KINSEY for PRINCETON TRIANGLE CLUB ||| PRINCETON, NJ – Moose Kinsey, a performer from Orcas Island, shines in the Princeton Triangle Club’s latest original musical comedy, Pageant Pending. Premiering in November 2024 at
