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
County publishes six-month check-in report for 32-hour work week
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County and representatives from the Local 1849 Union are pleased to present a comprehensive review of the 32-hour work week (32HWW) initiative at the first six-month check-in.
Orca Action Month features clean water, healthy futures
||| FROM ROSEMARY CONNELLI for ORCA ACTION MONTH ||| Orca Action Month is almost upon us! This year's Orca Month theme is Clean Water, Healthy Futures. Toxic pollution and contaminants in the environment are one
Kindergarten transition event prepares little learners for big adventures
||| FROM MEGAN EHRMANTRAUT for ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| The 16th annual Kindergarten Transition event is happening May 15th, 5-7pm. This no cost fun-filled event is held at the Emmanuel Church Parish Hall, hosted
Music Lecture
||| FROM LYNN BAKER for ORCAS CHORAL SOCIETY ||| Bruce Langford. Photo by Douglas Ellis If you love music, come expand your understanding as Bruce Langford, music educator and Artistic Director of Orcas
theOrcasonian server migration is underway
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| Thank you to all who contributed to our fundraising effort. It was a huge success and now our Orcasonian website is in the process of migrating to a
Salish Sea Folk Fest on Orcas is a community celebration
||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| Have you noticed how Islander ingenuity and creativity seem to rise right up through the rock of our island home? Like the Madronas we love, clinging to the
Crescent Beach Preserve Stewardship and Management draft now open for public comment
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is seeking public input on its recently completed Draft Stewardship and Management Plan (SMP) for Crescent Beach Preserve on Orcas Island. The purpose
Over 2 tons of litter collected during Spring 2024 Great Islands Clean-up
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| In a powerful demonstration of unity and environmental responsibility, 282 dedicated volunteers banded together on April 20 for the Spring Great Islands Clean-up spanning Orcas, San Juan, Shaw,
County’s Conservation Land Bank moves forward with long-term agricultural leases on SJI preserves
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| In Fall of 2023 the Land Bank put out a public request for long-term agricultural lease proposals for farmland portions of two San Juan Island preserves: Frazer Homestead
Feldenkrais, Eurythmy Class
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Andrea Preiss, a seasoned Feldenkrais practitioner and therapeutic eurythmist, for a relaxing movement class at Orcas Senior Center, starting back Tuesdays May 21st at 11
Needlework Circle
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Are you passionate about knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, or embroidery? Join Orcas Senior Center’s Needlework Circle on Tuesdays at 2 pm. Grab your ongoing project and be
Orcas Island Farmers Market begins next weekend
||| FROM KRISTEN FAY for ORCAS FARMERS MARKET ||| The Orcas Island Farmers Market (OIFM) begins this Saturday, May 4th! Visit us on the Village Green in Eastsound from 10am-2pm, every Saturday through September. Come explore
Library District Special Meeting
||| FROM KAREN MENG for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The Orcas Island Library District will hold a Special Meeting on May 1, 2024 from 4 – 5 pm at the Library in Maria’s Room. This will
Meet the Artist
||| FROM BJ ARNOLD for ORCAS ARTWORKS ||| You are invited to drop by Orcas Island Artworks and meet Stephanie Clair, April's Featured Artist. On Monday, April 29. Stephanie will be there to welcome you,
Orca calf that was trapped in B.C. lagoon for weeks swims free
||| FROM CTV NEWS, VANCOUVER ||| An orca calf that was stranded in a remote B.C. lagoon for weeks after her pregnant mother died swam out to freedom early Friday morning. On Thursday, members of
As the Paradigm Shifts | Each and every one of us is evolving—Hooray!!
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUNZ ||| For the majority of us, throughout our lifetimes, we are entrained to believe that, what we are and what we have, is not enough. We are
