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
Call for Artists: Inter-island high school art show
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The San Juan County Arts Council is hosting its first inter-island art show featuring the work of High School Artists! This show will be exhibited at the
Hear ye! Island Hearing Healthcare coming to Senior Center first Thursday
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS ISLAND SENIOR CENTER ||| Island Hearing Healthcare @ Orcas Senior Center – First Thursday of the Month Stacie Nordrum, Au.D., CCC-A, of Island Hearing Healthcare offers hearing appointments at
Don’t forget this upcoming floating ukulele jam (interisland ferry dependent)
||| FROM ANITA ORNE ||| Let’s Play! It’s Floating Ukulele Jam time again! Grab your uke, your voice, a song or two to share, and your friends and relations and join us on the interisland
Fire Commission to meet on Monday
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The Board of Fire Commissioners invites you to the Regular Meeting on Monday, September 18th, at 3 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall or on Zoom (link
Master Gardeners host final Q&A at Driftwood Nursery for this season
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for WSU MASTER GARDENERS ||| September 20th from 11:00-1:00 will be one of the WSU Master Gardener’s final Question and Answer Tables at Lorna’s Driftwood Nursery in Eastsound this season. MasSo
Art and more art are upcoming class offerings at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Art with Carla @ Orcas Senior Center – Fridays, 1-3pm Are you interested in exploring your artistic side? Art with Carla, Fridays, 1-3pm at Orcas Senior
Meeting of the Minds | Composites in aerospace industry
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Meeting of the Minds @ Orcas Senior Center: Composites in the Aerospace Industry by Dr. Douglas A. McCarville – Wednesday, September 20, 1pm Are you interested
Rep. Ramel: The road to ferry reliability
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. ALEX RAMEL ||| As summer comes to an end, I have been out in our community listening to you on issues such as ferry reliability, rent stabilization, and addressing
Standing up floating across the roof of the world
||| FROM POSTALLEY.ORG ||| Drive east from Seattle on I-90 and take a left at Missoula, MT. Head due north for about 1,700 miles. Then, theoretically, you could dip the front wheels into the Arctic
A Fall favorite returns with new features: SJ Islands farm tours and dining events
||| FROM SAN JUAN ISLANDS MAKERS GUILD ||| Island Farms on San Juan, Orcas and Lopez are opening their gates and fields for delightful and informative farm walks, talks, workshops and special farm-to-fork dining events
Sheriff’s Report | September 6 – 12, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 23-007245 Domestic Dispute or Assault 17:09:43 09/06/23 A Lopez Deputy responded to a domestic call. An individual was arrested for assault. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
Here is the Senior Barn for the OHS Class of 2024
||| FROM MOOSE KINSEY for OHS CLASS OF 2024 ||| The Orcas Island High School Class of 2024 has completed the barn painting and they have added their names. The painting of The Barn by
2023 SJC WSU Master Gardeners Workshop Series October 17-26
||| FROM SJC WSU MASTER GARDENERS ||| Successful gardeners know that beautiful and bountiful gardens require knowledge and planning. Fall is the perfect time to start thinking about the what, when, where, why and how
Pea Patch has been fully funded
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| What a week! On Tuesday, the community fully funded the Pea Patch Match! WOWZA!!! So very grateful to all who contributed. Next stop is closing! We
Reserve now for Orcas and Lopez Islands Farm Tours
||| FROM ISLAND FARM TOURS ||| Delicious three course meals, ciders, and wines straight from island farms with proceeds benefiting school gardens. Orcas on Sunday Oct 1st: Stroll this beautiful homestead and enjoy lunch prepared by
Elections office will be testing election tabulation equipment in October
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Elections office will be holding a “Logic and Accuracy” test of ballot tabulating equipment used for the County’s November 7, 2023, General election. The test
