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 Fire Commissioners to hold regular meeting Monday
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE COMMISSION ||| The Board of Fire Commissioners invites you to the Regular Meeting, Monday, August 21st at 3pm at the Eastsound Firehall or on Zoom (link in the attachments).
WSF Weekly Report | Tours, Ramel visits Orcas, contract awarded for hybrid-electric conversion
||| FROM NICOLE MCINTOSH for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Tour gives youth a chance to explore our ferry Wenatchee We hosted 16 members of the Youth Maritime Collaborative for a tour aboard Wenatchee Friday afternoon, continuing our efforts to anchor
Fire District Stability Group forming, looks for members
||| FROM KATE HANSEN, BRIAN EHRMANTRAUT, RANDY GAYLORD, TONI KNUDSON, FIRE COMMISSION CANDIDATES ||| In light of the resounding defeat of the August Levy for Orcas Fire and Rescue, the four challengers for the Commission
Whale Museum summer lecture series: Reducing vessel impacts on southern resident orca
||| FROM TATE THOMSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Join us on September 14 at 7 p.m. for a virtual lecture presented by Julie Watson. FREE and open to the public. The critically endangered Southern
Coming to Grange | The groovy earthiness of Alice Di Micele
||| FROM ERIC MORRIS ||| The first time I heard Alice Di Micele sing I found myself in tears as it spoke to my own experience as a child. It was a life changer. Ever
EDC presents 14th annual economics luncheon: A celebration of community leadership
||| FROM LINDA HUME for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Community members and leaders are invited to join in A Celebration of Community Leadership at the 14th Annual EDC Economics Luncheon, to be held at Brickworks
SING with friends! Orcas youth choral groups are open for Fall registration
||| FROM SHARON HO for MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| Know a teen or younger kid who loves to sing? Help us spread the word about this fun and rewarding opportunity for island youth to discover
53rd Shaw Island Classic Race returns
||| FROM PEG GERLOCK for SHAW ISLAND CLASSIC ||| Sunshine, blue skies, fluky winds and a flood current set the stage for the 53rd annual Shaw Island Classic yacht race hosted by the San Juan
Letter to Editor | About that fire levy
||| FROM JOHN ERLY ||| THE FIRE LEVY: It is still “NO”!! You have basically the same folks presenting this Levy. The world will not come to an end, if we wait for newly elected
We’ve hatched a Pea Patch match – up to $250,000
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) is launching a match campaign to get us over the finish line for purchasing the Pea Patch property, the 11
Introducing a new therapist at Healing Arts Center
||| FROM JAMES MICHAEL SEEHOF ||| James Michael Seehof is a licensed therapist offering counseling, groups and workshops focusing on relationships, mental health, substance abuse, overcoming obstacles, achieving growth and supporting cultural change. Services include
There’s a new poetry circle at SJI Sculpture Park
"Poetry is a beautiful way of sharing thought and experience." ||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SJI SCULPTURE PARK ||| As part of creating an information-rich Sculpture Park in the San Juan Islands, we are proud
Compass Health raising funds to support recovery for San Juan residents
First $1,000 matched for giving opportunity August 16 to August 19 ||| JAKI BROPHY for COMPASS HEALTH ||| To support community members engaged in mental health and substance use disorder treatment, Compass Health is raising
County barge landings at Griffin Bay and MacKaye Harbor
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Public Works will be unloading several thousand tons of material onto San Juan and Lopez Island on Tuesday, August 22 and Wednesday, August 23. The
Master Gardeners will be at Driftwood this week to answer your questions
||| FROM DIANNA MACONDRAY for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| Wednesday August 16th from 11:00 - 1:00 the San Juan County Master Gardeners will be answering garden questions and collecting plant problem samples for analysis at
Library Board will meet this Thursday
||| FROM JANET MARLOW for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY BOARD ||| The Orcas Island Library Board had to move their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. This month’s Board Meeting will now be held on Thursday, August 17,
