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
Bring riders’ voices back on board to sustain WA ferries’ future
||| FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES ||| Success of any business relies on listening to customers. The same holds true for Washington’s state-run but beleaguered ferry system, the sole provider of 10 marine highways across the inland
EPRC special meeting tomorrow on Eastsound exterior lighting
||| FROM EASTSOUND PLANNING REVIEW COMMITTEE ||| In case you didn’t see it on the County calendar, the Eastsound Planning Review Committee will host a special meeting with discussion of updating Exterior Lighting regulations in
Orcas Center art opening: Avi Shmueli and his landscape art
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Visual Arts Committee (VAC) opens its March exhibit with a community show showcasing landscape art on Friday, March 1 at 5:30pm with Featured Artist Avi Shmueli.
Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine receives distinguished award
||| FROM LARA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Anacortes, WA―Island Health is honored to announce Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine is a recipient of RestorixHealth’s highest achievement, the 2023 Distinguished Center of Excellence Award. Recipients
The Community Health Assessment report Is here
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The Community Health Assessment (CHA) is now available after months of work to better understand San Juan County residents’ health needs. San Juan County (SJC) partnered with our community to
Public invited to San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit island-wide celebration March 8
||| FROM REBECCA MOORE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT ||| The San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit is hosting a delightful evening celebrating local food and community at our Ag Summit Celebration dinner at Oddfellows
Island Ways | The dining out desert
||| FROM THE INQUIRER AND MIRROR ||| Orcas and Nantucket Islands are each roughly the same size and the same distance off their respective coasts. We share the same concerns about the high cost of living, lack
Community Foundation accepting applications for spring campaign
Calling all Orcas Island nonprofits ||| FROM TERA ANDAYA for COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| We are pleased to announce that the application process is now open for 2024 Spring GiveOrcas. The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF)
JP and OK Rhythm Boys coming to Orcas Hotel
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for JP AND THE OK RHYTHM BOYS ||| Join JP and the OK Rhythm Boys for an evening of fine food and musical fun at Orcas Hotel! JP, Gordon, and Anita
PeaceHealth Peace Island earns national awards for excellence in patient experience
||| FROM BARBARA PONGRACZ LAMB for PEACEHEALTH PEACE ISLAND ||| FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. – PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center has been recognized with a 2023 Human Experience Guardian of Excellence Award®, and for the first
Dungeons and Dragons adventure coming to Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Witches and warlocks, paladins and goblins, elves and humans rejoice! She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen is a cultural phenomenon which premiered in 2011 at The Flea
Grannie’s Attic 2.0 @ Orcas Senior Center returns: Reserve your spot today
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us for the exciting return of Grannie's Attic 2.0 at Orcas Senior Center on Saturday, April 27! Showcase and sell your household or vintage items,
MAG benefit concert returns, features Orcatrazz & other island musicians
||| FROM MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| After a three-year hiatus, the Music Advocacy Group Spring Benefit Concert for the Orcas Island Public School’s music program returns Sunday, March 3, at 3 PM in the Orcas
Fire Commission to meet on Tuesday
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The SJC Fire Protection District #2 Board of Fire Commissioners 2nd Regular Monthly Meeting on Tuesday, February 20th, at 3:00 p.m. at the Eastsound
Explore Julia Summers’ captivating photography at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Visit Orcas Senior Center Monday through Friday, 9 am to 3 pm through April 19, to immerse yourself in the stunning photography of Julia Summers. This
“The Village of Lovers,” a film about community
||| FROM NIK SCHULZ ||| “The Village of Lovers,” a film which, as part of its global premiere, is available to stream until tomorrow night, tells the story of Tamera, an intentional community in southern
