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
Library’s February art exhibit features works of Barbara Welch
||| FROM ANDREA COHEN for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The Orcas Island Library’s February art exhibit will feature a show of paintings by Barbara Welch, entitled Stories of Life. Barbara came from Poland 20 years ago,
The Pea Patch Project steering team is hiring
||| FROM MEGAN EHRMANTRAUT for THE PEA PATCH PROJECT ||| The Pea Patch Project is a new collaboration between three of Orcas Island’s community-based organizations: OPAL Community Land Trust, Orcas Community Resource Center and the
Grammy™ nominated Texas guitar quartet coming to Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center is pleased to present Texas Guitar Quartet on Saturday, February 3 at 7pm with a special Thank You to Rosario Resort for sponsoring artist housing.
Alex Ramel | Decarbonizing holistically
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. ALEX RAMEL ||| We are now three weeks into this year’s 60-day legislative session, and I am excited to share some updates on projects I’m working on and resources
Writer-in-Residence returns to the interisland ferry
||| FROM IRIS GRAVILLE ||| The Writer-in-Residence is back! Following a hiatus due to COVID-19, the role of Writer-in-Residence (WIR) on the Interisland Ferry resumed again in January 2024. Debra Lee Babcock Orcas
Midnight Mutterings | Bear
|||MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Note: The ‘yesterday’ in the first line was muttered nearly four decades ago in Seattle where Tomas was my sometimes next door neighbor. jb Yesterday, I was talking to
Sheriff’s Report | January 17 – 23, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 24-000334 Traffic Violation 10:31:13 01/17/24 A traffic stop on San Juan Island was made on a car with 4 juveniles. 2 of the juveniles
Intense storms — fueled by El Niño — are set to bombard West Coast
Over the next week and possibly longer, heavy rain and snow, high winds and large waves are anticipated from the Pacific Northwest to Southern California ||| FROM WASHINGTON POST ||| A series of powerful atmospheric
Big Island lawmakers attempt to rein in short-term vacation rentals
Supporters say new limits are needed to increase the island's affordable housing stock, while opponents fear negative economic consequences ||| FROM HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT ||| A package of bills expected to be introduced before a
Washington State Ferries | Student tour, Spring schedule vehicle reservations open soon
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| North Kitsap High School students tour Spokane, Kingston terminal Students from North Kitsap High School got a behind-the-scenes look last week at how we operate our
Larsen releases report to combat opioid epidemic in Northwest Washington
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) released a district opioid report that analyzes the ongoing opioid epidemic in Northwest Washington and offers federal policy recommendations to address
Ballots are in the mail for Orcas, San Juan school districts
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Elections Office has mailed ballots to all voters living in the San Juan Island School District No. 149 and Orcas Island School District No.
Letter to Editor | ‘Dead Man Walking’ opera was enormously uplifting
||| FROM RIVER MALCOLM ||| The filmed version of Metropolitan Opera's Dead Man Walking (shown at Orcas Center this past Tuesday at noon) was a powerful experience, both in terms of immediate emotional impact and
Cold nights and wintery days
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| The National Point in Time Count, a survey of people who were unhoused or living in substandard housing on Thursday Jan 25th is taking place this week. OICF is supporting
The first faces you’ll see at Island Primary Care
||| FROM GRAY GAILEY for ISLAND PRIMARY CARE-ORCAS ||| It takes a village. That is especially true at Island Primary Care-Orcas (IPC). Doctors, administrators, nurses, and front desk staff work hand in hand to keep
Let’s help our neighbor with this GOFUNDME campaign
||| FROM KEITH LIGHT ||| Cara Cohn is in the hospital working her hardest to recover from emergency surgery. This was her 11th leg surgery. For those of us who know Cara, we have witnessed
