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
UPDATE – OPALCO to review recording board meetings
||| FROM HEATHER NICHOLSON ||| This Thursday June 15, at 8:30 AM, the board meeting of our member-owned and controlled co-op utility OPALCO, is moving to rewrite policy on video recordings of meetings. They say
Northern Heights renovation is complete; rentals now available
||| FROM JUDY WHITING for OPAL COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ||| The Northern Heights Apartments, across from the library, are renovated and ready! Almost a year ago, OPAL Community Land Trust purchased the building with twelve
Food hub expands availability for online orders
||| FROM KATHRYN WHEELER for SAN JUAN ISLANDS FOOD HUB ||| The San Juan Islands Food Hub, launched in 2020 by a group of passionate local agrarians, is a place of connection. The Food Hub
Sending graduates off with music in their hearts
||| FROM MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| The Music Advocacy Group wishes to congratulate the OIHS class of 2023. While each graduate has benefitted from school music education in elementary and middle school, seven musicians continued
Larsen: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law delivers broadband to Rural Snohomish County
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF RICK LARSEN ||| Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $714 million in ReConnect Loan and Grant Program funding to connect rural residents, farms and businesses to reliable, high-speed internet. This includes a
Depoe Bay OR is latest community to proclaim support for SRKWs
||| FROM KRISS KEVORKIAN for LEGAL RIGHTS OF THE SALISH SEA ||| [On June 6], the Mayor and City Council Members of the City of Depoe Bay, OR, signed a proclamation describing the City of
Orcas HS musicians return from a 6-day trip to Disneyland
||| FROM QUIN WILDMAN-GOSSETT ||| Quin Wildman-Gossett with his favorite soft drink, Duff. For the small size of the Orcas public schools music program, they get an astonishing amount of support. Composing typically
Join Orcas Senior Center today
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| What does it take to live and age well on Orcas? Regardless of their age or ability, folks find it at Orcas Senior Center (OSC), a
County celebrates HolliWalk neighborhood, the latest affordable housing project
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is celebrating the completion of the HolliWalk Neighborhood in Friday Harbor – a project that received over $1.5 million of County funding. This is the
Marley’s Ghost kicks off FREE summer concert series
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Get ready for a fantastic summer! Seattle- based Marley’s Ghost will be playing on the Village Green this Sunday, June 18 at 6pm as part of the
There’s music and movement classes coming up at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Eastern Movement Classes with Joan Roulac via Zoom - First four Wednesdays, 9am (Ease Please) and Tuesday, June 13, 11am (4-week T’ai Chi Chih series) Quiet the mind
Thanks to you folks who are ready to serve
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Thank you to the dozen folks who came to the Introduction to Board Service hosted by OICF this week. Thank you also to Nancy Stillger,
Letter to Editor | Have all options been explored for Killebrew Lake Road project?
||| FROM DANIEL THIEME for HARNEY VIEW PARK & ROAD ASSOCIATION ||| Should the County staff be directed to vigorously explore all available options for providing a bypass road during the Killebrew Lake Road culvert
Sheriff’s Report | May 31 – June 6, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 23-003931 Unconscious ALS 07:26:54 05/31/23 A Deputy on Orcas Island was dispatched to a report of an unconscious person. The person was found to
World’s largest single-masted sailing yacht stops by Orcas
"Because if you wait long enough on Orcas, everything will come to you." - an Orcas islander ||| BY LIN MCNULTY, EDITOR ||| I like that I am able to sit and wait for the
County publishes answers to frequently asked questions about Killebrew Lake Road closure
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Public Works Department will be replacing a culvert for Bayhead Creek on Killebrew Lake Road. What is this project? The County will replace a