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 Island Lit Fest is returning June 2-3, 2023
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND LIT FEST ||| Celebrating its fourth anniversary of bringing world-class literary talent to the San Juan Islands, the Orcas Island Lit Fest (OILF) will have something for everyone. The festival will
OHS student Moose Kinsey has won award in 2023 State Superintendent’s HS art show
||| FROM MOOSE KINSEY ||| Orcas Island High School art student Moose Kinsey has won in the Washington State High School Art Show and will be recognized at a reception in Seattle next month hosted
Slow Yoga, Ukulele classes coming up at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Slow Yoga and Chair Yoga with Susie Frank @ Orcas Senior Center – Thursdays, 9:15-10:15 a.m. (Slow Yoga) and 10:30-11:30 a.m. (Chair Yoga) Slow Yoga, offered on
Sun Days on Orcas | Publish your book
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| I want to take this opportunity to encourage you to write the book you've always wanted to write, and publish it! Figuring out how to self-publish
New book release | Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the PNW
||| FROM NORA NICKUM, AUTHOR ||| A new book coming out on April 11 from Chicago Review Press for ages 8-12+ is called Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest. It highlights several
Nothing like a springtime Urgent Weather message
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Western Skagit County-Admiralty Inlet Area- Including the cities of Friday Harbor, Bellingham, Mount Vernon, Anacortes, Sedro-Woolley,
Sheriff’s Report | March 29 – April 4, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 23-002066 Threats 10:07:54 03/29/23 A Lopez Deputy responded to a threats call. A middle-aged man called to report that his elderly mother has been
EDC to offer Entrepreneur Essentials, a business plan workshop
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Do you have the vision, talent, and desire to start a business? Bring your ideas and energy to the Entrepreneur Essentials course offered by the Economic Development Council (EDC)
Innovative project hopes to guide salmon, steelhead to survival at Hood Canal Bridge
||| FROM LUCAS HALL for LONG LIVE THE KINGS ||| Port Gamble, WA – On April 10, the Hood Canal Bridge Assessment Team will deploy a $1.6 million fish guidance structure at the Hood Canal
Orcas Community Foundation is ready to roll
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| I am delighted to announce that OICF is fully staffed once again with the arrival of Tera Andaya. Tera launched her career at OICF this week
Master Gardeners will host Q&A table at Driftwood Nursery
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| As we welcome spring with days spent in our gardens we have high hopes of success. Sometimes, however, the weather, insects, diseases, or our own cultural
Holy Week services scheduled at Orcas Community Church
||| FROM BRIAN MOSS for ORCAS COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| Orcas Island Community Church invites you to join us for our Holy Week services. Our Maundy Thursday service on April 6, will be held at 7:00
Library, Museum bring Johnny Moses to Library
||| FROM SAMUEL GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The Orcas Island Public Library is thrilled to be hosting Johnny Moses Tuesday, April 11, at 5 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Orcas Island Historical Museum. Through
San Juan Islands Sculpture Park bird walks begin
||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SAN JUAN ISLANDS SCULPTURE PARK ||| Join us at the San Juan Islands Sculpture Park on Wednesday, April 5 from 8-10 a.m. for our first monthly bird walk of 2023!
Fact vs Fiction – Learn what $15 gets you with the Land Bank
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Join the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank on Zoom OR in person for our Spring Community Conversation series. The Land Bank will host public meetings on Wednesdays - April
Concern for San Juan County’s most vulnerable prompts latest health officer order
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| On Apr. 3, 2023, San Juan County Health Officer Order 2023-1 went into effect which continues the masking requirements in patient-facing healthcare facilities. The order excludes dental offices,
