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
One bus schedule again for Thursday, AM & PM
||| FROM BLAKE WILSON for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Tomorrow, Thursday 03/23, we will be down to the ONE bus schedule for both the AM and PM drop offs. The rest of the week will likely have several
Salish Sea Early Music Fest to feature harpsichordist David Schrader
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Obbligato Harpsichord and Flute features renowned Chicago harpsichordist David Schrader with flutist Jeffrey Cohan playing 18th-century music for harpsichord with flute on Wednesday evening,
Next up at Orcas Center | Mountain Grove – A play with music by Noah Racey
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Noah Racey is one of Broadway’s top song-and-tap dance men, but his story is anything but 42nd Street. The rhythm of his life was set by drum
Congratulations: Herb Crowe to retire from Sheriff’s Office
||| FROM SHERIFF ERIC PETER for SJC SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office would like the community to join us in congratulating Sergeant Herb Crowe on his upcoming retirement. Herb has served
Friends of the Library seeking a treasurer/bookkeeper
||| FROM DAVID KOSIUR for FRIENDS OF ORCAS LIBRARY ||| The Friends of the Orcas Island Library (FOIL) are looking for someone to fill the position of Treasurer starting this May. Duties include both creating
Come celebrate Spring at the San Juan Islands Sculpture Park
||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SJI SCULPTURE PARK ||| Visit the park and enjoy our third annual "Daffodil Frolic" with over 7,000 Daffodils and thousands of Irises to follow. (Sorry - the deer eat tulips.)
Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine receives patient satisfaction award
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Anacortes, WA -– Island Health is pleased to announce Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Center is a recipient of RestorixHealth’s Patient Satisfaction Award. Recipients of this award meet
School bus schedule on Wednesday will again be down one bus — both AM & PM
||| FROM BLAKE WILSON for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Tomorrow, Wednesday 03/22, we will be down to the ONE bus schedule for both the AM and PM drop offs. The rest of the weekly will likely
One OISD bus route tomorrow 03/21 (PM only)
||| FROM BLAKE WILSON for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Tomorrow, Tuesday March 21, we will be switching to the ONE bus route for the PM drop offs. The rest of the weekly will likely have
An opportunity to learn about advance care planning
Join Hospice of the Northwest at the Orcas Senior Center April 5, 2023 at 1 p.m. ||| FROM CARRIE MCBRIDE for HOSPICE OF THE NORTHWEST ||| WHAT: Hospice of the Northwest is hosting a presentation about
Invitation to apply: Certificate in Ecological Restoration in the SJIs, 2023-24
||| FROM KAI HOFFMAN-KRULL for SAN JUAN ISLANDS CONSERVATION DISTRICT ||| The Islands Conservation Corps, a program of the San Juan Islands Conservation District, is accepting applications to the 2023-24 Certificate in Ecological Restoration program
Voices for Peace and Hope to come to Orcas Center
||| FROM LYNN BAKER for ORCAS CHORAL SOCIETY ||| Orcas Choral Society brings music of longing, reflection and joy to the Orcas Center this April in its spring concert, Voices for Peace and Hope. “Prevailing
Annual student art show at Orcas Center
||| FROM BLAKE WILSON for ART FOR ORCAS KIDS ||| To celebrate our island youth, a six-week student art exhibit is being hosted at the Orcas Center from April 14-May 31, 2023. The show features
OCS community dinner returns following pandemic
||| FROM JERREMY FOSS for ORCAS ADVENTIST FELLOWSHIP ||| Orcas Christian School is excited to announce its first Community Dinner since the start of the pandemic. All are welcome to enjoy this FREE Mexican meal. Tuesday,
Upcoming events at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Island Hearing Healthcare @ Orcas Senior Center – 1st Thursday of month Stacie Nordrum, Au.D., CCC-A, of Island Hearing Healthcare will offer hearing appointments at Orcas
Sun Days on Orcas | Island youth need a hangout place
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| We need to think long and hard as a community about providing the youth of this island with a place to have innocent fun together. I
