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
Tomorrow’s Health Care District board meeting relocates to OICF
||| FROM CHRIS CHORD for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| Orcas Health Care District (OIHCD) will meet tomorrow for a regular board meeting at 5 p.m. Also note that we will be meeting at
Funhouse hosting a Strengthening Families workshop
||| FROM EMILIE ROBINSON for FUNHOUSE COMMONS ||| Strengthening Families is a 6-week workshop that brings together youth and their caregivers for 2 hours, one evening a week. The workshop builds upon family strengths to
Join Port Commissioner meeting in person, online tomorrow
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will hold a regular monthly meeting on Monday, February 27 at 5 p.m. online via Zoom and in person
Textile, fiber arts show to open at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee (VAC) is pleased to present the spring art show: Textile and Fiber Arts on Friday, March 3 from 5:30-7 p.m. in the
Sun Days on Orcas | Meet Jay Sack
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Jay Sack I have known only bits and pieces about Jay Sack over the years - I know he loves basketball and coaches it,
Lekanoff | Week 7 | Protecting healthcare throughout WA & town hall invite
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| Happy Fantastic Friday! It’s the seventh week of the legislative session! Last Friday was policy cutoff and this Friday is fiscal cutoff. Only bills that have
Sheriff’s Report | February 15 – 21, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 23-001029 Domestic Dispute or Assault 07:04:45 02/15/23 Deputies responded to a report of assault on Friday Harbor. After an investigation, it was determined to
Lenten Vespers at Orcas Island Community Church
||| FROM BRIAN MOSS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| Orcas Island Community Church is once again hosting Lenten Vespers services, which will take place on the six Sundays of Lent from February 26th through
For March, Artworks feature wall artist is Stephanie Clair
||| FROM B.J. ARNOLD for ORCAS ISLAND ARTWORKS ||| Stephanie Clair The Orcas Island Artworks features new paintings in oil and acrylic by Stephanie Clair through the month of March. She will be
Tugboat being lifted after sinking offshore of Lopez Island
Vessel carried 400 gallons of diesel ||| FROM CASCADIA DAILY NEWS ||| Response crews are lifting a tugboat after it sank carrying 400 gallons of diesel off the coast of Lopez Island Wednesday morning, Feb.
March Art at Orcas Library: My Digital Wonderlands, by William Wyckoff
||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for ORCAS LIBRARY ||| Starting March 1st, William Wyckoff will be exhibiting his photographs and mixed media work. In his latest series of work Wyckoff has taken his love of photography and expanded
Letter to Editor | Orcas Community Resource Center thanks Steve Jung
||| FROM MEGAN EHRMANTROUT for COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| Steve Jung With his time as a board member coming to a close, the words “thank you” are not nearly enough to express our
An opportunity to practice Qigong with Joan Roulac
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Joan Roulac Quiet the mind and strengthen the body with Joan Roulac’s Ease Please four-week Qigong series. These 15-minute sessions will gently loosen muscles,
Meet the OPALCO board candidates March 9th
Ballots hit the mail March 10 ||| FROM SUZANNE OLSON for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| As a member-owned cooperative, OPALCO members elect the Board of Directors who are responsible for setting policies and
Woman in Woods has an amazing Orcas Center production coming up
||| FROM WOMAN IN THE WOODS PRODUCTIONS ||| Woman in the Woods Productions is pleased to bring back to Orcas Center Marc Bamuthi Joseph (“Bamuthi”) and Daniel Bernard Roumain (“DBR”), on April 8, for our
Learn about our friend, the Mason Bee, at upcoming workshop
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| Osmia lignaria, the mason bee, is an important early season pollinator of fruit trees in our cool coastal climate. The Master Gardeners of San Juan County
