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
11th annual SJI Ag Summit in-person on San Juan Island
||| FROM KELSEY GREEN for AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT ||| The 11th Annual San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit is taking place in-person on San Juan Island March 3 & 4, 2023. Event highlights include: Friday “Summit Hub”
Calling fiber artists for upcoming Orcas Center show in March
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee (VAC) is seeking fiber artists for the next Community Art Show this March! Textile and Fiber Arts Drop off your art on
Orcas Aviation pilot logs his 1,000th Mercy Flight
||| FROM ROBERT WAUNCH for ORCAS AVIATION ASSOCIATION ||| A significant milestone was reached the morning of January 9 th as Gil Blinn flew his 1,000th Mercy Flight. The Orcas Aviation Association (OAA) and the
A collection of short plays is coming to Orcas Center Black Box
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Join us for the first Black Box Production of 2023 at Orcas Center: The Lonely Plays, written by Seattle playwright Heidi Heimarck, directed by Ellen Graham and
Sheriff’s Report | February 1 – 8, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 23-000691 Welfare Check 09:46:24 02/01/23 Deputies responded to a report of a suicidal individual on the west side of San Juan Island. The report
Lovelett bills to update Growth Management Act heard in Senate committee
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATS ||| OLYMPIA - Two bills sponsored by Sen. Liz Lovelett (D-Anacortes) to reform the Washington state Growth Management Act (GMA) were heard in the Senate Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs Committee
County Council awards five year lease at Coffelt Farm Preserve
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is pleased to announce Lum Farm has been awarded a long-term lease at Coffelt Farm on Orcas Island. Eric and Amy Lum have been
Salish Sea Early Music Festival returns with Biedermeier Serenade
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| The twelfth annual 2023 Salish Sea Early Music Festival presents the second of seven programs through June entitled The Biedermeier Serenade featuring guitarist Oleg
Weekly WSF report
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Visit to Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility I spent some time at our Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility last week meeting colleagues who basically keep our system afloat. The
Whale Museum has two open houses coming up for prospective volunteers
||| FROM TRACIE MERRELL for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum is holding two open houses for anyone interested in volunteering with TWM’s Education Department. The open house events will be held on Thursday,
State Health Dept. relaunches free telehealth program for COVID-19
Free telehealth appointments expand access to oral antivirals ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has relaunched its popular free telehealth program to increase access to potentially life-saving medication
Letter to Editor | Thanks to all who make the Dental Van Clinic possible
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Thank you to the many people who made the recent Dental Van Clinic possible. To the Community Church, who hosted the van and provided the reception
Poetry | I have to write today. I must.
||| FROM ED WILSON ||| I Have to Write Today. I Must. Ed Wilson Because I am not standing outside a collapsed apartment building in Turkey or Syria, because I did not spend the night
Latest on tap at your Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Art with Carla @ Orcas Senior Center – Fridays, 1-3pm Are you interested in exploring your artistic side? Art with Carla is back! This class is
Senior Center is now under its own management
||| FROM LYNETTE WOOD, ORCAS SENIOR CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ||| Orcas Senior Center is under new management! A new nonprofit, Friends of Orcas Senior Center, took over operations on January 1. Along with the transition,
New massage practice now at Healing Arts Center
||| FROM IONA MCCOMBIE SMITH for AMBIKA HEALING ||| Ambika Healing is now open for business here on Orcas Island! Working out of the beloved Healing Arts Center, Ambika Healing is a massage practice dedicated
