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
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
Food Bank is seeking board members
||| FROM JEFF HANSEN for ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| The last few years have brought significant changes to the Orcas Island Food Bank. Visits have increased by 300% since 2019. During that period we
In Memoriam | Geoff Schaaf, 1946 – 2023
||| FROM DON STILLMAN ||| Geoff Schaaf Geoff Schaaf, 76, who shared a home on Pioneer Hill Road in Olga with his wife, Dennie Gordon, for more than 34 years, died in Los
Department of Health launches second annual science contest for high school students
Contest registration is open now through March 15, submissions due by April 30 ||| FROM STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ||| OLYMPIA – Following a successful inaugural event, the Washington State Department of Health’s (DOH) Washington Tracking
You’re invited to this Fire Commission meeting
||| FROM BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 Board of Fire Commissioners invite you to a regular meeting in person at the Fire Hall in Eastsound (Station 21) on
As the Paradigm Shifts | Wiggly-squiggly truth: Here’s what I believe…
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| Creating is one of the most important practices in life. Each individual being is an expression of the Divine energy of LIFE. We are each unique
Sheriff’s Report | February 8 – 14, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 23-000859 Fraud 11:39:46 02/08/23 San Juan Deputy took a report of fraud. A victim received an email advising they had been charged by McAfee
When we visit the Food Bank, we know almost everyone who walks in the door
||| FROM RICK RHOADS for ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| Do you know an individual or family whose economic, physical, and/or mental health could be improved by nutritional assistance from the Orcas Island Food Bank,
EDC looking for bookkeeping, accounting instructors for Orcas Island
||| FROM ANJI RINGZIN for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Our upcoming Bookkeeping and Accounting class received an overwhelming response. Orcas Island business owners and managers have requested a class on Orcas. We are seeking a
