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
Native Canoe Journey is happening on Wednesday. See you there!
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| The Gathering of the Eagles, the Native American Canoe Journey you read about here a few weeks ago, is less than a week away. The landing will take place about
Monthly Land Bank Commission meets tomorrow
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| Group shot of local review team for the Salmon Recovery Funding Board at Eastsound Waterfront Park, assessing a collaborative project with Friends of the San Juans
WSF weekly check-in: Virtual, route-specific meetings are coming up
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Route-specific virtual community meetings Mark your calendar! We’re hosting our semiannual series of virtual community meetings May 23 through June 7. The public is invited to
Tonight: Law enforcement joint search & rescue training with OIFR and WA State Parks
||| FROM SAN JUAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce a training on Orcas Island occurring May 18, 2023. In the interest of information sharing and trying to
Reminder: Dr. Shinstrom retirement thank you party is this weekend
||| FROM DOUG MARSHALL ||| David Shinstrom at Camp Orkila, 1958. Please join us in honoring Dr. Dave Shinstrom, at a Thank You party celebrating his 30 years of practicing medicine on Orcas
Larsen: American Rescue Plan is delivering reliable broadband to Northwest Washington
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) applauded the announcement by Washington State Department of Commerce of $121 million in grants for 19 broadband construction projects that
Letter to Editor | What a great night at the theater with Actors Theater
||| FROM MARC COHEN and ELEANOR HOAGUE ||| We've just come from a wonderful theatrical performance and want to let our friends and neighbors know about it. Doug Bechtel and the Actors Theater are putting
GiveOrcas is now in the final two days
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| We are down to the last two days of the GiveOrcas campaign. It has been a wild ride. Over 700 friends and neighbors have donated-
Review: Local author pens new book
||| FROM JENS KRUSE ||| It is a pleasure to review a book by a fellow islander, Michael Hurwicz’s Leonid Hurwicz: Intelligent Designer: How War and the Great Depression Inspired a Nobel Economist (Cherry Orchard
Deadline to file for Port Commissioner is Friday
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS || The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioner’s has two seats open in the 2023 November General Election. Those interested in filing for candidacy can find more
Kindergarten transition turns 15
||| BY MEGAN EHRMANTRAUT for ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| Carrying on a 15 year tradition, the Orcas Community Resource Center (OCRC) was excited to host Orcas’ annual Kindergarten Transition event celebrating kids who are
Floating Ukulele Jam time is fast approaching
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for JP AND THE OK RHYTHM BOYS ||| It’s Floating Ukulele Jam time again! Grab your uke, your voice, a song or two to share, and your friends and relations and
POP UP Tour at Turtleback Mountain Preserve Garry Oak area
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SJC LAND BANK ||| The weather and the wildflowers are at PEAK fun! Orcas Preserve Steward, Peter Guillozet, will host a pop up tour THIS WED. Attached is a flyer for
Gardening questions, plant problems addressed at Driftwood Nursery next week
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for WSU MASTER GARDENERS ||| Please join us at Lorna’s Driftwood Nursery on Wednesday, May 24th. from 11:00 - 1:00 with your gardening questions, plant problems and plant and insect identification
Crime fiction fan? Don’t miss this library event
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Do you like to read crime fiction? Or are you an inspiring crime fiction writer? Please join the Orcas Island Public Library on Saturday, May 20, at
Would you like to provide customer feedback on possible ferry fare changes?
||| FROM STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ||| The Washington State Transportation Commission is looking for customer feedback on possible ferry fare changes that would be implemented starting this fall. As part of the two-year state budget
