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
Let’s help fund OHS graduation events
||| FROM AYN GAILEY for CLASS OF 2023 PARENTS & GUARDIANS ||| Every year parents and guardians of seniors at Orcas Island's public high school are responsible for planning and raising funds to pay for
Orcas Christian School to present Spring play, ‘The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe’
||| BY EDEE KULPER ||| Mark your calendars! Orcas Christian School is at it again. This time, their spring drama performance is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (dramatized by Joseph Robinette, from the story by
Safe? Nutritious? Local food science challenges
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| Growing, harvesting, and eating locally is gaining momentum in the islands. As islanders add more local plants and animals to their diets; break ground for new gardens, farms
Salish Sea Early Music Festival returns with a Bach festival in May
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| The Salish Sea Early Music Festival presents a MAY BACH FESTIVAL to include two performances of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach with guest
Town of Friday Harbor announces new poems on display
||| FROM DENISE KULSETH for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| The Town of Friday Harbor and Friday Harbor Arts Commission (FHAC) invite the public to enjoy new poems now on display at the four Poetry
Pam’s Power Hour strength training is back at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Pam Evans with the new Pam’s Power Hour strength training class via Zoom on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 9-10am. Pam’s Power Hour is a low-impact
Sun Days on Orcas | 27 things about Maddie Olson
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| The first time I saw Maddie Olson was at Orcas Center. It was midwinter of 2019, when we all needed to be transported to an idyllic
‘What Dreams May Come’ opens this week at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Grace McCune and Jake Perrine have coaxed the Rock on the Rock Choir (Moulin Rouge, Across The Universe, Rock of Orcas, Teatro Titikookoo, Cirque Us) out of
OPALCO announces results of 2023 Board Election
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| On Saturday, April 29, Ray Glaze of the OPALCO Election and Governance Committee announced the results of the 2023 Board Election. In District 1
Green Crab community science opportunity
Calling all community scientists, volunteers, shoreline landowners, and beachgoers! ||| FROM JESS NEWLEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| The European green crab is a hardy and voracious predator native to Western Europe and
As the Paradigm Shifts | Stop working so hard at trying
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| My Friend Joy This morning I had the delight to hang with my friend Joy for an hour on the phone. Joy is a joy-bunny. Her
Sheriff’s Report | April 19 – 25, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19 23-002662 CPR ALS 06:52:20 04/19/23 Death investigation was determined to be natural causes. 23-002663 Theft 08:20:40 04/19/23 A Friday Harbor man was booked into
Orcas Island Lit Fest | Where words come to life
||| FROM MATTHEW GILBERT for ORCAS ISLAND LIT FEST ||| This annual literary festival returns June 2–3 with another slate of remarkable authors, thought-provoking discussions, and musical enchantments. But visitors to this year’s event will
A dream continues with plans for a community campus in Eastsound
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The due diligence process is ongoing for the potential purchase of the 11 acres off of Pea Patch Lane in Eastsound. We have a pre
Coming Soon: Master Gardeners spring plant sale
||| FROM MO SLOANE for SJ MASTER GARDENERS ||| Healthy herbs, tomato and pepper starts, and locally grown perennials need new homes! Perennials include both natives and non-natives adapted to many different garden environments, including
Dr. Shinstrom retirement thank you party is now a go after COVID delay
||| 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
