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
2023 TED Talks come to Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design — three broad subject areas that are collectively shaping our world. TED Conferences bring together a group of industry leaders and
Aging in Place presentation coming to Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us for the second in a series of three informative presentations from Hospice of the Northwest on Wednesday, May 3 at 1 p.m. at Orcas
Another opportunity to partake in a SJI Sculpture Park bird walk
||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SJI SCULPTURE PARK ||| Join us at the San Juan Islands Sculpture Park on Wednesday, May 3 from 8-10 a.m. for our monthly bird walk with avid birder, Tyler Davis,
All Island Read pick for this year is Lessons in Chemistry
||| FROM SAMUEL GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| An All Island Read (AIR) brings islanders together and builds a sense of camaraderie and community while promoting a love for books and literature. This year's
Fire Commission meets tomorrow morning in special meeting
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE COMMISSION ||| The Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a SPECIAL MEETING on Thursday, April 27th at 9:00 a.m. online via Zoom and in-person at the Fire Hall, 45 Lavender Ln, Eastsound, WA.
Orcas Island Food Bank goes full self-service
||| FROM RICK RHOADS for ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| Carolyn Carroll cut the ribbon at the door April 18 and became the first customer to experience full self-service shopping at the Orcas Island Food
Zwilling Health | Does health simply mean freedom from disease?
||| ZWILLING HEALTH by REGINA ZWILLING ||| Is health simply the state of being free from disease? According to etymonline.com, “Health” derives from Old English "wholeness, a being whole, sound or well” and from Old
Our current Noctiluca bloom is early in the season, but harmless to humans
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| I just got off our boat; we were sampling plankton around Waldron. The "tomato soup" blooms are Noctiluca scintillans, a largely harmless dinoflagellate. Noctiluca blooms often give way
What’s important to you? | Deadline approaches for county public works survey
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| You have a chance to impact future projects around the County! Do you want more slip space at County docks? Are you passionate about building new bike trails?
Reminder: Larsen invites 2nd District students to participate in 2023 Congressional art competition
||| FROM THE OFFICE REP. RICK LARSEN ||| EVERETT, WA - Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) is inviting high school-aged students who live or attend school in Washington’s Second Congressional District to showcase their artistic talents in the 2023
EDC business graphics & printing workshop with Printonyx is rescheduled
This creative workshop, originally scheduled for May 1, has now been rescheduled to Saturday, May 20, at 1 p.m. ||| FROM LINDA HUME for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Create or refresh your business image with
Real and personal property taxes are due May 1
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Treasurer, Rhonda Pederson, would like to remind county property owners that the first half property taxes and personal property taxes are due May 1. Since
Health Care District Board meeting tomorrow
||| FROM ELLEN FRASER for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold their regularly scheduled board meeting on Tuesday April 25th at 5:00 PM. The Agenda and
Meeting scheduled to discuss SJC DCD department, administration
||| FROM JASON HENSEL ||| You are invited to attend a citizens group meeting on Orcas April 26th, 3:30 -6 p.m., Eastsound Fire Hall. 45 Lavender Hollow, Orcas. We have scheduled a meeting of local
We are starting a weekly game night at the library
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS LIBRARY ||| Get your game on! GAME NIGHT every Tuesday 6-9pm starting May 2nd at Orcas Island Public Library. All ages welcome. Lots of games will be provided or
Sun Days on Orcas | 27 things about Ron Griffin
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS BY EDEE KULPER ||| I was born and raised in Seattle and the surrounding area. We entertained ourselves a lot growing up with not much money. For a couple of
