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.”
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Council seeks proposals for historic programs, preservation
||| FROM INGRID GABRIEL, SJC COUNCIL CLERK ||| The San Juan County Council has discretionary funds, generated by recording fees intended to promote historical preservation or historical programs, which may include preservation of historic documents.
Most recent COVID case data from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,583,206 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on May 31. There have been 12,876 COVID-19 deaths
June art exhibit at library is a convergence of art, culture, nature
||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| This month, the Orcas Island Library features work by Barbara Evans in an exhibit title “Skyscapes.” Barbara writes "As an artist, my instinct and intuition call
San Juan County now accepting 2022 home fund applications
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Health & Community Services has released a Notice of Funds Available (NOFA) for the 2022 funding round for the Home Fund program with responses being
Prune Alley work plan for the week
||| FROM JESSE DOUGLAS-SEITZ for SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS ||| 4-day work week, the contractor will work the remainder of the week Tuesday through Friday, with the site open Saturday and Sunday. The Contractor
SJI National Historical Park, SJI Public Library to continue collaborative programming
||| FROM CYRUS FORMAN for SJI NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ||| San Juan Island National Historical Park and the San Juan Island Public Library are pleased to announce the return of our popular collaborative “Nature Matters”
MAG’s Spring Concert video takes you into the school music classrooms
||| FROM SHAROM HO for MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| As the 2021-22 school year wraps up, the Music Advocacy Group (MAG) congratulates Orcas Island School District’s Class of 2022, especially two graduating seniors who have
A new twist is coming up at OCS, and it’s Oliver
Oliver Twist production at Orcas Christian School June 5-7 ||| FROM EDEE KULPER for ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ||| Nikko Naugle stars as Oliver Twist. Mark your calendars for June 5, 6, and 7
Coalition for Orcas Youth seeks your input in new survey
||| FROM NICOLE SPINOGATTI for COALITION FOR ORCAS YOUTH ||| The Coalition for Orcas Youth is conducting a community survey to gauge community perceptions of youth substance use. Your opinions are valuable and the results
After more than a year, OPAL has keys to Northern Heights Apartments
||| FROM OPAL COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ||| Lisa Byers of OPAL Community Land Trust accepted the “keys” to the Northern Heights apartments from former owners Wes Heinmiller and Alan Stameisen. Wes and Alan purchased the
The most powerful story The Onion ever wrote, over and over
The publication runs a version of “‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens” after every mass shooting in America. ||| FROM WIRED.COM ||| Living in America can all too often
Library Board will meet to discuss hiring a new director
||| FROM JANET MARLOW for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The Orcas Island Library Board will be having a Special Meeting on Wednesday, June 1, at 5 p.m. for the purpose of: (1) to evaluate the
Seattle writer weaves tech, family history, and climate in a thought-provoking debut novel
||| FROM MATTHEW GILBERT for ORCAS ISLAND LIT FEST ||| Former Wall Street Journal technology reporter and New Yorker business editor Vauhini Vara’s first book, The Immortal King Rao, was among the most highly anticipated releases of the
Orcas Center will be In the Garden for this year’s gala
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Enjoy music, art, and games in a beautiful outdoor setting at Orcas Center’s 2022 “In the Garden” Gala and Auction. You’ll have the opportunity to support the
Early bird Chamber Music Festival tickets available June 9 for local patrons
||| FROM LINDA SLONE for ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| At 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 9, tickets to the 25th season of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival will be available outside the
theOrcasonian goes dark … for one day
||| BY LIN MCNULTY theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| I am pleased to announce, and will be even more than pleased if I can actually pull it off, that I'm taking a day off - first one
