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
EDC sets up a donation page for Friday Harbor fire victims
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Help the businesses most hurt by the fire - while all of them have insurance, there will be lots of expenses that aren't covered. The EDC has set up
Orcas Senior Center pilots a home repair project
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| One of the main barriers to aging well on Orcas is seniors’ decreasing ability to maintain a safe home. Home maintenance for many low- and mid-income
Lit Fest returns to Orcas Island following a two-year pandemic hiatus
Two-day lineup features award-winning authors, poets, and musicians ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND LIT FEST ||| Finally celebrating its third anniversary after a two-year pandemic hiatus, the Orcas Island Lit Fest returns with an exceptional lineup
San Juan, Orcas fire crews remain on the scene of downtown Friday Harbor fire
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| UPDATE: KING5 News coverage: San Juan Island and Orcas Island fire and rescue crews are working to put out a large commercial fire in downtown Friday Harbor that began Thursday
School bus driver flown off following yesterday’s accident on Orcas Road
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL BOARD ||| The School Board would like to extend our thanks to everyone who assisted in yesterday's school bus accident on Orcas Road. First, to the children on the Deer
SJIMA exhibition INTO THE BREACH runs until May 30
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| With INTO THE BREACH Sculptures, Drawings and Prints, by Tom Gormally brings us serious messages dressed in a bit of humor, a gift
Classic Film Series closes out with ‘A Matter of Life and Death’
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL ||| Our 2022 OIFF Classics Film Series closes out with a world-class Technicolor film about war and the afterlife: “A Matter of Life and Death.” A MATTER OF LIFE
Governor’s 2022 Smart Communities Awards nominations open now through May 6
Annual awards recognize outstanding work in community planning and development ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| Olympia, WA -- The Washington State Department of Commerce today called for nominations for the 16th annual Governor's
Washington residents should not consume certain oysters harvested from Baynes Sound area in British Columbia
Individuals sickened with norovirus-like symptoms ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has updated its advisory to Washington residents to not serve or eat certain oysters harvested from
Orcas Island Community Foundation ranks #1 in national survey
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| OICF is ranked #1 out of 207 community foundations nationally for per capita gifts with a rate of $1,266. While our population size is small,
Hop on over to Lions Club Easter egg hunt at Cascade Lake
||| FROM MARY MEREDITH for ORCAS ISLAND LIONS CLUB ||| The Orcas Island Lions Club is happy to offer the Annual Easter Egg Hunt at its traditional location at Cascade Lake in Moran State Park.
Orcas Food Bank highlights the guy who brings the food on-island
||| FROM RICK RHOADS for ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| If you look into the shipping containers in front of the Orcas Island Food Bank (OIFB), the CoolBots (walk-in refrigeration units) behind the Food Bank,
Effective anti-COVID drug available in Washington for eligible patients
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Thousands of doses of a potentially life-saving COVID-19 drug are available in the state of Washington, and could potentially benefit those at highest risk for hospitalization and death
Stephanie’s Tai Chi classes are resuming after a two-year hiatus
Wu-Style Tai Chi movements combine mind and body skills that can improve as you age ||| FROM STEPHANIE ROSENBLATT ||| A Tai Chi Master for over thirty years, Stephanie brings a special and unique appreciation
Middle Schoolers are putting on a couple of plays this weekend
||| FROM KIM FREEMAN for ORCAS ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ||| Join us Saturday, April 9 at 7 p.m. as Orcas Island Middle School presents two plays, 10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse and 13 Reasons Not
Governor has been busy signing bills, 303 of them, following legislative session
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE || That's a wrap: 303 bills delivered and done Legislators approved 303 bills during the 60-day session that ended March 10. The action then turns to the
