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
Education Foundation has cancelled this Sunday’s BBQ due to COVID
||| FROM JANET BROWNELL for OI EDUCATION FOUNDATION ||| Out of an abundance of caution in the recent surge of Covid, the OI Education Foundation has decided to cancel Sunday’s BBQ at the Orcas Winery.
The Exchange introduces us to Dexter
||| FROM TOBY COOPER for ORCAS EXCHANGE ||| It’s Monday. First to arrive as always, Cindy Lundquist unlocks the big, swinging bar gate and parks her car in the usual spot. She moves with the
OICF awards celebration has been postponed due to COVID
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Unfortunately, we are going to need to postpone our Awards Celebration scheduled for today due to Covid. Even with masks and even outdoors, the risk is
Poetry | Credo by Bruce Hanna
||| FROM BRUCE HANNA ||| As age mellows my edges I wonder if I can find words for the positive core that guides my life – a credo – verbal symbols for the positive aspect,
Tips on planting over a septic drainage field
||| FROM SJC WSU MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM ||| The Master Gardeners occasionally get questions about planting over a septic drainage field. This came up as a "chat" query during Margaret Payne's recent Zoom presentation to
Marianne Lewis resigns as Choral Society artistic director
||| FROM JULIE RUSBY for ORCAS CHORAL SOCIETY ||| Marianne Lewis The Orcas Choral Society board of directors wishes to announce that Marianne Lewis has resigned from her role as artistic director. We
GiveOrcas closes out campaign by fully funding all proposals. Celebration on Thursday
||| FROM MEGAN NEAL for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION || The Orcas Island Community Foundation wrapped up its annual Spring GiveOrcas campaign Monday night, fully funding all 27 grant proposals. OICF entered this grant cycle
Library Board to gather in special meeting Friday
||| FROM JANET MARLOW for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The Orcas Island Library Board will be having a special meeting this Friday, May 20. Please find the agenda attached HERE.
Guest Opinion | In response to Prune Alley construction complaints
||| FROM LEITH TEMPLIN ||| Thank you , William Wright, for your comments. There were hundreds of hours put into informing and consulting the public, property owners and anybody that was interested in this project
Salish Sea Early Music Festival wraps up season with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Two of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most profound orchestral works will be offered in "Bach: Fifth Brandenburg Concerto and Triple Concerto," the final program in
Planning Board draft adds bike lanes, subtracts shore roads
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| The Planning Commission met May 6 to review the long overdue Transportation Element of the County’s draft comprehensive plan for the planning period from 2016-2036 and agreed to
New road signage will remind us all to ‘secure our load’
||| FROM HEATHER WALLACE for ORCAS RECYCLING SERVICES/THE EXCHANGE ||| In the coming months, San Juan County will be adding new road signage on Shaw Island, Lopez Island, Orcas Island and San Juan Island to
Health Care District has a meeting coming up
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE, ACTING SUPERINTENDENT FOR OI HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the May 17, 2022 Board meeting of the Orcas Island Health Care District will be posted
Next Meeting of the Minds topic: Einstein’s Cat
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS ISLAND SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us for a brief history of telegraphy and its local relevance. By the late nineteenth century, the telegraph was essential to communication and commerce,
Agenda posted for tomorrow’s fire commission meeting
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a regular meeting on Monday, May 16, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. online via Zoom. Meeting access can be found on
Sun Days on Orcas | For King and Country
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDIE KULPER ||| Last night I took our older son and his friend to a concert in Everett by For King and Country, a Christian band led by two
