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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Save now! Pay later! OPALCO’s Switch It Up program expands
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| OPALCO members can now finance up $100,000 (per membership) in efficiency upgrades for their home or business. Projects that qualify include home heating units
The glaring divide of COVID-19 death rates between red and blue America
||| FROM MSN.COM ||| Political polarization in the U.S. was evident and intensifying long before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, two years ago. Americans were already deeply divided about a multitude of issues, with
New Leaf Cafe welcomes new executive chef
||| FROM AYN GAILEY for OUTLOOK INN ||| Chef Andrew Martin and his wife, executive pastry chef Amy Nack, have been visiting Orcas Island for the last fifteen years. While their son attended Camp Orkila
Local musicians do us proud in recent contest performances
||| FROM SHARON HO for MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| The Orcas Island Middle School Strings group received a Silver Performance Award at the American String Teachers Association Contest at Western Washington University on March 11
Register now for upcoming Community Car Show at fairgrounds
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Parks and Fair Is a proud sponsor and supporter of Cody Balcomb-Bartok's Community Project. He is putting on a Community Car Show on April 23,
Deputy Eric Peter announces candidacy for county sheriff
||| FROM ERIC PETER ||| Eric Peter, San Juan County Sheriff candidate Relationships matter. I am Eric Peter, and I am announcing my candidacy for San Juan County Sheriff. It is time for
Madeleine Albright: Resilience of spirit, more than intellect, is the key to life
Several months before her death, former secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright wrote some reflections on the importance of making the most out of life. Her thoughts are excerpted here from the new afterword of
What is happening with PlayFest?
||| FROM DOUG BECHTEL for ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| The past few years have had major impacts on live theatre, in person performances, and human interaction in so many ways we will probably
Poetry | Cherry Blossoms
Cherry blossoms Toi Derricotte - 1941- I went down to mingle my breath with the breath of the cherry blossoms. There were photographers: Mothers arranging their children against gnarled old trees; a couple, hugging,
Shakespeare Society needs a few more roles filled for all-female ‘Hamlet’ production
An important note from Michael Armenia, Director of the upcoming production of one of Shakespeare's most important plays. ||| FROM MICHAEL ARMENIA ||| Our Orcas Island Shakespeare Society's production of 'Hamlet' with an all-female cast
Upcoming Island Health classes
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health offers online cholesterol class Join Registered Dietitian Amber Phillips for an informative 30-minute talk on small changes you can make to your diet beyond the
Sun Days on Orcas | Kate Jewell is headed to Poland
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| This Thursday, March 31, Kate Jewell will be headed to Oświęcim, Poland, for six weeks to help Ukrainian refugees and orphans with One Humanity Institute and
Let’s celebrate our history this May
||| FROM SANDY STREHLOU for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| It’s time to celebrate history again, in person and on-line! So, get ready, start planning, and let us know what fabulous local history-related event you
Land Bank invites comments to objectives, policy document
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| San Juan County Conservation Land Bank welcomes public input on its updated final draft Agriculture: Overview Objectives and Policy document. This updated version incorporates
Sheriff’s Office alerts islanders to phone scam
||| FROM ZAC REIMER for SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office has received multiple reports from community members that are receiving calls from phone scammers claiming to be officials
Health Care District releases statement on behavior within clinic
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE, ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT ||| Members of our community have held a long-standing appreciation that we are living on a small island in close proximity to each other.
