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
Working together to make lives better
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| The Odd Fellows have a great service program supplying firewood to seniors and families in need. This past winter, they noticed that a couple of their clients had aged out
Ship fire off Victoria shows Canada isn’t prepared for marine emergencies
The container ship rolled and lost 109 containers overboard, spilling cargo along Vancouver Island's beaches. About 36 hours later, while the vessel was anchored off Victoria, a fire broke on the ship. ||| FROM THE
‘Gut-wrenching’ photos show humpback whale with severed tail on B.C. coast
||| FROM GLOBAL NEWS ||| Conservationists say heartbreaking images of a humpback whale with a severed tail on B.C.’s coast should serve as a wake-up call. The whale was spotted twice earlier this month, once
Seeking prize donors, sponsors for Qwakwace by Friends of the Orcas Island Library
||| FROM MICHAEL ARMENIA for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| At the upcoming Library Fair on August 10, the Friends of the Orcas Island Library (FOIL) is hosting the Second Annual Qwackwace, a rubber duck race
Sheriff’s Office makes arrest in $70,000 fraud theft
All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law ||| FROM SHERIFF ERIC PETERS for SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| In September of 2023 the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff’s Office conducts arrest in child pornography case
All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law ||| FROM ERIC PETER, SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF ||| On 11-07-2023, a CyberTip case was assigned to the San Juan County Sheriff’s
Letter to Editor | Rick Hughes is experienced hand we need right now
||| FROM KATHLEEN and TIMOTHY LUNDE ||| San Juan County and Orcas are changing so much and so fast that we feel we need an experienced hand at the wheel to navigate the next few
Endangered soupfin, broadnose sevengill sharks discovered in Puget Sound
||| FROM KING-TV SEATTLE ||| Researchers from Oregon State University recently made the first scientific confirmation of two "distinct shark species" in Puget Sound, one of which is critically endangered. OSU researchers claim the presence
EDC to offer career workshop for youth as part of Trades Training Initiative
||| FROM MARTI MCCONNELL for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| The Economic Development Council (EDC) of San Juan County will facilitate a Career Workshop for youth as part of their Trades Training Initiative. The upcoming workshop
San Juan County announces beginning of road striping
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Public Works Department is announcing its annual summer road striping schedule beginning on Monday, August 5 and lasting approximately several weeks. Pavement markings, including centerlines,
Evening Vinyasa Yoga
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Discover the enriching benefits of Vinyasa yoga with Karol Wilson, DPT, a seasoned physical therapist with 30 years of experience. Held every Tuesday and Thursday at
7th Annual Orcas Island Rotary Pickleball Tournament
||| FROM SUZANNE OLSON for PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT ||| Here come the pickleball players! During the weekend of August 10 and 11, pickleball players from throughout the region will be on island for the 7th annual
Author to recount her Iceland adventures at sea
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The Orcas Island Public Library welcomes Margaret Willson this Thursday, Aug. 1st, at 6:30 to discuss her riveting book, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story
Selah Service Sunday evening at Community Church
||| FROM CAROL KULMINSKI for ORCAS COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| Jeff Johnson’s music spans forty years of over fifty solo and collaborative releases. He regularly leads a contemplative worship service featuring readings from the Psalms, music
2024 San Juan County Fair is just around the corner
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The countdown has begun for this year’s San Juan County Fair! With the theme “A Century of Growing: A Hundred Years at Home,” we have a lot to
Letter to Editor | Why I support Rick Hughes for Council
||| FROM MATTHEW LASLO ||| I am writing to express my wholehearted endorsement of Rick Hughes for San Juan County Council District #2. Having had the pleasure of opening Elusion Orcas Island Escape Room with
