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
Life Line Screening at Orcas Senior Center: October 10
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Life Line Screening will be at Orcas Senior Center on Thursday, October 10 to offer non-invasive and painless health screenings. The screenings will help identify dangerous
Orcas Farmers Market
||| FROM KRISTEN FAY for ORCAS ISLAND FARMERS MARKET ||| The Orcas Island Farmers Market will continue to occur: Every Saturday on the Village Green in Eastsound from 10am-2pm through September 28th. The OIFM Harvest
LWVSJ Observer Corps: County Council August 28, 2024
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| The council reviewed the results with their consultant of the Diversity Equity Inclusion Belonging survey among county employees. One hundred fifty-seven employees of 260 responded to the
Hedrick Smith to speak on Sunday, September 8
||| FROM DOUG MARSHALL ||| Once again, Orcas Islanders will have the opportunity to hear political analysis from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and part-time Orcas Island resident Hedrick Smith. The one-time Washington Bureau Chief for
Guest Opinion | Regarding EWUA recall communications
||| FROM CINDY WOLF, COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER DIST #2 I have been receiving phone calls and emails from constituents regarding communication from a group running a recall at EWUA asking whether there are safety concerns
Governor’s San Juan visit focuses on climate change, Climate Commitment Act
Tour of kelp beds, eelgrass meadows illustrates research, underscores climate issues around health of the Salish Sea ||| FROM NANCY DEVAUX for SALISH CURRENT ||| Gov. Jay Inslee visited San Juan Island last weekend, where
Yoga Movement Class
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Tara Plank's active vinyasa-style yoga sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays at 5:30 pm at Orcas Senior Center. Classes emphasize the science of yoga, with attention
The Green Economy is hungry for copper—and people are stealing, fighting, and dying to feed it
With the possible exception of gold, no other metal has caused as much destruction as copper. In the coming years, we’ll need more of it than ever. ||| FROM WIRED.COM ||| Moqadi Mokoena had been
LWVSJ Observer Corps: County Council August 27, 2024
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| The Council approved 2024-2025 budget amendments for supplemental and emergency spending that included updated numbers in accounts. They did not approve added hours for the Land Bank
Sheriff’s Report | August 21 – 27, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 24-005434 Injury 11:49:05 08/21/24 A Deputy on Orcas responded to an animal bite. The victim was fine and did not need stitches from a
Letter to Editor | Landscaper for O’Day
||| FROM STEVE SCHRAMM ||| As a professional environmental landscaper for many years, I have represented numerous clients who are thrilled to live here and wish to enhance the natural beauty of their lands.
What a great ride
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Today is my last day as the Executive Director of the Orcas Island Community Foundation. After 18 years, I am stepping down to enjoy retirement
State officials scramble after discovering highly invasive species capable of wiping out major West Coast industry
'Threatens our environment and coastal economies' ||| FROM THE COOL DOWN ||| An invasive crab species is spreading in Washington, and officials are urging residents to help control the dangerous population. What's happening? The European
WSF Weekly Update | Converting depts. to 5 teams; Labor Day traffic, of course; Crew rescue; more Colman Dock awards
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve As I enter my sixth month as assistant secretary and we evolve and position Washington State Ferries for future success, we’ll be
Friday Night Writes
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Not just another Friday, but a Friday Night Writes! Working on a novel, short story, poem, or song? Need a little encouragement and guidance? Please join
Where are you going, Orcas Senior Center?
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| You probably know that Orcas Senior Center (OSC) is raising money to purchase San Juan County’s 49% interest of the building. In 1999, OSC undertook construction
