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
County Council’s request to governor for relief from ferry service disruptions not fulfilled
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Council issued a request to the Washington State Governor’s Office for a ‘State of Emergency’ and ‘executive relief’ from ferry service disruptions. The 180-day interim
Free Concert
||| FROM CAROL KULMINSKI for ORCAS COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| Free Summer Concert hosted at the Community Church with Stephen Baker, Emy and Lisa Carter and friends this Saturday at 6:30 pm.
Fire risk and climate change in the San Juan Islands
||| FROM ISARA GREACEN, INTERN, LOPEZ COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ||| Climate change can significantly heighten the risk of natural disasters, particularly wildfires which pose a concern to the San Juan Islands. The State of Washington’s
Guest Opinion | Can they really sell Eastsound Water Users Association out from under us?
||| FROM ELISABETH BRITT ||| Introduction A 501(c)(12) organization, as defined by the Internal Revenue Code (I.R.C.) includes benevolent life insurance associations, mutual ditch or irrigation companies, mutual or cooperative telephone companies, electric companies, or
Book Discussion
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS LIBRARY ||| The Orcas Island Public Library and San Juan County Master Gardeners welcome Jennifer Jewell, host of the NPR podcast "Cultivating Place" and author of several gardening books
Too many people, not enough management
A look at the chaos of 'overtourism' in the summer of 2024 ||| FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS ||| SINTRA, Portugal (AP) — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he
Orcas Island Jazz Festival at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Orcas Island Jazz Festival (OIJF) lights up Orcas Center every Labor Day weekend to celebrate and share the music of jazz. As a program of Orcas
Editorial | ‘Then quit sending me stuff…’
||| FROM LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| Eastsound Water Users Association situation is confusing to me. Anybody else think this way? Several times, now, I have been cautioned to not publish an email I received
Bach Heals at Emmanuel Parish Hall
||| FROM JEFFRY STEELE ||| I have assembled an experimental mix of music, poetry, and expressive movement that seeks to promote compassion, solidarity, and the healing power of music—that of J. S. Bach in particular.
Guest Opinion | An open letter to San Juan County Council
||| FROM MICHAEL MJ" JOHNSON ||| Years ago I hated computers, and also the people that brought them. I'd moved from the midwest when I was still as dumb-as-a-bucket, and had been living in SW
Monday’s rare super blue moon is a confounding statistical marvel
||| FROM USA TODAY ||| A rare sky spectacle will occur Monday night that (probably) won't happen again for years: A full moon that can be called both a supermoon and blue moon will grace the night
Art Opening: Julia Summers
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee (VAC) is excited to present the next Art Opening, Friday, August 23 from 5:30pm – 7pm with featured artist, Julia Summers in
Thanks to Inflation Reduction Act, sustainable aviation taking off in Washington State
FAA announces $38 million for 4 WA projects on IRA’s second anniversary ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| EVERETT, WA – Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded a total of $38 million to
Acrobatic Conundrum at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center welcomes Acrobatic Conundrum to Center Stage on Friday, August 23 at 7pm with their show: The Circus of Second Chances. Much appreciation goes to Doe
Islander develops tool to predict if ferries are on time
||| FROM BRIAN LEONARD ||| My name is Brian Leonard. I live on Orcas Island. Last year, my wife and I were on a trip that had a delayed ferry, (of course!) and I thought
Two retired Washington ferries to be recycled in Ecuador after decades of service
||| FROM KIRO 7 NEWS ||| Two historic ferries that have served the Washington State Ferries (WSF) fleet for over 50 years are being sold and transported to South America for recycling, according to a
