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
Senior Center | Where fun meets health
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Ukulele Kanikipila: Join the Musical Fun at Orcas Senior Center! Experience the joy of making music at Ukulele Kanikipila, Hawaiian for "play music," Mondays from 1
2025 San Juan County WSU Master Gardeners Garden Workshop Series
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY WSU MASTER GARDENERS ||| The series includes 4 one-hour presentations with additional time for questions and discussion. Our speakers are scientists, authors, naturalists, professional gardeners, and accomplished Master Gardeners who
NYT bestselling author Ben Clanton at Library
||| FROM JENNY DEEGROOT for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Join NYT bestselling author Ben Canton at the Public Library on Monday, October 6th at 4pm for an informal storytime. Ben is best known for his
Port Commission approves ‘better – not bigger’ option for airport
||| FROM CHIP LONG for PORT OF ORCAS ||| At the Port’s September 2025 regular meeting your commissioners approved a motion to formally accept the FAA’s funding award and engage Granite Construction in Bellingham for
Midnight Mutterings | Florynce Kennedy
||| Midnight Mutterings: Florynce Kennedy I had a couple of other lame ideas for this little column in the last few days, but somehow Florynce Kennedy popped into my head. I had never heard much
Sheriff’s Report | September 24 – 30, 2025
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 25-006604 Found Property 12:18:22 09/24/25 An Orcas Island Deputy responded to a found property incident at a business in Eastsound. The found property was
Power of Community | Orcas Island raises $65,000 in September for Resource Center services
||| FROM THE RESOURCE CENTER COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ||| Thanks to the generosity of Orcas Island residents and supporters, the Orcas Community Resource Center is celebrating the successful completion of its September fundraising match campaign, which
Larsen releases statement on Israeli detention of Orcas resident, Jasmine Ikeda
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| EVERETT, WA – Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement on the detention of Jasmine Ikeda, an Orcas Island resident detained by Israel on
Looking into the horizon of OICF’s future
||| FROM LINDSAY JENNINGS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Next Wednesday, the OICF Board of Trustees will gather for a planning retreat to solidify our Foundation’s vision, mission, and values, and shape our strategic
Orcas Island Fire & Rescue equips new EMTs with life-saving AEDs
Thanks to GiveOrcas Grant ||| FROM BEN LUNA for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| Orcas Island Fire & Rescue (OIFR) is proud to announce the purchase of nine new automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for
Worm composting workshops coming up at The Exchange
||| FROM PETE MOE for ORCAS RECYCLING/THE EXCHANGE ||| The Exchange is sponsoring another round of workshops that will help you keep your household food waste out of the landfill and turn it into dark,
Israeli military stops nearly all boats in aid flotilla, sparking global protests
||| FROM WHAT A DAY ||| Israeli forces raided ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip. Moments before they detained crewmembers, an activist on board detailed the “fucking scary” situation in an exclusive interview with
Orcas resident illegally detained by Israeli military
||| FROM MADS HALL and BAILEY QUISHENBERRY ||| Urgent! Jas Ikeda, Orcas resident, has been illegally detained by the Israeli military. Yesterday, October 1st at approximately noon Pacific Standard Time, Ikeda's vessel, the Sirius-Haifa, was
Coming to Grange | ATOI presents ‘Orcas Sings B’way’
||| FROM SARAH COOPER for ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| Actors Theater of Orcas Island (ATOI) is excited to announce their first gala fundraiser – ORCAS SINGS B’WAY! – to be held at the
CWR documents fantastic encounter with J Pod
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 09:29 AM ObservEnd: 16:28 PM Vessel: KCB III Staff: Michael Weiss, Darren Croft, Katie Jones Other Observers: Rachel John, Taylor Redmond Pods: Southern Resident:
Artworks October featured artist – Pam Jenkins
||| FROM B.J. ARNOLD for ORCAS ISLAND ARTWORKS ||| The Orcas Island Artworks will be featuring a new, large, pastel painting, “The Giving Tree,” by Pam Jenkins through the month of October. For over 20
