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
The first residents move into April’s Grove
||| FROM CRYSTAL MOSSMAN FOR OPAL COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ||| The first nine households moved into April’s Grove at the beginning of September. It was a day filled with joy, exuberance and relief. On move-in
Letter to Editor | Thank you Orcas Island, and thank you Kevin Ranker
||| FROM HILARY CANTY FOR ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Early this year, our community began experiencing the impacts of the pandemic and consequent economic slide. While national unemployment rose to 14%, our local Economic
Another recap of recent COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. Data for 9/22 are still being processed. Updated numbers will be posted here. For the most recent tally of cases by county, demographics, and more, visit the Department of Health's
Ready to learn some new skills from home, start a new hobby? Check out SVC line-up
||| FROM ARDEN AINLEY FOR SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE ||| Skagit Valley College’s Continuing and Community Education program (CCE) is pleased to announce new online workshops for Fall Quarter. CCE allows you to engage, connect, learn,
Zylstra Lake Preserve opens for public access
||| FROM TANYA WILLIAMSON FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| The timing couldn’t be more perfect: This Saturday, on National Public Lands Day, Zylstra Lake Preserve officially opens for day-use public access. National Public
Eastsound Water announces “virtual” annual meeting plan
||| FROM PAUL KAMIN FOR EASTSOUND WATER ||| Due to the ongoing Covid 19 Pandemic, Eastsound Water has developed an alternative format for our 2020 Annual Meeting this fall. The normal public gathering is simply
Orcas Center now set up with a new dishwasher
||| FROM ORCAS CENTER ||| Unless you've used the Orcas Center kitchen for your events or meetings, you may not have known that we didn't have a dishwasher! Instead, we had a dish sanitizer, where
School Board will gather on Thursday for regular meeting
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Notice of a REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING Thursday, September 24, 2020 AGENDA 5:00PM CALL TO ORDER – REGULAR MEETING – ZOOM link 1. Approve Agenda. 2. Approve Consent
Now time for annual Salish Seeds Project fall native wildflower sale
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Land Bank is offering a once-a-year opportunity to purchase locally grown wildflowers native to San Juan County. Reserve your plants
Museum announces Executive Director resignation and search
||| FROM CAROL KULMINSKI FOR ORCAS ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUMS ||| It is with both sadness and gratitude that we must announce that Brittney Maruska will be resigning as the Executive Director of the Orcas Island
Leadership San Juan Islands to hold virtual open houses for Lopez, Orcas and San Juan
||| FROM KATHERINE BRYANT INGMAN FOR LEADERSHIP SAN JUAN ISLANDS ||| Leadership San Juan Islands is pleased to announce the new LSJI dates for our 2021 session, which will begin January 8 and run through
We’re all socially awkward right now
||| from New York Times ||| [posted at the request of a reader] Deprive people of interactions with peers, and their social skills will atrophy. This is yet another side effect of the pandemic. As
Kruse Reviews | Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy
||| Book review by Jens Kruse ||| Suzanne Mettler, the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions in the Government department at Cornell University, and Robert C. Lieberman, the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at
It’s almost time for the Autumn Moon Festival with Eth-Noh-Tec
Share a mooncake and let us tell you the story of how the Chinese Moon Festival began ||| from Eth-Noh-Tec ||| Thursday, September 24, 5-5:30 pm (PST): Storytelling with Eth-Noh-Tec: Tales by Moonlight Catch our June,
COVID-19 risk remains high in Washington state despite decreasing activity
||| from State Department of Health ||| Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report. The report shows an overall decline in COVID-19 cases in western Washington and a plateau
State Health Dept. launches new webpage to locate COVID-19 testing sites
||| from State Department of Health ||| OLYMPIA – As summer turns into fall, all eyes have turned to the possibility of a vaccine in the coming months. But the Washington State Department of Health wants
