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
Scene/Story/Show improv workshop
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center is pleased to offer a three-day Improv Workshop with Brian James O’Connell, geared to help you not just on stage, but with any artistic endeavor
Walk for Health – Caminata Por Salud
||| FROM ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| June is Great Outdoors Month, a time to celebrate the beauty and wonder of nature, explore the great outdoors, and appreciate the natural world around us. Whether it's
OICMF to bring music to Lum Farm
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival (OICMF) is delighted to bring to you “Music on the Farm”, a half-hour of music for toddlers and preschoolers with
Biden-Harris administration launches Task Force to advance historic commitment to restore wild salmon, other native fish in Columbia River Basin
||| FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ||| WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris Administration today announced the creation of a new interagency Columbia River Task Force and the release of a landmark report acknowledging the harms that the federal
County streamlines job application process with new software
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is pleased to launch a new software program that will make applying for a County job easier and faster. The new applicant tracking system, powered
Community Water Taxi, Island Water Taxi partner to serve community during ferry outage
||| FROM ED ANDREWS ||| Members of the Community Water Taxi (CWT) and the owner-operator of Island Water Taxi, LLC sprang into action on Saturday, June 15th when the inter-island ferry went out of service
Construction on Lopez skatepark project begins in July
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Parks, Recreation, and Fair is pleased to begin construction for a new skatepark on Lopez Island. Construction will begin in early July and the new,
Letter to Editor | Senior Center an untapped resource
||| FROM SUZETTE LAMB ||| In 2020, my husband and I were lucky enough to become full-time residents of East-est Orcas. In 2023 I was able to start volunteering at the Orcas Senior Center (OSC)
Letter to Editor | Join me in supporting Senior Center campaign
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE ||| Orcas Senior Center (OSC) provides services and opportunities for givers and receivers on both sides of the volunteering equation. My parents died at early ages, so I didn’t get the
Monthly financial Q&A with retired CPA Michael Kulper
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Michael Kulper, a retired CPA and college accounting instructor, for insightful monthly Q&A sessions on budgeting, saving, and investing. These sessions will take place at
Water Board members look to recall Water Board members
||| FROM CAROL ANN ANDERSON, RON CLAUS, and JIM COOK ||| The three of us, Board members of Eastsound Water Users Association, have recently called for the recall of our fellow Board members Teri Nigretto,
Chief vanSchaick leaving OIFR; Commissioners Fuller and Biddick resign
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| Effective June 30, 2024, Chief vanSchaick will be leaving OIFR. During her tenure, OIFR’s volunteer numbers increased significantly, and voters approved a new five (5)
Land Bank hosts public meeting and field trip
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County's Conservation Land Bank invites the public to a community meeting and field trip to the Crescent Beach Preserve to discuss a Stewardship and Management Plan
All San Juan County beaches are closed to recreational shellfish harvesting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| As of June 18, 2024, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has closed recreational shellfish harvesting in San Juan County due to unsafe levels of Paralytic Shellfish
Mayor Jackson recognizes Juneteenth 2024 with proclamation
||| FROM RAYMONT C. JACKSON, MAYOR, TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| WHEREAS, on New Year's Day ot 1863, using his war powers as President, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all persons held
Land Bank meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on June 21, 2024, from 8:30am – 11:15am at the Orcas Island Library, located at 500 Rose
