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
Rick Larsen to launch 2024 campaign in Friday Harbor
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| Next week, Representative Larsen is launching his 2024 campaign with Kickoff Week - a series of five events, one in each of the 2nd District’s five
Almost time to get your Uke on
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for FLOATING UKULELE JAM ||| It’s Floating Ukulele Jam time again! Grab your uke, your voice, a song or two to share, and your friends and relations and join us on
Letter to Editor | Senior Center meets diverse needs of our community
||| FROM JENNIFER HAIRSTON ||| Visiting Orcas Island is magical but staying here long-term means taking calculated risks with transportation, medical services, housing, and something we don’t talk about a lot - isolation. Making new
Orcas Center Gala will be event of the year
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Get ready to raise your paddle and experience another incredible Gala from the creative board and staff at Orcas Center – The 2024 Fantasy Island Masquerade on
San Juan County remembers William Anders, Astronaut and Islander
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County mourns the loss of retired Major General William Anders after his plane crashed off the coast of Jones Island on Friday, June 7. Anders made
County offices to close for Juneteenth observance
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County offices will be closed to the public on Wednesday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth – the celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the
You can help stop Medicare fraud
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Medicare fraud costs an estimated $60 billion each year and ultimately raises the cost of healthcare for everyone. June 3-9 is National Medicare Fraud Prevention Week
Letter to Editor | I support Senior Center efforts to purchase building
||| FROM MAGGIE KAPLAN ||| As a longtime volunteer and advocate for the welfare of seniors, I have seen first-hand the impact that Orcas Senior Center (OSC) programs have on the lives of those they
LWVSJ Observer Corps: County Council June 11, 2024
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| During public comment a Lopez resident thanked the council for meeting on Lopez and said regarding the new skate park, that rather than spending money on visual
Orcas Senior Center buys building: You can help
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Orcas Senor Center’s (OSC’s) capital campaign is well on its way to raising the $1.5 million needed to achieve full ownership of the building. As the
Orcas APS gala
||| FROM KRISTINA SNYDER for ORCAS ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY ||| We invite you to the Love Tails Gala, where compassion meets celebration! Join us on Saturday, July 6 at Orcas Center at 4:30 pm for
Encomium | In Memory of Bill Anders
||| FROM RUSTY SCHWEICKART, APOLLO 9 LUNAR MODULE PILOT ||| Here's a wonderful tribute to Bill Anders from his long-standing Apollo Astronaut buddy, Rusty Schweickart, the Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 9 mission. Rusty
Input on Odd Fellows hall kitchen requested
||| FROM CHE BLAINE for ORCAS ODD FELLOWS ||| Our Eastsound Hall has been in use since 1891 and is a vital community space that hosts a myriad of uses including classes, dances, gatherings, food
Welcome to summer season in the garden
||| FROM LAURA WALKER for ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| June just might be my favorite month. No more chilly surprises for foliage or fauna. I can’t wait to wake up on a sunny morning,
Whale Museum Summer Lecture Series opens
||| FROM TATE THOMSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum is starting its Summer Lecture Series with A Picture of Health: Southern Resident Killer Whale Photogrammetry Research. Join us on June 20 at 7
Shaw Island School District job opportunity
||| FROM DEANNA SHANNON for SHAW ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Shaw Island School District 10 has an opening for a paraeducator (classroom aide) for the 2024-25 school year. Time: 7 hours per day, Monday through
