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
It isn’t always a boat for Oil Spill Association
||| FROM BILL SYMES and ELAINA THOMPSON for ISLANDS' OIL SPILL ASSOCIATION ||| When Islands’ Oil Spill Association (IOSA) kicks into gear, the cause usually involves a boat: fuel emitted from a sunken vessel, spilled
Land Bank monthly meeting Sept. 19
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY CONSERVATION LAND BANK COMMISSION ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold a regular monthly meeting on September 19 , 2025 from 8:45am – 11:10am via Zoom. The meeting will also
LWVSJ Observer Corps | County Council September 8, 2025
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| The Marine Resources Committee (MRC) will comment on the Opalco Tidal Energy Project application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC). The project is early
No-charge noxious weed disposal available through Sept. 30
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Noxious Weed Control Program works with the local transfer stations to accept noxious weed debris at no charge. The last day for free disposal
Guest Opinion | The brain error in AI tutor for schools and education
||| FROM DAVID STEPHEN ||| The [September 1, 2025] Labor Day was a question of what should become of education, if AI can operate intelligence, to do aspects of productive work? What is the missing
Guest Opinion | OPALCO owes us more options for meeting electricity demand
||| FROM ARTHUR WINER ||| While I respect the intelligence and technical strengths of OPALCO’s Board members and the executive leadership, I’ve been troubled in recent years by a logical contradiction in OPALCO’s energy policies.
Orcas Island Farmers Market fall announcements
||| FROM ERICA LYONS for ORCAS ISLAND FARMERS MARKET ||| As we transition into the Fall Season, the Orcas Island Farmers Market has big announcements. Coming up on our calendar is our annual Harvest Festival
Orcas Center call for artists | ‘Movement’ community show
||| FROM ORCAS CENTER ||| Installation Day: Wednesday, September 24 | 10:30am – 12pm Art Opening: Friday, September 26 | 5:30pm – 7pm On Display: September 26 – October 21 Artwork Pickup: Wednesday, October 22
Emmanuel donates Market Day money to Orcas non-profits
||| FROM LYNN BAKER for EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH ||| If you shopped at Market Day at Emmanuel Episcopal Church this July, you helped the Pea Patch Project, Food Bank, OPAL, The Exchange, and the Orcas
No Place Like Loam | A chestnut is true generational wealth
||| NO PLACE LIKE LOAM by ALEX TAMAYO-WOLF ||| In history, entire cultures were built under canopies. Greek philosophers walked beneath plane trees, giving birth to the very idea of public life. Medieval Europe gathered
Create your own Fidget Quilt at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Brenda Bacon at Orcas Senior Center for a creative Fidget Quilt workshop on Wednesday, September 17 and October 15, from 1 to 4 p.m. These
Conservation advocates serve Notice of Intent to Sue over feds continued failure to protect Wild Salmon, Steelhead, and Orcas from harmful Columbia River hatcheries
||| FROM EMMA HALVORSON for WILD FISH CONSERVANCY ||| Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) and The Conservation Angler (TCA) have announced their intent to sue the federal government for failing to protect threatened wild salmon, steelhead,
Spirit of Water | Indigenous song and story coming to Friday Harbor
||| FROM JESS NEWLEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| This October, Friends of the San Juans invites the community to gather for Spirit of Water with Chenoa Egawa, an evening of Indigenous song,
Lopez Friends invites you to advocate for Indian boarding school healing
||| FROM DARCY LEACH for LOPEZ ISLAND FRIENDS ||| Monday, September 29, 6 PM Lopez Center for Community and Arts National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition is an indigenous-led national organization advocating on behalf
Quakers discern genocide is occurring in Gaza and urge courageous action
||| FROM LINDA ELLSWORTH for ORCAS ISLAND QUAKERS ||| As Quakers, we recognize the divine imprint in every human being and confess the equality of all to live safely and without fear. We are also
Guest Opinion | Resilience or overreach?
Why OPALCO’s “Essential Public Facilities” Push Deserves Public Scrutiny ||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| San Juan County’s comprehensive plan is at a crossroads. OPALCO has proposed language that would designate its major energy projects as
