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
Una ofrenda para el mundo
An offering for the world Sunday, November 17, 4 p.m., Adventist Fellowship Chapel Music arranged for 8-string classical guitar from Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, & Argentina performed by Jeffry Steele to benefit Amazon Watch, a
From Christmas bird hunts to Christmas bird counts -119 years of counting
Saturday, December 14 -- from Barbara Jensen -- In 1900 ornithologist Frank Chapman along with other conservationists were disturbed at the slaughter of birds in the annual holiday event called the "side hunt." The team
Letter to Editor | All the candy, all the donations
-- from Laurie Michael for Bonnie Brae -- Yet another year of over 100 kids at Bonnie Brae Lane! By Halloween, the donations came to over 50 lbs of candy at least! And the energy of
Final call for entries on Friday Harbor Poetry Garden contest
-- from Julie Greene for Town of Friday Harbor -- San Juan County residents of all ages are reminded to submit their entries in the Town’s Poetry Garden poetry contest by the end of this
Guest Opinion | Comparing Premera and Kaiser health plans
Grab a cup of tea and read on... -- from Pegi Groundwater -- How do Premera‘s new Medicare Advantage plans compare to the Kaiser plans that many islanders have now? SHIBA volunteers in San Juan
This month’s Olga Potluck celebrating Thanksgiving
Saturday, November 9, 5:30 p.m., Olga Community Center -- from Lorna Rhodes for Olga Community Center -- Come celebrate Thanksgiving with neighbors and friends at the Olga Community Center. This month’s Olga Potluck is Saturday,
Orcasional Musings | Birds and squirrels…and deer, oh, my!
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| When I was young, I would find work on an upstate dairy farm for the summer, just to get out of the city. Once, I had my arm
Port holds off on public meeting until 2020
-- from Dwight Guss, Airport Manager -- After talking with DOWL, the Port of Orcas Commissioners have made the decision to reschedule the meeting arranged for November 13 to a future date in January. This
In Memoriam | Robert Cowles Otis, August 1, 1927 – October 22, 2019
Memorial: Saturday, November 16, 2 p.m., Orcas Community Church -- from the family of Bob Otis -- If Bob Otis wrote his own obituary he may have said something like this …. I loved life,
Health District town hall: Many questions, many—but not all—answers
-- by Susan McBain, Orcas Issues reporter -- The Orcas Island Health Care District’s Town Hall on Oct. 28 was standing room only, as more than 100 community members gathered to hear the commissioners’ report
Letter to Editor | Petition for moratorium on new vacation rental permits
-- from Vacation Rental Work Group -- Please express your concern about the proliferation of vacation rentals to the San Juan County Council by signing the petition for a moratorium to formulate and enact reasonable
Lions Club, Food Co-op, Senior Center join to fight diabetes
-- from Stephen Bentley -- The Orcas Island Lions Club, Food Co-op and Senior Center are collaborating to sponsor a Diabetes Support Group. The target date for the group’s first meeting will be shortly after
Women’s Coalition hosting Rep. Lekanoff for town hall meeting
Sunday, November 3, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Cindy Wolf for Orcas Women's Coalition -- Orcas Women's Coalition is hosting an Orcas Island Town Hall with Hon.Debra Lekanoff, LD 40 Washington
EDC to offer free Tree Worker Basics course on Orcas Island
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m., December 5 2019 thru January 23 2020 -- from Glenn Hendrick for San Juan County EDC -- In partnership with Rain Shadow Consulting, the San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) will
Smile. Dental van coming to Orcas in November
November 4 - 8, Orcas Community Church -- from San Juan County Communications -- SmileMobile, a brightly painted 39-foot dental clinic on wheels, will be hard to miss when it rolls onto Orcas Island the week of November
Scariest spot on Orcas is Museum’s ‘Boo Seum’ for your Halloween treats, tricks
-- from Nancy Ayer -- Have you been yet to the BOO SEUM on North Beach? It’s not to be missed! It’s the Halloween place to be! There you will find all things Halloween…from a
