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
Senior Center membership drive will end August 31
-- from Orcas Senior Center Membership Committee -- This is the last week to join others who have jumped into the New Membership Drive Challenge! AND, we have a delicious incentive: All new members, members who refer a
Next Olga Store meeting will include Orcas Food Co-op
Friday, September 6, 6 p.m., Olga Community Center -- from Colleen Stewart for Friends of the Olga Store Building -- Friends of The Olga Store Building invites the Orcas community to Olga Community Center September
Skagit Valley College San Juan Center is now open for Fall Quarter registration
-- from Arden Ainley for Skagit Valley College -- The Skagit Valley College San Juan Center is pleased to announce that it is open for fall Quarter admission and registration. Classes begin September 24. New
Author will visit Orcas to share his ‘Grocery Story’
New book about consumer-owned grocery stores pulls back the curtain on the grocery giants Thursday, September 12, 6 p.m., Co-op Commons -- from Susannah Weaver for Orcas Food Co-op -- For many of us fortunate
Explore the Salish Sea in this stunning SJIMA photography exhibit
Through September 16, San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- from Diane Martindale for San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- Kelp Cathedral by Cy Scammell Scientist and underwater photographer Bruce Kerwin says of his
Health District Commissioners choose a consultant, debate contract issues with UW
-- by Orcas Issues reporter Matthew Gilbert -- The latest meeting of the Orcas Island Healthcare District (OIHD) was essentially a continuation of issues discussed at their most recent two meetings, the conversation focusing on
Islander requests assist in identifying unusual critter
-- from Tony Ayer -- Over the years we have all seen the multicolored deer that some refer to as “ goat deer “…Is it simply inbreeding? I have heard stories of a true albino
Meet Rachel Wilson, new PE teacher
-- from Orcas Island School District -- How would your elementary school or high school classmates remember you? They would probably first remember me as tall! I would also hope they would remember me as
Tickets going fast for Orcas Island Jazz Festival
-- from Kristen Wilson -- Tickets are selling faster than in past years, so if you want to see the great jazz artists this weekend at the Orcas Island Jazz Festival - you’ll want to
Orcasional Musings | Friday Harbor? Why’s it called that?
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| Our illustrious Editor recently asked me to write a short essay on what happened on Orcas Island during the very brief, but not really unpleasant, little dust-up that
All in a day’s work at Orcas Fire & Rescue
-- from Kim Kimple for Orcas Fire & Rescue -- Orcas Island Fire and Rescue had two periods Friday with overlapping emergencies. The first two were cardiac calls. Both required treatment by EMS and transport by air
Giving Garden distributes 100 lbs of fresh, organic produce to the community
Sustainability workshops offered -- from Alex Tamayo Wolf for Giving Garden -- In just four months, the Giving Garden, which is one of four garden beds in the Enchanted Food Forest at Orcas Christian School, distributed
Emmanuel’s bell will toll to mark 400 years since first slave arrived in America
Sunday, August 25, 12 p.m., Emmanuel Episcopal Church -- from Deborah Sparks for Emmanuel Episcopal Church -- Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia Bishop James B. Magness invite Episcopal churches to
Stroll SJIMA exhibits to the strains of four-hand piano
Friday, September 6, 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m., San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- from Diane Martindale for San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- The Archipelago Collective will present an informal concert at
Book now: Mammogram van returning to Senior Center in September
Monday, September 23 and Tuesday, September 24 -- from Lena Kassa for Orcas Senior Center -- Assured Imaging Women’s Wellness will be bringing the latest in digital mammography to Orcas Senior Center on Monday, September
Meet Madden Surbaugh, new OISD Food Service Director
-- from Orcas Island School District -- Do you have pets? I have a six-year-old 70 lb. lab/shepherd mix named Zoe. Any favorite hobbies or interests outside of work? Food is my biggest interest -
