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
Health Care District Needs Minutes Taker
-- from Pegi Groundwater -- The Orcas Island Health Care District is looking for a minutes taker. The skills required are: Excellent spelling and English grammar Good typing skills and familiarity with MS Word program
Film, What the Health, to be Shown at Sea View
Thursday, June 21, 6 p.m., Sea View Theatre -- from Lydia Miller for Pebble Cove Farm -- What The Health is a surprising, informative, and at times hilarious, documentary that will be an eye-opener for
Preschoolers Step Up
--by Meg Massey for the Orcas Community Resource Center-- Kaleidoscope Director Amber Paulsen shares a happy moment with preschooler Cielo Quitero Next year’s kindergartners learned again on May 16, just how treasured they
Saturday 1:55 p.m. Anacortes – Orcas Ferry Cancelled
-- from Washington State Ferries (WSF) -- The Anacortes 1:55 p.m. departure to Orcas is cancelled due to overnight loading delays. There are no new reservations being accepted for the 3:40 p.m. All 3:40 p.m.
Salish Sea Early Music Festival Closing Out its Season
Saturday, June 9, 7 p.m., Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church -- from Jeffrey Cohan for Salish Sea Early Music Festival -- In "Silvius Leopold Weiss," the final performance of the 2018 Salish Sea Early Music Festival
Upcoming Health District Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, June 5, 4 - 6 p.m., Orcas Library Community Room -- from Patty Miller for Orcas Health Care District -- At the June 5, 2018 regular meeting of the Orcas Health Care District, the
Free Airplane Rides for Young Eagles
Young Eagles Day on Saturday, June 9 Young Eagle learning to fly, photo courtesy of J. A Young Eagles Day will be held on Saturday, June 9 from 10 to 1 pm. All
Community Band to Bring Spring Things & Flings to Orcas Center
Saturday, June 2, 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Karen Key Speck for Orcas Community Band -- The Orcas Island Community Band prides itself in musical variety. The Band's Orcas Center concert, Spring Things &
Martin Lund’s “One World Music Celebration” Returns
Friday, June 15 and Saturday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m. --from Laura Kussman for Orcas Center-- Martin Lund, meditative as he prepares for One World: Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Boats Martin Lund’s One
Happy 67th Birthday, WSF!
-- from Washington State Ferries -- Today [June 1, 2018] we celebrate 67 years of carrying passengers safely and efficiently through some of the most majestic scenery in the world. Washington State Ferries begins operations
Eastsound Mayoral Candidates Off and Running, Hopping, Galloping, Looking Cute
-- from Susan Anderson for Children's House -- 2018 Mayoral Candidates, from left Sgt. Pepper, Tinker, Ginger, and Rocky Four mayoral hopefuls left the starting gate Memorial weekend and entered the early stretch
Health Care District Commissioners Discuss Services, Costs, Communications
-- by Susan McBain, Orcas Issues Reporter -- The commissioners of the Orcas Island Health Care District continued putting the pieces of their complex puzzle into place at their weekly meeting on May 29. They
An ‘Orca-stra’ of Fun in the Salish Sea
-- from Amy M. Nesler for San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau -- For 12 years, June has been celebrated as Orca Month in the Pacific Northwest. Orca Month is a time to celebrate the presence of
Master Gardeners Will be on Hand at Farmers Market
-- from Dianne Macondray for Master Gardeners -- Come visit the Master Gardeners table at the Farmers Market this Saturday, June 2, from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. on the Village Green in Eastsound. Place
West Coast’s Largest Homeported Cruise Ship Arrives in Seattle
-- from KOMO News -- The biggest cruise ship ever to be homeported on the West Coast has docked in downtown Seattle. The Norwegian Bliss - more than 20 stories high - will be christened
Guest Opinion | Signs of Upcoming Election
-- from Milene Henley, San Juan County Auditor -- It’s election time, and with that comes the annual crop of political signs, popping up like pesky dandelions across the countryside. We’ve been fortunate in San
