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
Sign Up Now for Spring Healing Arts Fair
Spring Fair Weekend April 30-May 1 -- from the Healing Arts Center -- Registration is now open at the Healing Arts Center--sign up ASAP to get the appointment you want. Practitioners will be offering massage/bodywork,
Great Islands Clean-Up Coming Down the Pike
Saturday, April 23 from 9 a.m. to noon -- from the San Juan County Land Bank -- Last year's Great Islands Clean-Up Yielded lots and lots of trash on Orcas Islanders and visitors
April Poetry | Jill McCabe Johnson
In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate and highlight our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to again offer daily poetry during April. Saying Goodbye -- Jill McCabe Johnson
Guest Opinion: Good Tech is Good Business
-- by Terry O'Sullivan -- As a resident of the San Juan Islands I am voicing my support for the OPALCO/Rock Island broadband initiative, and offering a perspective on 'technology' and local businesses which seemingly
Chronic Disease? Senior Center Offering Free Workshop
Tuesdays, May 3-June 7, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Senior Center -- from Jami Mitchell, Senior Services Specialist, Senior Center -- Do you live with a chronic disease like arthritis, diabetes, depression, COPD, obesity, back problems, or another chronic condition? Or
Another Female Orca Calf Identified
J53 is confirmed female -- from the Center for Whale Research -- Of the eight orcas born in 2015, two are now identified as female. Photo courtesy of Jill Hein In light of
OPALCO’s “Energy Assist” Provides Bill Credits to 108 Coop Members
Funds still available for low-income households -- from Suzanne Olson for OPALCO -- OPALCO announced that 108 co-op members have applied for and received a monthly credit on their power bill since the new Energy
April Poetry | Margie Doyle
In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate and highlight our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to again offer daily poetry during April. Nothing is lost -- Margie
Hangmen, London’s Hottest Ticket, Streams Live
Thursday, April, 21 at 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Susannah Weaver, Box Office Manager -- Laugh-out-loud funny play, darkly comic with witty dialogue – hugely entertaining but also thought-provoking. Where? NT Live’s Hangmen at
Composting with Kristina Bayas and Diana Brooks
-- from Jan Jacobson for the Orcas Garden Club -- Kristina Bayas and Diana Brooks will explain the basics of composting, with and without worms. Learn how composting works, what kind of organisms do the work
Far-reaching Impacts in Suspension of Cherry Point Coal Export Review
-- by Floyd McKay for Crosscut.com -- Environmental reviews of a coal-export terminal that would be the largest in the nation were summarily suspended on April 1 — but it was no April Fool’s trick
April Poetry | Sadie Bailey
In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate and highlight our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to again offer daily poetry during April. No Box -- Sadie Bailey
Island Boaters Asked to Give Input on Onboard Sewage Pumpouts
Tues. and Wed., April 19, 20, 2016 Two public meetings will discuss a possible free mobile pumpout service in the San Juan Islands. -- from Bridget Trosin, for Washington Sea Grant -- Last year, pumpout facilities
History Matinee: They Fly, They Swoop, They Dispense Mercy
Sunday, April 17, 3 - 4:40 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Pegi Groundwater -- Come to this year’s first History Matinee this Sunday and listen to Orcas resident and Ports Commissioner Audrey Wells describe the
All-Bach Concert Time Change
Tuesday, April 19, 8:00 p.m., Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church -- from Jeffrey Cohan -- The next Salish Sea all-Bach concert will take place an hour later than announced, at 8:00 PM on April 19 at the
SJIMA Celebrates Earth Day with Fragile Waters Exhibit
Opening, April 23, San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- from Anne Sheridan / photokunst, SJIMA PR Coordinator -- Ansel Adams: © courtesy the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust The San Juan Islands
