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.”
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Obstruction-Destruction Relay Team Sweeps Braun Triathalon
-- by Caroline Buchanan -- The Steve Braun Triathalon winning team takes the winners' podium, er picnic table. From left, Sean Maloney, James Buchanan, Beth Maloney Crossing in a light drizzle from Obstruction
Sports Report: Vikings Lose a Tough One
-- by Ed Sutton -- Forget about the Seahawks and the Washington Huskies, the exciting football is here, on Orcas Island. After soundly defeating Friday Harbor last week to win the coveted Island Cup, the
Orcas Actresses Follow the Sun in “Calendar Girls”
-- a review by Colleen Stewart, updated at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 -- Love the "Calendar Girls" every day of the year, and see them weekends at the Grange! Seated Left to Right: Bev
Why Wool Was Smuggled and Weaving with Westervelt
Sunday, Sept. 20 at 3 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall -- from Clark McAbee, Curator, Orcas Historical Museum -- -- Salish Sea Program History Matinee: Weaving with Westervelt and Why Wool Was Smuggled on
Champion Fiddler April Verch Returns to Orcas
-- from Orcas Center -- April Verch Orcas Center audiences have been requesting April Verch’s return for years. You ask and you shall receive! We are excited to announce that April Verch and
Brad Hanson Reports on Southern Resident Killer Whales
Thursday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m. in Friday Harbor -- from The Whale Museum -- The Whale Museum is pleased to welcome Brad Hanson as part of the 2015 Lecture Series on Thursday, September 17th
Agenda for Tuesday County Council Meet Announced
-- from Ingrid Gabriel, County Council Clerk -- [Following standard meeting opening activities, including New employee introductions; Approval of minutes, consent agenda and correspondence; Recogniton of Sage Macleod, retiring after almost 17 years of service
“Calendar Girls” is This Weekend
Opens Friday, Sept. 11 and runs for three weekends -- by Doug Bechtel for Actors Theater -- "Calendar Girls" Melinda Milligan, Suzanne Gropper, Lesley Liddle, Bev Leyman, Holly King and Bailie Sande check out
Eastsound Planners to Advise Council of its Subarea Plan Views
Special Meeting of EPRC on Monday, Sept. 14 at 3 p.m. at Eastsound Fire Hall -- by Margie Doyle -- The Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC) agreed at is regular monthly meeting yesterday, Sept. 10,
EDC Introduces Business Plan Competition
-- from Victoria Compton, Executive Director, County Economic Development Council -- Launch San Juan Islands Business competition Entrepreneurs can bring their business ideas to the next level in the first annual EDC "Launch
Another Blessed Event for Salish Sea Orcas
Fifth new baby orca since December 2014 -- from the Center for Whale Research (CWR)-- L122 with Mother L91Photo by Dave Ellifrit, courtesy Center for Whale Research Photo by Dave Ellifrit Today [September
County Council to Meet Tuesday on Orcas
Tuesday, Sept. 15 from 10:30 AM until 3 p.m. -- from Ingrid Gabriel, Council Clerk -- The San Juan County Council will meet Monday, Setp. 14 at 9 a.m. in the Legislative Hearing Room, 55
SJ Grange Talks Apples and Orchards
Wednesday, September 16, 6 p.m. potluck and 7 p.m. program at the Grange Hall in Friday Harbor -- from the San Juan Island Grange #966 -- “Spraying Fruit Trees at the Waldrip Orchard, Eastsound”
King Salmon Celebrated in Film “Return of the Elwha”
Sept. 17 "Return of the Elwha" film screening at 6 p.m. at the Orcas Center -- from Carol McGrath for Long Live the Kings-- Long Live the Kings(LLTK) is hosting a film screening of Return
Visit Shaw Island’s Tharald Historic Homestead
Saturday, September 19, from 1 to 2:30 pm at Tharald Historic Homestead, Shaw Island The Tharald Homestead on Shaw Island Join Boyd Pratt, architectural historian, on a guided tour of the Tharald
Looking for Local Artists for Our Public Schools
-- from the Orcas Island Education Foundation -- Art for Orcas Kids, A-OK, brings artists to island students Are you an artist...who likes working with children? Then the Orcas Island Education Foundation (OIEF)
