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
Membership Drive is ON at Orcas Senior Center
No age requirement to get Senior Center Benefits! -- from Jami Mitchell, Senior Center Manager -- The annual membership drive for the Orcas Island Senior Center is in full swing! Member perks have been added,
Mamet’s The Frog Prince to Hop onto Random Howse Stage
Thursday - Friday, July 23-24, 7 p.m., Random Howse -- from Melinda Milligan -- Join the Daves -- Mamet, Zoeller, and Parish, for a spirited evening at Random Howse! The show (music) will start at
Market Day at Emmanuel Episcopal
Saturday, July 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church grounds -- from Judy Schliebus for Emmanuel Episcopal Parish -- Judy and Doug Schliebus enjoy Market Day at Emmanuel Episcopal
OPAL Drafts of Rental Plans Shown at Design Charrette
-- by Margie Doyle -- One suggestion for housing clusters in the OPAL property for rental units OPAL Community Land Trust held an Open House -- Design Charrette -- on Tuesday, July 14
Meet the Whale Museum Storm Drain Muralist
Tuesday, July 21, 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m., The Whale Museum -- from Jenny Atkinson -- Urban runoff is one of the largest forms of pollutants to ocean life... Urban runoff is trash, pesticides, and
Building Climate Resilience in SJ County
Monday, July 20th, 6 to 8 p.m. at the San Juan Island Grange -- from the San Juan Conservation District -- County wide climate discussion, timed to take ferries back to Orcas, Shaw and
Calendula Salve Workshop in the School Garden
Thursday, July 23 - 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Public School Garden -- from Farm to Cafeteria Committee -- The community is invited to come to the garden and learn how to make a
Naturalists Program Starts on Anacortes/San Juan Islands Sailings
-- from Lynne Griffith, Assistant Secretary WSDOT/Ferries Division -- Starting on Wednesday, July 22, our popular Ferry Naturalist Program resumes on select Anacortes/Friday Harbor sailings. This longstanding partnership between WSF, the Whale Museum in Friday Harbor
Lummis and Unitarian Universalists Unite for Totem Pole Journey
To support opposition to fossil fuel production and transportation -- from the Lummi Nation and the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship -- Master Carver Jewell James photo by James Leder Each year for the
The Hush of Dance: Movement Graffiti from WWU
-- by Artha Kass for Orcas Center-- Have you ever listened to the inside of a sea shell and heard the roar of the ocean? Or placed your ear on the forehead of your child
Health Department Unveils Water System Mapping Tool
Interactive Map of Water Systems now available online -- from San Juan County Health and Community Services -- San Juan County Health and Community Services and Information Services have teamed up to launch an interactive
$190,726 for Public Facilities Assistance Recommended
-- from County documents (sanjuanco.com) -- Washington State law authorizes San Juan County to collect a 0.09% sales and use tax for public facilities serving economic development purposes in rural counties, and to finance personnel
Youth Conservation Corps Restores Fish Habitat
--by Katarina Schiller, Maya Heikinnen and Taylor Morrison with Trillium Swanson, Crew Leader -- [metaslider id=38127] The Orcas Island Youth Conservation Corps recently spent three days working on fish habitat restoration projects with Tina Whitman,
PeaceHealth, UW Collaborate on Residency Program
-- from Lori Polevoi for PeaceHealth -- PeaceHealth, in collaboration with the University of Washington School of Medicine’s Division of Emergency Medicine, is hosting four Emergency Medicine physicians this summer in a newly created rural
Zip Out at Camp Orkila
-- from Camp Orkila -- Ride the Zipline at Camp Orkila! YMCA Camp Orkila would like to invite you to come out and take a ride on our 1000-ft Zip Line! We will
Time to Eradicate That Toxic Tansy
-- from Judy Jackson -- It is tansy ragwort season again, one of the county’s worst weeds, and the plants are beginning to flower along roadsides, in fields and in residents’ yards. Highly toxic, its
