Here’s a thought…
“The competition between Nature and the economy is deep and broad.
In the short term, the economy usually wins. In the long term …?”
BILL APPEL
Home Trust Infuses $1.26 Million into Local Economy Sun Rise Homes
-- from Peter Goddu for San Juan Community Home Trust -- Twelve repurposed/recycled homes from Canada are planned for Sun Rise Phase II, with seven homes now on site at the San Juan Community Home
Guest Opinion: OPALCO/Rock Island Poles Face Questioning
-- by Alex MacLeod -- As many of you now know, OPALCO/Rock Island Communications is busily putting up poles for its commercial LTE/Internet business, part of its larger Internet/broadband business. These would be bare poles
Montessori for Preschool Children Grows and Grows
April 23 Open House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 30 Auction at 6 p.m. at Random Howse -- by Margie Doyle -- The Montessori School announces an Open House and a "Spring Garden
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
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
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
Letter to Editor: SeaDoc Grateful for NOAA Grant and Private Donors
-- from Joe Gaydos, Chief Scientist and Regional Director -- Tracking the health of individual endangered wild animals has only been done in rare cases. This "extreme conservation" measure, as it was called when describing its
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
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
Center for Whale Research Responds to Death of L95
-- from Kenneth C. Balcomb, Senior Scientist of the Center for Whale Research -- L95-Photo by Dave Ellifrit On 2 April 2016 we received photographs of a decomposing dead male killer whale found
Guest Column: Rock Island Progress Report
Thank you to the OPALCO Board for their strong leadership -- from Dan Burke, for Rock Island -- With just over one year of being in business, Rock Island Communications has overcome numerous challenges, and
American Legion Auxiliary Again Sponsors Scholarships
-- from Judi Resch for the Voyle B. Martin American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 93-- Each year, at this time, we reach out to the community (businesses and individuals) requesting a contribution of $25.00 for
