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
Letter to the Editor: Hold Spending Down, OPALCO
-- from John and Susan Fleischer -- Recently, OPALCO sent out an e-mail about the energy future, Rock Island, and the low income needs assessment. In this e-mail, OPALCO appears to support a "go faster"
Hearing Examiner Allows Conditional Use Permit for Pot-growing Operation
-- from the Nov. 3 Hearing Examiner's decision -- On Nov. 3, Sharon A. Rice, San Juan County Hearing Examiner, signed off on a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for Tusco Property Management of Bellevue to
Letter to the Editor: Come to the Kwiaht Party
-- from Russel Barsh -- Kwiaht and the Indian Island volunteer team warmly invite you to share some food, music, and current knowledge with us at Orcas Center on Thursday November 19 beginning at 5:30
Education Foundation Awards Salmon Grant
-- from Fiona Norris Science Director of the San Juan Nature Institute -- Studying salmon, counting gulps, with support from the San Juan Nature Institute They're here! The tank was ready; the water
Only the Beginning– ORS’ Capital Campaign to Build New Exchange
-- by Margie Doyle -- [metaslider id=40125] Orcas Islanders have been eagerly anticipating the return of The Exchange, that 30+ year old ramshackle collection of sheds and tents under which many a treasure or necessity
EDC Offers FREE Workshop on Business Planning and Financing
-- from Victoria Compton, EDC Executive Director -- The San Juan County Economic Development Council will present a FREE half-day workshop for small businesses and entrepreneurs on Orcas Island, on Wednesday, November 18th from 9
Garden Club: Drawing & Painting Flowers with Linda Ann Vorobik
Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 10 a.m., Madrona Room of Orcas Center -- from Jan Jacobson -- Linda Ann Vorobik of Lopez Island, a PhD botanist and botanical artist, has spent her career traveling throughout the west,
Winter Preparedness Potluck at San Juan Grange
Wednesday, Nov. 18 potluck at 6, program at 7 p.m. at San Juan Island Grange Hall -- from Boyd Pratt-- San Juan Island Grange #966 continues its fall evening program series with Winter Preparedness on
Public Hearing to Update Shoreline Master Plan
November 30, at 9:15 a.m. in the County Council Chambers, Friday Harbor -- from Colin Maycock, Senior County Planner -- Notice of Public Hearing on an Ordinance Repealing Chapter 18.50 SJCC and Official Land Use
Orcas Students, Volunteers Support Local Restoration
-- from Tina Whitman -- [metaslider id=39948] Last month 19 Orcas middle and high school students in Laura Tidwell's marine biology classes and community volunteers joined Friends of the San Juans to replant over 500
Orcas Island Library Board: Special Meeting Notice
The Orcas Island Library Board will hold a special meeting at 12:30 pm on Friday, November 13, in the Library Meeting Room. The meeting is for the purpose of discussing library expansion design ideas.
Letter to the Editor: Rock Island Communications Delivers Quality Internet
-- from Bern and Anne Marie Shanks -- Best new service in the San Juan Islands, Rock Island Communications. It is a real treat to work with our very own start-up internet/phone company. We now
Kaleidoscope Heads a Donation Drive
-- from Vala Ross for Kaleidoscope -- Kaleidoscope will be taking a box truck to Value Village next week, as a donation drive fundraiser. Proceeds support our quality early childhood education program on Orcas Island.
Climate Change Headlines Annual Indian Island Report
Thursday Nov. 19, 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Orcas Center -- from Russel Barsh -- Seastars are the subjects of Kwiaht study The “blob” of unusually warm water that has dominated North Pacific
Seniors Have Talent Rocks the House
-- by Margie Doyle -- [metaslider id=39835] The house being the Lundeen Room of the Senior Center which was packed to overflowing as guests of all ages enjoyed the eye- and ear-amazing talents of a
