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
Guest Opinion: Is OPALCO Mismanaged?
-- by Alex MacLeod -- A day after the OPALCO board approved an emergency 10% increase in our electric rates, effective at the start of this month, its management issued a press release announcing the
Guest Opinion: Rental Housing and “Families”
-- by Fred Klein -- First off, OPAL is to be congratulated for thinking big and initiating the first large, affordable rental housing initiative that Eastsound’s seen since Wally and Gretchen Gudgell’s creation of Lavender
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,
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
EWUA Thanks Members Who Reduced Water Use
-- from Paul Kamin -- Eastsound Water Users Association (EWUA) would like to thank those members who have made efforts to reduce water use after our July 11 appeal to reduce outdoor water use. There was
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
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
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,
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
Granny Wins Children’s House Mayoral Race
-- from Susan Anderson, Director, Children's House -- Granny Wins! At 103 years of age, orca Granny proved experience counts most to voters. Named Honorary Mayor of Eastsound on July 4, Granny beat
Volunteer to Help with Hearts and Hands
-- from Didier Gincig -- Imagine yourself as an elder needing to get to town but being unable to drive. Imagine coming back from a hospital stay and being exhausted by preparing a meal and
