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
Rosario’s Christmas Trees Help Local Causes
Beauty and tradition combine to bring the Christmas spirit to the Rosario Mansion Christmas trees return to light up the Moran Mansion at Rosario Resort & Spa throughout the holidays until New Years
December 16 & 18? Growlers Not So Quiet
-- from Mike Welding, Public Affairs Officer, NAS Whidbey -- Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) operations for aircraft stationed at NAS Whidbey Island are scheduled to occur at the Outlying Field (OLF) in Coupeville, Wash.,
Guest Opinion: Why Should EWUA Charge Higher Fees for Guest Houses?
-- from Michael Riordan -- What some people seem to be missing in the current debate over EWUA policies is recognition of the many beneficial impacts this water system has on Eastsound and surrounding areas.
KWIAHT Announces 2015 Community Science Training
-- from Russel Barsh -- Lopez teacher and Kwiaht volunteer Lorri Swanson on the beach with visitors at Watmough Bight (photo: Kwiaht 2010). The nonprofit conservation laboratory Kwiaht has announced a special training
Guest Opinion: EWUA Meeting / One Member Perspective
-- from Lesley Liddle -- [Monday]'s EWUA meeting was a good informative meeting overall; Paul Kamin put together a well-organized presentation, some of it heavily weighted to impress on certain points of current policy with
Teas, Parties and Meetings All Looking Ahead
-- by Margie Doyle -- Local organizations have been celebrating hard work and vision, as the American Legion Women's Auxiliary. San Juan Conservation District, the Friends of the Orcas Island Library and the Orcas Historical
EWUA Meeting Collects Rain-Soaked Crowd
-- by Lin McNulty -- Water, water everywhere falling outside, yet a concerned capacity crowd filled the Eastsound Fire Station to listen and discuss the current Eastsound Water Users Association (EWUA) plan to enforce membership
Exchange: Location Not a Foregone Conclusion
-- by Lin McNulty -- "We are currently in a feasibility study," stressed Orcas Recycling (ORS) Board President Tim Blanchard, as if he could not say it enough during a public meeting at Eastsound Fire
SeaDoc and Camp Orkila Host Family Night
Tuesday, December 9, at 5:30 p.m. in the Larry Norman Lodge --from Jean Lyle for the SeaDoc Society -- The SeaDoc Society & YMCA Camp Orkila present our annual Family Night at Camp Orkila with
Toxic Creosote Pilings Removed on Blakely Island
-- from Katie Fleming, FRIENDS of the San Juans -- Thatcher Bay before creosote removal. Twenty-eight creosote pilings were recently removed from the waters of Thatcher Bay on Blakely Island to improve water
Canceled Tonight: Winter Health Safeguards
Tuesday, Dec. 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. Upstairs at the Food Co-op has been canceled due to high winds. The meeting has been re-scheduled for Jan. 20 Dr. Ryan Drum Learn how
A Farm to Cafeteria Opportunity
The Farm to Cafeteria Motto: "Fresh Food, Not Fast Food" -- from Madie Murray -- Somewhere out there is the perfect person who will take the Orcas Island School District Farm to Cafeteria
Guest Opinion: Navy Jets Will Bring More Noise, Electromagnetic Radiation
-- from John Titus -- The Naval Air Base at Whidbey Island is proposing to add another 36 Growler jets to the existing 82 jets currently based there. This is part of a sweeping new
Community Q&A for the Exchange’s Future in Recycling
Sunday, Dec. 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall Tim Blanchard and Pete Moe in front of what they hope may be the new Exchange building (Pictured: the "old"
Southern Resident Female Orca Found Dead in Georgia Strait
-- from Center for Whale Research -- A deceased orca was found earlier today [Thursday, December 4] near Courtenay, BC in northwest Georgia Strait and was identified as 18-year old J32, known as Rhapsody. Photos
