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
Time to Pre-order Bare-root Native Plants
It is time to order these bare-root native plants. The Native Plant Sale sponsored by the Master Gardeners and the Conservation District is accepting pre-orders. Lots of plants from which to choose, including: Pacific Rhodendron
Garden Club Presents Four-Season Vegetable Gardening
Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. at Orcas Center By Sue Lewis Your garden can provide food in every season and become more beautiful each year. The guest speaker for the Orcas Island Garden
Watch Our Garden Grow…Literally!
By Madie Murray, Chair Orcas Island Farm to Cafeteria Program If you’re wondering about all the digging going on around the garden at the public school, it is to make the garden bigger—in
4-H Starting Anew this Thursday
The first meeting of the Orcas 4-H Fur & Feathers Club will be Thursday, January 12 at 3:30 p.m. at Orcas Christian School. Fur & Feathers includes cats, dogs, sheep, goats, chickens, guinea pigs, rabbits,
EPRC Moves Ahead with Prune Alley “Streetscape” Improvement Plans
At the Jan. 5 regular meeting of the Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC), Committee members, with the assistance of Shannon Wilbur, County Engineer and veteran architect Bill Trogden, of the Eastsound Design Review Subcommittee, fleshed
In Formation: a Community Based Time Bank
By Morgan Meadows Learn how you can participate in creating "an hour for an hour" of coordinated time exchanges for meeting needs. How does this program support a reciprocal, strong, services to people based economy?
Letter to the Editor: Land Bank Commissioners Seek Feedback
Happy New Year! As many of you know, the Land Bank was renewed for 12 more years in a close county-wide election this past November. Because there has been a lot of community discussion over
Kari Koski Honored by the Marine Resources Committee
By Jeff Hanson Kari Koski, who is leaving her role as the Director of the Whale Museum’s Soundwatch Boater Education Program program after 18 years, was honored by the San Juan Marine
Eastsound Committee Plans Big Meeting Tomorrow
The Eastsound Planning Review Committee meeting at the Eastsound Fire Hall from 3 to 5 p.m. tomorrow, Jan. 5, calls for a meaty agenda: Update from County Council: Richard Fralick and or Patty Miller --Solid
Gudgells Add to Main St. Waterfront with Porter Waterfront Square
Susan and Wally Gudgell, owners of Fishing Bay LLC, adding another retail/guest suites building on the Eastsound waterfront, between the Windermere Real Estate building and the Jillery/Allium/Madrona building, historically known as Porter's Gas
Killer Whales’ Workaday World at next Marine Science Lecture
Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m. in the Eastsound Fire Hall From the SeaDoc Society The next Marine Science Lecture will be entitled "Tracking Killer Whales: Spew, Poo and Goo." It will be
Have a Pizza for the Food Bank!
By Madie Murray One of the wonderful things about our Island is that there are so many creative ways to help out our neighbors, and the Doe Bay Cafe has one of them
Bristlecones Are All That Remain of the Ancient Tree “Prometheus”
By Leonard Miller Contributed by Bill Garloch from sonic.net Wheeler Peak, on Nevada’s eastern border with Utah, reaches an altitude of 13,063 feet (3981m) with a spectacular glacial cirque on its northeast
Sea Monster Spotted on Crescent Beach
by Lin McNulty Facebook was all a-twitter this morning with the posting of a photo of a frightening, wayward sea monster spotted on Crescent Beach. Islander Jeff Rodenberger, on a routine morning walk,
Sustainable Orcas Island to Meet Weds. Dec. 28
Sustainable Orcas Island (SOI) members have expressed interest in meeting tomorrow, the last Wednesday of the month, the group's regular meeting date. Although SOI organizer Phil Heikkinen projects that the group may be small, he
