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
Sixth Graders Learn the Art of Filleting
Most, if not all of you, remember dissecting a frog in your high school Biology class. Well, here’s one better - learning to fillet a salmon in your 6th Grade Farm to Classroom class.
Fuchsia Expert at Orcas Island Garden Club
When the Orcas Island Garden Club meets next Wednesday, November 10th Madrona Room at the Orcas Center, guests will learn everything they need to know about fuchsias from an expert. Shirley Rock comes from Marysville
Farm to Cafeteria Apple Pressing Shares 92 Gallons
By Madie Murray Goldeneye Farm in Olga, one of the few producing hundred-year-old-plus apple orchards left on Orcas, was the setting for the first Farm to Cafeteria Apple Pressing event. Eight mature trees
4-Course Garlic Feast Celebrates 5th Annual Festival at Doe Bay
By Heather Watts Celebrate the Stinking Rose at Doe Bay Café -- our 5th annual Garlic Feast is coming up on November 6th! Featuring local garlic varieties from Orcas Farm, La Campesina Project, Taproot, Maple
Letter to the Editor: Park and Rec District Essential
We would like to encourage you to vote for the Park and Rec levy (located at the very end of this year's ballot). As you probably know, the County, because of its own significant budget
Indian Island Report to the Community this Thursday
The Indian Island Marine Health Observatory celebrates its second year of research and presents its first annual Report to the Community on Thursday, October 28. Everyone is invited to this free event beginning
Letter to the Editor: Urgent to Invest in Orcas Park and Rec
When we asked our children what their most memorable island activities have been outside of school, we weren't surprised to hear that the majority have been related to Orcas Rec and the Funhouse: learning to
Renovation Plans for Odlin Park to be Unveiled November 3
By Stan Matthews County Communications Program Manager Plans for a project Park Board Members began endorsing nearly 35 years ago and which attracted intense public comment this summer, will be unveiled at a community meeting
Letter to the Editor: Vote Yes for the Orcas Island Park and Recreation Levy
Orcas Islanders created the Orcas Island Park and Recreation District by a 72% majority in last November’s election. We elected five volunteer commissioners who over the last year worked tirelessly to build a realistic operational
Letter to the Editor: Park and Rec’s Proposition 1 Funds Necessary Services
I recently received my ballot and voters pamphlet in the mail. Needless to say, the word tax appears more than almost any other word. In reading through the various initiatives it is clear to me
Islanders Sponsor Preschoolers Through Appleseed Fund
By Alyson Stephens In response to a dramatic increase in need for tuition assistance, Orcas Montessori School announces its new Appleseed Fund. "It's our mission to make quality preschool programming available to as
Get Behind the San Juan Bluebirds (and the San Juan Preservation Trust!)
Contributed by the Staff and Board of the San Juan Preservation Trust In March 2011, the San Juan Islands Western Bluebird Reintroduction Project (for which the San Juan Preservation Trust is a coordinating
Orchard to Cafeteria: Apple-picking at Golden Eye Farm this Saturday
The Farm to Cafeteria Committee together with Golden Eye Farm in Olga (home of one of the oldest apple orchards on Orcas), is asking for volunteers to help pick and press organic apples into cider
EDC Gives Free Workshop on Hiring Employees
By Victoria Compton San Juan County Economic Development Council Need a little help around the office but are afraid to take the first steps to hiring an employee? Wondering what the difference is between an
Healing Arts Center Holds Fair & “Raise the Roof” Raffle
Raffle prize a “bonanza” package of healing therapies Once again this weekend, Oct. 23-24, the Healing Arts Center, housed in the historic yellow farmhouse on North Beach in “downtown” Eastsound, is offering islanders
