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Monday, January 30, 9 a.m. - noon, San Juan Island Library -- from Victoria Compton -- How do successful business owners and entrepreneurs achieve goals and take their businesses and ideas to the next level? Learn how to create a strategic vision map to bring ideas and dreams into reality and get through periods of transition. Join
-- by Cara Russell, with Margie Doyle -- [metaslider id=48514] “How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?” —Chief Sealth (Chief Seattle) On
-- by Lin McNulty -- As the wind speeds begin to rise in our beloved Northwest corner, provided the power stays on, here a couple of fun links from which to watch the arriving storm. Earth.nullschool.net and WindyTV.com provide meteorological and artistic views of the storm that is now entering landfall. During the predicted storm event,
-- Marla Johns -- Orcas Island Fire and Rescue is urging island residents to use the predicted Saturday morning calm before the storm, to prepare for the anticipated large weather disturbance to hit our area Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning. OIFR, together with other County resources and agencies, has been in regular contact and coordination
-- from Dave Halloran -- We woke to the pleasant observation this morning that our first storm of the series has materialized as a normal windstorm in the islands. The Outage Center at the OPALCO website is thankfully free of outage reports. The big question remains, “what will Storm 2 bring”? The latest Weather Service forecast
-- from Brendan Cowan, SJC Emergency Management -- The National Weather Service is forecasting a series of very powerful storms is headed our way, starting with heavy rain on Wednesday night. The NWS models forecast a 1 in 3 chance that this could be a “worst case scenario leading to a historical windstorm for nearly all
— a semi-regular humor column by Maurice Austin — Recently I had to sweat a few joints under the rental unit, and since I’m clumsy and always end up dripping hot solder all over the place, I raked up a bunch of dead madrona leaves, which are nice and light and dry by this third
Sunday, August 28, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., San Juan Vineyards -- from Peg Gerlock -- 2016 poster painting of Porsche 928 by Ary Hobbel The Sports Car Club of the San Juan Islands and the Rotary Club of San Juan Island invite everyone to attend the tenth annual Concours d’Elegance at the
Saturday, June 25, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Orcas Recycling -- from San Juan County Public Works/Solid Waste -- What? The hazardous waste roundup collection event is our once-yearly opportunity to legally and responsibly dispose of poisonous, flammable, corrosive or other hazardous chemicals. Why? Proper disposal protects your health and the health of the workers
-- by Margie Doyle, updated at 9:30 p.m. -- Candidates for OPALCO Board Bios at https://www.opalco.com/resource-library/#rlfannualmeetingandelections2016 Last week, Orcas Power and Light Cooperative (OPALCO) hosted four candidate forums for the directors' positions up for election this month. Beginning April 19, the candidates, OPALCO staff and moderator Steve Bowman of the League of Women