Here’s a thought…
“Peace is not something we ask for — it’s something we practice, together.”
WALK FOR PEACE
Park and Rec Plans Summer Fun
-- from Kim Ihlenfeldt for Orcas Park and Rec -- This summer Orcas Park and Rec is bringing a variety of sports camps your way. These half- and full-day camps run week to week and include Skateboarding, Soccer with Coach Rob, British and Brazilian Soccer with Challenger, Volleyball and Basketball
Daciunas and Madsen Win OPALCO Election
-- from Suzanne Olson for Orcas Power and Light (OPALCO) -- OPALCO members boarded the ferry on Saturday, May 6th to participate in the 2017 Annual Meeting and learn the results of the Board of Directors’ election. Voter participation was lower than 2016 with 1,992 total ballots (1,114 online, 878
See Strauss’ Romantic Masterpiece “Der Rosenkavalier”
Sunday, May 14, 1 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Susannah Weaver for Orcas Center -- Orcas Center presents the New York Metropolitan Opera’s revival of "Der Rosenkavalier" by Richard Strauss streamed Live in HD on Sunday, May 14 at 1 p.m. Come see the Met’s new production of Strauss’s rich,
If I Weren’t Me…
-- from Rosie Kuhn -- A favorite part of my job as a Life Coach is that I get to witness human beings take tiny filaments of beliefs and turn them into huge knots of limitations. They, like most of us, aren't able to hear themselves speak, nor see how
Sheriff’s Report | April 26 – May 2, 2017
-- from San Juan County Sheriff's Office -- April 26, 2017 17-002244 Burglary - Residential 03:50:41 04/26/17 A Lopez Island Deputy responded to a residential burglary complaint. The victim stated the perpetrator entered her house at night, without permission, while she was sleeping. The male subject fled on foot after
Orcas Island Film Festival Pre-Festival Screens “Miss Representation”
Thursday May 11, 7:30 p.m. at Seaview Theater -- from Jared Lovejoy for the Orcas Island Film Festival -- The Orcas Island Film Festival is proud to present "Miss Representation," the award winning documentary film directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom and provided by the Representation Project whose mission is to
VISTA Project to Target Homelessness
-- from San Juan County Health & Community Services -- This summer the San Juan County Health & Community Services Department, in collaboration with the Family Resource Centers on Lopez, Orcas, and the San Juan Islands and the Opportunity Council, will launch a three-year AmeriCorps VISTA poverty alleviation project specifically
Native Plant Hike Coming Up
Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m. - Noon, Diamond Hill Preserve -- from Tanja Williamson -- Join Casey Hons for a guided hike focusing on native flora. Experience the unique communities of mature forest, open grassland, and secluded wetlands. Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m. to Noon at Orcas Island's Diamond Hill
Senior Center Art to Exhibit “A Gentleman’s View”
Reception: Saturday, May 6, 5 - 7 p.m., Senior Center -- from The Senior Center Visual Arts Committee -- There are many talented and accomplished artists who live on Orcas Island. Although women make up the majority, men are also represented. They are painters, sculptors, potters, wood carvers, print makers and more.
Upcoming Parent Workshop: Road-Map to Amazing Teenage Brain
Thursday, May 11, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Orcas School Library -- from Emilie Gincig for Funhouse Commons -- Trillium Swanson, MA, a youth and adult counselor on Orcas, and Emily Aring, a self-development coach and parent of a 16 year-old, share a "101" on the changes which occur within the brain from
Planned Outage for Shaw and Orcas
Wednesday, May 10 at 11:59 p.m. to Thursday, May 11 4:00 a.m. -- from Suzanne Olson -- OPALCO members on all of Shaw Island and west of Youngren’s Pond / Loon Song Lane on Orcas Island will experience an overnight planned power outage beginning at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, May
Letter to Editor | Give for Trades Training Initiative
-- from Victoria Compton -- The San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) is pleased to announce that the Trades Education Initiative is participating in the GiveOrcas campaign through the Orcas Island Community Foundation. Islanders can help bring trades training and family-wage jobs to young adults by donating between May
National Tourism Week Faces of Travel: Green San Juans
-- from Amy Nesler for SJ Visitors Bureau -- In the San Juan Islands, visitors spent just over 211 million dollars in 2016, and approximately 2,140 jobs are directly related to the tourism industry.* National Travel and Tourism Week, May 7 through 13, is the annual salute to the positive
Editorial | You Make a Difference
-- by Margie Doyle -- One of the curiosities of local news publishing is how often "Government" is one of the categories that we check off before posting our stories live. School? that's government. Fire and Rescue? that's government, too. As is Senior Services, agriculture, marine, and many of our
New Book is All About Lime in the San Juans
Friday, May 12 at 7 p.m., San Juan Island Grange Hall, Friday Harbor -- from Boyd Pratt -- Have you ever wondered how lime is made from limestone? Or gazed in wonder at the lime kilns scattered across our islands? Why, for that matter, is our State Park called Lime
Learn to Protect Your Home From Wildfire
Friday, May 19, 5 - 7 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Robert Walters, San Juans Conservation District -- Warmer and drier weather is just around the corner, so now is the time to concentrate on doing what you can to protect your home and belongings in case of wildfire.
