Here’s a thought…
“The future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.”
WILLIAM GIBSON
Candidate Filing Week Coming Up
-- from San Juan County Communications -- If you have ever wanted to be an elected official, now is your chance. Candidate filing for positions open for election in 2017 is about to begin. The San Juan County Elections Office will accept online candidate filings from 9 a.m. on Monday,
Morris: Victoria to Get Sewage Treatment Plant
-- from Rep. Jeff Morris -- This year has...seen the resolution of a problem that has affected our shores for decades. Victoria, BC does not have full sewage treatment for their city and most waste is dumped into the Strait of Juan de Fuca, where it has affected the San
Land Bank Opens Coho Preserve on Friday
Friday, April 28, 10 a.m., Coho Preserve, Orcas Island -- from Tanja Williamson -- Coho Preserve Cascade Creek. Photo: Kurt Thorson The San Juan County Land Bank invites you to join us for the opening of the Coho Preserve on Orcas Island at 10 a.m., Friday, Apr. 28. The
April Poetry | What The Leaves Say
What The Leaves Say -- JoEllen Moldoff -- The leaves are in conversation this morning as always, discussing how foolish we are to run from place to place as if we expect to find something we are missing. How much better to stay in one place to wait for something
Great Islands Clean Up Cleans Up on Orcas
-- from ORS/The Exchange and Orcas Elementary School -- Some of the litter gathered in three hours of clean up by caring volunteers on Saturday Big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in The Great Islands Clean-up [on Saturday]! On Orcas Island, 2,330 pounds of litter was collected
“The Universe in Verse” Live-Streamed
Streamed live at 4 p.m Pacific time, Monday, April 24 -- from Brain Pickings by Maria Popova-- This "labor-of-love [is a] celebration of science and protest against the defunding of the arts. (Original announcement below.) “When power corrupts, poetry cleanses,” John F. Kennedy famously wrote. Half a century later, with
Just-released Film Features Standing Rock
Sunday, April 30, 7 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall -- from Sharon Abreu -- There will be a screening of “Awake: A Dream From Standing Rock" the just-released documentary from Myron Dewey, Josh Fox, and James Spione, which is currently being shown in the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The
Site Clearing Underway at Park & Ride
-- from Jesse Douglas-Seitz -- Our Contractor, Razz Construction Inc., has made quick progress on site with clearing and grubbing activities at the Orcas Village Park and Ride site. Drivers are cautioned to reduce speeds within the work zone on Orcas Road at the WSF Access Road and on Orcas Hill
SJIMA Introduces “Paint and Sip” Evenings
-- from Debbie Pigman -- Paradise Cove The San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA) will kick of its 2017 Art for Fun program in May. Art for Fun is a “paint and sip” party for adults of all skill levels. Hidden Meadows Art for Fun
Coming of Age – Regardless of Age
-- from Rosie Kuhn -- One theme of Aging- Who Me? is that we are never not aging. We are never not developing, growing, unfolding, evolving. We are in fact in a constant state of emerging. As humans we are bombarded with choices, constantly. Some are big choices, some, not
Orcas Center Invites Public to Meet New Executive Director
Sunday, April 30, 3 - 5 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Tom Fiscus -- Orcas Center’s Board of Trustees is pleased to invite its members and the general public to a welcome dessert potluck reception for its new Executive Director, Brian Kemp. The reception will occur on Sunday, April 30
April Poetry | At The Foundation
At The Foundation -- Carla Stanley -- Small house with big intentions in suspension sits near the forest waist clutch close in field it rests with bricks thick as they could be made by hands that don't anymore built up most still up where wood wouldn't now or then at
That Bright Orange Bloom in East Sound
-- from Russel Barsh, Kwiaht Director -- Photo: Sarka Martinez, SoundToxins The bright orange “bloom” that appeared along the East Sound shoreline yesterday is a harbinger of spring, and its timing reflects the vast difference in weather patterns between 2016 and 2017. The organism responsible for the bloom
This Senior Project Event All About Prom Dresses
Sunday, April 30, 3 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Alex Conrad -- Orcas Island High School senior Ella Conrad announces “Sirens of Orcas,” a fun, charitable formal/prom dress fashion event for our island community. The event, Conrad’s senior project, will take place on Sunday, 30 April 2017 at 3:00pm,
Celebrate Mother Earth All Weekend
SATURDAY, APRIL 22 GREAT ISLANDS CLEAN-UP ON EARTH DAY (Saturday, April 22, 9 - 12 pm) It is time for the 2017 Great Islands Clean-Up, the annual county-wide greening event where volunteers collect litter from public beaches and roadways. Want to help on Orcas Island? Please participate and check in
Sheriff’s Report | April 12 – 18, 2017
April 12, 2017 17-001949 DUI 00:14:55 04/12/17 A Deputy advised a patron in a bar establishment not to drive. The female patron did not listen to the deputy's instructions and drove. The deputy interviewed the driver. It was discovered the driver was under the influence of alcohol and arrested. 17-001953
