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||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| Thanks to the Orcas community for making our Indian Canoe Journey guests feel very welcome. Although there were a few hiccups, like having to close the welcoming ceremony to the public due to a COVID spike among the staff at Camp Orkila and a six hour wait for the ferry
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Carol Wright is someone I've met once in passing - I've known nothing about her until we began corresponding a few times across the digital aether over the past several days. Here and there in those messages, she referenced things that were a mix of fascinating,
||| FROM MIA KARTIGANER ||| When you appointed your most outspoken advocate to fill the empty seat on your board, you failed the spirit of democracy. This appointed person has perpetuated misinformation about your fifth board member. The same person who has clearly had immediate access to OIFR business without having to go through the
Wu-Style Tai Chi movements combine mind and body skills that can improve as you age ||| FROM STEPHANIE ROSENBLATT ||| A Tai Chi Master for over thirty years, Stephanie brings a special and unique appreciation to the practice of this ancient art form. And though many people take tai chi just to improve balance, some
||| FROM AYN GAILEY for OUTLOOK INN ||| Chef Andrew Martin and his wife, executive pastry chef Amy Nack, have been visiting Orcas Island for the last fifteen years. While their son attended Camp Orkila every summer, Andrew and Amy explored the island, falling more in love with it year after year. “As we started
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| This Thursday, March 31, Kate Jewell will be headed to Oświęcim, Poland, for six weeks to help Ukrainian refugees and orphans with One Humanity Institute and Airline Ambassadors International. Kate Jewell Kate was a flight attendant for 37 years, so traveling the world and
Let America Be America Again Langston Hughes 1901-1967 Langston Hughes, 1901-1967 Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the
||| FROM SHANNON DAVIS for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Friday Harbor, WA: Friends of the San Juans, a small environmental nonprofit based in the San Juan Islands, recently scored a decisive legal victory against fossil-fuel giant Phillips 66, representing an important win for critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales. On February 28th, the Washington
||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| James Beard Award Recognitions for Ursa Minor and Matia The James Beard Foundation has announced the 2022 James Beard Award semi-finalists in its sought-after awards of recognition and two San Juan County restaurants are on the list. Congratulations to Nick Coffey at Ursa Minor on Lopez and the
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| If you haven’t already met her, Beverly Franklet is a stunning go-getter. Not in a hyper, can’t-sit-still kind of way but in a calm, adventurous, live-life-to-its-fullest sense. Do you remember several years ago when Michell Marshall decided to put up a white board at the back