Here’s a thought…
“There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.”
ALFRED KORZYBSKI
Letter to Editor: SeaDoc Grateful for NOAA Grant and Private Donors
-- from Joe Gaydos, Chief Scientist and Regional Director -- Tracking the health of individual endangered wild animals has only been done in rare cases. This "extreme conservation" measure, as it was called when describing its benefits to endangered mountain gorillas, is a tool we know will benefit Southern Resident killer
Hangmen, London’s Hottest Ticket, Streams Live
Thursday, April, 21 at 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Susannah Weaver, Box Office Manager -- Laugh-out-loud funny play, darkly comic with witty dialogue – hugely entertaining but also thought-provoking. Where? NT Live’s Hangmen at Orcas Center Thursday, April, 21 at 7:30 p.m. If you’ve not yet experienced great theatre
Composting with Kristina Bayas and Diana Brooks
-- from Jan Jacobson for the Orcas Garden Club -- Kristina Bayas and Diana Brooks will explain the basics of composting, with and without worms. Learn how composting works, what kind of organisms do the work for you, optimal conditions to make the magic happen, and easy directions to get you
Far-reaching Impacts in Suspension of Cherry Point Coal Export Review
-- by Floyd McKay for Crosscut.com -- Environmental reviews of a coal-export terminal that would be the largest in the nation were summarily suspended on April 1 — but it was no April Fool’s trick for the developers of Gateway Pacific Terminal or local, state and federal agencies working on
April Poetry | Sadie Bailey
In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate and highlight our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to again offer daily poetry during April. No Box -- Sadie Bailey -- will conceal anyone who has something to hide. no prison bars can contain someone
Island Boaters Asked to Give Input on Onboard Sewage Pumpouts
Tues. and Wed., April 19, 20, 2016 Two public meetings will discuss a possible free mobile pumpout service in the San Juan Islands. -- from Bridget Trosin, for Washington Sea Grant -- Last year, pumpout facilities supported by Pumpout Washington, a partnership of the Washington State Parks Department’s Clean Vessel Program,
Center for Whale Research Responds to Death of L95
-- from Kenneth C. Balcomb, Senior Scientist of the Center for Whale Research -- L95-Photo by Dave Ellifrit On 2 April 2016 we received photographs of a decomposing dead male killer whale found near Tahsis, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. The epidermis had deteriorated to
Letter to Editor: My OPALCO Board Recommendations
-- from Glenna Hall, San Juan Island -- As you may know, I served on the OPALCO Board for several years, but resigned last summer for health reasons. Numerous OPALCO members have asked me about the upcoming Board elections, and I would like to express my recommendations. I strongly urge
History Matinee: They Fly, They Swoop, They Dispense Mercy
Sunday, April 17, 3 - 4:40 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Pegi Groundwater -- Come to this year’s first History Matinee this Sunday and listen to Orcas resident and Ports Commissioner Audrey Wells describe the history of volunteer mercy flights on Orcas Island. Audrey will have photos and stories to
All-Bach Concert Time Change
Tuesday, April 19, 8:00 p.m., Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church -- from Jeffrey Cohan -- The next Salish Sea all-Bach concert will take place an hour later than announced, at 8:00 PM on April 19 at the Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church. The only other change in the attached press release is that
SJIMA Celebrates Earth Day with Fragile Waters Exhibit
Opening, April 23, San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- from Anne Sheridan / photokunst, SJIMA PR Coordinator -- Ansel Adams: © courtesy the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust The San Juan Islands Museum of Art celebrates the marine environment on Earth Day weekend with the opening of
Guest Column: Rock Island Progress Report
Thank you to the OPALCO Board for their strong leadership -- from Dan Burke, for Rock Island -- With just over one year of being in business, Rock Island Communications has overcome numerous challenges, and has connected close to a thousand islanders to fast, stable and scalable broadband. “In just
April Poetry | Monica Kezar
In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate and highlight our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to again offer daily poetry during April. The Lookout -- Monica Kezar -- Hozameen, Hozameen, most beautiful mountain I ever seen. --Jack Kerouac He stands in the shelter
Orcas Fire Recognizes Service of Former Chief
-- from Scott Williams, Acting Deputy Chief -- The Board of Fire Commissioners accepted the resignation of former Chief Preysz on Friday, April 8, 2016. "We, and the community, are thankful for his many years of community service," says the Board of Fire Commissioners. For 24 years Miklos Preysz has
Orcas’ July 4th Parade To Honor Historic Saturday Date
-- by Margie Doyle and Lin McNulty -- On March 29, the Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to interested parties, among them the Orcas Lions Club and the Orcas Historical Society, announcing that they had revisited their earlier decision to hold the Chamber of Commerce parade on
Salish Early Music Festival to Feature Bach on Period Instruments
Tuesday, April 19, 8 p.m., Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church -- from Jeffrey Cohan -- Ingrid Matthews The Salish Sea Early Music Festival offers a rare opportunity to hear the complete Musical Offering and other chamber music by Johann Sebastian Bach on period instruments with German harpsichordist Hans-Jürgen Schnoor,
