Here’s a thought…
“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”
MARK TWAIN
Sports Report: Vikings Lose a Tough One
-- by Ed Sutton -- Forget about the Seahawks and the Washington Huskies, the exciting football is here, on Orcas Island. After soundly defeating Friday Harbor last week to win the coveted Island Cup, the Orcas/Lopez Viking squad hosted Stellar Prep Academy of Oakland, CA in the second game of
Orcas Actresses Follow the Sun in “Calendar Girls”
-- a review by Colleen Stewart, updated at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 -- Love the "Calendar Girls" every day of the year, and see them weekends at the Grange! Seated Left to Right: Bev Leyman, Kelly Toombs (the photographer), Lesley Liddle, Melinda Milligan, Holly King Standing: Suzanne Gropper, and
Why Wool Was Smuggled and Weaving with Westervelt
Sunday, Sept. 20 at 3 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall -- from Clark McAbee, Curator, Orcas Historical Museum -- -- Salish Sea Program History Matinee: Weaving with Westervelt and Why Wool Was Smuggled on the Salish Sea Program --- Lisa Westervelt has been visiting with her family on Lopez
Champion Fiddler April Verch Returns to Orcas
-- from Orcas Center -- April Verch Orcas Center audiences have been requesting April Verch’s return for years. You ask and you shall receive! We are excited to announce that April Verch and her band will be back on the Orcas Center stage Friday, September 18, 2015 at
Brad Hanson Reports on Southern Resident Killer Whales
Thursday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m. in Friday Harbor -- from The Whale Museum -- The Whale Museum is pleased to welcome Brad Hanson as part of the 2015 Lecture Series on Thursday, September 17th at 6:30 p.m. This lecture will primarily cover new information on Southern Resident Killer Whales
Agenda for Tuesday County Council Meet Announced
-- from Ingrid Gabriel, County Council Clerk -- [Following standard meeting opening activities, including New employee introductions; Approval of minutes, consent agenda and correspondence; Recogniton of Sage Macleod, retiring after almost 17 years of service to San Juan County; Certificate of Appreciation for Melissa Johnson, Washington State Department of Transportation
“Calendar Girls” is This Weekend
Opens Friday, Sept. 11 and runs for three weekends -- by Doug Bechtel for Actors Theater -- "Calendar Girls" Melinda Milligan, Suzanne Gropper, Lesley Liddle, Bev Leyman, Holly King and Bailie Sande check out the calendar that accompanies their play Our next offering is the most talked-about play
Eastsound Planners to Advise Council of its Subarea Plan Views
Special Meeting of EPRC on Monday, Sept. 14 at 3 p.m. at Eastsound Fire Hall -- by Margie Doyle -- The Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC) agreed at is regular monthly meeting yesterday, Sept. 10, to hold a special meeting on Monday Sept. 14 to revise the Land Use Tables
EDC Introduces Business Plan Competition
-- from Victoria Compton, Executive Director, County Economic Development Council -- Launch San Juan Islands Business competition Entrepreneurs can bring their business ideas to the next level in the first annual EDC "Launch San Juan Islands" business plan competition, created by the San Juan County Economic Development Council.
Another Blessed Event for Salish Sea Orcas
Fifth new baby orca since December 2014 -- from the Center for Whale Research (CWR)-- L122 with Mother L91Photo by Dave Ellifrit, courtesy Center for Whale Research Photo by Dave Ellifrit Today [September 7, 2015] there was another new baby in the L pod! L91 was first seen
County Council to Meet Tuesday on Orcas
Tuesday, Sept. 15 from 10:30 AM until 3 p.m. -- from Ingrid Gabriel, Council Clerk -- The San Juan County Council will meet Monday, Setp. 14 at 9 a.m. in the Legislative Hearing Room, 55 Second Street in Friday Harbor. On Tuesday, Sept. 15, the Council meeting will be on
SJ Grange Talks Apples and Orchards
Wednesday, September 16, 6 p.m. potluck and 7 p.m. program at the Grange Hall in Friday Harbor -- from the San Juan Island Grange #966 -- “Spraying Fruit Trees at the Waldrip Orchard, Eastsound” please courtesy the Orcas Island Historical Museum San Juan Island Grange #966 begins its
King Salmon Celebrated in Film “Return of the Elwha”
Sept. 17 "Return of the Elwha" film screening at 6 p.m. at the Orcas Center -- from Carol McGrath for Long Live the Kings-- Long Live the Kings(LLTK) is hosting a film screening of Return of the River, an award-winning feature documentary about the Elwha Dam removal and river restoration.
Visit Shaw Island’s Tharald Historic Homestead
Saturday, September 19, from 1 to 2:30 pm at Tharald Historic Homestead, Shaw Island The Tharald Homestead on Shaw Island Join Boyd Pratt, architectural historian, on a guided tour of the Tharald Homestead, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is protected by
Looking for Local Artists for Our Public Schools
-- from the Orcas Island Education Foundation -- Art for Orcas Kids, A-OK, brings artists to island students Are you an artist...who likes working with children? Then the Orcas Island Education Foundation (OIEF) is looking for you! "A-OK" (Art for Orcas Kids) is a program under OIEF. It
Tattered, Torn & Sepia: A Call for Visual Artists in San Juan County
October 1 deadline for registry -- from the San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- This year, the San Juan Islands Museum of Art’s (IMA) annual Artists' Registry exhibition will open on November 20, 2015 and run through January 11, 2016. "Tattered, Torn & Sepia" will feature the artwork of
