Here’s a thought…
“The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.”
ALDOUS HUXLEY
Guest Editorial: Understand Implications of Transportation Hub Name and Community Goals
-- by Gulliver Rankin -- As the author of the section of the Eastsound Sub-Area Plan update regarding the "transportation hub," I would like to give some history and clarification. The Fern St. parcel and what is now the Village Green was purchased to create a road connecting down town
Watch World Famous Musicians Perform Up-close!
Stage Seating Added for Aug. 15 & 16 Chamber Music Festival Concerts -- from Joyce Stone -- Jon Kimura Parker at the piano If you’d like to see some of the world’s most amazing musicians perform up-close here’s your chance. The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival has added
OPALCO Lineman Injured on San Juan
-- from Suzanne Olson -- On August 13, 2014 at approximately 8:45 am, OPALCO Substation Technician Bob Belcher (San Juan District) fell about six feet while working to restore power after a storm related outage on San Juan Island. He was transported by ambulance to PeaceHealth Island Medical Center in
‘It Was the Best of Times’. . .at the Library Fair!
-– by Cara Russell —- [metaslider id=31045] “’It was the best of times’ . . . and we’ll just leave it at that,” George Post quoted The Tale of Two Cities from under his straw sun hat. At 10 a.m., on Saturday August 9, the hot summer rays were already
Ranker, Morris and Lytton to Go to Meeting & Fair
Update at 8 a.m. Aug. 14: Council to meet with State Reps at 10:15 a.m. -- from Ingrid Gabriel, San Juan County Council Clerk -- The San Juan County Council will hold a Special Meeting on Thursday, August 14 from 9 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. However, Council Member Rick Hughes
Stand with the Lummi at Totem Pole Blessing
Sunday, August 17 at 9:30 a.m. at the Tribal Admin Center on the Lummi Reservation -- from Matt Petyrini of REsources -- Sponsored by REsources for Sustainable Communities, Power Past Coa,l Sierra Club and In the late 1980s, faith communities all over the region made a sacred commitment
Guest Column: Streetscape Plans for Fern Street Extension
-- from Fred Klein -- Pictured is the sketch prepared under the auspices of Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC) concerning the future use of the increasingly famous 50 foot wide lot originally acquired by Public Works to extend Fern Street to N. Beach Road. Prepared as part of the Prune
Special School Board Meet for Budget and Personnel
A Special School Board Meeting will be held Thursday, August 14 at the Orcas Island High School Commons, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The agenda calls for: *1. Approve Resolution 2014-12 Fixing and Adopting a General Fund Budget Extension. This resolution will increase the 2013-14 General Fund appropriation amount from $8,029,726
Olympic National Park Scientist to Discuss How Climate Change Impacts Our Coasts
Wednesday, August 20, 7 p.m., San Juan Island Library -- from Julia Vouri -- Learn how the coasts and intertidal biological communities of the Pacific Northwest are impacted by climate change in a presentation by Olympic National Park Coastal Ecologist and Marine Resources Manager Dr. Steven Fradkin at 7 p.m.,
Planned Power Outage: Shaw, Canoe, and Crane
August 19 10 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. -- from Suzanne Olson -- Power will be off for all of Shaw, Canoe and Crane Islands from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, August 19 while OPALCO conducts maintenance and inspection work in the Shaw Substation. Updates will be posted online
At the Fair: Block Kinder Morgan Project with Brownies
--San Juan Islanders for Safe Shipping -- Chocolate and crude oil don't mix, unless of course you bite into one of the delicious brownies for sale at our Safe Shipping booth at the San Juan County Fair, August 13-16. We will be offering 4 different flavors (including Bakken Shale Brownies
Guest Column: What It Takes To Build Community
-- by Hedrick Smith -- Orcas has the irresistible lure of a natural Paradise and the attraction of a welcoming civic spirit - a caring human community. [In 2006], that community spirit inspired San Juan Islanders to raise $18.5 million to save Turtleback Mountain from development and to preserve its
The Circus Came to Town! Funhouse Commons Annual Gala Fundraiser
-- by Cara Russell -- [metaslider id=30965] The Annual Funhouse Commons Gala Fundraiser was a regular circus on Sunday evening, August 3. Volunteer staff dressed up as carnies, tattooed ladies, clowns, and tightrope walkers for the event at Jeff and Angie Johnson’s historic barn on Nordstrom Lane. 120 guests enjoyed
Cancer Support Group Meeting for All Concerned
-- by Sue Lewis -- The Cancer Support Group will meet on Thursday, August 14 at 5 p.m. in the Fireside Room of Orcas Island Community Church. At our informal meetings you'll have a chance to share your experiences, problems, and feelings with those who are currently going through treatment, or
BOOT Sale Time in the Highlands
Sunday, August 17, noon - 3 p.m., Orcas Highlands -- from Jim Hennessy -- The Orcas Highlands has organized its 2nd multi-family garage sale. We call it a "Boot" sale (like they do in England) because sellers will open the trunks (boots) of their cars and sell what they bring.
Eulogy to Lucy
-- from Leif -- For Ray & Kathy, Lucy's humans. LUCY A polite “woof” .....at the back door -Don’t forget me .....[we never will] -I’m ready now .....[we'll let you go] though you'll never know.. how your doggy ..........wag and your doggy ..........grin somehow two ends of the self-same thing
