Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
New orca calf born to Southern Resident L pod
||| FROM KING-TV ||| A very young orca calf was spotted off the coast of San Juan Island Monday. The calf is the newest member of the L pod subgroup. According to the Center for Whale Research, the calf, L128 and its mother, L90, both look healthy and appear to
Guest Opinion | Energy transition, the bigger picture, Part 3 of 3
||| FROM ED SUIJ ||| Richard Heinberg had seven concurrent steps of what we could do. Here are a couple more. If all happened simultaneously we might have a slim chance. Step 1 It is clear that there is only one way to avert the coming global upheaval, and that
Art Opening | Robert Dash
||| FROM ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee (VAC) is pleased to present the next Art Opening, Friday, September 27 from 5:30pm – 7pm with featured artist, Robert Dash in the lobby, and a community show of Drawings and Prints in the Madrona Room. Robert Dash is an
PFFAP applications open to support local infrastructure and small businesses
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Starting today, applications are open for the Public Facilities Funding Assistance Program (PFFAP). Funded by sales and use tax, this program allows for local entities to apply for funding to finance public facilities serving economic development purposes. What is PFFAP? San Juan County
Letter to Editor | A cascade of management failures
||| FROM MICHAEL RIORDAN, FRED KLEIN, and ROBERT AUSTIN ||| On Saturday EWUA members received yet another in a long chain of email letters purportedly written by Board President Teri Nigretto, claiming to absolve General Manager Dan Burke of his unauthorized misappropriation of over $10,000 in member funds. Upon closer
Editorial & Adrift | Another beautiful day on Orcas Island
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| It's just another beautiful day on Orcas Island. The sky is clouded over and we probably, once again, will not see the aurora over our heads tonight. If the cloudiness lasts a couple more days, we will miss the upcoming lunar eclipse. There
Guest Opinion | Energy transition, the bigger picture, Part 2 of 3
||| FROM ED SUIJ ||| Before we continue with Part 2, here is some added information that is useful when we talk about the lifespan of solar panels. The energy payback of solar panels is about 1-4 yrs (newer technology has lower embedded energy) which means for the rest of
Guest Opinion | Energy transition, the bigger picture, Part 1 of 3
||| FROM ED SUIJ ||| A few notes regarding the excellent recent article by Richard Heinberg about energy transition, which was published HERE a couple weeks ago. We will have a closer look at: urgency, energy descent, population and steps 1-7. Urgency Let’s take a look at where we are
Letter to Editor | Two major reasons to support Kari McVeigh
||| FROM SHAUN HUBBARD and HAROLD KAWAGUCHI ||| Two of the many reasons why we support Kari McVeigh for San Juan County Council: fire and water. Inherently, islands are finite bodies of land surrounded by water, and yet we have a scarce supply of fresh, drinkable water. Kari is in
Letter to Editor | Land Bank deserves our support
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| When I first considered moving to San Juan County over a decade ago, the first thing I did was go to every bit of public and protected land in the county that I could find. Along with a good library, the most important feature of
Meet County Council candidates
||| FROM JOSEPH SEGAULT ||| Town Hall meeting to introduce the county council candidates Wednesday the 25th of September 5 o clock at the fire hall on Orcas Island.
Call for Artists: Drawings and Printmaking
||| FROM ORCAS CENTER VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE ||| Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee (VAC) is calling all Orcas artists to showcase your creativity and passion for drawings and printmaking art! Community shows are open to ALL island artists, beginning and experienced alike. Its purpose is to showcase island art and
Good Lovelies Return to Orcas Center
||| FROM ORCAS CENTER ||| Join us on Sunday, September 22 at 7pm on Orcas Center’s mainstage for Good Lovelies – Guitar-wielding songwriters all, and queens of the goose bump, raising three-part harmony with grace and ambition. Good Lovelies are a Canadian folk/country harmony trio, consisting of Caroline Brooks, Kerri
Odd Fellows seeks a facilitator
||| FROM MICHAEL HURWICZ for ORCAS ODD FELLOWS ||| Would you like to be a key facilitator for a beloved and valuable community resource: the Orcas Island Odd Fellows Hall? Located on beautiful Madrona Point in Eastsound, the Hall has been a natural community gathering place since it was originally
Letter to Editor | Stephanie understands our community
||| FROM SCOTT and LESLIE BRENNAN ||| Our next San Juan County Commissioner needs to be someone with a deep understanding of how our island lifestyle works and how the average middle class islander families want to live. That person is Stephanie O’Day. Stephanie has been here for over
Local artistry at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Discover the dynamic art of local talents Michelle Yee, Dennis Dahl, and Chanda McKeaver at Orcas Senior Center this September and October. Michelle Yee, blending watercolor and Chinese brush painting with found materials, finds inspiration in poetry and calligraphy. Dennis Dahl,
