Here’s a thought…
“Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one’s own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.”
SHERI S. TEPPER
Sustainability Fair seeks participants
Feeling the crunch? During these times of dwindling natural and financial resources, how do we sustain? What choices might we make individually and collectively to, literally, stay alive on this small, green planet? These types of questions are being asked, and conceivably answered, with the first annual Orcas Sustainable Living
Appraisals, Egg Hunts in addition to music and poetry performances this weekend
Friday April 10 Deer Harbor Community Club potluck at 6:30p.m. The Orcas a Cappella singers perform. "Bring a potluck dish to share plus a bit more of extra food for our musical guests and remember your place setting !" says Becky Clemens of the Deer Harbor Community Club. MaryLou Sanelli
Council Postpones Hearing to Spend more Time on Housing
By Stan Matthews County Communications Program Manager The San Juan County Council decided Tuesday, April 7, that it wants to learn more about Housing Authorities before it gives final shape to the revised Housing Element of the County Comprehensive Plan. State law requires that the “Housing Element” show evidence
Human voice heard underwater in Haro Strait by Whale Museum's Veirs last night
from "Watching Our Water Ways" https://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/ By Chris Dunagan of the Kitsap "Sun" A Navy public affairs officer has been contacted to help track down an unusual incident involving a human voice heard underwater last night (Wednesday, April 8) in Haro Strait near the San Juan Islands. Val Veirs, who
KindlingsFest catches fire, returns to Orcas this summer
Dick Staub, Pastor at the Orcas Island Community Church, announces the second KindlingsFest wil be held on Orcas Island from Wednesday, July 22 to Saturday, July 25 but right now is the time to Register for KindlingsFest 2009! " Summer 2008, we gathered on beautiful Orcas Island for a magical
Poem for the Day: Grubs
Grubs Working with the bark spud peeling cedar logs for the shed I uncover white grubs, wrinkled & thick as my little finger. They have powerful jaws. Working in the dark, blind, in faith toward whatever they might become, they leave delicate etchings in the wood. I have to say
Shark Reef spring issue online – submissions open for fall issue
“Idle observations at a ferry landing; thoughts that surface when we try to sleep; a young woman’s unhappy visit to a radiologist’s office; the sensation of floating after a strong dive; a hilarious tale of chickens as weapons; and the musings of a self-described middle-aged woman in the throes of a
New solid waste fees announced
It will cost you a wee bit more, now, to rid your home or business of accumulated garbage. San Juan County today announced new solid waste dumping fees, which became effective on April 1. A self-haul can will now cost you $8.00 to dump. If you drive over the scales,
Don't miss the first tax payment April 30
By Stan Matthews County Communications Program Manager San Juan County Treasurer Jan Sears reminds taxpayers that the deadline for paying County property taxes is April 30. Taxpayers have the option of paying the taxes in two payments without penalty, with the second due no later than October 31; however missing
WASL testing coming – how would you score on third-grade questions?
Following the spring school break from April 6 to 13, Orcas Island students again sit down for Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) testing. The 10th graders have already finished the WASL Reading and Writing tests. Elementary/Middle School Principal Tom Gobeske announced at the March 26 Orcas Island School District
Poem for the Day: Bugs in a Bowl
Han-shan, that great and crazy, wonder-filled Chinese poet of a thousand years ago, said: We're just like bugs in a bowl. All day going around never leaving their bowl. I say: That's right! Every day climbing up the steep sides, sliding back. Over and over again. Around and around. Up
Pigeon Guillemots: Our Resident SeaBirds
On Tuesday April 14 at 7 p.m., Thor Hanson, biologist and writer from Friday Harbo, will give a free public lecture on pigeon guillemots for the Orcas Island Marine Lecture Series. The pigeon guillemot is a black-and-white seabird that spends its entire life in and around the San
"The Immigrant's Table" comes to Orcas
MaryLou Sanelli and Deborah Sparks will appear in The Immigrant’s Table at Orcas Center’s OffCenter Stage on Friday, April 10 at 7:30 pm. Based on Sanelli’s book by the same name, the staged reading is an acclaimed, spoken duet that dramatically and poetically tells a timeless story
Home: a new cafe opens at the Odd Fellows Hall this week
Shoshana Avree and Holly Berman are opening a new cafe on Orcas Island: HOME will make its debut on Thursday, April 9 from 4-8 pm at the Odd Fellows Hall, downstairs. The new restraunteurs will be serving vegetarian" soup for the soul" along with curry-roasted yam bites and gluten-free muffins
Accessory Building Permit policy to be discussed at County Council April 13
By Stan Matthews County Communications Program Manager The San Juan County Council will discuss the County's permitting policy on accessory structures at noon during its meeting on Monday, April 13 - one week later than had been tentatively scheduled. Contractor Tom Nolan initially questioned the policy during the "Citizen Access"
Poem for the Day: When You Are Old
When You Are Old When you are old and gray and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And
