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“The future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.”
WILLIAM GIBSON
San Juan County certifies general election results & celebrates high voter turnout
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| On Tuesday, November 26, the San Juan County Elections Office certified the November 5, 2024 General Election results. San Juan County had 86.89% of registered voters casting a ballot. The average voter turnout was 78.94% statewide. “I’m incredibly proud of all the residents
Save the Deer Harbor schoolhouse
||| FROM BRIDGET MEYER for DEER HARBOR COMMUNITY CLUB ||| For the past 120 years, the Deer Harbor Schoolhouse has served Orcas Island from yesterday’s school memories to 2024’s chamber music concerts, potlucks, yoga and community meetings. At the close of its first century, roots have undermined the foundation, and
Making a difference in school music: Mariachi, winter concerts and instrument goals
||| FROM SHARON HO for MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| Providing access to a reliable musical instrument to learn on is an important part of the school music program, making music education more affordable for families. This year, 130 students in 5th through 12th grade are participating in band and strings
Wearing a salmon on your head is back in fashion for orcas, after a 37-year break
In 1987, there was a strange trend amongst killer whales. Recent sightings show it's back in fashion. ||| FROM IFLSCIENCE ||| As anyone who follows fashion knows, certain trends like indie sleaze and cargo pants can come back around after a long and quite deserved break. Orcas, it seems, are
Explore the Vibrant Watercolors Art Show at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us at Orcas Senior Center for the colorful Watercolors Art Show, running through November and December. This joint exhibition features works from Robbie Walker’s watercolors class, held Mondays at 9:30 am at Orcas Senior Center, alongside pieces by local artist
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
The real Alice of Arlo Guthrie’s ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ dies at 83
||| FROM OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ||| The hippie-era icon who inspired folk singer Arlo Guthrie’s epic, anti-establishment song “Alice’s Restaurant” has died. Alice Brock suffered from health issues, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and passed away at a hospice home in Wellfleet on Thursday. She was 83. Brock’s longtime close
Food Bank shares Happy Thanksgiving with community
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Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving?
||| FROM CBS NEWS ||| Certain holidays are associated with different foods, and for Thanksgiving, that's turkey — but why is that what we eat? We asked a history expert to learn more. Turkey's spot on the holiday table can be traced back to a famous American author Sarah Josepha Hale,
Cancer means 9th-annual dinner will look different for Thanksgiving Grandma and the stranger she once texted who’s now family
||| FROM CNN.COM ||| Despite a breast cancer diagnosis, Thanksgiving Grandma and the young man she met nearly a decade ago via an accidental text will continue their holiday tradition today for the ninth year in a row. But Wanda Dench’s annual gathering with Jamal Hinton will look a little different. “I just recently finished
‘It’s a bird! It’s a plane!’ In Alaska, it’s both, with pilot tossing turkeys to rural homes
||| FROM LOS ANGELES TIMES ||| In the remotest reaches of Alaska, there’s no relying on DoorDash to have Thanksgiving dinner — or any dinner — delivered. But some residents living well off the grid nevertheless have turkeys this holiday, thanks to the Alaska Turkey Bomb. For the third straight year, a
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Indigenous art exhibit at Banner Bank
||| FROM MICHELLE HASSEBROCK for ORCAS ISLAND MUSEUMS ||| This November, we honor Indigenous Peoples Month with a special exhibition of contemporary works from the Orcas Island Historical Museum archives. “It’s not only about money—it’s about community, past and present, and working with the Museum gives us a special opportunity
County reviews essential public facility application on Shaw Island at upcoming public meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| On Thursday, December 5, the San Juan County Department of Community Development (DCD) will hold a public meeting on Shaw Island to discuss an application by San Juan County Public Works to site an Essential Public Facility on Shaw Island. When: Thursday, December
Artworks December Feature Wall – Steve Gropp
||| FROM B.J. ARNOLD for ORCAS ARTWORKS ||| Metal Artist, Steve Gropp Metal Artist Steve Gropp has been working with his hands and making some kind of art from very early on in his life. His formal education focused primarily on design through the mediums of drawing, painting,
Fun classes to add holiday cheer to Winter Artisans Market
||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| The Makers Guild's DIY pop-up classes include Felted Animals, Weaving, Cookie Decorating, and Luminary Making. Felting and Weaving are free sessions and still have room to come enjoy, bring a friend, create a gift, nourish yourself with a warm drink and light foods,
