Here’s a thought…
“There are many forms of patriotism and telling the truth is one of them.”
ANDERSON COOPER
Orcas Rowing Assoc.’s Polar Bear Plunge returns
||| FROM TOBY COOPER for ORCAS ISLAND ROWING ASSOCIATION ||| Orcas Island Rowing Association is excited to announce the FABULOUS Polar Bear Plunge on Cascade Lake - Saturday, March 30, 2024. All are welcome. Great fun. Rain or shine. No experience necessary. Grounds open 10am. Plunge at 11am sharp! New location – OIRA’s boathouse
Letter to Editor | Ferry worker announces run for County Council
||| FROM JONATHAN WELCH ||| My name is Jonathan Welch. For ten years, I have been the positive change at the Orcas Ferry Terminal. I announced on Valentine's Day, my intent to run for County Council. (CNL2.COM was generous enough to record my announcement and interview me.) It's no longer
Call for vendors and entertainment at 2024 San Juan County Fair
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Parks & Fair Department is pleased to accept both vendor applications and entertainment inquiries for the 2024 San Juan County Fair. As the county’s largest community event, reaching over 2,000 people over four days, the Fair provides a great
‘Question, persuade, refer’ suicide prevention course at Funhouse
||| FROM SARAH NICHOLS for FUNHOUSE COMMONS ||| Join us at the Funhouse Commons for an informative and empowering suicide prevention course. QPR stands for Question, Persuade, Refer, and this course will equip you with the skills to recognize warning signs, ask the right questions, and refer individuals to the help they
Find your inner balance at Orcas Senior Center movement classes
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Harmonize Your Mind and Body with Joan Roulac’s Ease Please Virtual Qigong Series Join Joan Roulac in her transformative four-week virtual Qigong series, designed to quiet the mind and fortify the body. Through these 15-minute sessions, experience gentle muscle relaxation, immune
Latest from Lekanoff | About opioids in 40th Legislative District
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined our Telephone Town Hall last week. I’m grateful for your engagement, thoughtful questions and active participation in our civic process. I am honored to serve with my two colleagues
Invasive species concern is topic of upcoming Library discussion
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Concerns that invasive species threaten global biodiversity and ecological integrity permeate conversations from schoolrooms to board rooms, and concerned citizens grapple with how to rapidly and efficiently manage their populations. Tao Orion's Beyond the War on Invasive Species offers a much-needed alternative perspective on
Join the Needlework Circle at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Are you passionate about knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, or embroidery? Join Orcas Senior Center’s Needlework Circle on Tuesdays at 2 pm. Grab your ongoing project and be part of a wonderful gathering filled with camaraderie, engaging conversations, and the exchange of tips
It’s time to prep for upcoming Orcas Artist Studio Tour
||| FROM ZOE OSENBACH for ARTIST STUDIO TOUR ||| Registration is now open for the 2024 Orcas Artist Studio Tour! The tour will take place on August 9th, 10th, and 11th. Now in its 13th year, the Orcas Artist Studio Tour exists to share the creative processes and studio spaces
Come celebrate an early Spring at the San Juan Islands Sculpture Park
||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SJI SCULPTURE PARK ||| Visit the San Juan Islands Sculpture Park and enjoy our fourth annual Daffodil Frolic with over 8,000 Daffodils and thousands of Irises to follow. (Sorry - the deer eat Tulips.) Adjacent to Roche Harbor Resort, the SJI Sculpture Park exhibits over
Senior Center to celebrate National Consumer Protection Week w/discussion
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Looking to protect yourself from fraud, identity theft, and scams? Wondering about how to keep your family safe online? Orcas Senior Center and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have information for you during National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW)—March 3-9, 2024—and any
Orcas Fire Commission to meet Monday, 3 p.m.
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE COMMISSION ||| The SJC Fire Protection District #2 Board of Fire Commissioners invites you to the 1st Regular Monthly Meeting on Monday, March 4th, at 3:00 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall or on Zoom (link below and in the attached agenda). Public comments
Draft Richardson Marsh Preserve Stewardship and Management Plan now open for public comment
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is seeking public input on its recently completed Draft Stewardship and Management Plan (SMP) for Richardson Marsh Preserve on Lopez Island. The purpose of the SMP is to provide overarching goals and management objectives for the Preserve’s natural
Garden Club, Library present “Living Rooted—in Nature and the Garden!” by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Darvill’s Bookstore will have Lyanda’s books available at the presentation ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Lyanda Lynn Haupt Please join the Orcas Island Garden Club and Orcas Island Library on Wednesday March 20, 2024 when we welcome Lyanda Lynn Haupt, naturalist and author of many books
Invasive Northern Pike caught by angler at Limekiln Preserve
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| As if to cap off Washington’s Invasive Species Awareness Week, San Juan County Conservation Land Bank (SJCCLB) and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) have confirmed the detection of a northern pike caught in the pond at the Land Bank’s Limekiln Preserve
As the Paradigm Shifts | “Here honey, I left this for you to clean up! I love you, Mom.”
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| Somebody is going to have to come and clean up after me, soon or later. Perhaps it's after I die in my bed. Perhaps it's after I’m shipped off to a nursing home to live out the rest of my life.
