Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
For next 3 weekends, it’s all about Baby Saturdays at Lum Farm
||| FROM MANDY TROXEL for LUM FARM ||| Saturdays: March 25th, April 1st and 8th, from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Lum Farm, located at Coffelt Farm Preserve (1071 Crow Valley Road) invites you to celebrate Spring with our newest crop of babies! For the next three Saturdays, islanders (and
In Memoriam | Jean Lee, 1944 – 2023
Jean Lee (Valerie Jean Ramsay) May 12, 1944 — March 21, 2023 Age 78 ||| FROM STEVE AND JEAN HENIGSON ||| Jean Lee was a long-time resident of Orcas Island, once a very useful volunteer at Orcas Center. She was a firm believer in God’s providence, and she was fortunate
One bus schedule again for Thursday, AM & PM
||| FROM BLAKE WILSON for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Tomorrow, Thursday 03/23, we will be down to the ONE bus schedule for both the AM and PM drop offs. The rest of the week will likely have several single bus routes as well. We will update you as more information becomes available. Thank
Salish Sea Early Music Fest to feature harpsichordist David Schrader
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Obbligato Harpsichord and Flute features renowned Chicago harpsichordist David Schrader with flutist Jeffrey Cohan playing 18th-century music for harpsichord with flute on Wednesday evening, March 29 at 6 p.m. at the Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church at 107 Enchanted Forest
Next up at Orcas Center | Mountain Grove – A play with music by Noah Racey
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Noah Racey is one of Broadway’s top song-and-tap dance men, but his story is anything but 42nd Street. The rhythm of his life was set by drum circles in a commune in the Pacific Northwest where his woke and pioneering parents raised
Congratulations: Herb Crowe to retire from Sheriff’s Office
||| FROM SHERIFF ERIC PETER for SJC SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office would like the community to join us in congratulating Sergeant Herb Crowe on his upcoming retirement. Herb has served the citizens of San Juan County for over 24 years and will be retiring on
Friends of the Library seeking a treasurer/bookkeeper
||| FROM DAVID KOSIUR for FRIENDS OF ORCAS LIBRARY ||| The Friends of the Orcas Island Library (FOIL) are looking for someone to fill the position of Treasurer starting this May. Duties include both creating a monthly financial report for the FOIL Board as well as keeping track of income
Come celebrate Spring at the San Juan Islands Sculpture Park
||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SJI SCULPTURE PARK ||| Visit the park and enjoy our third annual "Daffodil Frolic" with over 7,000 Daffodils and thousands of Irises to follow. (Sorry - the deer eat tulips.) Adjacent to Roche Harbor Resort, the SJI Sculpture Park exhibits over 150 sculptures with 5
Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine receives patient satisfaction award
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Anacortes, WA -– Island Health is pleased to announce Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Center is a recipient of RestorixHealth’s Patient Satisfaction Award. Recipients of this award meet or exceed national patient satisfaction benchmarks over a set period of time. “This achievement reaffirms
School bus schedule on Wednesday will again be down one bus — both AM & PM
||| FROM BLAKE WILSON for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Tomorrow, Wednesday 03/22, we will be down to the ONE bus schedule for both the AM and PM drop offs. The rest of the weekly will likely have several single bus routes as well. We will update you as more information becomes
Earthrise | Tidal energy in the Salish Sea
||| EARTHRISE BY JAY KIMBALL ||| As we look to other island communities for examples of climate action and innovation, the Orkney Islands will undoubtedly be on the short list. Its pioneering work harnessing tidal energy is inspiring the world. This is especially so in higher latitudes, like the Salish
One OISD bus route tomorrow 03/21 (PM only)
||| FROM BLAKE WILSON for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Tomorrow, Tuesday March 21, we will be switching to the ONE bus route for the PM drop offs. The rest of the weekly will likely have several single bus routes as well. We will update you as more information becomes available.
An opportunity to learn about advance care planning
Join Hospice of the Northwest at the Orcas Senior Center April 5, 2023 at 1 p.m. ||| FROM CARRIE MCBRIDE for HOSPICE OF THE NORTHWEST ||| WHAT: Hospice of the Northwest is hosting a presentation about Advance Care Planning at the Orcas Senior Center on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 1
Invitation to apply: Certificate in Ecological Restoration in the SJIs, 2023-24
||| FROM KAI HOFFMAN-KRULL for SAN JUAN ISLANDS CONSERVATION DISTRICT ||| The Islands Conservation Corps, a program of the San Juan Islands Conservation District, is accepting applications to the 2023-24 Certificate in Ecological Restoration program in the San Juan Islands, offered in partnership with Western Washington University’s College of the
Voices for Peace and Hope to come to Orcas Center
||| FROM LYNN BAKER for ORCAS CHORAL SOCIETY ||| Orcas Choral Society brings music of longing, reflection and joy to the Orcas Center this April in its spring concert, Voices for Peace and Hope. “Prevailing wisdom holds that ‘classical’ music was written long ago in a land far away,” said
Guest Opinion | My son has volunteered his way through school, but where’s the credit for it?
||| FROM RAMI AMARO ||| As I sit here this morning, on a rather gray and dreary day, my heart is broken. As any mother knows, your heart breaks when your child is being treated unfairly. That is exactly what is causing me pain today. My youngest son, Ethan, has
