Here’s a thought…
“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers.”
THOMAS PYNCHON
Letter to Editor | Wild Snake River salmon and steelhead could begin their path to recovery
||| FROM LIN LAUGHY via HEATHER NICHOLSON ||| According to the Inslee-Murray Lower Snake River Dams (LSRDs) Benefit Replacement Report, power generated by the LSRDs must be replaced before these four dams can be breached. In its 2021 Power Plan (2021-2026) the Northwest Power and Conservation Council reported that between
OIFF is on USA TODAY list of top 20 U.S. film festivals; vote daily to make final top 10
We may be small, but we are mighty ||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL ||| Exciting news for Orcas Island and the hardworking team at the Orcas Island Film Festival. The USA TODAY panel of event experts has narrowed down the list of top 20 U.S. film
March on-screen performances at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| This March, Orcas Center is pleased to present two on-screen events from the National Theatre Live in London. Filmed live in HD, these events get you the best seat in the house to high-caliber performances for a fraction of the cost! Don’t
‘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.
Memorial service scheduled for Bruce Orchid at school gym
||| FROM LORENA STANKEVICH for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Bruce Orchid I have just heard the final details regarding a memorial celebration for Mr. Bruce. The date will be this Saturday, March 4, at 2:00pm in the Old Gym at the Orcas Island School District on Orcas
Poetry Garden contest winners announced
||| FROM DENICE KULSETH for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| The Town of Friday Harbor and Friday Harbor Arts Commission (FHAC) have announced the winners of their second Poetry Garden Contest. A blind judging process was used to review 104 poems submitted by San Juan County residents. Final selections were
Blithe Spirit opens this week at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Blithe Spirit, written by Noel Coward and directed by Dorrie Braun, comes to the Orcas Center main stage with an all-local cast and production team. A love triangle set between this world and the next, Blithe Spirit, offers great comic relief as
South African orcas kill 17 sharks in a single day
||| FROM DIVE MAGAZINE ||| Port and Starboard, the orca pair that were first observed predating great white sharks in 2017, were recently found to have killed as many as 17 sharks in a single day, according to researchers at Marine Dynamics. Port and Starboard (pictured) are named for the
Samuel Gailey has a new novel written entirely on Orcas Island
||| SUBMITTED BY DARVILLS BOOKSTORE ||| When Come Away From Her author Samuel W. Gailey decided to forego a traditional book tour for interviews and podcasts, he knew there would be one exception. "Orcas Island and our community were so important to the writing of this novel, I wanted to plan something
Poetry | Struggling Times by Bruce Hanna
||| BY BRUCE HANNA ||| Struggling Times For the world for deepest personal integrity each of us Time to open to balance dial down the intensity Go gently in to the day the moments the discussion Time for a slow acronym? Soft Loving Open Welcoming Take your time make your
PRA Boot Camp for public records officers
||| FROM LINDA HUME for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| EDC, SJC PA’s office and SJCPHD1 host AG’s office for Public Records Act Workshop & Training in March. The EDC, in partnership with the San Juan County Prosecuting Attorney’s office and the San Juan County Public Hospital District No. 1, will
FROG survey coming up at end of month
||| FROM ROY JENNINGS for STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ||| At the end of March, the Washington State Transportation Commission will be sending you a link to a new FROG survey that will ask for your input on WSF’s recent performance (January to March 2023). To get as many people involved as possible, we
Musica Alta Ripa goes baroque – Salish Sea Early Music Festival
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Musica Alta Ripa Goes Baroque features violinist Anne Röhrig and harpsichordist Bernward Lohr, two internationally renowned musicians who come from Hannover in Germany to join flutist Jeffrey Cohan for a program of baroque chamber music on Wednesday evening, March
Earthrise | A Poem for the Snow Leopard
||| EARTHRISE BY JAY KIMBALL ||| At the end of Marie Amiguet’s sublime observational documentary, The Velvet Queen, we are entranced by beautiful heart-tugging images of a Tibetan snow leopard. In an emotional voice-over, a poem is spoken by its author, Sylvain Tesson. The poem is an homage to the
Poetry | “As I grew older” by Langston Hughes
||| FROM JOELLEN MOLDOFF ||| It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun,— My dream. And then the wall rose, Rose slowly, Slowly, Between me and my dream. Rose slowly, slowly, Dimming, Hiding,
PeaceHealth Peace Island now scheduling mammograms twice weekly
||| FROM ANNE WILLIAMS for PEACEHEALTH PEACE ISLAND ||| With the aim of making it as easy as possible for Islanders to get timely and potentially life-saving mammograms, PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center has nearly doubled the number of available monthly appointments. As of the week of Feb. 20, the
