Here’s a thought…
“I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, and of the bitter effects of staying at home with all the narrow prejudices of an islander, that I think there should be a law amongst us to set our young men abroad for a term among the few allies our wars have left us.”
LORD BYRON
SJC Land Bank Commission is meeting soon and you’re invited
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SJC LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold its monthly meeting on February 18, 2022, from 8:30am – 11:10am. The public is invited to attend. Click HERE to download the agenda (includes ZOOM link) and meeting materials. To learn
There are some new faces at Community Resource Center
||| FROM MEGAN EHRMANTRAUT for ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| The Orcas Community Resource Center is excited to announce some new faces you may see around the office. Please extend a big welcome to Cheryl Helm, Kyra Dyer and Claire Nollman. Be sure to say hello when you see them! Cheryl
SJIMA show highlights how local artists prevail in time of COVID
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS' MUSEUM OF ART ||| The great Duke Ellington once said, “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” Nowhere is this more evident than at the current Artists’ Registry Show at the San Juan Islands’ Museum of Art (SJIMA).
Parents invited to learn of options for entering first grade
||| FROM LORENA STANKEVICH for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island School District will present one more VIRTUAL 1st Grade Parent Orientations - Please join Elemententary Principal Lorena Stankevich and OASIS Principal Donald Johnston as they share options for families with students entering 1st grade for the 2022-23
Conservation District seeks to fill two positions
||| FROM PAUL ANDERSSON for SJI CONSERVATION DISTRICT ||| The San Juan Islands Conservation District currently has two positions up for renewal – one appointed and one elected. Conservation District board supervisors are public officials who serve without compensation and set policy and direction for the Conservation District. An election
Letter to Editor | To my fellow Orcas islanders, to all islanders
||| FROM DOMENIC VERBANO ||| As people start to awaken to how we have all been played, by the controllers of this world, I want to put out a call for us all to come together, again. We need to re-unite. They have tried their hardest to divide us: Democrats/Republicans,
Registration for San Juans Ag Summit is now live
San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit Date: March 4 & 5, 2022 Location: Virtual and in-person on Lopez Island ||| FROM KELSEY GREEN for SJI AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT ||| Registration is now live for the 2022 San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit! Find the schedule, more information, and register HERE. The tenth annual
UPDATED LINK: Health District meeting upcoming
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the February 15, 2022 Regular Board Meeting will be posted February 14. You can access the agenda and meeting materials at this link. Commissioners will discuss proposed amendments to bylaws, rules for
Islands Conservation Corps is shining brightly
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Islands Conservation Corps invited the OICF Board and Staff on a site visit on the Turtleback Preserve, where they are working on fire mitigation and restoration projects. The ICC was started in 2020 with grant funding from OICF through
Youth opportunity to participate in WA state heritage internship
||| FROM SANDY STREHLOU ||| This internship is available to high school students in WA. It is a very cool summer 4-day internship that brings WA youth (high school students) together with a variety of professionals and tradespeople to work on a preservation project important to WA State history. It
School Board meeting moved to this Thursday
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| The board decided to move up the date for their monthly meeting to next Thursday (4th Thursdays @ 5 p.m. is the usual time) as the schools are closed the following week for mid-winter break. Here is the link: OISD School Board Meetings
Upcoming class opportunities from Island Health
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health offers online Mediterranean nutrition class The Mediterranean diet has been shown to support healthier blood pressure, cholesterol, and body weight. Join Registered Dietitian Amber Phillips for an overview of this exciting eating style and practical tips for making it work
Don’t miss out on SJC Master Gardener’s online plant sale
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SJC LAND BANK ||| Spring is around the corner – be ready to get your favorite native plants into the soil and established. Have you checked out the San Juan County Master Gardener Foundation’s online plant sale? In addition to bundles of bare root shrubs
New radiation oncologists join PeaceHealth
PeaceHealth cancer centers in Bellingham and Sedro-Woolley add radiation oncology expertise ||| FROM ANNE WILLIAMS for PEACEHEALTH ||| BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Building on its comprehensive portfolio of the latest technologies to diagnose and treat cancers and decades of experience providing comprehensive and compassionate care to patients, PeaceHealth is pleased to
Poetry | A Black History Month tribute
||| POSTED AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER ||| I, Too BY LANGSTON HUGHES Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I’ll be at the
Sun Days on Orcas | Guard your heart
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Teenagers and college kids, every form of media is telling you about love. You don’t turn on the radio and hear songs about riding horses or flying drones. You don’t see teen magazines on racks in the store with articles about
