Here’s a thought…
“America is and always has been an argument — it’s an experiment.”
DAVID W. BLIGHT
Look what’s coming up at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| THIS WEEKEND AT ORCAS CENTER Due to COVID Precautions, the following guidelines will be followed for all events at Orcas Center until further notice: Advance ticket sales only: There will be no box office attendant prior to the performance Proof of vaccination
Poetry | About It
ABOUT IT By Geffrey Davis Despite losing the dining table to it for weeks, our family stays with the puzzle, teetering plates upon knees before the television and then returning to the soft symphony of shifting the oneness of a cardboard shape into the satisfied oneness of another, over and over,
Island Health’s upcoming classes
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health offers online childbirth education class series Island Health is offering a four-week online class series designed to prepare parents-to-be for the arrival of their new baby. Classes are Tuesdays from 6:30–9:00 p.m. starting March 1 and are taught by Teri Shilling,
Joan Roulac’s Tai Chi is returning to Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Joan Roulac Quiet the mind and strengthen the body with Joan Roulac’s Ease Please four-week Qigong series. These 15-minute sessions will gently loosen muscles, strengthen immunity, build balance, and increase energy. Series begins either Wednesday, February 2 at 9
Sun Days on Orcas | Communing
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| We’ve come to the time of year when I start thinking, ‘What are we doing here?’ The place is a ghost town except for the market, and the lack of sun has become this palpable frustration that Vitamin D capsules just
San Juan County is all in on the Northern Heights Apartments on Orcas
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| On Tuesday January 25 the County Council agreed to award additional funding from the Home Fund to the Northern Heights apartments project bringing the County’s total financial commitment up to $1,112,300; the maximum allowed by the County’s policies. The County prioritizes preserving affordable
Three separate attacks are the first confirmed blue whale deaths by killer whales
Australian researchers report the first documented killing of an adult blue whale by orcas ||| FROM COSMOS MAGAZINE ||| Researchers have discovered the first-ever record of killer whales hunting and killing the largest animal on earth – an adult blue whale. In late March 2019, annual whale and dolphin research
OPALCO answers the question: Why is my OPALCO bill so high this month?
Cold Temps, BPA Demand Charges and 4% Rate Increase ||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| There was a perfect storm of compounding factors that made our power bills very high this month. The power bills in January include power usage during a prolonged cold snap
Advocates for open government sue San Juan County to open public records
||| FROM SALISH CURRENT ||| The public’s right to access government documents and the government’s power to keep certain information private are at loggerheads in San Juan County. The Washington Coalition for Open Government (WashCOG), a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy group, sued San Juan County last week for violating the Public
Help our Lions Clubs aid Whatcom County in flood disaster recovery
||| FROM STEVE SCHAEFER for ORCAS LIONS CLUB ||| Last November, historic flooding occurred in nearby Whatcom County. Particularly hard hit were the communities of Sumas, Nooksack and Everson. Media coverage was relatively short-lived but the impact on those who lived and worked in this area will continue for many months.
The stories they tell | Abstract paintings currently showing at SJIMA
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| When one thinks of Abstract Art, one tends to call to mind the unfettered and often chaotic paintings of iconic painters such as Jackson Pollack or Wassily Kandinsky. Since the arrival of abstract art in the early twentieth
Update from OICF indicates that while the cat’s away, the mice will play
||| FROM ED ANDREWS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Hi all Ed here, standing in for Hilary while she spends a well-deserved two week vacation basking in a warm place much further south than here. Hilary, you better be out on a walk and not reading this. Eagle
Senior Center to offer a briefing on COVID mask effectiveness
"The Effectiveness of KN95/N95/KF94 Masks” by Rob Wilson by Zoom (Friday, February 4, 11 a.m.) ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Are you wondering if you are wearing the appropriate mask? Join Rob Wilson, retired mechanical engineer and product designer, as he helps us better understand the
COVID numbers are still on the rise in the San Juans
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Since the last update on Friday January 21, there have been 130 new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current case count is now 986. LOPEZ ISLAND: There are twenty-two new cases on Lopez Island since the last
Learn the skills to land a job fishing salmon in Alaska
The new Purse Seine Vessel Crew Member Training Program will hold its first session in April 2022 ||| FROM WASHINGTON SEA GRANT ||| Gig Harbor, WA – The Gig Harbor BoatShop and Washington Sea Grant are launching the Purse Seine Vessel Crew Member Training Program, or “Crew School,” designed to
Tahoe imposes new rules for Airbnbs and other short-term rentals amid housing crisis
||| FROM SFGATE.COM ||| Repint at request of Orcasonian reader Six months into a moratorium that halted short-term rentals permits in North Lake Tahoe, Placer County is considering a new set of rules to rein in the proliferation of vacation rentals and protect what little housing inventory remains for locals.
