Here’s a thought…
“Peace is not something we ask for — it’s something we practice, together.”
WALK FOR PEACE
Upcoming Garden Club session: Growing tomatoes from seed to harvest
Wednesday, February 19, 10 a.m., Madrona Room -- from Nita Couchman for Orcas Island Garden Club -- The Orcas Island Garden Club welcomes Debby Hatch to our February 19th meeting in the Madrona Room at the Orcas Center at 10:00 am. For her presentation titled Tomatoes from Seed to Harvest, Lopez Island
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so
Explore where the branches of your family tree might take you
Tuesday, February 18, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Orcas Library -- from Kathi Ciskowski -- "There's Even More to Explore" is the topic of the February 18 Genealogy Club meeting. Last month we started an in-depth look at Ancestry.com features including organizing trees, customizing your home page, optimizing search results, successfully using
Letter to Editor | Corona virus, China, and the U.S.
-- from Steve Henigson -- The largest and most powerful Socialist economy in the world today is China. It’s where the Corona Virus was born, in a live-food-animal market in the city of Wuhan. Having noticed a new disease which was harming people locally, and, finally, killing them in large
Call for artists, innovators for spring Makers Fair
Benefit for Orcas Center presented by San Juan Makers Guild -- from San Juan Makers Guild -- The Orcas Chapter of the San Juan Makers Guild is hosting a Spring Makers Fair on Saturday, March 28 at the Orcas Center, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. The multi-media event features a juried
Need a Washington State boating education card?
Take a free U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary “Adventures in Boating” class Saturday, February 22, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Skagit Valley College San Juan Center -- from Chuck Dalldorf, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary -- The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary San Juan Islands Detachment is offering a free Washington State Basic Boater
A-OK garage sale getting ready, taking donations (corrected)
-- from Jane Heisinger -- AOK (Art for Orcas Kids) is having their 3rd annual Garage Sale on Saturday, March 21 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Orcas Island Public School cafeteria. As you know, there is no funding for art in the Elementary and Middle schools and
Long-time conservation director stepping down at San Juan Preservation Trust
-- from Craig Canine for San Juan Preservation Trust -- Debra Clausen, who has served as Conservation Director of the San Juan Preservation Trust since 2006, is retiring at the end of this month. ThePreservation Trust’s board of trustees and fellow staff members wish to acknowledge her enormous contribution to
A poem for this day
-- Submitted by Margot Shaw -- God's Grandeur -- by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS The world is charged with the grandeur of God.It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oilCrushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?Generations have trod,
Killebrew Lake Road now open to all traffic
-- from Colin Huntemer for County Public Works -- Killebrew Lake Rd is now OPEN to all traffic. Please be advised that the roadway is surfaced with gravel. The County expects to re-pave the road with chip seal in the spring.
Free all-you-can-eat Mexican buffet at community dinner
Tuesday, February 11, 5 - 7:30 p.m., Orcas Christian School -- from Kathy Roosma for Orcas Christian School -- February’s Community Dinner at Orcas Christian School is on Tuesday, February 11, from 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. This is an all-you-can-eat Mexican buffet featuring enchiladas, burritos, Spanish rice, refried beans, Mexican
Rep. Larsen invites constituents to Orcas town hall meeting
Monday, February 17, 10 - 11:30 a.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Rep. Rick Larsen's Office -- Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) invites constituents to meet him for a Presidents’ Day Town Hall meeting at the Orcas Island Fire and Rescue Station on Monday, February 17. Town Halls are an opportunity
Holly J. Hughes, Elizabeth Evans Landrum to read at Darvill’s
Wednesday, February 12, 5:30 p.m., Darvill's -- from Jill McCabe Johnson for Artsmith -- Poets Holly J. Hughes and Elizabeth Evans Landrum will read this Wednesday, February 12, 5:30 p.m. at Darvill’s Bookstore in Eastsound. The pre-Valentine’s Day reading is hosted by Artsmith and will be followed by a small
EDC offers free Plumbing Basics training at Friday Harbor High School
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m., March 3 - April 2, Friday Harbor High School -- from Victoria Compton for Economic Development Council -- The San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) will offer free training in plumbing basics this March, in partnership with the San Juan Island Community Foundation, the Raynier
San Juan County Master Gardeners native plant sale coming up
Online ordering deadline is March 6 Saturday, March 21, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., County Fairgrounds -- from Mo Sloane for San Juan County Master Gardeners -- Interested in using native plants in your landscape? There are many wonderful reasons to use PNW natives: they are often long lived and
Anyone interested in community-scale composting? Meeting coming up
Monday, February 17, 6 - 8 p.m., Orcas Library -- from Marta Neilsen for Orcas Recycling Services -- Anyone interested in community scale composting is invited to the February 17 meeting, 6-8 p.m. at the Orcas Library. A series of meetings around the island last fall, sponsored by Orcas Recycling
