Here’s a thought…
“There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.”
ALFRED KORZYBSKI
Fresh Bucks Program starting up on Orcas as a solution to hunger
-- from Kyle Dodd, San Juan County Health & Community Services -- Fresh Bucks Program starting on Orcas Island – Island grown solutions to ending hunger. Fresh Bucks is now offering discounts on fruits and vegetables up to $20 every time you shop at the Orcas Food Co-op. The Fresh
Award-winning Ruth Moody charms audiences with unique folk-roots music
Friday, July 12, 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Bethany Marie for Orcas Center -- Ruth Moody performs Friday, July 12th at 7:30pm. Tickets are available at Orcas Center. Ruth Moody is a two-time Juno Award winning singer-songwriter and founding member of the internationally renowned, Billboard-charting trio The Wailin’ Jennys.
Orcas to join in nationwide Lights for Liberty vigil
Bring a friend, a candle, a conscience, a voice, love Friday, July 12, 7:30 p.m., Village Green -- from Jude Nash -- On Friday July 12, Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps, will bring thousands of people to locations worldwide as well as to concentration camps
We, the People of the Salish Sea, celebrate this In(ter)dependence Day
-- from Chom Greacen -- This “Map of the Salish Sea” by Lopez Island artist Stephen Carter represents the relation of humans to the Salish Sea (not to be used for navigational purposes). Everything is interrelated. We are creatures that rose from the sea. We should protect that. (Click to view full size.)
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary …
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station
Center for Whale Research shares images from recent Haro Straight orca encounter
-- from Center for Whale Research -- [metaslider id="70414"] Encounter Summary (read full report): Michael received a report from Jane Cogan about transient calls on Haro Strait hydrophones, and later visual confirmation of a group of whales in mid Haro headed towards Kelp Reef. At 1030, Dave and Michael left
What’s your story? Explore with Senior Center workshop
Monday, July 8-29, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Senior Center -- from Lena Kassa for Orcas Senior Center -- Every person has a story. Every life is a collection of experiences, memories and opportunities; of love, loss, regret and adventure. The people of Orcas are no exception. What happens to those stories when
Library honors Apollo 11 mission 50th anniversary with Summer of Space events in July
-- from Mary Pugh for Orcas Library -- Join us as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon! The Library will have a variety of programs for kids, teens, and adults throughout the month of July. Explore rockets, Apollo missions, stargazing, and NASA in
Kruse Reviews: Saving our democracy
-- Book review by Jens Kruse -- Larry Diamond opens his book Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition and American Complacency (New York: Penguin Press, 2019) with the scene when, two days before the November 2016 election, he and 20 of his students attend a theatrical adaptation
GiveOrcas campaign underway to support April’s Grove
-- from Joellen Moldoff -- The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) is hosting a single-focus GiveOrcas campaign (www.giveorcas.org) now through July 8 to help finish OPAL's April's Grove, 45 affordable rental homes on North Beach Road in Eastsound. Nearly all of us know someone who lives in an OPAL home, or
Hey, kids: Games Galore Camp is happening next week at Orcas Park & Rec
-- from Brooke Bruland for Orcas Park & Rec -- Games Galore Camp is happening next week. The deadline to register for camp is tomorrow. Hurry. Who's up for a little summer fun? Join us in this week-long day camp full of fun games. We will be in the gym
Slapin fine art on display at WaFed for month of July
-- from Susan Slapin -- Susan Slapin, painter (art instructor and photographer) is fine artist for the month of July at Washington Federal. Come view the many textures and colors of this long time artist/islander’s work. Honoring the environment, and the beauty of Nature are key inspirations. “I’ve been studying color
Eastsound Water introduces base rate appeal process
-- from Paul Kamin for Eastsound Water Users Association -- In response to members’ requests, Eastsound Water has developed a 2019 Base Rate Appeal Process. The 2019 rate structure specifies that members’ base rates are calculated at $14 per 1000 gallon applied to their 2018 water use. (Example: If an
Community Resource Center is Food Co-op’s Community Hero for July
-- from Erin O'Dell for Orcas Community Resource Center -- On behalf of the Orcas Community Resource Center, we are so excited that the Orcas Food Co-op has chosen our organization as the recipient of their Community Hero Program in July, 2019. Orcas Community Resource Center helps Orcas Islanders in need
U.S. Postal Service reps to present a proposal for Olga P.O. relocation
Thursday, July 11, 6 p.m., Olga Community Center -- from United States Postal Service -- Current Olga Post Office building. Due to loss of leasehold, the Postal Service is now looking for land to lease of approximately 10,000 square feet or an existing building to lease 990 gross square feet
Extra ferry service to get us through the weekend
-- from Washington State Ferries -- There will be unscheduled supplemental service through the San Juan Islands this week to help with what will be a busy Fourth of July holiday. Wednesday, July 3: Extra 6:45 p.m. sailing from Anacortes to Lopez.Wednesday, July 3: Additional 7:35 p.m. sailing from Lopez
