Do you enjoy the clean air, fresh water, and healthy food that your land produces? Would you like to pass that on to future generations? Perhaps you are considering donating your development rights to reduce your income taxes. Possibly your heirs will benefit from lower inheritance taxes. Or you may just like the feeling of knowing your farm will never be carved into pieces and developed. So how do you go about it?
Hudson McNeil Willis was born on Feb. 8, 2008 at 4:29 p.m. He was 20 1/2″ long and weighed 8…
On Tuesday, February 2, the second meeting of the newly formed Island Trail Riding Club was held on Orcas at the home of Catherine Ascher.
The 144-car Kaleetan that has been serving the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route is next in line for dry dock inspections and maintenance repairs. The 124-car Chelan has moved from the Seattle/Bremerton route to replace the Kaleetan on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route, reducing capacity on the Anacortes/San Juan route by 20 vehicles. The Chelan is scheduled to serve the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route until late March.
The Funhouse and the Orcas Island Historical Museum, two of Orcas Island’s leading educational non-profit organizations, are again collaborating this year to benefit our islands’ intellectual climate. In honor of Women’s History Month, they are pleased to present a lecture series featuring prominent women speakers.
The seventh Annual Funhouse Science Fair will be held Saturday, March 29, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Funhouse on Orcas Island. The event is open to students of all grades on Orcas, Lopez, Shaw, Stuart and Waldron islands. The high school division will be open to students from San Juan Island for the first time. The fair is free and open to the public.
KLOI Radio is now streaming online! Just go to www.kloi.org and listen to national and a few local programs.
Chess group The Lopez chess group be playing chess at the Lopez Library community room on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at…
The Whale Museum’s Exhibit Hall and Gift Shop are now reopened for the season. The museum is open to the…
Senior Information and Assistance, in the form of the Senior Services Coordinator, is often the “front door” to developing care plans and support services to assist needy islanders and their family caregivers. Respite services are a vital element in maintaining the health and stamina of these caregivers in the home where most care giving happens.
Susan Malins interviews Brian Cleary of Orcas Island.
On Tuesday, I got a sarcastic e-mail from a Hillary supporter. She forwarded a crack made by Howard Wolfson, Clinton’s…
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