September 2023 - theOrcasonian.com

WSU Extension SJC Master Gardener volunteer program coming up

By Community|2023-09-29T15:33:11-07:00September 30th, 2023|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | Called to Walk the Camino—the Way, in Spain

By Rosie Kuhn|2023-09-29T15:54:00-07:00September 30th, 2023|3 Comments

Sheriff’s Report | September 20 – 26, 2023

By Community|2023-09-29T17:29:09-07:00September 30th, 2023|Comments Off

New York is breaking free of Airbnb’s clutches. This is how the rest of the world can follow suit

By News Source|2023-09-29T15:07:12-07:00September 29th, 2023|6 Comments

WSF Weekly Report | Inslee tours Kaleetan, fare changes October 1

By News Source|2023-09-29T14:47:27-07:00September 29th, 2023|2 Comments

Harvest Moon

By Community|2023-09-29T14:35:42-07:00September 29th, 2023|1 Comment

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2023-09-28T15:49:51-07:00September 29th, 2023|Comments Off

Local author to read/sign her debut literary historical novel

By Community|2023-09-28T16:09:56-07:00September 28th, 2023|Comments Off

Orcas Girls Sailing Team going to national event in San Diego

By Community|2023-09-28T15:08:55-07:00September 28th, 2023|1 Comment

COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits again available for online ordering

By Community|2023-09-28T14:25:15-07:00September 28th, 2023|Comments Off

Orcas Island Winery to feature works of local artist Natalie Menacho

By Community|2023-09-28T13:18:48-07:00September 28th, 2023|Comments Off

Dates Added | PeaceHealth Peace Island offering their patients flu shots next month

By News Source|2023-09-28T12:56:09-07:00September 28th, 2023|Comments Off

Michelle Yee Chinese brush painting to be featured at Orcas Library in October

By Community|2023-09-27T14:17:13-07:00September 27th, 2023|1 Comment

It’s time to sign up to volunteer for Friday Harbor Film Festival

By Community|2023-09-27T14:01:19-07:00September 27th, 2023|Comments Off

OICF now accepting applications for Holiday GiveOrcas Campaign 2023

By Community|2023-09-27T13:40:09-07:00September 27th, 2023|Comments Off

Live Tomorrow: Climate Heroes Bill McKibben & Gus Speth – Thursday, Sept. 28 at 12pm EDT

By Community|2023-09-27T18:41:21-07:00September 27th, 2023|Comments Off

Join Zero Waste WA at the Fall Great Islands Cleanup event this weekend

By Community|2023-09-26T14:06:19-07:00September 26th, 2023|Comments Off

Odd Fellows will be a dance hall in October

By Community|2023-09-26T13:55:35-07:00September 26th, 2023|1 Comment

Spice up your holidays with auction items

By Community|2023-09-26T13:30:11-07:00September 26th, 2023|Comments Off

Climate Eyes | Council grasps at greenhouse gases, gets grant

By Steve Bernheim|2023-09-26T13:24:32-07:00September 26th, 2023|9 Comments

Health Care District regularly scheduled meeting is coming up tomorrow

By Community|2023-09-25T14:57:08-07:00September 25th, 2023|Comments Off

Eastsound Water addresses professional fees, expenditures

By Community|2023-09-25T14:51:12-07:00September 25th, 2023|Comments Off

Tibetan Buddhist Monk to speak at Orcas Library

By Community|2023-09-25T14:43:48-07:00September 25th, 2023|Comments Off

Fire Commission to hold a special town hall meeting

By Community|2023-09-25T14:29:12-07:00September 25th, 2023|3 Comments

10 killer whales caught this year by trawl vessels off Alaska, according to federal fisheries agency

By News Source|2023-09-24T14:18:22-07:00September 24th, 2023|Comments Off

Opportunities to stretch, move, balance coming up at Senior Center

By Community|2023-09-24T13:43:30-07:00September 24th, 2023|Comments Off

Port Commission to meet tommorrow

By Community|2023-09-24T13:32:57-07:00September 24th, 2023|Comments Off

Odd Fellows looking for Thanksgiving Dinner organizer/leader following COVID hiatus

By Community|2023-09-23T16:13:28-07:00September 23rd, 2023|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Revolting appliances

By Jackie Bates|2023-09-23T11:14:06-07:00September 23rd, 2023|3 Comments

Creative writing workshop series with Tish Knapp at Senior Center

By Community|2023-09-22T15:17:11-07:00September 23rd, 2023|Comments Off

Life Line Screening is coming back to Senior Center for a visit

By Community|2023-09-22T21:43:30-07:00September 23rd, 2023|1 Comment

Sheriff’s Report | September 13 – 19, 2023

By Community|2023-09-22T16:13:21-07:00September 23rd, 2023|Comments Off

Ashes of famed orca Tokitae returned to Lummi Nation for private ceremony

By News Source|2023-09-24T13:46:32-07:00September 22nd, 2023|Comments Off

Biden administration promises $200 million to help reintroduce salmon in Columbia River

By News Source|2023-09-24T13:44:48-07:00September 22nd, 2023|1 Comment

Advance care planning with Hospice of NW on tap at Sr. Center

By Community|2023-09-22T15:11:54-07:00September 22nd, 2023|Comments Off

Fall has arrived!

By Community|2023-09-22T14:55:34-07:00September 22nd, 2023|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Human nature

By Community|2023-09-22T14:40:02-07:00September 22nd, 2023|4 Comments

WSF Weekly Report | Prospective students tour, Walla Walla out for 4 weeks, SJI task force, and a Troll

By News Source|2023-09-22T14:35:22-07:00September 22nd, 2023|2 Comments

Chief vanSchaick interview: ‘You can’t outwork bad leadership’

By Community|2023-09-22T14:08:54-07:00September 22nd, 2023|4 Comments

Yep, there’s wildfire smoke drifting into/across San Juan County

By Community|2023-09-22T13:24:13-07:00September 22nd, 2023|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2023-09-21T14:50:37-07:00September 22nd, 2023|1 Comment

Let’s do the bird walk at SJI Sculpture Park

By Community|2023-09-21T17:08:09-07:00September 21st, 2023|Comments Off

Farmers Market Harvest Festival will be on September 30

By Community|2023-09-21T16:45:12-07:00September 21st, 2023|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Quality of life vs. quality of economy

By Community|2023-09-20T20:09:58-07:00September 20th, 2023|2 Comments

Island Obstetrics & Gynecology – 24th St. Clinic welcomes new provider

By Community|2023-09-20T14:31:55-07:00September 20th, 2023|Comments Off

Larsen: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is working for Northwest Washington and the nation

By News Source|2023-09-20T12:18:46-07:00September 20th, 2023|3 Comments

School Board will meet on Tuesday

By Community|2023-09-20T12:07:04-07:00September 20th, 2023|Comments Off

Upcoming special Fire Commission meeting to discuss lid lift ballot measure

By Community|2023-09-20T11:31:35-07:00September 20th, 2023|3 Comments

There’s some new happenings at Airhawks

By Community|2023-09-19T13:24:06-07:00September 19th, 2023|Comments Off

New family medicine doctor joins Island Primary Care – M Avenue

By Community|2023-09-19T13:12:42-07:00September 19th, 2023|Comments Off

Vaccines will be available starting tomorrow at Ray’s Pharmacy

By Community|2023-09-19T12:55:22-07:00September 19th, 2023|1 Comment

Seattle-based Brazilian dance coming to Orcas Center

By Community|2023-09-19T11:33:18-07:00September 19th, 2023|Comments Off

San Juan County to observe Indigenous People’s Day, offices will close Oct. 9

By Community|2023-09-19T11:22:03-07:00September 19th, 2023|Comments Off

Is it time for you to enroll in Medicare? Help is available, you know

By Community|2023-09-18T17:15:01-07:00September 18th, 2023|Comments Off

OHS student Bethany Carter selected as 2023 Washington STEM rising star

By Community|2023-09-18T15:48:09-07:00September 18th, 2023|1 Comment

Yo, San Juan County! Join us in the world’s largest earthquake drill

By Community|2023-09-18T13:34:17-07:00September 18th, 2023|1 Comment

Some tips for upcoming planned power outage

By Community|2023-09-18T16:44:38-07:00September 18th, 2023|4 Comments

Call for Artists: Inter-island high school art show

By Community|2023-09-17T19:05:07-07:00September 18th, 2023|Comments Off

Hear ye! Island Hearing Healthcare coming to Senior Center first Thursday

By Community|2023-09-16T15:46:07-07:00September 17th, 2023|Comments Off

Don’t forget this upcoming floating ukulele jam (interisland ferry dependent)

By Community|2023-09-17T15:34:23-07:00September 17th, 2023|Comments Off

Fire Commission to meet on Monday

By Community|2023-09-17T14:50:57-07:00September 17th, 2023|Comments Off

Master Gardeners host final Q&A at Driftwood Nursery for this season

By Community|2023-09-17T14:32:53-07:00September 17th, 2023|Comments Off

Art and more art are upcoming class offerings at Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2023-09-16T15:38:58-07:00September 17th, 2023|Comments Off

Meeting of the Minds | Composites in aerospace industry

By Community|2023-09-16T16:09:46-07:00September 16th, 2023|Comments Off

Rep. Ramel: The road to ferry reliability

By Community|2023-09-16T14:59:10-07:00September 16th, 2023|1 Comment

Standing up floating across the roof of the world

By News Source|2023-09-18T13:36:51-07:00September 16th, 2023|Comments Off

A Fall favorite returns with new features: SJ Islands farm tours and dining events

By Community|2023-09-16T14:14:47-07:00September 16th, 2023|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | Love resides everywhere, always

By Rosie Kuhn|2023-09-15T16:16:20-07:00September 16th, 2023|2 Comments

Sheriff’s Report | September 6 – 12, 2023

By Community|2023-09-15T16:15:30-07:00September 16th, 2023|Comments Off

Here is the Senior Barn for the OHS Class of 2024

By Community|2023-09-15T16:28:21-07:00September 15th, 2023|1 Comment

2023 SJC WSU Master Gardeners Workshop Series October 17-26

By Community|2023-09-15T15:29:30-07:00September 15th, 2023|Comments Off

WSF Weekly Report | Lawmakers tour Chimacum; New overhead walkway at Bainbridge

By News Source|2023-09-15T15:09:10-07:00September 15th, 2023|Comments Off

Pea Patch has been fully funded

By Community|2023-09-15T14:48:46-07:00September 15th, 2023|Comments Off

Reserve now for Orcas and Lopez Islands Farm Tours

By Community|2023-09-15T14:34:25-07:00September 15th, 2023|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2023-09-21T14:45:44-07:00September 15th, 2023|Comments Off

Elections office will be testing election tabulation equipment in October

By Community|2023-10-11T17:59:11-07:00September 14th, 2023|Comments Off

Land Bank Commission to meet tomorrow

By Community|2023-10-11T17:59:37-07:00September 14th, 2023|Comments Off

Rep. Debra Lekanoff made a visit to Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2023-10-11T17:59:55-07:00September 14th, 2023|1 Comment

Come see newly restored 1883 Jorgensen barn

By Community|2023-10-11T18:00:16-07:00September 14th, 2023|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | This is what happens when challenges hit our Orcas community

By Community|2023-10-11T18:00:30-07:00September 14th, 2023|2 Comments

Ocean scientists concerned over uptick of whale deaths on Northeast coasts

By News Source|2023-09-13T19:47:31-07:00September 14th, 2023|Comments Off

Leave it to Beavers | Library discussion: Science of making a wetland

By Community|2023-09-13T15:31:24-07:00September 13th, 2023|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | Are our tourism and growth policies dysfunctional?

By Community|2023-09-13T15:18:50-07:00September 13th, 2023|22 Comments

Fall COVID-19 Booster Vaccines: What we know now

By Community|2023-09-13T15:09:40-07:00September 13th, 2023|1 Comment

Port to hold community conversation on airport noise abatement tomorrow

By Community|2023-09-12T16:08:16-07:00September 12th, 2023|1 Comment

Tarot readings now available at Healing Arts Center

By Community|2023-09-12T16:01:57-07:00September 12th, 2023|Comments Off

Emmy Award winning journalist to investigate root causes of critically endangered Southern Resident Orcas continuing decline

By News Source|2023-09-12T15:39:18-07:00September 12th, 2023|2 Comments

Update on Eastsound Water Users proposed bylaws and approval process

By Community|2023-09-12T14:10:38-07:00September 12th, 2023|Comments Off

Upcoming Whale Museum summer lecture series will also be on Zoom

By Community|2023-09-12T13:59:51-07:00September 12th, 2023|Comments Off

Larsen encourages NW students to compete in 2023 Congressional App Challenge

By News Source|2023-09-12T13:48:02-07:00September 12th, 2023|Comments Off

SJC Destination Management Plan seeks “balance”

By Matthew Gilbert|2023-09-11T14:57:57-07:00September 11th, 2023|17 Comments

First-time novelist will sign books at Darvills

By Community|2023-09-11T16:17:58-07:00September 11th, 2023|1 Comment

Upcoming: 2023 Climate Solutions Speaker Series hosted by The Madrona Institute, Friday Harbor Labs

By Community|2023-09-11T11:28:02-07:00September 11th, 2023|Comments Off

Free monthly movies are coming to Emmanuel starting this month

By Community|2023-09-10T13:33:54-07:00September 10th, 2023|Comments Off

Ukulele, Slow Yoga classes are latest enticements at Sr. Center

By Community|2023-09-10T13:13:32-07:00September 10th, 2023|Comments Off

Islands Makers to present community talk on repair cafes, tool libraries

By Community|2023-09-09T15:16:46-07:00September 9th, 2023|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Letter from America

By Jackie Bates|2023-09-09T13:53:15-07:00September 9th, 2023|2 Comments

Sheriff’s Report | August 30 – September 5, 2023

By News Source|2023-09-08T15:36:19-07:00September 9th, 2023|Comments Off

Island Primary Care – M Avenue Clinic adds new provider to the team

By Community|2023-09-08T15:28:31-07:00September 8th, 2023|Comments Off

Fall is peaking around the corner…

By Community|2023-09-08T13:37:14-07:00September 8th, 2023|1 Comment