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||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| The Battle of the Ages is this Saturday at Moran State Park, when the Polar Bear takes on the Easter Bunny! Well, not quite. But the Lions are hosting their Egg Hunt starting at 10 and the Orcas Island Rowing Association is having their Polar Bear Plunge at 11, both
||| FROM TOBY COOPER FOR ORCAS ISLAND ROWING ||| Polar Bear Plunge Cascade Lake - Saturday, March 30, 2024 All are welcome. Great fun. Rain or shine. No experience necessary!* New date – March 30, 2024 Grounds open 10am. Plunge at 11am sharp! New location – OIRA’s boathouse beach, south end of Cascade Lake Parking
||| FROM TOBY COOPER for ORCAS ISLAND ROWING ASSOCIATION ||| Orcas Island Rowing Association is excited to announce the FABULOUS Polar Bear Plunge on Cascade Lake - Saturday, March 30, 2024. All are welcome. Great fun. Rain or shine. No experience necessary. Grounds open 10am. Plunge at 11am sharp! New location – OIRA’s boathouse beach, south end of Cascade
|||MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Note: The ‘yesterday’ in the first line was muttered nearly four decades ago in Seattle where Tomas was my sometimes next door neighbor. jb Yesterday, I was talking to Tomas about spring gardens and writing to deadline when he told me about his bear. Tomas does not remember when
||| FROM TOBY COOPER for ORCAS ROWING ASSOCIATION ||| Orcas Island Rowing Association is excited to announce the Polar Bear Plunge returns to Cascade Lake on Saturday, April 1 All are welcome. Great fun. Rain or shine. No experience necessary!* New date – April 1, 2023 Grounds open 10am. Plunge at 11 a.m. sharp! New location –
||| FROM TOBY COOPER for ORCAS ISLAND ROWING ASSOCIATION ||| Orcas Island Rowing Association is excited to announce the Polar Bear Plunge returns to Cascade Lake on Saturday, April 1. All are welcome. Great fun. Rain or shine. No experience necessary!* New date – April 1, 2023 Grounds open 10am. Plunge at 11 a.m. sharp! New location – OIRA’s boathouse beach,
||| FROM VALERIE A. JUSELA ||| San Juan County’s residents face possibly crippling liabilities from county failures thus far to effectively regulate short-term or “vacation rental” permittees in our community. As a career business analyst in the areas of taxation, contracts, and insurance, I have found mounting evidence that dire liabilities lurk in the regulatory
An Orcas Island Public Library event August 15 @ 3pm via Zoom, with Mark Ferrari -- from Mary Pugh for Orcas Island Library -- Celebrated science fiction author, Greg Bear will join us for a discussion on the science fiction and fantasy genre. Greg has authored more than thirty novels, short stories, and books. He
End of story...? -- from KOMO News -- Police said a notorious bear known for swimming between islands in Skagit, San Juan, and Island counties was captured Saturday morning in Mount Vernon. The bear, also known as "Island Hopping Bear," was tracked to the 400 block of N. 17th in Mount Vernon where officers chased
-- from Sheriff Ron Krebs -- The black bear that was last seen on Orcas Island, has now been spotted in the Hillview Terrace area of San Juan Island. The Department of Fish and Wildlife has been notified. He doesn’t appear to be aggressive, but instead interested in bird feeders and garbage cans. The Sheriff’s