Here’s a thought…
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.”
GIORGOS SEFERIS
Health Care District Board Meeting
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT BOARD ||| The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold the regularly scheduled board meeting on Wednesday, October 23rd from 5:00 - 7:00 PM in the Community Room at the Orcas Island
Land Bank seeks input on Draft Stewardship Management Plan
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is seeking public input on its recently completed Draft Stewardship and Management Plan (SMP) for North Shore Preserve on Orcas Island.
Community Development leadership provides Fall update
Permit reviews, long-term projects, and ongoing recruitments ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| During today’s workshop Council meeting, staff from the Department of Community Development (DCD) provided a progress update since the Council approved a series
Letter to Editor | Hughes brings experience, enthusiasm, empathy
||| FROM MANDI JOHNSON ||| Knowing Rick for nine years, I can't think of anyone better to represent Orcas on the San Juan County Council than Rick Hughes. In 2020, I wholeheartedly endorsed Rick in
Letter to Editor | I fully endorse Rick Hughes for County Council
||| FROM DONNA & MATTHEW LASLO ||| Now is not the time for inexperience or popularity contests. With two out of three County Council members leaving after only one term and a new county manager
Community Conversation
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY CONSERVATION LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank will host our Fall 2024 Community Conversation Thursday - October 24, 2024 from 6:00pm – 7:30pm via Zoom. The meeting will also
Annual Indian Island report card now available
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| Kwiaht’s 2024 annual update on ecosystem health and change at Indian Island and the surrounding eelgrass meadows and beaches is now available for free download from Kwiaht’s website.
Orcas Christian School clothing bank coming up
||| FROM MERRICK PARNELL for ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ||| Orcas Christian School (OCS) has a long tradition of serving the community through various projects. This weekend, the school is gearing up for its annual Clothing
ATOI to present Pultizer-nominated play, The Velocity of Autumn
||| FROM ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| Actors Theater of Orcas Island presents: THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN, Eric Coble's Pulitzer-nominated play, about an elderly woman who threatens to blow up her Brooklyn brownstone apartment
Art Opening at Orcas Center: Ponch Immel
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee (VAC) is pleased to present the next Art Opening, Friday, October 25 from 5:30pm – 7pm with featured artist, Ponch Immel in
How your Medicare insurance plan may be changing
||| FROM ISLAND HEALTH ||| The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period is now underway. From October 15 until December 7, Medicare beneficiaries can make changes to their Medicare insurance for the calendar year 2025. Due to
Letter to Editor | Land Bank = Ethical stewardship
||| FROM R. BRENT LYLES ||| Dear neighbors, I’m writing to share my deep, personal belief that supporting the Land Bank is a moral obligation. By voting to extend the Land Bank’s charter, we take
Vote! Sign! Send! November 5, 2024, General Election.
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| All registered San Juan County voters will receive a ballot for the 2024 General Election. Use this list of key election dates and registration information to plan your
Why Are Witches and Warlocks going stand-up paddleboarding to celebrate Halloween?
Across the country, revelers are dressing in costumes and gliding across bodies of water on stand-up paddleboards to ring in the spooky season ||| FROM THE SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE ||| Carving jack-o’-lanterns, watching scary movies, touring haunted
Letter to Editor | Paulsen’s dedication, pragmatism, community values, thoughtfulness and hard work make him best candidate
||| FROM PEGI GROUNDWATER and MICHAEL MOSS ||| We are voting for Justin because he gets things done and we hope you will vote for him too. We are so impressed with the hard work Justin
Letter to Editor | Hughes has experience, commitment we need
||| FROM PATTY MILLER ||| Rick Hughes has the experience, commitment, and community focus we need on our SJC Council I have had the privilege to work with Rick Hughes for more than 15 years. I
