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 ||| Board Meeting - Special - October 7, 2024 The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold a Special Board Meeting on Monday, October 7, 2024 from 5:00
Ukulele Kanikipila
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Experience the joy of making music at Ukulele Kanikipila, Hawaiian for "play music," every Monday from 1 to 3 pm at Orcas Senior Center. This gathering
“Time is Brain, Time is Heart” | What your Clinic Triage Team wants you to know
||| FROM GRAY GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| While some call them the “gatekeepers” of Island Primary Care-Orcas, the Nurse Triage Team plays a more intricate role than that for our healthcare
Council candidates answer housing questions (Part 3 of 4)
||| FROM GEORGE J ZWEIBEL and SANDY BISHOP ||| Affordable housing is unquestionably one of the most important issues the new SJC Council will face and one that is a concern to most everyone who
Letter to Editor | Join me in voting for Land Bank
||| FROM LOUISE DUSTRUDE ||| I have lived in Friday Harbor for over half my life, and some of the changes I’ve seen during that time have really enhanced my life, as well as the
Letter to Editor | Who’s funding the candidates for San Juan County Commissioner?
||| FROM AMANDA AZOUS ||| I’ve been irked of late by the claims of Stephanie O’Day that she is protecting islanders and is more local and knowledgeable about our island challenges. Having known of her
Letter to Editor | We are fortunate
||| FROM ANNE MARIE and BERN SHANKS ||| We are fortunate. Throughout the San Juan Islands we are surrounded by incredible vistas, pristine waters, working farms, open space, mountains and forest land. Picture postcard views are in every
Apple Tasting
||| FROM MICHELLE HASSEBROCK for ORCAS HISTORICAL MUSEUMS ||| Kwiaht will be coming back this year for another apple tasting at the Museums on Saturday, October 26th. Madrona Murphy and Kwiaht will be in the
Weekly Meditation Sessions
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Julia Summers leads a weekly meditation group at Orcas Senior Center every Tuesday at 1 pm. Regardless of prior experience, Julia extends a warm invitation to
Letter to Editor | McVeigh will be an excellent council member
||| FROM KEVIN RANKER ||| With more than 30 years experience overseeing governmental organizations, similarly sized to San Juan County, Kari McVeigh possesses exactly the sort of professional background that qualifies her for the San
Council candidates answer housing questions (Part 2 of 4)
||| FROM GEORGE J ZWEIBEL and SANDY BISHOP ||| Affordable housing is unquestionably one of the most important issues the new SJC Council will face and one that is a concern to most everyone
Midnight Mutterings | The Boys
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| I’m drifting back several decades to when my son Jay was in high school. We had moved to Seattle just in time for him to start high school.
Sheriff’s Report | September 25 – October 1, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 24-006261 Trouble Unknown 11:30:32 09/25/24 A Lopez Island Deputy was dispatched to a Trouble Unknown Call.The incident was referred to Compass Health and was
Aurora this weekend? The answer is in the clouds
||| FROM KING-TV SEATTLE ||| There is a potential to see the northern lights over Washington state this weekend due to two forecasted geomagnetic storms. Geomagnetic storms happen when solar wind and material collide with
Census shows 3 killer whales lost from endangered southern resident population
||| FROM VANCOUVER.CITY NEWS ||| A census of endangered southern resident killer whales off the coast of British Columbia and Washington state shows the pods have lost three animals, bringing the population to 73, excluding
Renewal … and soup
||| FROM LINDSAY JENNINGS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The shift into autumn is in full swing – a few less visitors, sweaters and boots out of storage, forest fungi popping up, new restaurant
