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
Port Meeting coming up
||| FROM CHIP LONG for ORCAS ISLAND AIRPORT ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will hold a Special Meeting, a Work/Study Session (no actions will be taken), Monday, October 21st, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at
Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers world premiere at Friday Harbor Film Festival
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| FHFF is honored and excited to be chosen to premiere Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers! Screenings at the San Juan Community Theatre’s Whittier Theatre will
You’re Invited! SJC Conservation Land Bank seeks community input
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Got questions for Your Conservation Land Bank? We want to hear from you! We will host a county wide public meeting on Thursday – October 24 from 6pm
WSF Weekly Report | Schedule revisions to SJIs; no crew-related cancellations
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve We are a transit agency, as well as an extension of the state highway system, providing public transportation to connect communities all
Welcome Autumn — Our first windy weather alert for the season
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 316 PM PDT Thu Oct 17 2024 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Western Skagit County- Everett and Vicinity-Admiralty Inlet Area- Including
Letter to Editor | Land Bank provides protection, restoration
||| FROM MAUREEN SEE ||| Preserving land helps keep our aquifers replenished and protects our lakes, streams, groundwater and shorelines from pollution. Who doesn’t want protection and restoration around lakes, streams, shoreline and wetlands? Healthy
Letter to Editor | Open letter to nastygram sender
||| FROM RON WHALEN ||| To that person that mailed me a nasty gram without name or address of sender. It would appear your gripe is I haven’t been tough enough with what I post. I’m
Letter to Editor | Today’s puzzlement
||| FROM BOB DISTLER ||| Today’s Riddle: What costs $3.50 in Anacortes, $4.50 in Friday Harbor, and $5.50 in Eastsound? Guess! It’s one gallon of regular gasoline; but why?
Letter to Editor | Paulsen is our path forward
||| FROM BRIAN EHRMANTRAUT ||| My name is Brian Ehrmantraut, and I have lived on Orcas Island with my family for 25 years. I've served as a San Juan County Planning Commissioner from 2006 to
Letter to Editor | It’s not just because he’s my husband
||| FROM AMBER PAULSEN ||| Of course I’m voting for my husband, Justin Paulsen-not because he’s my husband, but because I truly believe he’s the best person running for County Council District #2 to influence
County sells, buys Orcas Island property
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is taking steps to reorganize County staff on Orcas Island. With the Senior Center Nonprofit’s purchase of the Senior Center building, and the purchase of
County seeks Orcas, Lopez members for Housing Advisory Committee
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Are you a resident of Orcas or Lopez Island who is passionate and knowledgeable about affordable housing in San Juan County? San Juan County is seeking two new
Letter to Editor | Paulsen is the right choice
||| FROM CHRISTINE MINNEY and CINDY WOLF ||| Thank you for trusting us to serve San Juan County in the capacity of County Council members these past four years. We have worked hard to build
New partnership to increase access to reproductive health services
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| At today’s Board of Health Meeting, San Juan County Health & Community Services and Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood announced they are partnering to make reproductive health services easier
Hypertension Management Class
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us at Orcas Senior Center on October 23 at 1 pm for an enlightening session with Maressa Chord, RN, BSN, CCRN. Maressa, a triage nurse
Blood Donations
||| FROM HANNAH MCNUTT for BLOODWORKS NW ||| When the leaves begin to change and the air turns crisp, it’s the perfect time to consider donating blood. With the holiday season fast approaching, hospitals need
