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
Letter to Editor | Vote No on Fire Levy. Vote for Randy, Brian and Toni
||| FROM PENNY BUTTKE ||| If you are among the 75% of Orcas Island voters who voted against the Fire Levy in August, you may be wondering why it's back on the ballot you just
Can adults spell? Find out at Library’s upcoming Adult Spelling Bee
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Have you ever wanted to enter a Spelling Bee contest? Or are you a former Spelling Bee champ and crave another opportunity? Here's your chance. The
Letter to Editor | Alan Stameisen, Nick Negulescu and Jim Biddick for Fire Commissioner
||| FROM LEITH TEMPLIN ||| I hope you will join me in voting for the three incumbents for the board of Fire Commissioners. These three men jumped in with both feet within the last year
Letter to Editor | I’m voicing my support for Toni
||| FROM ETHNA FLANAGAN ||| The common thread for us all is, we value our fire department as an essential service to our community. Many lives have been saved, thousands trained in CPR and First
Hospice, hearing are on tap as upcoming Senior Center offerings
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Aging in Place with Hospice of the Northwest @ Orcas Senior Center – Wednesday, October 25, 1 pm Join us for the second in a series
Emmanuel shares Market Day proceeds with Orcas nonprofits
||| FROM BERTO GANDARA for EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH ||| The Community Resource Center. Mercy Flights. The Food Bank. Safe San Juans. And the Pea Patch Project of the Orcas Island Community Foundation. These local nonprofits
With housing in short supply, some resort towns pay landlords to rent to locals
||| FROM MARKETPLACE.ORG ||| POSTED AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER Amber Kennedy worked at a pizza shop for the summer last year in Ketchum, Idaho. She was hoping to stick around in the resort town,
Port Commission to meet tomorrow at 2:30 p.m.
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas has scheduled a meeting for tomorrow, Monday October 23, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. This Meeting will be on Zoom and in-person at
Writer-in-Residence on the interisland ferry being sought
||| FROM IRIS GRAVILLE ||| In 2018, Washington State Ferries launched its first-ever “Writer-in-Residence” on the interisland route in the San Juan Islands. Following a hiatus due to COVID-19, the role of Writer-in-Residence (WIR) on
‘No normal seasons any more’: seed farmers struggle amid the climate crisis
||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| POSTED AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER Floods, freezes and heatwaves threaten seed production as farmers scramble to produce strains that resist climate chaos Once upon a not-so-distant time, the growing
Letter to Editor | My name is Toni and I’m running for Fire Commissioner
||| FROM TONI KNUDSON ||| My name is Toni Knudson, and I am running for Fire Commissioner 1 on Orcas Island because it’s time for a change! Orcas deserves a Fire Commission that’s as good
Help our Rotary Club to wipe out polio
||| FROM BARBARA MERRETT for ROTARY CLUB OF SAN JUAN ISLANDS ||| World Polio Day, October 24 is a time for all who want a world free from polio to come together in support of
Creosote pilings removed from Jackson Beach, improving habitat, shoreline
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County and the Marine Resources Committee is pleased to announce the successful removal of the derelict pier at Jackson Beach. This October, 117 creosote pilings were
Annual Halloween Dance coming up soon at Odd Fellows
||| FROM DIDIER GINCIG for ORCAS ODD FELLOWS ||| The annual Halloween Dance will be held at the Odd Fellows Hall on October 31. The Halloween Dance is a benefit for the Odd Fellows Scholarship Fund that awards scholarships to
Sheriff’s Report | October 11-17, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 23-008125 Citizen Assist 10:58:30 10/11/23 Lopez Island Deputies were dispatched to a citizen assist call. It was determined that the caller had information pertaining
Living in the San Juans
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| It was great to have Debra Lekanoff, our Legislative Representative for District 40, spend a day on Orcas. She started the day with a tour of the Food Bank, the Community
