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.”
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Sheriff’s Report | September 20 – 26, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 23-007585 Parking Problem 08:39:33 09/20/23 A Deputy on Orcas wrote a ticket for mooring at public landing. The boat was moored at a county
WSF Weekly Report | Inslee tours Kaleetan, fare changes October 1
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Gov. Jay Inslee tours Kaleetan on way to Lopez Island While travelling from Anacortes to Lopez Island, Gov. Jay Inslee talked to some of our employees aboard Kaleetan on Tuesday.
Harvest Moon
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Fall certainly arrived with a splash! The Eastsound trees are starting to show their fall beauty. I am so grateful for Robin Kucklick and his
Local author to read/sign her debut literary historical novel
||| FROM VICTORIA GRAGEDA-SMITH ||| In celebration of Filipino American National History Month, I will be reading and signing my debut literary historical novel, The Thomasite, published and released by Orange Blossom Publishing last May 30, featured among the
Orcas Girls Sailing Team going to national event in San Diego
||| FROM JULIA SOES for SAIL ORCAS ||| One of the many wonderful things about sailing is that it’s a co-ed sport, but historically it has tended to be a male dominated one. Over the
COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits again available for online ordering
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| On Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, the federal government opened online orders for every U.S. household to place an order for four free COVID-19 rapid tests. Go online to covid.gov/tests to
Orcas Island Winery to feature works of local artist Natalie Menacho
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND WINERY ||| Natalie Menacho Orcas Island Winery’s pop-up modern & contemporary art gallery, MUST, featuring local and visiting artists, presents an emerging artist exhibit featuring the brand new works
Dates Added | PeaceHealth Peace Island offering their patients flu shots next month
||| FROM ANNE WILLIAMS for PEACEHEALTH PEACE ISLAND ||| FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. – The PeaceHealth Peace Island Family Practice clinic is holding flu shot clinics in the month of October for established PeaceHealth patients aged
Michelle Yee Chinese brush painting to be featured at Orcas Library in October
||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Michelle Yee began painting intuitively and writing poetry to move out of her head and into a more embodied experience after a long dissertation and after
It’s time to sign up to volunteer for Friday Harbor Film Festival
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS and KAREN PALMER for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| You can be an integral part of this year’s In-Theatre Festival running October 26 – 30 at the Palace Theatre, the San
OICF now accepting applications for Holiday GiveOrcas Campaign 2023
||| FROM TERA ANDAYA for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) is requesting proposals for the 2023 GiveOrcas Holiday Campaign. OICF’s bi-annual GiveOrcas Campaigns are a way to build awareness
Join Zero Waste WA at the Fall Great Islands Cleanup event this weekend
||| FROM JESS NEWLEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Friends of the San Juans and Plastic Free Salish Sea are thrilled to announce that Heather Trim of Zero Waste Washington will be hosting
Odd Fellows will be a dance hall in October
||| FROM BILL GINCIG for ORCAS ODD FELLOWS ||| There will be a dance to be held at the Odd Fellows Hall on October 20th, starting at 7:30, with admission by donation. Music will be
Spice up your holidays with auction items
Orcas Senior Center - November 1-17 ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| What’s better than the excitement and anticipation of an auction? How about an auction where the proceeds go entirely to
Health Care District regularly scheduled meeting is coming up tomorrow
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT BOARD ||| The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold the regularly scheduled board meeting on Tuesday, September 26th from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at the Episcopal Parish Hall, 242
Eastsound Water addresses professional fees, expenditures
||| FROM EASTSOUND WATER USERS ASSOCIATION ||| EWUA Professional Fees & Expenditures You are likely aware of the pending recall effort underway - spearheaded by Steve Smith and Tenar Hall (who are both former Board
