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 | Lame ducks should not choose County Manager
||| FROM MINNIE KNYCH ||| San Juan County Manager, Mike Thomas, retired in February. The three member SJ County Council immediately appointed Mark Thompkins as the interim manager during the search for qualified candidates is
Thank you, Board members
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| Orcas relies on nonprofits to provide essential services. Food, housing and basic living support, arts and culture programming, senior services, early childhood education, and environmental stewardship are all provided through
Real and personal property taxes due April 30
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS || San Juan County Treasurer, Rhonda Pederson, would like to remind county property owners that the first half of property taxes and personal property taxes are due April 30.
WSF Weekly Report | Reservation system now has a waiting room
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve When I was offered the opportunity to move from the cruise industry to Washington State Ferries, one of the things that excited
Estate Planning Workshop
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us Wednesday, April 24 at 1 for a valuable estate planning session led by local attorney Barbara Nesbet, JD, MBA. While contemplating the future can
Search for new County Manager enters public participation phase in early May
In total, the job posting yielded 39 applications from around the country. ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is moving forward in its interview process for a new County Manager which
Conservation advocates sue over Lower Columbia River hatchery programs harming wild salmon, hindering recovery progress
||| FROM EMMA HELVERSON for WILD FISH CONSERVANCY ||| Wild Fish Conservancy and The Conservation Angler filed suit against federal, state, and local governments under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to protect threatened wild fish
A busy summer ahead for Airhawks, Orcas Aviation Association
||| FROM ROBERT WAUNCH for AIRHAWKS FLYING CLUB ||| The Airhawks Flying Club and the Orcas Aviation Association (OAA) are looking at a very busy summer of flight training and Mercy Flights. Four (4) Airhawks
Earth Day parade / festival update
||| FROM EARTH DAY ORCAS ||| Earth Day Orcas is hosting a Procession of the Species Parade on Saturday, April 20. If you’d like to join in the Procession, meet up is at the library
County appoints acting health officer while search begins
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Council appointed Dr. Herbie Duber as the County’s new acting Health Officer. Dr. Duber is the Washington State Department of Health Regional Medical Officer for
Major grants hold promise of dramatically altering transportation landscape
||| FROM BRUCE BENTON ||| When two grants were announced a year ago, I began working with the Island Rides Board and the Port of Orcas Commissioners to submit requests to strengthen electrification of transportation
Guest Opinion | More management turmoil at Eastsound Water
||| FROM MICHAEL RIORDAN ||| While I was away at a physics conference in early April, I was dismayed (a better word might be "appalled") to learn that Carol Ann Anderson had been removed from
Community Dinner
||| FROM JERREMY FOSS for ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ||| Time to dust off those sombreros! Orcas Christian School is hosting its annual Community Dinner. All are welcome to enjoy this FREE Mexican meal. Thursday, April
Orcas airport to participate in military training
||| FROM CHIP LONG for PORT OF ORCAS ||| As a public-use airport Port of Orcas is occasionally called upon to support training or other mission-connected activities conducted by the Navy, Coast Guard, Department of
2024 candidate filing week approaches
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| If you have ever wanted to be an elected official, now is your chance! Candidate filing for positions open for election in 2024 is about to begin. During
Puppetry Class
||| FROM CAROL KULMINSKI for ORCAS COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| We are inviting all 3rd through 5th graders to a Puppetry Class presented by Jerremy Foss from the Adventist Church and Carol Kulminski from the Community
