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
Anyone can buy the Eastsound, Washington mayors race
2023 Honorary Mayoral Race for Eastsound, Orcas Island, Washington ||| FROM MOOSE KINSEY ||| Thank mooooo to voters from far and wide who have helped Mayoral candidate Big Red (the cow) in her ongoing bid for Orcas
Department of Community Development publishes community meeting recaps and resulting next steps
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Department of Community Development shares next steps as the result of organizational change and feedback from a series of community meetings. County officials including councilmembers,
Call for Artists: The art of recycling at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Visual Arts Committee (VAC) of Orcas Center welcomes artists who use discarded or found materials to participate in our next community show: The Art of Recycling!
Island Health partners with Western Washington Medical Group to offer pulmonary services in Anacortes
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Starting in July, Western Washington Medical Group (WWMG) will offer outpatient pulmonary and sleep services at Island Health in Anacortes. These will be the only pulmonary outpatient
SHIBA welcomes Orcas Senior Center as its new San Juan County area sponsor
||| FROM DONNA WELLS for OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER ||| Effective July 1, 2023, Orcas Senior Center (OSC) in Eastsound is the new Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA) sponsor for all of San
PeaceHealth United General Medical Center set to expand and improve Cancer Center services
||| FROM ANNE WILLIAMS for PEACEHEALTH ||| SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. – Faced with growing demand for cancer treatment and a desire by patients to receive that care close to home, the PeaceHealth United General Cancer Center
The Whale Museum summer lecture series: Right whale conservation, ecology, and technology
||| FROM TATE THOMPSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Join us at 7 p.m. on August 11 at The Whale Museum for another fascinating lecture in the 2023 Summer Lecture Series. Dr. Erin Meyer-Gutbrod will
Public Works survey data released: Results emphasize safety
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County's Public Works Department published a community survey that posed the question, “How should your roads work for you?” After collecting responses and analyzing the data,
Olga Daze will be accepting your unwanted items this Thursday, Friday
||| FROM SUSAN GORDON for OLGA DAYS ||| Do you have items you no longer need? Donations for the Olga Daze Barn Sale will be accepted at the Olga Park (next to the Olga Community
Orcas-based Fian will play the Village Green on July 6
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas-based Fian will be playing on the Village Green this Thursday, July 6 at 6pm as part of the FREE Summer Concert Series presented by Orcas Center,
Humans of Orcas | Meet Hilary Canty
||| BY GRAY GAILEY ||| For my senior project, I decided to highlight various volunteers on our island as a chance to shine a spotlight on both the volunteers and the incredible organizations they support. I
County unveils new program to improve access to agendas, live-streamed and recorded meetings
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is proud to unveil new software to streamline its meetings and agenda management processes. The software, called Civic Clerk, integrates seamlessly into the County’s Civic
Chamber of Commerce sponsors July 4th events this weekend
||| FROM CAREY ESKRIDGE for ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ||| The Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce is happy to announce this year’s Fourth of July Weekend schedule of events. This year’s theme is "Orcas
Marie Wolfe brings a felt sense of place to her art next month at Library exhibition
||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| ‘Hands are a deeper intelligence of the heart’. Working from a felt sense of place I use my intuition and my hands as an expression or
OIFR sets annual firefighter pancake breakfast for this weekend
||| FROM KAT BERNARD for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| SATURDAY, JULY 1ST 7:00—11:00 A.M. COST ADULTS—$10 CHILDREN—$7 UNDER 7 YEARS OLD, EAT FREE! Orcas Island Volunteer Firefighter/EMT Association hosts an annual pancake breakfast
Music returns to Wild Island with all-star line up
||| FROM OLIVER GROENEWALD ||| We’re excited to kick off our 3rd season with an all-star line up lead by the young bass player Stanley Ruvinov on Thursday through Saturday, June 29 - July 1,
