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 | The bad soap opera at OIFR continues
||| FROM GREG AYERS ||| Wow, OIFR is a bad soap opera, and they are spending OUR money to make it. You just gotta scratch your head. Only these commissioners can successfully, and repeatedly “snatch
Larsen: Inflation Reduction Act is lowering drug costs for NW Washington seniors
HHS announces first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiation ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the first 10
Art Opening: The art of recycling at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Visual Arts Committee (VAC) of Orcas Center and The Exchange are coming together to celebrate creative recycling on Orcas Island! Join us for a community art
And here we are, last concert of the season at Wild Island
||| FROM OLIVER GROENWALD for WILD ISLAND RESTAURANT ||| Time flies when you're having fun, we are already coming to the end of our 3rd summer series. It was a wonderful season, so many happy
Full Moon Tarot | Magic, boredom, and harmony
||| FULL MOON TAROT by NIK SCHULZ ||| Alignment with the magic of nature gives way to feelings that nothing else measures up. In the end though we learn to work with both experiences. Queen
Threat of firefighter blood cancers reduced with FIIRE Grant
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| The OIFR Safety Committee, consisting of Safety Officer Bob Nutt, Volunteer Lt. Greg Sawyer, Capt. Don Swain and Chief Holly vanSchaick have been awarded a
Island Health adds leading-edge diagnostic technologies, thanks to community support
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health’s Diagnostic Imaging (DI) team recently launched several new technologies after receiving funds from the Island Health Foundation’s Annual Gala of Hope in April. The Heartstrings
September Orcas Library artist is Richard Bell
||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| In an exhibit titled “Orcas Seen,” Richard Bell’s watercolor paintings will be displayed in the Orcas Island Library during the month of September. Richard Bell’s artist’s
Artworks featured artist for September is BJ Arnold
||| FROM BJ ARNOLD for ORCAS ARTWORKS ||| BJ and her husband have recently created a new home and garden closer to town. The incredible riot of flowers through the seasons is a never-ending source
Black-tail deer hunting season opens September 1 at Lopez Hill, Mount Grant Preserves
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Deer hunting is open for a limited season at Lopez Hill and Mount Grant Preserves. Specific dates for 2023 are as follows: Archery
Lummi Nation prepares for Sk’aliCh’elh’tenaut’s return home
Chairman Hillaire: ‘She needs to rest where her family and her ancestors come from.’ ||| FROM THE SALISH CURRENT ||| She spent 53 years in captivity, performing in a Florida amusement park under the stage
DCD News: New building official, new state building codes, website updates
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Department of Community Development (DCD) is pleased to share a series of department updates as staff continue to address issues identified at recent community meetings. DCD
Open letter to community from Fire Chief van Schaick
||| FROM HOLLY VAN SCHAICK, ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE CHIEF ||| Dear Orcas Island Community, Orcas Fire Chief Holly van Schaick On Monday, August 21st, I was appointed Fire Chief of Orcas Island
The Whale Museum Summer Lecture Series: Reducing vessel impacts on Southern Resident Orcas
||| FROM TATE THOMPSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Join us on September 14 at 7 p.m. for a virtual lecture presented by Julie Watson. FREE and open to the public. The critically endangered Southern
Port Commission to meet on Monday
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will meet on Monday, August 28th at 5:00 p.m. online and in-person. Access information can be found on the
Senior Center is rocking it these days
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Feldenkrais/Eurythmy Class @ Orcas Senior Center: Tuesdays, August 1 – October 3, 11am (no class September 5 and 12) Andrea Preiss, Feldenkrais Practitioner and therapeutic eurythmist,
