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
OIFR seeking an experienced professional as Finance Manager
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT ||| POSITION SUMMARY: The Finance Manager reports to the Fire Chief and is responsible for the routine and higher-level accounting and financial reporting duties in support
Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. But why?
||| FROM LIVE SCIENCE ||| Orcas have attacked and sunk a third boat off the Iberian coast of Europe, and experts now believe the behavior is being copied by the rest of the population. Three orcas (Orcinus
National Endangered Species Day 2023: When is it & why is it observed?
Endangered Species Day 2023: It is observed every year on the third Friday in May and this year it will fall on May 19. Check out this article for the history, celebration, significance, and more
Working Families Tax Credit Assistance event coming to Orcas
||| FROM MEGAN EHRMANTROUT for ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| A Working Families Tax Credit assistance event will be held on Orcas Island - Tuesday, June 6th. On site application assistance will be available in
Emmanuel monthly dinner kitchen is back
||| FROM CLARK CUNDY for EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL PARISH ||| Fifteen years ago Tom and Leslie Murdock, beloved islanders, and members of Emmanuel Episcopal Parish, decided that where there’s a need, there’s a way. They conceived
Native Canoe Journey is happening on Wednesday. See you there!
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| The Gathering of the Eagles, the Native American Canoe Journey you read about here a few weeks ago, is less than a week away. The landing will take place about
Monthly Land Bank Commission meets tomorrow
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| Group shot of local review team for the Salmon Recovery Funding Board at Eastsound Waterfront Park, assessing a collaborative project with Friends of the San Juans
WSF weekly check-in: Virtual, route-specific meetings are coming up
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Route-specific virtual community meetings Mark your calendar! We’re hosting our semiannual series of virtual community meetings May 23 through June 7. The public is invited to
Tonight: Law enforcement joint search & rescue training with OIFR and WA State Parks
||| FROM SAN JUAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce a training on Orcas Island occurring May 18, 2023. In the interest of information sharing and trying to
Reminder: Dr. Shinstrom retirement thank you party is this weekend
||| FROM DOUG MARSHALL ||| David Shinstrom at Camp Orkila, 1958. Please join us in honoring Dr. Dave Shinstrom, at a Thank You party celebrating his 30 years of practicing medicine on Orcas
Larsen: American Rescue Plan is delivering reliable broadband to Northwest Washington
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) applauded the announcement by Washington State Department of Commerce of $121 million in grants for 19 broadband construction projects that
Letter to Editor | What a great night at the theater with Actors Theater
||| FROM MARC COHEN and ELEANOR HOAGUE ||| We've just come from a wonderful theatrical performance and want to let our friends and neighbors know about it. Doug Bechtel and the Actors Theater are putting
GiveOrcas is now in the final two days
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| We are down to the last two days of the GiveOrcas campaign. It has been a wild ride. Over 700 friends and neighbors have donated-
Review: Local author pens new book
||| FROM JENS KRUSE ||| It is a pleasure to review a book by a fellow islander, Michael Hurwicz’s Leonid Hurwicz: Intelligent Designer: How War and the Great Depression Inspired a Nobel Economist (Cherry Orchard
Deadline to file for Port Commissioner is Friday
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS || The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioner’s has two seats open in the 2023 November General Election. Those interested in filing for candidacy can find more
Kindergarten transition turns 15
||| BY MEGAN EHRMANTRAUT for ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| Carrying on a 15 year tradition, the Orcas Community Resource Center (OCRC) was excited to host Orcas’ annual Kindergarten Transition event celebrating kids who are
