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 | Everyone should see this movie at Sea View: “The Sound of Freedom”
||| FROM SPIRIT EAGLE and DOMENIC VERBANO ||| Great News Everyone!!! The Sea View Theater has been able to get the movie, "The Sound Of Freedom"! It will be showing on Monday, July 3rd at
Midnight Mutterings | Curmudgeonly yours: Noise
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| A friend’s middle school son was taken to a firing range by his father as a birthday gift. My friend, anti-gun like myself, was horrified and ready to
OLGA DAZE is coming!
Saturday, July 15 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Olga Park in front of the community center. ||| FROM SUSAN GORDON BENTLEY for OLGA DAZE ||| Come for breakfast at the bake sale, featuring
Sheriff’s Report | June 21 – 27, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 23-004656 Citizen Assist 09:51:10 06/21/23 A Lopez Deputy responded when an elderly community member was considering sending money to a scam advertisement. No money
And just like that, June is over
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| This beautiful Barred Owl came to visit us this past week, hanging out in our yard for most of Saturday. It drove the robins crazy,
Letter to Editor | Fire Math 101
||| FROM GREG AYERS ||| Look at your tax bill, not what OIFR is saying. What you are paying this year versus next is what matters to you. You don’t pay a levy you pay
Washington State Ferries July 4 holiday ferry travel expected to be heavy
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Fourth of July holiday ferry travel If your Independence Day travel plans include a state ferry ride, prepare for possible last-minute schedule changes. In addition to the
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
