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
Reminder: Larsen invites 2nd District students to participate in 2023 Congressional art competition
||| FROM THE OFFICE REP. RICK LARSEN ||| EVERETT, WA - Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) is inviting high school-aged students who live or attend school in Washington’s Second Congressional District to showcase their artistic talents in the 2023
EDC business graphics & printing workshop with Printonyx is rescheduled
This creative workshop, originally scheduled for May 1, has now been rescheduled to Saturday, May 20, at 1 p.m. ||| FROM LINDA HUME for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Create or refresh your business image with
Real and personal property taxes are due May 1
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Treasurer, Rhonda Pederson, would like to remind county property owners that the first half property taxes and personal property taxes are due May 1. Since
Health Care District Board meeting tomorrow
||| FROM ELLEN FRASER for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold their regularly scheduled board meeting on Tuesday April 25th at 5:00 PM. The Agenda and
Meeting scheduled to discuss SJC DCD department, administration
||| FROM JASON HENSEL ||| You are invited to attend a citizens group meeting on Orcas April 26th, 3:30 -6 p.m., Eastsound Fire Hall. 45 Lavender Hollow, Orcas. We have scheduled a meeting of local
We are starting a weekly game night at the library
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS LIBRARY ||| Get your game on! GAME NIGHT every Tuesday 6-9pm starting May 2nd at Orcas Island Public Library. All ages welcome. Lots of games will be provided or
Sun Days on Orcas | 27 things about Ron Griffin
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS BY EDEE KULPER ||| I was born and raised in Seattle and the surrounding area. We entertained ourselves a lot growing up with not much money. For a couple of
Port Commissioners are meeting tomorrow
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| Attached is the Agenda for the Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners meeting taking place on Monday, April 24 at 5 p.m. online via Zoom and
Widely renowned Haida artist will attend FH Film Festival Best of Fest
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| Haida artist Robert Davidson, one of Canada’s most respected and important contemporary visual artists, will visit Friday Harbor on April 28 and 29 to participate
You’re invited to join Port in removing noxious weeds, invasive species next month
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas will be holding two work parties for the purpose of removing noxious weeds and invasive species. On Saturday, May 13 and on
Alex Ramel: Legislature passes record number of bills — 80% with bipartisan support
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF ALEX RAMEL ||| [Sunday] marks the last day of session! Over the last 104 days, the legislature has passed a near record number of bills, with nearly 80% of them
Larsen announces $37,766,854 in recommended funding to combat climate change, create green jobs in NW WA
Funding made possible by bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| EVERETT, WA – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) announced the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has
San Juan County’s annual Hazardous Waste Round-Ups now scheduled
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s hazardous waste round-up collection event is our community’s once-yearly opportunity to legally and responsibly dispose of poisonous, flammable, corrosive or other hazardous chemicals. “Proper disposal
Latest from Lakenoff | Sine Die approaches
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| It’s hard to believe we are in the last week of the legislative session! As we near Sine Die, I want to take a moment to thank
Come and find a duck at Library to support timely science books
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| This Sunday, April 30, please join the Orcas Island Library as they kick off a fundraiser for the Ken Gibbs Memorial Fund for Youth Science Education,
Sheriff’s Report | April 12 – 18, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 23-002460 Suspicious Person/Circumstance 10:22:13 04/12/23 A San Juan Deputy took a report of suspicious activity. The investigated revealed that no criminal activity appeared to
