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
A Fall favorite returns with new features: SJ Islands farm tours and dining events
||| FROM SAN JUAN ISLANDS MAKERS GUILD ||| Island Farms on San Juan, Orcas and Lopez are opening their gates and fields for delightful and informative farm walks, talks, workshops and special farm-to-fork dining events
Sheriff’s Report | September 6 – 12, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 23-007245 Domestic Dispute or Assault 17:09:43 09/06/23 A Lopez Deputy responded to a domestic call. An individual was arrested for assault. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
Here is the Senior Barn for the OHS Class of 2024
||| FROM MOOSE KINSEY for OHS CLASS OF 2024 ||| The Orcas Island High School Class of 2024 has completed the barn painting and they have added their names. The painting of The Barn by
2023 SJC WSU Master Gardeners Workshop Series October 17-26
||| FROM SJC WSU MASTER GARDENERS ||| Successful gardeners know that beautiful and bountiful gardens require knowledge and planning. Fall is the perfect time to start thinking about the what, when, where, why and how
Pea Patch has been fully funded
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| What a week! On Tuesday, the community fully funded the Pea Patch Match! WOWZA!!! So very grateful to all who contributed. Next stop is closing! We
Reserve now for Orcas and Lopez Islands Farm Tours
||| FROM ISLAND FARM TOURS ||| Delicious three course meals, ciders, and wines straight from island farms with proceeds benefiting school gardens. Orcas on Sunday Oct 1st: Stroll this beautiful homestead and enjoy lunch prepared by
Elections office will be testing election tabulation equipment in October
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Elections office will be holding a “Logic and Accuracy” test of ballot tabulating equipment used for the County’s November 7, 2023, General election. The test
Land Bank Commission to meet tomorrow
||| FROM SJC LAND BANK COMMISSION ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold a regular monthly meeting on Friday, September 15, 2023 from 8:30am – 11:15am via Zoom. The meeting will also be available
Rep. Debra Lekanoff made a visit to Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Rep. Debra Lekanoff “You are like my Auntie’s house” said State Representative Debra Lekanoff to a group of 50 community members on Saturday, September
Come see newly restored 1883 Jorgensen barn
||| FROM MICHELLE HASSEBROCK for ORCAS ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUMS ||| The Knapp Family and the Orcas Historical Museums welcome one and all to visit the newly restored 1883 Jorgensen barn on the Knapp Family Farm,
Guest Opinion | This is what happens when challenges hit our Orcas community
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Thank you for this honor. I am deeply appreciative. Community Leadership is a team sport and I thank the Orcas Island Community Foundation staff, Board,
Leave it to Beavers | Library discussion: Science of making a wetland
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY ||| Join WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife’s Furbearer Biologist, Shawn Behling, in a discussion and presentation to deepen your understanding and appreciation for beavers in
Fall COVID-19 Booster Vaccines: What we know now
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| When the public health emergency declaration ended on May 11, 2023, that marked the shift in the COVID-19 response from a public health response effort to a privatized medical management
Port to hold community conversation on airport noise abatement tomorrow
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| NOTICE OF QUORUM The Port of Orcas will host a community conversation on Noise Abatement on Wednesday, September 13th between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. at the Eastsound
Tarot readings now available at Healing Arts Center
||| FROM NIK SCHULZ for HEALING ARTS CENTER ||| The Healing Arts Center is excited to announce the arrival of our newest member, Tarot practitioner Nik Schulz. Nik has been studying the Tarot since 2010 and
Emmy Award winning journalist to investigate root causes of critically endangered Southern Resident Orcas continuing decline
||| FROM SHARON GRACE for SRKW CHINOOK SALMON INITIATIVE ||| Los Angeles, CA.||| Despite protections from the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the population of Southern Resident Orcas continues to decline
