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 | OIFR is adding another position while threatening layoffs
||| FROM PATRICK SHEPLER ||| How, in good conscience, can the Board of Fire Commissioners approve another new Admin. position, while simultaneously threatening layoffs of the most tenured actual responders? And how can they add another
Rep. Debra Lekanoff has some news to share with us, plus a visit to Orcas next week
||| FROM REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| Dear friends and neighbors, It’s already September! I hope this message finds you well, and that you enjoy a fun, safe Labor Day weekend. In this newsletter, I’d like to share
Happy September and where did summer go?
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| And away we go! Happy September! The summer has certainly flown by! San Juan County announced that their full time workers will be switching to a 32 hour work week. The
Don’t miss this Wormapalooza coming to Orcas Exchange
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB |||
WSF Report | It’s going to be one busy weekend for ferry travel
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Busy Labor Day weekend ferry travel We’re expecting nearly 400,000 people aboard our ferries today through Tuesday, Sept. 5. In addition to the usual long vehicle lines and
Local Group: September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
||| FROM MIKE HAMLETTE for US TOO FRIDAY HARBOR ||| September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. More than 3.1 million men are living with prostate cancer in the U.S., and it is the second leading
Talk about airplane noise in upcoming community conversation
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| What’s all that noise? We want to hear from you! The Port of Orcas invites you to a community conversation as we update our noise abatement
County Parks and Fair Department to break ground on capital projects
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Parks and Fair Department has several capital improvement projects slated to begin in September and be completed by late fall. New Shark Reef Sanctuary
Marine Resources Committee & County Marine Program remove derelict creosote pier on San Juan Island
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Marine Resources Committee (MRC) is working with the County’s Environmental Stewardship Marine Program to remove the derelict pier at Jackson Beach this fall. Construction is
Council to gather on Lopez for September 12 meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Council will hold its next regularly scheduled, September 12 meeting on Lopez Island. The public is invited to join the three councilmembers and County staff
2023 Fall native wildflower sale to kickoff Sept. 12
||| FROM THE SALISH SEEDS PROJECT ||| 2023 Fall Native Wildflower Sale Salish Seeds Project ONLINE KICKOFF -- September 12 @ 9:00 A.M. The Salish Seeds Project announces its annual Fall Native Wildflower Sale, with
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
