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
Threat of firefighter blood cancers reduced with FIIRE Grant
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| The OIFR Safety Committee, consisting of Safety Officer Bob Nutt, Volunteer Lt. Greg Sawyer, Capt. Don Swain and Chief Holly vanSchaick have been awarded a
Island Health adds leading-edge diagnostic technologies, thanks to community support
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health’s Diagnostic Imaging (DI) team recently launched several new technologies after receiving funds from the Island Health Foundation’s Annual Gala of Hope in April. The Heartstrings
September Orcas Library artist is Richard Bell
||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| In an exhibit titled “Orcas Seen,” Richard Bell’s watercolor paintings will be displayed in the Orcas Island Library during the month of September. Richard Bell’s artist’s
Artworks featured artist for September is BJ Arnold
||| FROM BJ ARNOLD for ORCAS ARTWORKS ||| BJ and her husband have recently created a new home and garden closer to town. The incredible riot of flowers through the seasons is a never-ending source
Black-tail deer hunting season opens September 1 at Lopez Hill, Mount Grant Preserves
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Deer hunting is open for a limited season at Lopez Hill and Mount Grant Preserves. Specific dates for 2023 are as follows: Archery
Lummi Nation prepares for Sk’aliCh’elh’tenaut’s return home
Chairman Hillaire: ‘She needs to rest where her family and her ancestors come from.’ ||| FROM THE SALISH CURRENT ||| She spent 53 years in captivity, performing in a Florida amusement park under the stage
DCD News: New building official, new state building codes, website updates
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Department of Community Development (DCD) is pleased to share a series of department updates as staff continue to address issues identified at recent community meetings. DCD
Open letter to community from Fire Chief van Schaick
||| FROM HOLLY VAN SCHAICK, ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE CHIEF ||| Dear Orcas Island Community, Orcas Fire Chief Holly van Schaick On Monday, August 21st, I was appointed Fire Chief of Orcas Island
The Whale Museum Summer Lecture Series: Reducing vessel impacts on Southern Resident Orcas
||| FROM TATE THOMPSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Join us on September 14 at 7 p.m. for a virtual lecture presented by Julie Watson. FREE and open to the public. The critically endangered Southern
Port Commission to meet on Monday
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will meet on Monday, August 28th at 5:00 p.m. online and in-person. Access information can be found on the
Senior Center is rocking it these days
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Feldenkrais/Eurythmy Class @ Orcas Senior Center: Tuesdays, August 1 – October 3, 11am (no class September 5 and 12) Andrea Preiss, Feldenkrais Practitioner and therapeutic eurythmist,
Orcas Island Jazz Festival opens the fall season at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Orcas Island Jazz Festival (OIJF), Orcas Island's premier jazz event, opens the Fall Season at Orcas Center. Head on down to the Village Green Thursday, August
Letter to Editor | No new ferries any time soon?
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| The governor and legislature are quite aware of the need for new ferries, and accordingly money has been budgeted for this. The goal is to produce new ferries that greatly
Life Line Screening to return to Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Life Line Screening Event @ Orcas Senior Center – Thursday, October 12 Life Line Screening will be at Orcas Senior Center on Thursday, October 12 to
Much to celebrate during National Senior Center Month coming up in September
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS ISLAND SENIOR CENTER ||| On Saturday, September 9, Orcas Senior Center (OSC) will celebrate National Senior Center Month with a reception at 2 p.m. Featured speakers will include Washington
Scientists design a colorful new paint that could cut your electricity bill
||| FROM SCIENCE ALERT ||| Scientists at Stanford University have designed a new paint that could help reduce our growing reliance on air conditioners and heaters. It comes in an array of colors, and if used properly, it
