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
Updated | “I don’t come to the Food Bank because…”
||| FROM RICK RHOADS for ORCAS FOOD BANK ||| Many of our friends and neighbors are forced to postpone car and house repairs, go without dental or medical care, fill up on relatively inexpensive but
Sheriff’s Report | March 15 – 21, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 23-001723 Medical Emergency 06:21:01 03/15/23 While working as a corrections officer for the San Juan County Sheriff's office I received a message on 03/14/2023,
WSF weekly report | Visits, tours, gifts, Spring schedule
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Dispatch team visits Edmonds/Kingston route Dispatch Coordinator Nigel Neaves, and Relief Dispatchers Luana Whitlock and Hannah Klabo in the Puyallup pilothouse. A few of
Breaking ground at the fairgrounds – New projects underway
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Fairgrounds is beginning a series of projects beginning in late March. Projects will enhance the annual County Fair and year-round use of the Fairgrounds.
Guest Opinion | Aging in place — result or intention?
||| FROM LYNNETTE WOOD for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| I have a neighbor. He lives in a home that is held in a trust. Although he does not own the home or control the trust,
Senior Center seeks to hire home maintenance/repair coordinator
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| We are hiring! Join the Orcas Senior Center (OSC) team as our Home Maintenance and Repair (HM&R) Coordinator. This is a contracted position, not an employee
For next 3 weekends, it’s all about Baby Saturdays at Lum Farm
||| FROM MANDY TROXEL for LUM FARM ||| Saturdays: March 25th, April 1st and 8th, from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Lum Farm, located at Coffelt Farm Preserve (1071 Crow Valley Road) invites you to
In Memoriam | Jean Lee, 1944 – 2023
Jean Lee (Valerie Jean Ramsay) May 12, 1944 — March 21, 2023 Age 78 ||| FROM STEVE AND JEAN HENIGSON ||| Jean Lee was a long-time resident of Orcas Island, once a very useful volunteer
One bus schedule again for Thursday, AM & PM
||| FROM BLAKE WILSON for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Tomorrow, Thursday 03/23, we will be down to the ONE bus schedule for both the AM and PM drop offs. The rest of the week will likely have several
Salish Sea Early Music Fest to feature harpsichordist David Schrader
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Obbligato Harpsichord and Flute features renowned Chicago harpsichordist David Schrader with flutist Jeffrey Cohan playing 18th-century music for harpsichord with flute on Wednesday evening,
Next up at Orcas Center | Mountain Grove – A play with music by Noah Racey
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Noah Racey is one of Broadway’s top song-and-tap dance men, but his story is anything but 42nd Street. The rhythm of his life was set by drum
Congratulations: Herb Crowe to retire from Sheriff’s Office
||| FROM SHERIFF ERIC PETER for SJC SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office would like the community to join us in congratulating Sergeant Herb Crowe on his upcoming retirement. Herb has served
Friends of the Library seeking a treasurer/bookkeeper
||| FROM DAVID KOSIUR for FRIENDS OF ORCAS LIBRARY ||| The Friends of the Orcas Island Library (FOIL) are looking for someone to fill the position of Treasurer starting this May. Duties include both creating
Come celebrate Spring at the San Juan Islands Sculpture Park
||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SJI SCULPTURE PARK ||| Visit the park and enjoy our third annual "Daffodil Frolic" with over 7,000 Daffodils and thousands of Irises to follow. (Sorry - the deer eat tulips.)
Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine receives patient satisfaction award
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Anacortes, WA -– Island Health is pleased to announce Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Center is a recipient of RestorixHealth’s Patient Satisfaction Award. Recipients of this award meet
School bus schedule on Wednesday will again be down one bus — both AM & PM
||| FROM BLAKE WILSON for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Tomorrow, Wednesday 03/22, we will be down to the ONE bus schedule for both the AM and PM drop offs. The rest of the weekly will likely
