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
Final San Juan County vote tally is in
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY ELECTIONS ||| November 8, 2022 General Election Last updated on 11/28/2022 4:57 PM Number of Precincts 23 Number of Registered Voters 14,643 Total Ballots Counted 11,458 Estimated Ballots Left to
Artisan Holiday Magic – from their hands to our hearts
||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| Orcas is filled with extra creativity this time of year. Busy hands are making wonderful gifts and decorations that will be for sale at a variety of pop-up
Over 75 kids will be selling their wares at upcoming craft fair
||| FROM RACHEL BISHOP for CHILDREN'S CRAFT FAIR ||| There are currently over 75 kids at 50 tables signed up to sell their wares at the upcoming Children's Craft Fair. It is being held on
Library, Museum team up to bring Whis-stem-men-knee to speak
||| FROM INGRID MATTSON for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Johnny Moses (Whis-stem-men-knee: ‘walking medicine robe') is returning to Orcas Island after a lengthy hiatus. Orcas audiences first met Johnny in a storytelling event at the
2022 Holiday Give Orcas campaign is here Dec. 1 – 15
||| FROM ED ANDREWS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The 2022 Holiday GiveOrcas Campaign is here and bigger than ever! This year’s Campaign consists of 24 local proposals, totaling $233,850, an increase of over
Long-standing local businesses partner in support of islanders in need
||| FROM MEGAN EHRMANTROUT for ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| Orcas Island Market and Ray’s General Store & Pharmacy are teaming up to support the most vulnerable in our community. We are proud to partner with
CWR’s Dave Ellifrit launches new blog: Blow by Blow
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Excerpt from Dave Ellifrit’s new BLOG Blow by Blow / A step-by-step account of a CWR orca encounter: “CWR’s photo-ID encounters usually start with us being notified in
Oodles of happenings coming up at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Watercolors Art Class @ Orcas Senior Center: Mondays, 9:30-11am Are you interested in exploring your artistic side? Orcas Senior Center will host a watercolors class for
DOH unveils free teacher resources to bring public health and climate change data into classrooms
Innovative lessons use state data to teach students about issues impacting their communities ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announces new educational resources created to introduce
Two Betty Hall quilts up for bid at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Silent Auction: Holiday Quilts by Betty Hall @ Orcas Senior Center Two holiday themed quilts by the late Betty Hall have been generously donated to Orcas
State Broadband Office offers $120 million in grants to build “last mile” infrastructure
Grants up to $12 million each offered as Washington state pushes toward goal of high-speed internet access for all residents and businesses by 2028 ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| OLYMPIA, WA --- The Washington
Letter to Editor | My thoughts on snow driving on beautiful Orcas Island
||| FROM UZEK SUSOL for ORCAS TOWING ||| Winter after winter of pulling people out of ditches after/during a snow storm (30 years), seeing senseless injuries/fatalities from lack of proper snow traction devices, driving too
SJI Sculpture Park partners to plant Sequoias, Redwoods
||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SAN JUAN ISLANDS SCULPTURE PARK ||| PropagationNation and the San Juan Islands Sculpture Park (SJISP) have joined forces to plant 6 Giant Sequoias and 14 Coast Redwoods at the sculpture
Washington state’s COVID-19 response website to be decommissioned Dec. 1
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will decommission the Washington State Coronavirus Response (COVID-19) website coronavirus.wa.gov on Dec. 1, 2022. As of that date, site visitors will be redirected to
Everyone is welcome to attend Olga Strawberry Council annual meeting
||| FROM LINDA ELDER for OLGA STRAWBERRY COUNCIL ||| The 2022 Annual Meeting of the Olga Strawberry Council is scheduled for December 13 at 9:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend via Zoom. Topics will
Check out December’s Leaping Fool winter writers’ series
||| FROM NIK SCHULZ for INTERMODAL SPIRIT ||| Join SOURCE Paper and The Intermodal Spirit on December 15 (doors 5:30 p.m., reading 6:30 p.m.) for another installment of “The Leaping Fool” winter writer’s series at Orcas Island Winery.
