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.”
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Doe Bay Wine Company to open second location … in Seattle
Orcas Island bottle shop to join star studded lineup in new building on Phinney Ridge ||| FROM COLE SISSON for DOE BAY WINE COMPANY ||| Doe Bay Wine Company, an Orcas Island bottle shop and
Island Air medical crew places 3rd in national competition
||| FROM KELSEY VENEGAS for ISLAND AIR AMBULANCE ||| This past October, Island Air Ambulance, based in Friday Harbor, was invited to compete in the Simulation Cup Competition at the 2022 Air Medical Transportation Conference
New collaboration between WA DOH and Amazon brings SNAP Produce Match to more households
DOH and Amazon increase access to healthy foods in first project of its kind ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and Amazon have teamed up to
Holiday makery pop-up at Orcas Center
||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| A fun new Holiday Makery Pop-up is offering hands-on, make-it-yourself classes on Saturday, November 26 in the Madrona Room at Orcas Center from 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Community dodgeball is back
||| FROM SUSAN STOLZ ||| The Orcas Island Education Foundation and Orcas Park and Rec invite the whole community to an evening of all-ages Dodgeball at the High School Gym. Friday November 25 from 7
Health District budget hearing and special meeting
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the November 15, 2022 Budget Hearing and Special Board meeting of the Orcas Island Health Care District
KANU: A multifaceted musical journey to show at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Experience KANU—an immersive, interactive journey through the Alaskan wilderness via song, soundscapes, visual installations and storytelling, this November 17 – 19 at Orcas Center. Drawing on Rafe
Friday Harbor Film Festival offering free on-demand online viewing of winners, runners-up
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| Friday Harbor Film Festival’s On-Demand Festival winners, as well as the student film award winners and runners-up are available to stream FREE at www.fhff.org now
Can you see an opportunity here to help Ukrainian children?
||| FROM UKRAINE CHILDREN'S ACTION PROJECT ||| We don’t know how we will find enough words to describe the gratitude we feel to all of you for helping support so many children who are the
As the Paradigm Shifts | The Older I Get, the Luckier I Feel
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN |||| Standing at the left cash register in the Island Hardware Store on Orcas Island, glancing into the back of the store, you will read: "If You
Ken Gibbs memorial endowment launches
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Ken Gibbs The Orcas community lost a remarkable man this summer. Ken Gibbs was a brilliant scientist, a kind neighbor, a dedicated volunteer
Servicios de interpretación de Island Health : Medical Clinic provides care in Spanish
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| In alignment with its strategic plan, Orcas Island Health Care District wants to make sure that members of our community know that language is
Letter to Editor | Thank you to all the A*OK supporters
||| FROM SUSAN SINGLETON, BROOK MEINHARDT, DANNA KINSEY for ART FOR ORCAS KIDS ||| Our Art for Orcas Kids Program is gearing up for another fun-filled holiday GiveOrcas campaign and we are reflecting back to
The connection between Veterans Day and the Number 11
||| FROM DICTIONARY.COM ||| November 11 is Veterans Day, a federal holiday honoring all military veterans and originally commemorating the end of World War I. It’s marked on 11/11, an interesting date with a bit of
Book by local author explores whether our nation can remain one country
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| I want to bring a new book to your attention. For years Dr. John Geyman of Friday Harbor has been writing books and pamphlets listing the ills of our current
Larsen statement on Veterans Day
|||FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| EVERETT, WA – Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, released the below statement to commemorate Veterans Day: “Today, a grateful nation pauses
