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
2022 state ferry ridership up slightly from 2021
After two years of pandemic effects, passengers again outnumber vehicles ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| SEATTLE – Washington State Ferries carried 17.4 million riders in 2022. That’s a total ridership increase of roughly 100,000
It’s time for annual Point in Time homeless count
||| FROM HEATHER STANSBURY for COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS ON ORCAS ||| The annual Point In Time (PIT) Count of the homeless across the country will occur on January 26, 2023. This count aims to
Washington Water Supply Outlook Report for January now available
||| FROM SCOTT PATTEE for WA SNOW SURVEY OFFICE ||| SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - Following a very dry summer, water-year 2023 started off with extremely dry conditions. The last waning days of October brought much needed
Actors Theater of Orcas Island announces auditions for the play ‘The Tin Woman’
||| FROM DOUG BECHTEL for ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| The Tin Woman is the story of a woman who receives a heart transplant and her eventual meeting with the family of the donor.
Join us for the first Art Show of 2023 at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee (VAC) is pleased to present New Perspectives: Classical and Digital Photography on Friday, January 20 from 5:30 - 7 p.m. in the
New York playwrights to present new works at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Orcas Center is hosting three young playwrights from EST’s YoungBlood Program in New York as they finish drafts of three new plays. On January 20th and
Barron Heating AC Electrical & Plumbing adds staff to SJ islands
||| FROM BARRON HEATING AC ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING ||| Fulfilling a pledge to provide timelier and broader service to the San Juan Islands, Barron Heating AC Electrical & Plumbing recently added an HVAC service technician
San Juan County launches new oral health program for school-age children
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Health and Community Services will be providing “Smile Checks” as part of an oral health prevention program. Healthy teeth are part of overall
Larsen: United States must engage with China to better compete with China and the world
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) supported a bipartisan effort to enhance U.S. global leadership and foster better economic and strategic engagement with China. The
Join Island Primary Care – Orcas and San Juan County ECEAP for a meet and greet with our new pediatrician
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Join Island Primary Care – Orcas and San Juan County ECEAP for a meet and greet with our new pediatrician. Evan Buxbaum, MD, MPH, is a board certified
School Board meets this Thursday
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Orcas Island School District has scheduled a Board Meeting, which will be on Thursday, January 12. It will be held both in-person and via zoom. http://us02web.zoom.us/j/5474235505
Students encouraged to enter Radon Poster Contest
Contest aims to raise awareness about radon, its effects, and how to protect your household ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – January is Radon Action Month. Students across the Northwest are encouraged to
San Juan County EMTs test new prehospital blood monitors
||| FROM JOSHUA CORSA, M.D., SJC MEDICAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR ||| EMS Agencies in San Juan County have been selected as one of three sites nationwide selected for a new study evaluating the effectiveness of measuring
EDC to offer GIS course, HCA training, and more
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Are you interested in geographic information systems (GIS) and want to learn about the special capabilities of spatial data analysis? Join the EDC as we follow Esri's online course,
Help shape the future of internet access in Washington
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Washington state’s funding partners, working to expand broadband access to all businesses and residents, are asking the public to help check FCC data in a recently published National Broadband Map.
2023 Orcas Island Salish Sea Early Music Festival announces 2023 schedule
||| FROM SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| The Salish Sea Early Music Festival is pleased to present seven contrasting performances journeying back and forth through the 16th through 19th centuries on Wednesdays at 6
