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
Upcycled waste has turned into world-class art at SJIMA
||| FROM BARBARA MARRETT for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART |||. In his fascinating lecture, sculptor Kevin Christison will explain how he takes discarded materials and turns them into world-class art. You are invited
Youngren family farmhouse sale will benefit OIEF
||| FROM JANET BROWNELL for ORCAS ISLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION ||| Rarely is there a sale like the one happening on Orcas, November 5! The Orcas Island Education Foundation will be holding the EPIC Youngren Family
Health Care District meeting scheduled
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the October 25, 2022 Board meeting of the Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) will be posted
Conservation Land Bank to host county-wide public meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Got questions for Your Conservation Land Bank? We want to hear from you! We will host a county-wide public meeting on Wednesday – November 9, 2022, from 5:30 pm -
Halloween in Eastsound! Celebrate safely on Monday, October 31
Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce works to safeguard Trick or Treaters on North Beach Road ||| FROM ORCAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ||| Come celebrate Halloween on Monday, October 31 in Eastsound. The Chamber of Commerce
Island Primary Care adds new provider with diverse experience
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Ali Salari, DO ANACORTES, Washington — Island Health welcomes Ali Salari, DO to its Island Primary Care - 24th Street clinic this week. Salari has
Audition Notice: Upcoming winter plays at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Auditions for two plays to be held at Orcas Center will be held in the Black Box on Tuesday, November 1 and Wednesday, November 2 from 6-8pm.
Life Line screening event at Orcas Senior Center: Tuesday, November 15
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| The mission of Life Line Screening is to provide affordable and convenient health screenings that supplement your traditional healthcare. Life Line Screening will offer these non-invasive
Sun Days on Orcas | Happiness and difficulty
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Every person has a different natural bent. My natural state is happy contentment (unless someone else’s negative bent is put upon mine). I think I can
Letter to Editor | Ranked Choice Voting is wrong for and unneeded in SJC
||| FROM TONY P. GHAZEL, BILL APPEL, TOM STAR, and PAUL DOSSETT ||| Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), the latest fashion in election tinkering, is unneeded in our county. Our current system works well and our
Updated: Invitation to artists and artisans to participate at holiday market & makery
||| FROM MARCY MONTGOMERY ||| Island made gifts, clothing, jewelry, woven and kitchen goods, candles, ornaments, wreaths and garlands, comforters, quilts, books, foods, beverages, toys, and functional and fine art that brighten winter life and
Inslee and legislators begin rolling out reproductive freedom policies for 2023 legislative session
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| As increasing numbers of states begin to enact abortion bans and federal lawmakers vow to pursue a national ban, Gov. Jay Inslee and Democratic lawmakers met
Sheriff’s Report | October 12 – 18, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 22-007470 Malicious Mischief 09:01:54 10/12/22 An Orcas Deputy responded to a report of vandalism at the newly completed Prune Alley improvement project. A report
San Juan Island National Historical Park celebrates 150 years of peace today
||| FROM CYRUS FORMAN for SJI HISTORICAL PARK ||| 150 years ago today, Kaiser Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany declared that the Haro Strait was the water boundary between the United States and Great Britain
Senior Center addresses effects of loneliness and social isolation on health
||| FROM JIM GLOZIER for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| The American Heart Association recently conducted a research study on the impacts of social isolation and loneliness on health. Those that experience these are at a
Weekly COVID update from State Dept. of Health
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,830,508 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 18. There have been 14,411 COVID-19 deaths
