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
San Juan County Courts update Community Service Program
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The courts of San Juan County are updating their community service program and are looking to add more local organizations to the roster. Please help the courts update
Creative and curious? Makers visioning circle Sun. Nov 13 at Orcas Center
||| FROM MAKERS GUILD ||| Artists, artisans and cultural creatives are an important part of the Orcas community. What helps foster this creativity and encourages enriching opportunities for Makers and their supporters? Founded on Orcas,
The Blue Lamb Boutique is back
||| FROM ANTOINETTE BOTSFORD ||| The Pandemic kept us home for two years, but once again the parishioners are offering a collection of hand-crafted paper and fabric arts, fine art, ceramics, custom jewelry, and lovely
Hops On the Rock returns to Orcas Island this Saturday, November 12
||| FROM RICK HUGHES ||| Hops On the Rock Is back! A few friends of mine, all local business owners, host a regional Beer Festival on Orcas (Eastsound), Veterans Day weekend. November is the worst
Orcas HS students aware, active in present-day politics
||| BY ELLIE WRIGHT, theORCASONIAN INTERN ||| “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” This quote is commonly attributed to Abraham Lincoln, and carries
Letter to Editor | Many thanks to community attending Youngren farmhouse sale
||| FROM JANET BROWNELL for ORCAS ISLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION ||| The Orcas Island Education Foundation (OIEF) would like to thank all the community members who came out last Saturday to the Youngren Farmhouse sale. It was
Island Sports & Spine Clinic increases access to care with new provider
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Jeffrey Krause, MD Jeffrey Krause, MD joined Island Sports & Spine Clinic this week, increasing access to care for patients looking for non-surgical, minimally-invasive, chronic pain options.
Hearing appointments available at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Stacie Nordrum, Au.D., CCC-A Stacie Nordrum, Au.D., CCC-A, of Island Hearing Healthcare will offer hearing appointments at Orcas Senior Center on Thursday, November 10
Reminder: OISD to honor our veterans Thursday, November 10, 9:45-10:25
||| FROM LORENA STANKEVICH for OISD ||| The Orcas Island School District is excited to host a K-12 Veterans Day Celebration Assembly, Wednesday, November 9, 9:45-10:25 in the High School Gym. This event is open
KWIAHT: Fresh scoop on sick sea birds
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| East Sound has been the epicenter of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) over the past few months. The virus probably arrived earlier this year with
You’re invited: Port Commissioners to interview Manager applicants
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will hold a Special Meeting this Monday, November 7th, at 5:00 p.m. at the Port conference room and online
Affordable housing is providing opportunity on Orcas
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| To some, the term ‘affordable housing’ means nothing more than a low monthly payment. But to Stephanie Nouvel and her family of four, ‘affordable housing’ means so much
New provider joins Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Perry Burrus III, MD, FACS Perry Burrus III, MD, FACS, joined Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine at the end of October bringing 28 years of experience
Sun Days on Orcas | 27 things about Ezekiel Barr
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Some people have an enthusiasm for life no matter what. I can't ever remember running into Ezekiel Barr without seeing a smile on his face. After
Here’s Island Health upcoming class offerings
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health offers Living Well with COPD class Join Respiratory Therapist Sarah Edwards for an informative conversation on COPD. Learn how COPD affects the pulmonary arteries and
Looks like severe weather shelter at Community Church to be open next week
||| FROM RYAN CARPENTER for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| When temperatures this winter drop to 32 degrees or below, the Severe Weather Shelter at Orcas Island Community Church is a place for unsheltered and
