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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Kenmore Air to launch daily service from Friday Harbor to Victoria International
||| FROM DAVID GUDGEL, PRESIDENT, KENMORE AIR ||| SEATTLE, WA, May 22, 2023 Kenmore Air, the leading seaplane operator in the Pacific Northwest, is excited to announce the expansion of its land-based plane service from Boeing
Letter to Editor | To be ‘woke’ is to be awake
||| FROM DAVID KOBRIN ||| To be “woke” is to be awake. To be awake means it’s possible to have conscious thought, including questioning, listening, discussing, and evaluating. To be awake gives you opportunities to
Auditor seeks argument against Orcas Fire & Rescue ballot measure
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Auditor, Natasha Warmenhoven, is seeking people interested in writing arguments against the San Juan County Fire Protection District No. 2 ballot measure for the voters’
Are these Tent Caterpillars going to kill my trees?
||| FROM KATE YTURRI for MASTER GARDENERS ||| Many of you are wondering and worrying about the black and orange tent caterpillars you see on your red alders, roses and fruit trees. The Western Tent
Meeting notification – Port of Orcas 5/22/2023
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will be holding a meeting tomorrow on Monday, May 22 at 5 p.m.. The meeting will be held online
School Board to meet on Tuesday
||| FROM SUZANNA SMITH for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Please find the attached link for the Board Meeting on Tuesday, May 23 at 5 p.m. It will be held both in-person and via the
Reminder: Grannie’s Closet, hearing healthcare at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Island Hearing Healthcare @ Orcas Senior Center – First Thursday of the Month Stacie Nordrum, Au.D., CCC-A, of Island Hearing Healthcare offers hearing appointments at Orcas
OICF to host free ice cream social In celebration of Give Orcas grant awards at Moran picnic shelter
||| FROM TERA ANDAYA for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) invites the entire community to an ice cream social held in the picnic shelter at Cascade Lake in Moran
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe opens this week at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Orcas Center welcomes the Orcas Christian School to Center stage with their presentation of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe running May 25-28. This dramatization
Sheriff’s Report | May 10 – 16, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 23-003243 Explosives Problem 20:09:15 05/10/23 A Deputy took a report of an explosion in the Eastsound area. Descriptions of suspects were provided and the
WSF virtual community meetings start next week
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Washington State Ferries' upcoming series of systemwide virtual community meetings kicks off next week. The first meeting will focus on the Mukilteo/Clinton and Port Townsend/Coupeville routes on Tuesday, May
OIFR seeking an experienced professional as Finance Manager
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT ||| POSITION SUMMARY: The Finance Manager reports to the Fire Chief and is responsible for the routine and higher-level accounting and financial reporting duties in support
Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. But why?
||| FROM LIVE SCIENCE ||| Orcas have attacked and sunk a third boat off the Iberian coast of Europe, and experts now believe the behavior is being copied by the rest of the population. Three orcas (Orcinus
National Endangered Species Day 2023: When is it & why is it observed?
Endangered Species Day 2023: It is observed every year on the third Friday in May and this year it will fall on May 19. Check out this article for the history, celebration, significance, and more
Working Families Tax Credit Assistance event coming to Orcas
||| FROM MEGAN EHRMANTROUT for ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| A Working Families Tax Credit assistance event will be held on Orcas Island - Tuesday, June 6th. On site application assistance will be available in
Emmanuel monthly dinner kitchen is back
||| FROM CLARK CUNDY for EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL PARISH ||| Fifteen years ago Tom and Leslie Murdock, beloved islanders, and members of Emmanuel Episcopal Parish, decided that where there’s a need, there’s a way. They conceived
