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
Tickets now available for Empty Bowls Sunday Supper
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| Dear Friends of the Orcas Island Food Bank, We’re thrilled to announce that tickets are now live for our first Empty Bowls Sunday Supper, happening Sunday, October 12th
Have a garden question? Ask an Orcas Master Gardener
Now at the Market Garden Nursery ||| FROM JULIA TURNEY for ORCAS MASTER GARDENERS ||| Do you have a question about your soil, have a problem with your fruit tree, or are thinking about starting
Health Care District schedules upcoming board meeting
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold a regularly scheduled board meeting on Wednesday, September 24th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room at the Orcas Island
Jurors for 9/29 – 10/3 are excused
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| JURY DUTY: SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 3, 2025 All jurors summonsed for the week beginning Monday, September 29th through Friday, October 3rd are excused. Thank you.
Memorial service for Judy Turksel
||| FROM MARTA BRANCH ||| Judy Turksel Please join us at a memorial service and interment of ashes for Judy Turksel at 11:30 AM on Saturday, October 4th at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish, with
Fire Commission special meeting agenda
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE COMMISSIONERS ||| Special Meeting Agenda San Juan County Fire Protection District No 2, Board of Fire Commissioners Special Meeting | Monday, 09/29/2025, 5PM In person: 45 Lavender Lane,
Ladies of Airhawks Series | Bethany Carter
||| FROM AIRHAWKS FLYING CLUB ||| In 2022, a Flight Training Scholarship from the Airhawks Flying Club was awarded to Bethany Carter. Bethany was in her sophomore year at Orcas High School (OHS) where she
New retail sales taxes begin October 1
The 2025 Washington State Legislature passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill (ESSB) 5814, which added new business activities to the definition of retail sales. ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMUNICATIONS ||| Beginning October 1, 2025, multiple
Bob Nutt publishes book by local author Barbara Humes
||| FROM EDEE KULPER ||| Bob Nutt, local farmer, shepherd, and long-time volunteer firefighter who runs Warm Valley Orchard with his wife, Maria, has just published a book in honor of their deceased neighbor and
Upcoming free training for child advocates
San Juan County is seeking volunteer Child Advocates to represent the best interests of children facing dependency. ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Superior Court Services announces the next free training
Find OPALCO back at their headquarters starting September 29
||| FROM JO LANGE for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| During the summer months, OPALCO worked on a critical maintenance project for the Eastsound headquarters. The roof of OPALCO’s 1970s built Eastsound headquarters office
Hunter Bay portable toilet to be removed because of vandalism
Due to the unsustainable upkeep of managing the repeatedly abused facility, Public Works will be removing it from use, effective Wednesday, September 24. ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Public Works
Orcas Lit Fest turns a page, takes the show on the road
||| FROM THE ORCAS ISLAND LIT FEST TEAM ||| Since our founding in 2018, the Orcas Island Lit Fest has been driven by our mission to encourage, support, and promote San Juan County writers. We’re
Lake Day brings fun and sun to OCS
||| FROM LILLIANNA S. for ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ||| Recently, the high school at Orcas Christian School (OCS) went to Moran State Park for a campout, leaving the elementary students at school. Fortunately, they were
Orcas Center Art Opening | Works of David Densmore
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee (VAC) invites you to the next Art Opening on Friday, September 26 from 5:30–7:00pm, featuring an Artist Talk with David Densmore
OIFR to host three community town halls on upcoming bond measure
||| FROM BEN LUNA for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| Orcas Island Fire & Rescue (OIFR) will host three public town hall meetings to discuss Proposition 1, the $18.5 million general obligation bond measure
