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
How to obtain care you need, when you need it, at Island Primary Care-Orcas
||| FROM ISLAND HEALTH ||| When you have an urgent health event, Island Primary Care – Orcas is here to care for you. In addition to providing family medicine, labs, diagnostic testing, x-rays and internal
JP and the OK Rhythm Boys will be bringing fun, tunes to Cascade Lake
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for JP AND THE OK RHYTHM BOYS ||| Join JP and the OK Rhythm Boys for fun and tunes at the picnic shelter at Cascade Lake in Moran State Park on
Olga Daze quilt raffle tickets on sale Wednesday at Village Green
||| FROM LORNA RHODES for OLGA DAZE ||| Olga Daze is coming up this Saturday, July 16. Don’t miss your chance to win this beautiful handmade quilt! Raffle tickets will be on sale from 11
Sun Days on Orcas | Susan Slapin’s art, new books, and exhibit
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS BY EDEE KULPER ||| Susan Slapin Susan Slapin lives life enamored with nature, birds singing all around, lilacs and forsythias brightening the air, vibrant choices of pastels to
Latest Prune Alley construction progress update
||| FROM ERIN WYGANT for SJC PUBLIC WORKS ||| Progress Update: This week the crews worked Tuesday through Friday since there was no work on the Monday, July 4th holiday. Supply chain and ferry service
San Juan County Planning Commission seeks public testimony for Comprehensive Plan
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Planning Commission is seeking public testimony on an ordinance adopting the 2036 Comprehensive Plan Update. The Comprehensive Plan is the centerpiece of local planning
Federal government announces monkeypox vaccine allotment for Washington state
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA -- To help stop the spread of monkeypox virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced plans to distribute a limited amount of vaccine to Washington
Full LaPorte Road closure scheduled for Tuesday
||| FROM JEFF SHARP P.E., DEPUTY COUNTY ENGINEER ||| Who: San Juan County Public Works and Winters Family Construction What: Full Road closure with Significant Delays When: Tuesday July 12 Work expected to be completed in
Asleep at the Wheel coming to Village Green
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Ten-time Grammy™ Award winning musicians, Asleep at the Wheel will be performing live on the Village Green, Thursday, July 14 at 7 p.m. as part of the
Epic in scope, intimate in detail | SJIMA exhibit looks into Kabul
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| With a growing humanitarian disaster taking shape in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s return to power, James Longley’s timely exhibition at
School Board has a meeting/public hearing next week
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Thursday, July 14, 2022 5:OOPM SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING/ PUBLIC HEARING for 2022-23 BUDGET In person at The School Library and via Zoom ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT #137
You’re invited to observe as SJC Elections tests balloting equipment
||| FROM CAMOLYN ARMSTRONG for SAN JUAN COUNTY ELECTIONS ||| A “Logic and Accuracy” test of ballot tabulating equipment used in San Juan County for the August 2, Primary election is scheduled for Wednesday, July
OI Community Church to host upcoming concert in sanctuary
||| FROM CAROL KULMINSKI for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| On July 9 at 7:00 pm, the Timothy James Meaney Band will be in concert in our sanctuary. I hope that you and your friends will join
Olga Daze! returns with bake sale, parade, quilt raffle, and just plain fun
||| FROM LORNA RHODES for OLGA DAZE! ||| Don’t miss Olga Daze! Festivities in Olga begin in front of the Community Center at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 16. Come for breakfast at the bake
Make arrangements for at least one of these workshops
||| FROM EMMY GRAN ||| Join flower farmer and florist Emmy Gran of Fabled Flora at the Orcas Island Winery, from 2-4 p.m. on July 11 and July 28 for an afternoon of flower arranging
Preface to Leaves of Grass is worth revisiting
||| BY WALT WHITMAN ||| AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up
