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
Midnight Mutterings | Home again
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Unexpectedly off island for a few weeks, experiencing amazing convenience I never noticed when I lived in cities. Grocery store within walking distance, so it doesn’t matter if
Get your flu shot at PeaceHealth clinics
||| FROM ANNE WILLIAMS for PEACEHEALTH PEACE ISLAND FAMILY PRACTICE ||| The PeaceHealth Peace Island Family Practice clinic is holding flu shot clinics in the month of October for all community members aged six or
Sheriff’s Report | September 28 – October 4, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 22-007079 Fraud 09:24:03 09/28/22 A Deputy on Orcas responded to a fraud callback near Eastsound. A report was taken. The reporting party had no
Master Gardeners’ new workshop series begins Oct. 18
||| FROM DIANA BROOKS for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| Registration ends October 12 for the San Juan County Master Gardeners’ 2022 Gardening Workshop Series: 8 one-hour Zoom webinars for $35. 8 interesting topics. 8 excellent
Orcas Island High School students awarded with academic honors from College Board National Recognition Programs
Six Orcas Island High School students excelled in College Board assessments and schoolwork to earn these awards, which colleges use to identify academically competitive underrepresented students ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Six Orcas
Larsen announces in-person community coffee meetings in Burlington, Bellingham, Friday Harbor
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) announced locations and times for in-person community coffee meetings in Burlington, Bellingham and Friday Harbor. This week, Larsen hosted two community
Enter your act in upcoming Whale of a Show
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Whale of a Show is the Island celebration of talented youth and their families and will take Center Stage this October at Orcas Center! Acts from ages
Friday Harbor seeks submissions for town’s four poetry gardens
||| FROM JULIE GREENE for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| San Juan County residents of ALL AGES are encouraged to submit your best original poems to the 2023 POETRY GARDEN CONTEST. Winning entries will be
Newest statewide numbers on COVID
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Statewide Response Updates Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,820,468 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 4. There have been
West Coast leaders double down on bold actions to fight climate crisis
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| SAN FRANCISCO – In the latest of several climate agreements among Pacific Coast governments, California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia signed a new partnership Thursday recommitting
Guest Opinion | Human and wildlife health are interconnected
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| An outbreak of avian flu in upper East Sound this summer raised an important public policy issue that should not be left by the wayside: To protect people
Senior Center’s activities to look forward to
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Grannie’s Closet is back in the lobby of Orcas Senior Center! Grannie’s Closet offers household décor, kitchen, and vintage items, crafting supplies and much, much more.
San Juan County updates its Recreation, Open Space, and Stewardship Plan
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County (the County) is currently updating its six-year Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas Plan. As part of the update process, the plan has a new name
County Health is set to administer Monkeypox vaccine for those at high-risk
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Health and Community Services (HCS) is providing Monkeypox (MPV) vaccine Oct. 12 and 13 on San Juan Island and Orcas Island respectively. These clinics are
A San Juan Island waterway honors a native county commissioner and his descendants
Cayou Channel, renaming and remembering ||| BY TREVOR SNAPP ||| The Cayou family hosted a historic blessing and canoe journey to celebrate the renaming of a key ferry route in the San Juan Islands for
Letter to Editor | Ron Krebs has my wholehearted support in re-election
||| FROM DAN AMAN ||| I wholeheartedly endorse the re-election of Ron Krebs for Sheriff of San Juan County and urge everyone to vote for him in the upcoming election. I have known Ron since
