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
Health District makes changes to meeting dates
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH DISTRICT ||| At its meeting June 7, the Orcas Island Health District Board of Commissioners moved by resolution the dates of its regular meetings from the first Tuesday to
Warm Valley Farm 100-year-old farm house to be replaced with event space
||| FROM JEFF PLATT ||| The story behind the original farmhouse at Warm Valley Farm on Orca Island is a 100-year tale of expansions and additions. However, these days it's best known for sinking and
Airhawks Flying Club shares another success story
||| FROM BOB WAUNCH for AIRHAWKS FLYING CLUB ||| Airhawks Flying Club is proud to announce another significant award to one of our High School Flight Training Scholarship recipients, Bethany Carter. Bethany, who just completed
The Olga Store is coming back to life
||| FROM GAY PARESKY for OLGA STORE ||| We, Friends of the Olga Store Building (FOSB), are excited to announce the beginning of Phase III which will complete the renovation of the beloved building that
There’s still time: Orcas Center’s online auction closes Sunday, June 12
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| This year, Orcas Center has taken their silent auction online at www.OrcasCenter.org/auction. Bid on themed packages filled will delights from many local businesses, restaurants, and artisans, including
Air medical transport memberships: Why you need all three
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| When a patient needs rapid transport from the San Juan Islands, emergency service providers call for air medical transport from one of three providers
Notice of a special School Board meeting
Thursday, June 9, 2022 5 p.m. SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD Mtg./ 2022-23 BUDGET WORK SESSION ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Notice of a SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING The Orcas Island School District School Board
EDC announces new trades, tech training coordinators
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| The EDC of San Juan County is pleased to announce that Marti McConnell and Jillian Urbach have joined their staff as Trades Training Coordinator and Tech Training Coordinator.
Master Gardeners will be on hand at Driftwood Nursery
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| The purpose of the WSU Extension Master Gardeners is to provide gardening information based on research generated by WSU and other University systems. On June 15,
In Memoriam | Sara Ruth Rudkin Kissel
||| FROM KATHLEEN LUNDE ||| Sara Ruth Rudkin Kissel On Wednesday April 27, we lost our Sara. She died of cardiac arrest on the medi-vac plane on the way to the hospital. Initial
OHS Class of 2022 prepares for busy graduation week
||| FROM KYLE FREEMAN, OISD MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ||| Senior Project and Paper Presentations - June 7th, 11:00-12:30 (OIHS) All graduates from Orcas Island High School are required to complete both a senior paper and project
Island Health class offerings
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health offers online Mediterranean nutrition class The Mediterranean diet has been shown to support healthier blood pressure, cholesterol, and body weight. Join Registered Dietitian Amber Phillips
Live music returns to Village Green with Summer Concert Series
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Live music returns to the Village Green with a Summer Concert Series presented by Orcas Center, Orcas Song Farm, Country Corner, and San Juan County. The eclectic
Health Care District has a meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 7
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE, ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ACTING SUPERINTENDENT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the June 7, 2022 Board meeting of the Orcas Island Health Care District will be posted
American Camp Visitor Center parking lot to close for exhibit installation
||| FROM CYRUS FORMAN for AMERICAN CAMP ||| The long awaited American Camp Visitor Center is almost complete. Park staff and partners have been hard at work fabricating exhibits and preparing for their installation. The
Upcoming labyrinth walk: We offer up the pieces of our hearts, the pieces of our broken spirits
We walk because we must ||| FROM NANCY AYER for EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH ||| SATURDAY, JUNE 4 at 12 NOON…or any time Globally, we will all walk with the same intention: Suggested Intention for this walk:
