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
Latest state Health Dept. COVID update
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,744,292 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 2. There have been 13,551 COVID-19 deaths
Quack, quack, the San Juan County Fair is back
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Fair is back in person for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. With new food vendors, thousands of entries, a
Once again, it’s time for annual firefighter pancake breakfast
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| The Orcas Island Volunteer Firefighter EMT Association will be hosting a pancake breakfast at Station 21 in Eastsound this Saturday, August 6, from 7
Music in Moran concert series to feature Carolyn Cruso
||| FROM CAROLYN CRUSO ||| Friend of Moran presents Carolyn Cruso at Music in Moran Concert Series, Saturday August 13 from 5-7 p.m. Cruso will regale you with the intricacies of the fascinating hammered dulcimer;
Call for artisans for Friday Harbor’s Full Bloom Makers Fair
Even though the deadline is passing on August 5th, please apply if you are interested - we may be able to accommodate more vendors. ||| FROM SHANNON BORG Makers from across the San Juan Islands
Working hard on Orcas this summer? This concert is for YOU
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for ORCAS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival is thrilled to kick off its 25th Season with a very special concert dedicated to a very special group
OIHCD Commissioners to meet August 4 at 5 p.m.
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the August 4, 2022 Board meeting of the Orcas Island Health Care District will be posted August
Music in the Celtic tradition will open for upcoming ATOI plays at the Grange
Music in the Celtic Tradition at The Grange Aug 4-6 and Aug 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. ||| FROM MELINDA MILLIGAN for ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| Opening the play "Whither the Wind Blows," Dave
New to Lum Farm: Goat’s milk ice cream
||| FROM MANDY TROXEL for LUM FARM ||| The hot temperatures of the past weeks were an appropriate nod to the fact that July is National Ice Cream month. A lesser known designation is that
Guest Opinion | Let our citizens vote
||| FROM KEVIN RANKER ||| Dear County Council Members, I am writing you in my former capacity as Chair of the San Juan County Charter Review Commission (2021), and on behalf of the majority of
Kanikipila ukulele classes coming up at Senior Center
Kathy’s Ukulele Kanikapila @ Orcas Senior Center (Fridays, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join the Kanikipila, Hawaiian for “play music,” led by Kathy Collister, Fridays, 10:30
Good Grief: Imagine peace on our planet in upcoming workshop
||| FROM SALLY BLUMENTHAL ||| I would love to offer a Good Grief Group, open to anyone on Orcas who is feeling the loss of a loved one and would appreciate the support of others
We’re about to be visited, briefly, by C-17 aircraft on low approach (or so we thought)
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| I received a call today from Joint Base Lewis McChord. They said between 3-5 PM today they will be doing a training with low approach at
A town’s housing crisis exposes a ‘house of cards’
||| FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ||| HAILEY, Idaho — Near the private jets that shuttle billionaires to their opulent Sun Valley getaways, Ana Ramon Bartolome and her family have spent this summer living in
Guest Opinion | Land Bank Director Lincoln Bormann subjected to Council disciplinary hearing
||| FROM DAN CHRISTOPHERSON ||| This past June something amazing happened — Due to the incredible staff at the San Juan County Land Bank and the San Juan Preservation Trust, we were able to permanently
Primary Care-Orcas is looking to hire another physician
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE, INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| Help us spread the word that the medical clinic on Orcas Island is hiring! Island Health is seeking a full-time board certified/board eligible
