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.”
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EDC to offer fire recovery sessions for business owners and employees
||| FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| The Economic Development Council of San Juan County (EDC) invites business owners and employees who have been displaced or negatively impacted by the April 7 fire in downtown
Property damage by fire may qualify for property tax relief
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Our community is deeply saddened by the property loss and impact to lives and livelihoods from the fire on April 7, 2022. If your property was damaged by
County Council to finally rule on capping vacation rental permits
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| After three years of passionate public comment, Planning Commission debate, and County Council smoke signals, the idea of setting caps on the number of vacation rental permits
Poetry | my mother’s hands
my mother's hands by Nate Marshall Nate Marshall ............ would moisturize my face from jaw inward the days she had too much on her hands when what needed to come through did or
Compass Health hires first-ever Chief Human Resources and Diversity Officer
||| FROM COMPASS HEALTH ||| EVERETT, Wash., April 11, 2022 – Compass Health recently welcomed Connie Summers, the organization’s first-ever chief human resources and diversity officer (CHRDO). As CHRDO, Summers oversees all aspects of human resource management and
Jane Fuller is running for County Council, District 3
||| FROM JANE FULLER ||| Jane Fuller announces her candidacy for county council For the last two years, our focus as a community has been our collective response to the COVID crisis. As
Notice of a special School Board meeting
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island School District School Board will be hosting their meeting in person at The OISD School Library and online via Zoom. Here is the link to
Community Church plans services, events for Holy Week
||| FROM CAROL KULMINSKI for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| Join us for Holy Week at Orcas Island Community Church. We begin with the celebration of Palm Sunday on April 10 at 10 am and
Salish Sea Early Music Festival returns to Orcas
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Concerti from the Court of Frederick the Great, presented by the 2022 Salish Sea Early Music Festival, features special guest harpsichordist David Schrader from
Coming up: A four-season cottage garden presentation in the San Juan Islands
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Margaret Payne On Wednesday, April 20, at 10:30 am, the Orcas Island and Lopez Island Garden Clubs’ virtual (zoom) meeting will feature Margaret Payne presenting A
Sun Days on Orcas | The numbers
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| I love knowing the details of people's experiences. They're not only fascinating, they're also immensely helpful if you're in a similar situation. When self-publishing, there are
ATF investigators seeking public’s assistance as they investigate FH fire
||| FROM THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, & EXPLOSIVES ||| The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) along with the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and Friday Harbor Fire are currently conducting
Senior Services Council to meet April 21
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE ||| The Board of Directors of the Senior Services Council of San Juan County will meet April 21. The nonprofit organization’s meeting will be held via Zoom at 1 PM. The
Local Earth Day Climate Committee to launch on Earth Day eve
||| FROM ANGELA BRODERICK for SJC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ||| On April 22nd, an expected 1 billion people around the world will take action to protect our planet in observance of Earth Day. On
ATF arrival in Friday Harbor standard procedure. Streets to remain closed
||| FROM JULIE GREEN for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| Thirty agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are arriving in Friday Harbor today to investigate the fire that destroyed a
Upcoming ‘hire local’ job fair to be hosted by Economic Development Council
||| FROM GAIL SCHNEE for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| The Economic Development Council of San Juan County (EDC) urges businesses and residents to hire local workers and contractors. In an effort to connect island workers
