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
Quack, quack, the County Fair is coming back
||| FROM CARLENE BALCOMB-BARTOK for SAN JUAN COUNTY FAIR ||| It is official, the San Juan County Fair is back, in person, August 17-20 2022, at the San Juan County Fairgrounds! This year’s theme is,
Newest COVID numbers from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,464,398 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on April 5. There have been 12,544 COVID-19 deaths
Orcas Socrates Café continues at Senior Center
Orcas Socrates Café @ Orcas Senior Center by Zoom: Sunday, April 10, 4-6pm ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Orcas Senior Center continues to virtually host the Orcas Socrates Café from 4
Evening update on Friday Harbor fire
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| What a day! First and foremost, I want to thank you all for your patience as we worked to provide up to date information
Inter-island service suspended through Friday
Last inter-island sailing for next two days will be today's 4:15 departure from Orcas to Friday Harbor ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Interisland service on the San Juan Islands route will be suspended later
Health District Commissioner resigns; replacement to be named from former applicants
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| Orcas Island Health Care District Commissioner, Art Lange, resigned from Position #3 on the Board on April 6. Dr. Lange was instrumental in getting
EDC sets up a donation page for Friday Harbor fire victims
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Help the businesses most hurt by the fire - while all of them have insurance, there will be lots of expenses that aren't covered. The EDC has set up
Orcas Senior Center pilots a home repair project
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| One of the main barriers to aging well on Orcas is seniors’ decreasing ability to maintain a safe home. Home maintenance for many low- and mid-income
Lit Fest returns to Orcas Island following a two-year pandemic hiatus
Two-day lineup features award-winning authors, poets, and musicians ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND LIT FEST ||| Finally celebrating its third anniversary after a two-year pandemic hiatus, the Orcas Island Lit Fest returns with an exceptional lineup
San Juan, Orcas fire crews remain on the scene of downtown Friday Harbor fire
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| UPDATE: KING5 News coverage: San Juan Island and Orcas Island fire and rescue crews are working to put out a large commercial fire in downtown Friday Harbor that began Thursday
School bus driver flown off following yesterday’s accident on Orcas Road
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL BOARD ||| The School Board would like to extend our thanks to everyone who assisted in yesterday's school bus accident on Orcas Road. First, to the children on the Deer
SJIMA exhibition INTO THE BREACH runs until May 30
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| With INTO THE BREACH Sculptures, Drawings and Prints, by Tom Gormally brings us serious messages dressed in a bit of humor, a gift
Classic Film Series closes out with ‘A Matter of Life and Death’
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL ||| Our 2022 OIFF Classics Film Series closes out with a world-class Technicolor film about war and the afterlife: “A Matter of Life and Death.” A MATTER OF LIFE
Governor’s 2022 Smart Communities Awards nominations open now through May 6
Annual awards recognize outstanding work in community planning and development ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| Olympia, WA -- The Washington State Department of Commerce today called for nominations for the 16th annual Governor's
Washington residents should not consume certain oysters harvested from Baynes Sound area in British Columbia
Individuals sickened with norovirus-like symptoms ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has updated its advisory to Washington residents to not serve or eat certain oysters harvested from
Orcas Island Community Foundation ranks #1 in national survey
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| OICF is ranked #1 out of 207 community foundations nationally for per capita gifts with a rate of $1,266. While our population size is small,
