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
School Board meets on Thursday
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| OISD Regular School Board Mtg. is this Thursday, 9/23/2021 at 5 p.m. in The School Library - in person and on zoom. Please see the details on our
County seeks proposals for affordable housing development on Lopez
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| At their September 21, 2021 meeting the San Juan County Council officially released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to purchase 5 acres of land on Lopez Island for
WSF and WSP to announce new line-cutting patrols
||| FROM WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ||| EDMONDS –To address an ongoing problem of driver line cutting at ferry terminals, the Washington State Patrol and Washington State Ferries are teaming up for a new educational campaign and emphasis patrols.
Nominees announced for Friends of Library directors
||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for FRIENDS OF ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The Board of Directors of the FRIENDS OF THE ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY (FOIL) has approved the following nominees to be elected as Directors by
Sen. Murray meets with SVC students on legislation to make community college tuition free
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. SENATOR PATTY MURRAY ||| U.S Sen. Patty Murray recently visited Skagit Valley College to meet with students and staff to hear how tuition-free community college would help them and
Inslee letter requests medical staffing resources from the feds
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee sent a letter today to Jeff Zients, federal COVID-19 response coordinator, requesting federal staffing resources, including clinical and non-clinical staff, to support the Washington health
Port aims to retain trophy in second annual Fly Washington food drive
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| Starting October 1st - November 19th the Orcas airport will once again be collecting food for the Orcas Island Food Bank during the Second Annual Fly
Sun Days on Orcas | A letter to my children about hardship
||| BY EDEE KULPER ||| We live here on beautiful Orcas Island where the air is perfect. Forested hills reflect off of the calm ocean, and not even the buzz of a mosquito disturbs the
JP und die OK Rhythm Boys to play the Orcas Hotel Oktoberfest Biergarten
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for JP UND DIE RHYTHM BOYS ||| Oktoberfest is coming to Orcas! The annual autumn festival traditionally begins two weeks before the first Sunday in October. In celebration, The Orcas Hotel
Library sets deadline for art submissions
||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY || Reminder: The deadline for art submissions in the Orcas Library in 2022 is October 1. Interested Orcas Island artists of any age should submit, either online
Midnight Mutterings | Hummers
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS BY JACKIE BATES ||| On a day when the wind is howling and the rain drums on the skylights, I am reminded of a summery day about six weeks ago when I
The traveling Flamingos are on their way; if you’re lucky, you will get Flocked
||| FROM VELMA DOTY for KIWANIS CLUB OF ORCAS ||| The Flocking donations is raising money for our annual scholarship fund for our graduating seniors. The opportunity to do fundraisers has been severely impacted this
Latest from Lekanoff | Fixing our tax code, redistricting, COVID (of course), and WA Cares Fund
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| It’s time to rebalance & modernize our tax code – come find out how! Washington state’s tax structure places a heavier burden on working families and
Recap of recent statewide COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 550,093 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 15. There have been 7,145 COVID-19 deaths
Here’s this week’s COVID case count for the county
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Since the last update on Friday September 10, there have been four new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current total case count
PeaceHealth needs our help because we need PeaceHealth’s help
"We can't do this alone!" ||| FROM BEV MAYHEW for PEACEHEALTH NW NETWORK ||| PeaceHealth needs your help! PeaceHealth hospitals, clinics, doctors and nurses in Northwest Washington need the community’s help to make sure they
