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
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
It’s time to reinvigorate Senior Center’s Hearts and Hands program
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| As more people are venturing out and getting together, it is time to call on our community to help reinvigorate the Hearts and Hands program at
EDC’S business resilience calls resume this Thursday
||| FROM VICTORIA COMPTON for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Join the EDC for our newly-resumed Business Resilience Calls starting this Thursday, September 16, at 9 a.m. This week's discussion brings Senator Liz Lovelett, SJC Department of Emergency Management Director
SJC Land Bank is ZOOM-meeting on Friday
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SJC LAND BANK ||| Coastal Geological Services visit Upright Head Preserve to assess a small pocket beach adjacent to the ferry landing. The San Juan County Land Bank
Auditor answers pressing questions, concerns regarding upcoming General Election
||| FROM MILENE HENLEY, SAN JUAN COUNTY AUDITOR ||| It’s that time again, Islanders! With the 2021 General Election just around the corner, and the heightened focus on our electoral process, your Elections Team wanted
Statewide COVID-19 updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Statewide Response Updates Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 544,899 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 13. In all, there
In Memoriam | John Anthony Mazzarella, June 13, 1933 – February 9, 2021
||| FROM ANNETTE MAZZARELLA ||| John Anthony Mazzarella. John Anthony Mazzarella was born the first of three sons to Eleanor Fiorito Mazzarella and Anthony Mazzarella in Queens, New York. Although he lived most
Washington to destroy third murder hornet nest in battle to save bees
||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| A third Asian giant hornet nest was discovered in Washington state, a day after entomologists discovered a second. 'They give me the willies': scientist who vacuumed murder hornets braces for
