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
Guest Opinion | Become informed, join me in rejecting specific Charter Review propositions
||| FROM TONY P. GHAZEL, 2021 CRC COMMISSIONER ||| Are we not tired of statements in another’s opinion in theOrcasonian, such as "dis-information," emanating from all sides of the political spectrum when fair minded voters
Jan Murphy joins SJIMA in marketing
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| The San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA) in Friday Harbor is excited to announce that Jan Murphy is joining our marketing team.
State Health Dept. releases VACCS report as a guide for future collaboration, highlighting milestones
Mission to continue vaccination effort across state of Washington, partnership remains key ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Recognized as a national leader and model during the national vaccine rollout, the Washington State Department
Dr. Mark Donovan brings diverse skillset to Island Surgeons
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| ANACORTES -- Island Hospital welcomed Mark Donovan, MD, FACS to Island Surgeons this week. Donovan comes with more than a decade of experience as a general surgeon, most
NOTICE! Submit your WSF personal stories before Lekanoff’s Monday morning meet with Governor
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY for SAN JUAN COUNTY DEMOCRATS ||| At the Saturday meeting of the San Juan County Democrats, Rep. Debra Lekanoff addressed concerns about the ferries. She will actually have a meeting with
World’s best performers are coming to the Orcas Center screen this autumn
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| This season’s On-Screen lineup at Orcas Center includes a host of offerings from The Metropolitan Opera, Bolshoi Ballet, and National Theatre Live. Filmed live in HD, these
Island Hospital classes: Childbirth education, end-of-life paperwork
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| End-of-life paperwork class Join an end-of-life expert from Hospice of the Northwest to learn more about POLST, Advanced Directives, and HCDPOA forms. This free online class takes
Port of Friday Harbor announces intent to assume operations of shipyard
||| FROM PORT OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| NOTICE OF INTENT TO OPERATE A BOATYARD PERMIT The Port of Friday Harbor intends to assume operations of the Albert Jensen and Sons Shipyard at 1293 Turn Point
At least it’s not just the San Juans on the WSF chopping block for tomorrow
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| In an effort to provide more reliable, predictable service in light of severe crewing shortages, Washington State Ferries will be operating on an alternate service schedule on Sunday, October
Guest Opinion | A haunting visual honors our COVID dead
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH, RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM ||| Washington – The ravaging of America by Covid-19 is so immense that most of us have trouble fathoming the depth of our national trauma. Corona has
About half of Orcas Island residents qualify for food assistance
||| FROM RICK RHOADS for ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| In response to the pandemic, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) —a federal program that provides food to low-income Americans at no cost — raised
Fall 2021 Great Islands Clean-up was a great islands success
||| FROM KATIE FLEMING for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Our islands became much cleaner during the Great islands Clean-up on September 25 thanks to dedicated volunteers on Orcas, San Juan, Shaw, and Lopez
SJC COVID case count up by three this week
||| FROM KYRA KINNAMAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Since the last update on Friday October 1, there have been three new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current total case count
Announcing San Juan Islands Orca Recovery Day 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN ISLAND CONSERVATION DISTRICT ||| San Juan Island Conservation District, in partnership with San Juan County Land Bank, are joining conservation districts and partner organizations across the Pacific Northwest on October 16
Current COVID case counts for the state
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 598,823 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 6. There have been 7,972 COVID-19 deaths
WSF latest approach to resolution is to reduce total number of reservations
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Washington State Ferries will reduce the total number of reservations available during the two-week and two-day releases for the rest of the current season beginning tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 8.
