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
From quilts to masks and back again, islander makes whopping donation to Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Maggie Kaplan, local quilting artist and Orcas District Committee member, has been hard at work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic making hundreds of masks for community members
Next Socrates Café on tap for this Sunday at Senior Center
Sunday, May 11, 4-6 p.m. ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us for the next Orcas Socrates Café by Orcas Senior Center on Sunday, May 9, 4-6 p.m. Orcas Socrates Café
County announces 2021 funding round for the Home Fund Program
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Approved by voters in November 2018, the San Juan County Home Fund is projected to generate $15.2 million over a 12‐year period to develop, produce, and/or preserve affordable
Public Works pushes pause on Prune Alley project
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS ||| Public Works looks to push pause on construction and delay construction-related community impacts until Spring of 2022. Plans for a single continuous construction effort remain unchanged from
Latest COVID-19 numbers, updates from State Health Department
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 378,225 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on May 3. There have been 5,528 COVID-19
Alert: Orcas airport will be out of fuel until mid-May
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| I am sending this quick notice out about the fuel level at the pump. We have roughly 100 gallons of pumpable fuel left in the fuel
Help Orcas Montessori School celebrate their new expansion project
||| FROM THERESA CHICANO for ORCAS MONTESSORI SCHOOL ||| Orcas Montessori School invites the community to come celebrate the completion of our Expansion Project at our Grand Opening on Saturday May 15 from 11-1. Come tour
Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee monthly meeting coming up
||| FROM BARRY MADAN for DEER HARBOR PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE ||| Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee Monthly Meeting (DHPRC) Public Meeting Agenda for May 11, 2021 4:00-5:30 p.m. VIA Zoom Meeting ID 883 0891 7591
Poetry | Orcas Origin Story by Bruce Hanna
||| FROM BRUCE HANNA ||| A famous pair of LUMMI native royalty were renowned for bringing joy into the tribe by sharing their playful spirits Long ago Earth Mother Sola became sick and retreated from
In Memoriam | Ruth Oser Newman, 1933-2021
||| FROM SOPHI SCARNEWMAN ||| Ruth (Ruthie) Newman died on 4/25/2021 in Sunnyvale, CA after living with Alzheimer’s disease for several years. Ruthie was born on 1/30/1933 in Berkeley, CA to Ida Margoles Oser and
San Juan County first in state to reach 60% COVID vaccination rate
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| It’s a race against COVID, not other jurisdictions, but San Juan County is the first in WA to crack 60% for percentage of population initiating
In Memoriam | John Madison Burnett, 1937 – 2021
||| FROM EVANS FUNERAL CHAPEL ||| John Madison Burnett, a retired supervisor with the Monterey County Probation Department, died April 10, 2021 of natural causes in Friday Harbor WA where he has lived for the
GiveOrcas 2021 campaign kicks off today
On your mark, get set, GIVE! ||| FROM KATE LONG for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The 2021 GiveOrcas campaign opens Monday, May 3 and runs through May 17 (www.giveorcas.org). View the 24 proposals vetted
Letter to Editor | There are some amazing, devoted, dedicated folks holding our schools together during this pandemic
Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week is May 3 - 7 ||| FROM LINDA SHERIDAN ||| Dear Teachers, Staff, and Administrators, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for all of the hard work
Town Council to hear Arts Commission recommendation for mural on Blair Avenue
||| FROM JULIE GREEN for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| The Friday Harbor Arts Commission (FHAC) will present a proposed mural concept for the long wall on Blair Avenue at the May 6 meeting of
Island Hospital has a wealth of classes coming up this month
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Balance Screening at Island Hospital Determine if you are at risk of falling due to balance issues at a free screening on Tuesday, May 11, between 10:30
