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
Take a look: Updated plans for new Washington State Ferries hybrid-electric boats
||| FROM KING-TV SEATTLE ||| SEATTLE — KING 5 got an exclusive look at new hybrid-electric Washington State Ferries (WSF) boat models. The new boats will include charging units on the upper decks. WSF leaders told KING
Letter to Editor | Village Green community tree not looking good
||| FROM B. SADIE BAILEY ||| It hurts my heart to see our Community Tree at the Village Green looking so bad. I didn’t notice how damaged it had become until several weeks ago when I was walking past it. I
How it all went wrong for tourism
||| FROM CNN ||| Protests in the streets. Graffiti warning tourists to go home. Local populations dwindling as short-term rentals mushroom and price residents out. It feels like this was the year that tourism turned nasty
Watercolors Class for Beginners
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Robbie Walker’s popular watercolors class for beginners at Orcas Senior Center will resume Monday, September 9, immediately following Labor Day! Immerse yourself in the captivating world
WSF Engine room union, negotiators reach an impasse in bargaining
||| FROM KRISTIN HYDE for MARINE ENGINEERS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION ||| Washington State Ferries’ engine room crew represented by their union, the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association, and state negotiators reached an impasse in bargaining over terms and conditions
Guest Opinion | What will it take?
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| We are told there are five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In my own journey coming to terms with and accepting the reality of ecological overshoot,
Leaning into leadership
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| Recently, several organizations have reached out to the Orcas Island Community Foundation requesting help finding skilled Board members. With over 100 local nonprofits, the community needs to have a willing group
LWVSJ Observer Corps: Board of Health August 21, 2024
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| For the Accountable Communities of Health (ACH), Kristen Rezabek represented the county at a conference in Everett this month. Mark Tompkins will represent ACH at
In Memoriam | Nick Karras, September 2, 1944 – March 9, 2024
||| FROM DENNIS KARRAS ||| Nick Karras Nick Karras passed away March 9, 2024 in Sedro Woolley, Washington. Nick was born to Spiro and Demetra Karras in Seattle on September 2nd, 1944, exactly
Near-extinct bird exhibit at SJ Sculpture Park
||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SAN JUAN SCULPTURE PARK ||| Last year the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed 21 species from the list of species protected under the Endangered Species Act because of extinction.
County Compass | Navigating the Civil Service Commission
San Juan County is pleased to present the monthly series County Compass: Navigating Civic Participation that shares ways to understand County systems, get involved with local government, and be an informed resident. ||| FROM SAN
Apache Stronghold heads east on prayer journey to Supreme Court
||| FROM INDYBAY.ORG ||| Apache Stronghold shares their journey through the west, from the Lummi Nation to California, and in gatherings with Quechan and Hopi, and in the cities of Tucson, Phoenix and Flagstaff, Arizona.
Sheriff’s Report | August 14 – 20, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 24-005217 Burglary,NonRes 06:45:53 08/14/24 Orcas Island Deputies were dispatched to a Vandalism. Probable Cause was found an individual was arrested for Malicious Mischief 2nd
Are you using your Medicare preventive benefits?
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Many Medicare beneficiaries don’t realize that Medicare offers a number of free services to help keep people healthy. When you get these services from a provider
A new season begins for Orcas Island Garden Club
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| SIGN UP or RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP HERE Warm greetings fellow garden club members and friends of the garden club! We hope you are enjoying a bountiful growing season, abundant
Seniors, emergency preparedness, and response
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Vulnerable populations, including island seniors, are at increased risk in an emergency or disaster. An ordinary inconvenience (e.g., power outage) can constitute an emergency for a
