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
Island Goods Auction: Bringing the best of the San Juans to you
||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| We are opening the gate! Come view the online auction of island made art, food, music, flowers, clothing with premium art, food plus art and farm experiences (live
Friday Harbor installs bronze sculpture of founder Edward Warbass
||| FROM JULIE GREEN FOR TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| A life-size bronze statue of town founder Edward D. Warbass and his companion, Bob, was added to the Town’s public art collection this week. The
Medicare open enrollment underway with upcoming workshop
||| FROM JULIE MCKEE FOR ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Medicare Open Enrollment runs from October 15 – December 7. During this time, plans can be reviewed and changes made for 2021. Attend a free online presentation
PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center earns two national awards
Emergency department recognized for excellence in patient experience ||| FROM PEACEHEALTH PEACE ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER ||| PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center in Friday Harbor, Washington, has been named a 2020 Guardian of Excellence and 2020 Pinnacle
Letter to Editor | I strongly support Christine Minney for Council position
||| FROM CHUCK DALLDORF ||| I am a full-time resident in Friday Harbor and I strongly support Christine Minney for San Juan County Council in the upcoming November election. Council is a nonpartisan position (there’s
Sheriff Krebs: Unlawfully removing political signs is a misdemeanor
||| FROM SHERIFF RON KREBS ||| With the political season upon us, the Sheriff’s Office has seen a rash of political signs either being stolen, vandalized or outright destroyed. We would like to remind everyone
Orcasional Musings | Island (Market) time
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| Orcasian shopping trips always take a lot longer than you think they will, because, at Island Market, you see everybody you know. If you see someone you know,
SJI Historical Park cautions visitors against aggressive attacking owls
||| FROM BRANDON CADWELL FOR SAN JUAN ISLAND NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ||| San Juan Island National Historical Park is cautioning people recreating in the park about recent and aggressive behavior from owls that has resulted
Recap of recent COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Statewide Response Updates Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 88,116 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on September 30. There have been 2,132 COVID-19 deaths in
After seven year project, salmon habitat restored on Sucia Island
||| FROM KATIE FLEMING FOR FRIENDS OF SAN JUANS ||| Almost seven years ago, Friends of the San Juans began working with Washington State Parks on a salmon recovery project on Sucia Island. After a
2020 Assessor change of value notices mailed on October 1
||| JOHN KULSETH, COUNTY ASSESSOR ||| The Assessor’s Office mailed the 2020 Change of Value Notices on October 1, 2020. The notices show market value as of January 1, 2020 based on sales between January
State Health Dept. prepares to deploy new rapid COVID-19 tests
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Within the next five to ten days the Washington State Department of Health will receive and distribute the first batch of Abbott BinaxNOW antigen test kits for
You can livestream upcoming test of vote counting equipment
||| FROM CAMOLYN ARMSTRONG, ELECTION SUPERVISOR ||| A “Logic and Accuracy” test of ballot tabulating equipment used in San Juan County for the November 3, General election is scheduled for Wednesday, October 14, at 11:00
COVID-19 vaccine update from the Washington State Department of Health
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) continues to make progress with our COVID-19 vaccine distribution planning efforts. Yesterday we learned that on Friday, October 2, the
Letter to Editor | It’s time for a new deal
||| FROM NEW DEAL SAN JUAN ISLANDS ||| The San Juan Islands are like no place on earth. Our remarkable natural beauty is rivaled only by our tight-knit communities. San Juan County also has one
A poem for now from the past
Election Day, November, 1884 Walt Whitman - 1819-1892 If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show, 'Twould not be you, Niagara—nor you, ye limitless prairies—nor your huge rifts of canyons,
