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
Sharpen your stewardship skills at San Juan Islands forest owners field day
||| FROM ELSA HAHN for WSU EXTENSION FORESTRY ||| Washington State University Extension (WSU) and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are hosting a forestry field day for people who own forested and
County announces 2025 hazardous waste round-up on Stuart Island
Safe Disposal Event Scheduled for September 13 at Stuart Island School ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County will hold a hazardous waste round-up on Stuart Island, Saturday, September 13, 2025, from
WSF | Service during Labor Day weekend
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Customers taking a ferry as part of their Labor Day travel plans should be prepared for a busy holiday weekend. Close to 400,000 people are expected to travel between
SJC Land Bank purchases Dolphin Bay Rd property on Orcas for salmon recovery, public access
The Land Bank adds a sixth preserve with water access on Orcas Island ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is excited to announce the acquisition of a
Opening Soon | Opportunity to apply for lodging tax annual grant program this September
LTAC funds support a variety of projects related to tourism events, infrastructure, and services. ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is pleased to announce the 2025 Lodging Tax Grant Application will
Health Care District Board meeting on Wednesday
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold a regularly scheduled board meeting on Wednesday, August 27th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room at the Orcas Island
San Juan County 4-H celebrates record-breaking community support at 2025 Fair
||| FROM CLINTON GAUTHIER for SAN JUAN COUNTY 4-H PROGRAM ||| San Juan County 4-H would like to express its deepest gratitude to the community for an inspiring and successful 2025 San Juan County Fair.
Here’s what Senior Center is drumming up
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Experience the Joy of Drumming Discover the joy of drumming with the Spirit of Drumming Group at Orcas Senior Center Thursdays at 1:30 p.m.! This beginner-friendly
Letter to Editor | Will Orcasonians lose our fitness center?
||| FROM SYLVIA ALBRIGHT ||| I write this only as a member of Orcas Island Fitness Center; the views I express are merely my own. According to a Notice of Trustee’s Sale, the property at 188
News Brief | Outsourcing of island ferry terminal management
||| FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES by ELISABETH BRITT & MICHAEL RIORDAN ||| “Washington State Ferries should stop outsourcing management of island terminals ” Originally reported by Seattle Times Unlike other terminals in the Washington State
Midnight Mutterings | Carrie Newcomer poem
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| This poem was brought to my attention by Nita Couchman. (You may know Nita from the Orcas Island Library and other sacred spaces on Orcas Island.: Until Now:
Sheriff’s Report | August 13 – 19, 2025
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 25-005447 Animal Bite 10:10:32 08/13/25 A Deputy on San Juan Island took a report of a dog bite. The reporting party did not wish
How was your summer?
||| FROM LINDSAY JENNINGS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| In these final weeks of summer, a common question we ask each other is “how has your summer been?” Often the answer includes a mix
Last chance to apply for this Marine Resources youth position
||| FROM SONORA TATE for MARINE RESOURCES COMMITTEE ||| There’s just one week left to apply for the Marine Resources Committee’s new Youth Position! Gain hands-on marine conservation experience. Learn about local marine issues, explore
A Review | Deathtrap, a comedy thriller, opens tonight at the Grange
||| FROM KATHI CISKOWSKI ||| Featuring more twists and turns than you can shake a sword (or a pillow) at, the long running, Tony nominated play by Ira Levin, “Deathtrap”, makes it way from Broadway
WSF Weekly Update | Contract signed for 3 new ferries; pets onboard policy trialed; best kudo ever
||| FROM JOHN VEZINA for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from John When we do essential maintenance on our system, the impacts can be challenging for our customers. We take our job as an
