Letter to Editor | A thank you note to the community related to the canoe journey

||| FROM DAVID TURNOY |||

Thanks to the Orcas community for making our Indian Canoe Journey guests feel very welcome. Although there were a few hiccups, like having to close the welcoming ceremony to the public due to a COVID spike among the staff at Camp Orkila and a six hour wait for the ferry for the canoe ground crews coming from San Juan to Orcas, overall the event was a big success.

On Thursday many of the group came with me to receive a tour of the Glenwood Springs Fish Hatchery and went on a trip up to Mt. Constitution. In the afternoon our native guests presented some stories at the Village Green that were well-received.

We are hopeful that this event can be repeated when hopefully the public can attend all the events. I know that our guests would like to come here again.

Many people and organizations had a part in the success of this event, and I will attempt to thank them here.

Bev Leyman
Janet Alderton
Brown Bear Baking
Island Market
Orcas Food Co-op
West Beach Resort
Carol Kulminski
West Beach Farm
Tabitha Rose
Jennifer Moonbrick
Laurie Tarbell
Quincy Rhodes
Taryn Kuluris
Jaime Beechum
Christina Orchid
Brook Meinhardt and the High School Art Club.
Mike O’Connell at Glenwood Springs
Chris Guidotti and the park rangers
Mike Hurwicz, Eric Morris, Jake Perrine, and Dmitri Stankevich for PA equipment
Nancy Stillger and the History Museum
Katie O’Rourke and Camp Orkila
Laura Black, Paul Freedman, Emmy Gran and Salmonberry School for wreaths
Mary Gropp and Sarah Ross for gift boxes and elder housing
Lin McNulty and Colleen Smith for communications
Rick Rhoads, Will Rubey, Dave Roseberry for support boats
Peter Fisher
Friends of the San Juans
Jenny de Groot and the Library
Robin Kucklick, Richard Track, Ezekiel Barr, Michael Riordan, and the Oddfellows
Sharon Abreu
Norris Carlson
Linda Ellsworth
Stacey Dow
Natalie Menacho, Learner Limbach, and the Co-op for use of the Oddfellows Hall