Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Mystery radio play to be presented at Senior Center
||| FROM NANCY WANG for ETH-NOH-TEC ||| Shadows & Secrets film to be presented at Orcas Sr. Center When: Friday Nov. 1, 2024 1:30pm Where: Orcas Sr. Center 8 Henry St., Eastsound What cost: By optional donation - appreciated What: On Nov. 1, the day after Halloween, Eth-Noh-Tec's Nancy Wang
Wind advisory for tonight
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 859 AM PDT Fri Oct 25 2024 San Juan County- Including the cities of Friday Harbor 859 AM PDT Fri Oct 25 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5
WSF Weekly Report | Four weeks without crew shortage cancellations; New San Juans rates
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve Two years ago, when I was in my previous role of operations director, I was working in my garage just before Thanksgiving with the door open. I overheard two of my neighbors on the sidewalk just outside
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Drawing for Beginners
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us for an engaging Drawing for Beginners class every Wednesday at 9:30 am, starting November 6. Led by the talented Robbie Walker, an experienced instructor in drawing and watercolors, this class will introduce you to essential techniques and help you
County opens 2024 vacation rental compliance certification process
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County's Department of Community Development has opened the 2024 vacation rental certification of compliance process. This compliance process will be open until December 31, 2024. Vacation rental permit holders must submit their certificate of compliance application through the online portal, through the mail,
A holiday tradition continues, with a twist
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for OLGA SYMPHONY ||| The Olga Symphony is pleased to announce they will once again present their Thanksgiving weekend concert, this year on November 29th and 30th. Having been a band since 1983, and having done this show since the early 1990s, as is so often
Letter to Editor | Vote YES on Proposition 1
||| FROM TOM and TAMMY COWAN ||| Unfortunately, we just don’t get out to walk and visit the amazing Land Bank preserves as often as we used to. Still, we get great satisfaction in knowing that our Land Bank preserves and conservation easements contribute to our personal health and to
Letter to Editor | Fact-checking McVeigh statements
||| FROM MINNIE KNYCH ||| There were several statements made by some of the candidates at the forum on Saturday that deserve fact checking. One statement by Kari McVeigh needs a fact check. When asked why she solicited and got an endorsement from the Democrat Party for a position on
LWVSJ Observer Corps | County Council October 21, 2024
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| The Sheriff gave the Council copies of lifesaving awards to two sheriff’s deputies for saving a car accident victim last August by pulling them to safety as the fuel tank exploded. Several EMS personnel received meritorious service awards. The Council heard an update
Leaping Fool Winter Writers’ Series submissions open
||| FROM NIK SCHULZ ||| “THE LEAPING FOOL” winter writers’ series enters its last season with three events taking place at the Orcas Island Winery during the 2024–2025 season. Submissions for all three events are now open. THE LEAPING FOOL is a community-based collaboration in which local writers, poets, and
Free Tooth Extraction Clinic
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF DR. TRIPLETT ||| Dr. Triplett’s dental office at 445 Madrona Street in Eastsound has reserved Wednesday November 13 for free tooth extractions for our Orcas, Shaw, and Waldron residents in financial need. Services are limited to both routine and surgical extractions (including wisdom teeth). To
Letter to Editor | Paulsen is the worthy choice for SJC
||| FROM NICHOLAS JOHNS ||| Justin Paulsen is my choice for County Council District 2. Justin is a highly competent and intelligent man. He’s endorsed by both outgoing county councilwomen. He has the right policy ideas for our county. Justin has proven his worth in many ways, such as through
Larsen and Kuster introduce bill to enhance federal response to close substance use care gap and save lives
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Rick Larsen (WA-02) and Annie Kuster (NH-02) introduced the Closing the Substance Use Care Gap Act to expand access to lifesaving, community-based harm reduction initiatives and services and enhance the federal response to the opioid and fentanyl epidemic. “The opioid crisis is devastating
Guest Opinion | Should we be subsidizing the profligate power consumption of mansion owners?
||| FROM CHOM & CHRIS GREACEN ||| Our customer-owned electric utility, OPALCO, has voiced with increasing alarm: “blackouts are coming.”1 Why? Coal and natural gas-fired power plants are being retired faster than we can add new wind and solar energy, and electric load is growing with the addition of new
Setting Public Works Priorities: Council approves 6-Year transportation plan
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Council adopted the Public Works Department’s 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the Annual Construction Program (ACP) for 2025. The TIP guides the Public Works Department as it manages new and ongoing projects over a six-year period while the ACP outlines projects
