Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Salish Sea Early Music Festival returns to Orcas
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA FESTIVAL ||| WHAT: SIMPHONIE NOUVELLE: LOUIS XIV and J.S. BACH WHEN: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 5:00 PM WHERE: Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church at 107 Enchanted Forest Road in Eastsound ADMISSION: suggested donation: $20 to $30 (a free will offering), 18 & under
A bit of everything coming up at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Harmonize Your Mind and Body with Joan Roulac’s Ease Please Virtual Qigong Series Join Joan Roulac in her transformative four-week virtual Qigong series, designed to quiet the mind and fortify the body. Through these 15-minute sessions, experience gentle muscle relaxation, immune
OIFR announces upcoming live fire burn training exercise
||| FROM ASSISTANT CHIEF DON SWAIN for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| Orcas Island is excited to announce an upcoming Live Fire Burn Training Exercise to enhance our dedicated firefighters' skills and preparedness. Pending safe weather conditions, this training exercise will occur on February 24 at The Old Glenwood Inn
Fire Commissioner’s regular meeting scheduled for Monday
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The SJC Fire Protection District #2 Board of Fire Commissioners invites you to a Regular Meeting on Monday, February 5th, at 3:00 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall or on Zoom (link below and in the attachment). Please review the agenda attached with links to
As the Paradigm Shifts | Let go of the belief that there should be a guarantee
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| A while back, I read an article about His Holiness the Dalai Lama, written by Stephan Talty. Stephan describes the life of this man—how he was taken away from his family very early in his childhood, how he had to study
Sheriff’s Report | January 24 – 30, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24 24-000485 Lost Property 14:21:48 01/24/24 A Deputy took a report of a lost wallet from the Eastsound area. Information was provided in the event the wallet is found. 24-000488 Rape/Attempted Rape 15:08:05 01/24/24 A Lopez Island Deputy was dispatched
Latest from Lekanoff | Town Hall upcoming; our water/land rights
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| I hope this message finds you in good health and high spirits! Your voice is the driving force behind meaningful change in Washington. In this newsletter, I’d like to celebrate the power of constituent voices. I’m excited to share with you
Seasonal swings
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| I heard from Patricia Benton, chair of the Community Resource Center, that OCRC is experiencing a spike in the number of people needing help meeting their rent this month. This can likely be attributed to the number of businesses that close in the winter months,
The meaning of home is upcoming discussion topic at Library
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Loss of a home, whether through financial difficulties, illness, or natural disasters, is a widespread and growing problem affecting all of us. Loss of a home, whether through financial difficulties, illness, or natural disasters, is a widespread and growing problem affecting all
WSF Weekly Report | Able-bodied sailors trained; new Anacortes tollbooths open
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Able-bodied sailors complete mate training In addition to hiring new employees, we’re also focused on advancing the careers of our existing crewmembers as we aim to bring long-term stability to our workforce. Our biggest crewing constraint right now is a lack
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.
DEEP READS | The call of Tokitae
After half a century in a tank, a beloved orca was about to be freed. Then her life ended, and a moment of reckoning began. ||| FROM WASHINGTON POST ||| She was 3 or maybe 4 years old on the last day she saw her family, when the men came
Larsen | Bipartisan tax agreement ‘great news’ for affordable child care and housing in NW Washington
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) supported the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, a bipartisan bill that expands the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and incentivizes investments into research & development
Fire Marshal: Last month’s structure fire on Lopez Island ruled accidental
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| On Sunday January 14, 2024, Lopez Island Fire and EMS responded to a structure fire in the 500 block of Whiskey Hill Rd. The Fire Department arrived to a working structure fire and confirmed all occupants were accounted for. Fire suppression efforts were
Fire Commissioners to hold a special meeting tomorrow
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The SJC Fire Protection District #2 Board of Fire Commissioners invites you to a Special Meeting on Friday, February 2, at 3:00 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall or on Zoom (link below and in the attachment). Please review the agenda attached with links
Showdown — Grilled cheese sandwiches are back
||| FROM JANET BROWNELL for ORCAS ISLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION ||| The Orcas Island Education Foundation (OIEF) invites you to the (delayed) 4th Annual Grilled Cheese Showdown. Our last Showdown was several weeks before the 2020 Covid shutdown. And now we are back!! This family-friendly fundraiser takes place on Thursday, February
