Here’s a thought…
“If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.”
WILLIAM L. MCKNIGHT
Discover your artistic side, get hearing services at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Island Hearing Healthcare's Stacie Nordrum, Au.D., CCC-A, Offering Monthly Hearing Services at Orcas Senior Center Stacie Nordrum, Au.D., CCC-A, from Island Hearing Healthcare, provides hearing care at Orcas Senior Center every first Thursday of the month. To secure your slot, it
Even in winter, our gardens need attention
||| FROM LAURA WALKER for ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| December brings a calmness to the garden. Plants look a little rough but there is still plenty of activity if you quiet yourself and observe. Birds are foraging, frogs and insects are looking for the best locations to hibernate. A rogue yellow ranunculus
Port of Orcas is meeting tomorrow
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will hold their regular monthly meeting this Monday, December 18th at 5:00 p.m. online via zoom and in-person at the Port of Orcas terminal conference room. Access information and additional information can be found
Fire Commission will meet on Monday afternoon
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The SJC Fire Protection District #2 Board of Fire Commissioners invites you to a Regular Meeting on Monday, December 18th, at 3:00 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall or on Zoom (link below and in the attachment). Please review the agenda attached
Midnight Mutterings | Aloha
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| I could start out telling about my recent visit to that land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with the usual (and wonderful) things like sun and soft sand, warm water, spending time with old friends in a new place and a
Free Christmas Eve community showing of “It’s a Wonderful Life”
||| FROM KEN ARORA ||| Join us in a free community showing of the Christmas classic, "It's a Wonderful Life," on Christmas Eve (Sunday, Dec 24), at 1:30 at the Seaview Theatre. Orcas Island and Bedford Falls share a wonderful, supportive community, and may we remember that no one is
Sheriff’s Report | December 6 – 13, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 23-009349 Citizen Assist 09:04:47 12/06/23 A Friday Harbor resident called the Sheriff's Office to report having problems with her granddaughter and going to school. A report was taken and a plan to help rectify the situation. 23-009351 Burglary -
WSF Weekly Report | Virtual public meetings coming up
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Virtual public meetings, Jan. 17 and 18 Mark your calendar! We’re hosting two virtual community meetings next month with our local Ferry Advisory Committees. The meetings will be at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, and 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18. Both
Some really good news from Orcas Fire & Rescue
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| Orcas Island Fire and Rescue is happy to announce the revocation of the layoff notices. After successful negotiations with representatives of IAFF Local 3911, the layoff, set to take effect on December 15th, 2023, will not occur. OIFR scheduled layoffs
We are a community that loves celebrating
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| Orcas Island Yacht Club's Lighted Boat Parade in West Sound is this Saturday at 4 pm. The route starts at the Orcas Island Ferry dock and cruises east along the Orcas shore down Cayou Channel to near Grindstone Harbor, returning mid channel. If time permits
Invitation to apply for vacant EWUA Board position
||| FROM EASTSOUND WATER USERS ||| The EWUA Board has determined the best way forward in filling the two open board positions is as follows: In accordance with the EWUA By-laws there should be a total of seven board members. Currently there are five seats filled during the Board Meeting
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.
Larsen: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is building safer streets and roads in Northwest Washington
DOT announces $4.27 million in bipartisan infrastructure law funding for local road safety planning projects ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) applauded the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) announcement of $4.27 million in Safe Streets and Roads for All funding for local
Local students inspire at Youth Earth Summit in Padilla Bay
||| FROM JESS NEWLEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Once a year, regional youth gather at the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve to explore creative solutions for climate change. Thirteen students from the Friday Harbor Eco Club proudly participated in this year's Youth Earth Summit under the
Letter to Editor | Good news? Chelan remains on SJI route
||| FROM BOB DISTLER ||| As I reported on Tuesday evening the 12th, WSF’s reservations website indicated—as it had for some time—that beginning the next day, the 90-car Sealth would replace the 124-car Chelan on four of six daily round trips between Anacortes and Orcas. Come Wednesday, however, the online information was changed to
“O Come” to lessons and carols at Emmanuel
||| FROM LYNN BAKER for EMMANUEL CHURCH ||| This Sunday, Dec. 17, at 5 p.m., Emmanuel Church will resound with Christmas in a Lessons and Carols service. You are invited to come, sing, and hear the stories. “This is really my favorite service of the year,” said Marianne Lewis, Emmanuel’s
