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“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
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
2024 Annual Docket: Public invited to submit requests for amendments to SJC Comp. Plan & Codes
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Council is beginning the “Annual Docket of Comprehensive Plan Amendments” or “Docket” process where the public is invited to propose changes, updates, or edits to the San Juan County Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Code (UDC). The deadline for submissions
Washington State Ferries delayed by outage to electronic fares
||| FROM MYNORTHWEST.COM ||| Washington State Ferries (WSF) is facing yet another setback in a series of boat shortages and delays. A network outage caused serious delays at terminals Thursday morning. WSF announced that an “unplanned outage to our entire electronic fare system” that started Thursday was forcing employees to
Guest Opinion | Why is San Juan County not talking about Ecological Overshoot? Part 3
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| Part 1:theorcasonian.com/guest-opinion-why-is-san-juan-county-not-talking-about-ecological-overshoot/ Part 2: theorcasonian.com/guest-opinion-why-is-san-juan-county-not-talking-about-ecological-overshoot-part-2/ What should we do? That is the question we ask ourselves when we think about wicked problems like ecological overshoot. The three speakers who presented in recent weeks at the Ecological Overshoot Speaker Series talked about what ecological overshoot is, how
Olga Strawberry Council is holding annual meeting in January 2024
||| FROM LINDA ELDER for OLGA STRAWBERRY COUNCIL ||| As we move into the holiday season and the end of this year, it’s time to reflect on what was accomplished in 2023 and what is planned in 2024. In view of this, the Olga Strawberry Council has scheduled its open-to-the-public
You may not see this 2023 Floating Jammie Jam anywhere else
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for FLOATING UKULELES and PAJAMAS ||| It’s that time again! The Floating Ukulele Jam Holiday Jammie Jam is on! Grab your uke, your pajamas, your voice, a song (holiday or otherwise) to share, and your friends, neighbors, and relations and join us on the interisland ferry
San Juan Island plastic film recycling program needs your help
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County encourages the public to be careful and thoughtful when utilizing the plastic film recycling program. The first batch of plastic film since the recycling drop-off location at Marketplace was added in July was delivered to Lautenbach Recycling in Ferndale earlier
