Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Salish Sea Early Music Festival will return for new season
||| FROM SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Welcome to the 2024 Salish Sea Early Music Festival! Please join fabulous Northwest favorites baroque guitarist Stephen Stubbs, harpsichordist Elisabeth Wright, viola da gambist Susie Napper, and violinists David Greenberg and Carrie Krause, along with other favorite musicians including guitarist Oleg Timofeyev, violinist Elisabeth
Attention Farmers, Ranchers | Land Bank farmland lease opportunities on San Juan
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Land Bank requests proposals from farmers or agricultural/food systems organizations interested in a long-term agricultural lease of its Frazer Homestead and/or Beaverton Marsh Preserves on San Juan Island. Frazer Homestead Preserve: This property includes up to 50 acres of farmland,
Learn how to do the Daniel Fast at Orcas Library
||| FROM SAMUEL GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Sersie Blue is a health coach, and Gigi Carter is a certified nutritionist and fitness expert. Daniel Fast: Why You Should Only Do It Once empowers the reader to take charge of their health by using the Daniel Fast as a jumping-off point
Island Health’s main hospital entrance lobby reopens December 18
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| ANACORTES, WA— Island Health’s remodeled Main Hospital Entrance lobby off 24th Street will reopen Monday, December 18. This is the first completed phase of the multifaceted Emergency Services Project, which will relocate the helipad to the roof of the hospital and update
Chair Yoga, Ukulele Kanikapila are among Senior Center favorites
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Chair Yoga with Susie Frank @ Orcas Senior Center –Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-10:45 am Chair Yoga, offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-10:45 am, is a gentle technique allowing seniors and persons with disabilities to practice balance poses without the risk of
Perfect for holiday shopping? It’s Grannie’s Closet at Orcas Senior Center
Grannie’s Closet @ Orcas Senior Center – Monday-Friday, 9 am-3 pm ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Grannie’s Closet offers household décor, kitchen, and vintage items, crafting supplies, and much, much more. Located in the front lobby of the Orcas Senior Center, Grannie’s Closet has a constantly
We are the Community Water Taxi – Updated
||| FROM COMMUNITY WATER TAXI ||| We are the Community Water Taxi (CWT), a group of concerned island residents running an emergency and on-call inter island water taxi service within San Juan County (SJC) separate from the Washington State Ferries (WSF). We try to help people get to medical appointments,
Capital credit checks from OPALCO are being mailed this month
||| FROM SUZANNE OLSON for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| More than $1.06M in capital credit checks are going out to longtime OPALCO members this month, as they do each year. As an electric cooperative, the margin at the end of any given year goes back into the hands
Home from college, Crow Valley String Band to present Home for Holidays concert
||| FROM RACHEL BISHOP for CROW VALLEY STRING BAND ||| The Crow Valley String Band invite you to join us for a cozy evening of bluegrass, folk music and seasonal readings and tunes for our annual Home for the Holidays Concert at the Orcas Grange on Saturday, December 23 at
Food System Plan for San Juan County | Public comment period Dec. 8-22
||| FROM CAITLIN LECK for SAN JUAN COUNTY FOOD SYSTEM TEAM ||| Four years in the making, the draft Food System Plan for San Juan County is now available for public comment from December 8th through 22nd, 2023. Members of the public are invited to review the draft Food System
As the Paradigm Shifts | So, you think you are losing your marbles, eh?
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| Sliding into dementia, senility, Alzheimers—call it what you will, is one of those fears that rates high on most people’s lists of Aging Worries. It&'s part of the fear of diminishing independence, self-trust and self-respect. People even in their 30s to
Sheriff’s Report | November 28 – December 5, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 23-009212 Vicious Animal 09:45:42 11/28/23 A Lopez Deputy responded to a report of two escaped dogs. The dogs entered a neighbor's coop and killed a chicken. The dogs were returned to their owner, who was issued an infraction. 23-009223
“Lease to Locals” rental subsidy program goes live on Nantucket
||| FROM THE NANTUCKET INQUIRER & MIRROR ||| ACK•Now’s “Lease to Locals” program, which will pay property owners to rent to year-round residents instead of using their properties as short-term vacation rentals, officially went live Friday. “I think it’s fair to say that a good number of year-round rentals were
WoW! Thank you, Orcas
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| WOW! What a great Holiday GiveOrcas Campaign! 17 of the 19 proposals were fully funded and more than $150,000 was contributed from over 300 donors. Amazing! The generosity of this community is heartwarming and inspiring. Thanks to all who participated! Now we are ready to
We are the Community Water Taxi
||| FROM COMMUNITY WATER TAXI ||| We are the Community Water Taxi (CWT), a group of concerned island residents running an emergency and on-call inter island water taxi service within San Juan County (SJC) separate from the Washington State Ferries (WSF). We try to help people get to medical appointments,
WSF Weekly Report | Vessel repairs and visitors galore to see how WSF operates
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Update on unplanned vessel repairs Work on Walla Walla is going well, and we expect the ferry to be back in service in the next month. When it’s ready, we plan to return the vessel to our Seattle/Bremerton route, allowing Kaleetan to move to our
