Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Estate Planning discussion coming to Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASS for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Phil George from Safe Harbor Legal Solutions for a discussion detailing how to achieve four specific objectives when estate planning: 1) avoid running out of money due to uncovered long term care costs; 2) avoid paying too much in death
Letter to Editor | Vote No on the fire levy and support the new Board of Fire Commissioner candidates
Eyes wide shut. ||| FROM CLARK CUNDY ||| Trust and Transparency: Nothing has really changed in my opinion about the fire levy. It’s still a VOTE NO for me, especially after I have done much more research. I wholeheartedly support the EMT/Paramedic/Firefighting personnel protecting our community and say Thank You.
What you need to know about Aeromedical Services in San Juan County
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| San Juan County is fortunate to have access to three different medevac services. Medical evacuation, often shortened to medevac or medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to patients in a
Guest Opinion | School Dist. relies on, and is thankful for, support of locals
||| FROM ERIC WEBB for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOLS ||| Elementary Outdoor Education funded by OIEF It is with enormous pride and gratitude in our Orcas Island Community that I write to you today. Although K-12 educational funding is a great challenge and source of frustration year after year,
Rick Larsen to host veterans forums in November, including on Orcas
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| During the month of November, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) will host a series of five in-person Veterans Forums and one Veterans Telephone Town Hall. The forums and telephone town hall are opportunities for veterans to receive updates on legislation benefiting them
A soup cook-off coming to Odd Fellows
Saturday, November 4th, 5:00 pm @Odd Fellows Hall, Tickets by donation at the door, $15 suggested ||| FROM CAITLIN LECK for ORCAS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY AGRICULTURE ||| Join us on November 4th to taste a wide variety of soups and celebrate community agriculture! Local teams from the Orcas Community Participatory Agriculture
Eastsound Water candidates have arrived
||| FROM DAN BURKE for EASTSOUND WATER ||| Today is an exciting day! We now have a list of generous members who’ve raised their hands to run for a position on the Eastsound Water Board of Directors. The nomination period this year closed at noon last Friday. As a
Shadowlands Photography exhibit at Library starts November 1st
||| FROM DAVID KOSIUR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Starting November 1st in the Orcas Library, Lewis Francis will be displaying his black and white photos of the Southwestern US. Lewis states: “The shadowlands include the vast deserts of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and California where beauty, solitude and silence
San Juan Islands consider annual tourism fee for residents, visitors
||| FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES ||| What is the price you would pay for paradise? For many cities, counties and countries across the world, a tourism fee is a sufficient starting sum. As travel has rebounded since the start of the pandemic, an increasing number of popular destinations are considering
Lawsuit launched to stop Bering Sea trawl nets from killing orcas
Largest U.S. fishery violating environmental laws, harming marine mammals ||| FROM THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ||| ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect marine mammals from being killed by the Bering Sea Aleutian
Letter to Editor | I urge your vote for Brian Ehrmantraut as Fire Commissioner
||| FROM SUSAN D. KUNK ||| Brian has been deeply, and broadly, engaged in community service at many levels since he came to Orcas almost 25 years ago. He has been a structural firefighter, technical rescue team member, a marine rescue/transport team member, and has served as an officer
Letter to Editor | Huge thank you to Barry Madan for his years of service
||| FROM BOB PHALAN ||| In the midst of varying levels of upheaval in our junior taxing districts Orcas Parks & Rec stand tall. At the heart of the success of this program is a quality board that quietly oversees its programs while assuring fiscal stability. Barry Madan has stepped
Regenerate Cascadia presentations coming up
||| FROM REGENERATE CASCADIA ||| On October 30, 2023, Joe Brewer and Penny Heiple, Design Pathway for Regenerating Earth will be joining the Cascadia Bioregional Activation Tour organized by Clare Attwell and Brandon Letsinger for meetings with residents of both Skagit and San Juan Counties. This tour is a powerful
I support the team of Knudson, Gaylord, Ehrmantraut
||| FROM DON STILLMAN ||| I’m optimistic that Orcas residents are close to ending the turmoil within our Fire Commission that has lasted several years. Finally, we are on the verge of restoring transparency and civility at Orcas Fire as the Nov. 7 election seems likely to bring much needed
Letter to Editor | My Port vote goes to Mia Kartiganer
||| FROM PATRICK SHEPLER ||| I am pleased to endorse Mia Kartiganer for Port Commissioner. I feel like I have known Mia for decades, as we have shared a mutual friend for over 30 years. I can say that I have known Mia for over 15 years; and I always find her
Letter to Editor | Vote No on Fire Levy. Vote for Randy, Brian and Toni
||| FROM PENNY BUTTKE ||| If you are among the 75% of Orcas Island voters who voted against the Fire Levy in August, you may be wondering why it's back on the ballot you just received. This is what happens when we take our eye off the ball and let
