Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Can adults spell? Find out at Library’s upcoming Adult Spelling Bee
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Have you ever wanted to enter a Spelling Bee contest? Or are you a former Spelling Bee champ and crave another opportunity? Here's your chance. The Orcas Island Library is hosting an Adult Spelling Bee on Friday, October 27th, from 6-8
Letter to Editor | Alan Stameisen, Nick Negulescu and Jim Biddick for Fire Commissioner
||| FROM LEITH TEMPLIN ||| I hope you will join me in voting for the three incumbents for the board of Fire Commissioners. These three men jumped in with both feet within the last year to be commissioners when no one else would. Alan brings extensive knowledge and experience with
Letter to Editor | I’m voicing my support for Toni
||| FROM ETHNA FLANAGAN ||| The common thread for us all is, we value our fire department as an essential service to our community. Many lives have been saved, thousands trained in CPR and First Aid and we respect our volunteers, EMTs and qualified staff. It is obvious something is
Hospice, hearing are on tap as upcoming Senior Center offerings
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Aging in Place with Hospice of the Northwest @ Orcas Senior Center – Wednesday, October 25, 1 pm Join us for the second in a series of three informative presentations from Hospice of the Northwest on Wednesday, October 25 at 1
Emmanuel shares Market Day proceeds with Orcas nonprofits
||| FROM BERTO GANDARA for EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH ||| The Community Resource Center. Mercy Flights. The Food Bank. Safe San Juans. And the Pea Patch Project of the Orcas Island Community Foundation. These local nonprofits received a total of $5,250 this past week from Emmanuel Episcopal Parish in Eastsound, as
With housing in short supply, some resort towns pay landlords to rent to locals
||| FROM MARKETPLACE.ORG ||| POSTED AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER Amber Kennedy worked at a pizza shop for the summer last year in Ketchum, Idaho. She was hoping to stick around in the resort town, but other seasonal workers told her and her roommates: “Don’t even try.” “A lot of
Port Commission to meet tomorrow at 2:30 p.m.
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas has scheduled a meeting for tomorrow, Monday October 23, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. This Meeting will be on Zoom and in-person at the airport terminal conference room. Details available HERE.
Writer-in-Residence on the interisland ferry being sought
||| FROM IRIS GRAVILLE ||| In 2018, Washington State Ferries launched its first-ever “Writer-in-Residence” on the interisland route in the San Juan Islands. Following a hiatus due to COVID-19, the role of Writer-in-Residence (WIR) on the Interisland ferry will resume again in January 2024. Applications are being accepted until December
‘No normal seasons any more’: seed farmers struggle amid the climate crisis
||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| POSTED AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER Floods, freezes and heatwaves threaten seed production as farmers scramble to produce strains that resist climate chaos Once upon a not-so-distant time, the growing season for the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Green Things Farm Collective followed a steadfast trajectory. ‘Our
Letter to Editor | My name is Toni and I’m running for Fire Commissioner
||| FROM TONI KNUDSON ||| My name is Toni Knudson, and I am running for Fire Commissioner 1 on Orcas Island because it’s time for a change! Orcas deserves a Fire Commission that’s as good as our incredible firefighters, paramedics, and EMTs. We need to restore civility and transparency to
Help our Rotary Club to wipe out polio
||| FROM BARBARA MERRETT for ROTARY CLUB OF SAN JUAN ISLANDS ||| World Polio Day, October 24 is a time for all who want a world free from polio to come together in support of Rotary International’s 27-year mission to eradicate the crippling disease. To that end, the Rotary Club
Creosote pilings removed from Jackson Beach, improving habitat, shoreline
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County and the Marine Resources Committee is pleased to announce the successful removal of the derelict pier at Jackson Beach. This October, 117 creosote pilings were pulled from the water. The derelict pier had been crumbling for decades and the creosote
Annual Halloween Dance coming up soon at Odd Fellows
||| FROM DIDIER GINCIG for ORCAS ODD FELLOWS ||| The annual Halloween Dance will be held at the Odd Fellows Hall on October 31. The Halloween Dance is a benefit for the Odd Fellows Scholarship Fund that awards scholarships to graduating high school students. There will be a costume contest at intermission with great prizes!
Letter to Editor | Kate Hansen has the right experience for Orcas Fire Commissioner
||| FROM TIM BLANCHARD ||| Kate Hansen is the best choice for SJC Fire Protection District No.2 (Commissioner 1) because, in addition to her deep Orcas roots, she brings actual work experience in fire/EMS department administration, giving her insights (about operations, human resources, finance, training, and public records issues) from
Midnight Mutterings | Turtle / Tortoise
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| My father, in his gentle way, insisted that we call things by their proper names. For example: A car has an engine. An electric pump has a motor. And so it was for shelled crawlers. A turtle spends most of its time in
Sheriff’s Report | October 11-17, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 23-008125 Citizen Assist 10:58:30 10/11/23 Lopez Island Deputies were dispatched to a citizen assist call. It was determined that the caller had information pertaining to a previously reported incident. An informational report was taken. 23-008129 Suspicious Person/Circumstance 13:29:55 10/11/23
