Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
It’s time to sign up to volunteer for Friday Harbor Film Festival
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS and KAREN PALMER for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| You can be an integral part of this year’s In-Theatre Festival running October 26 – 30 at the Palace Theatre, the San Juan Community Theatre, and at the SJI Grange. The committed help of many, many film-loving
OICF now accepting applications for Holiday GiveOrcas Campaign 2023
||| FROM TERA ANDAYA for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) is requesting proposals for the 2023 GiveOrcas Holiday Campaign. OICF’s bi-annual GiveOrcas Campaigns are a way to build awareness of local nonprofits and raise funds to support the programs that make Orcas a stronger
Live Tomorrow: Climate Heroes Bill McKibben & Gus Speth – Thursday, Sept. 28 at 12pm EDT
"I have been learning with this group since March and think sharing this session tomorrow might be a welcome response to Climate Eyes." Thanks, Stephen Shrader ||| FROM STEPHEN SHRADER ||| As part of Capital Institute's new ongoing series, once a month John Fullerton hosts a Live Dialogue on a current and vital topic
Join Zero Waste WA at the Fall Great Islands Cleanup event this weekend
||| FROM JESS NEWLEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Friends of the San Juans and Plastic Free Salish Sea are thrilled to announce that Heather Trim of Zero Waste Washington will be hosting a community beach cleanup at Jackson Beach on San Juan Island during the Fall Great
Odd Fellows will be a dance hall in October
||| FROM BILL GINCIG for ORCAS ODD FELLOWS ||| There will be a dance to be held at the Odd Fellows Hall on October 20th, starting at 7:30, with admission by donation. Music will be provided by the Big Band Sounds of Orcatrazz, a 17 piece band, playing music from
Spice up your holidays with auction items
Orcas Senior Center - November 1-17 ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| What’s better than the excitement and anticipation of an auction? How about an auction where the proceeds go entirely to support activities and programs of the Orcas Senior Center? Join our November 1-17 silent auction
Climate Eyes | Council grasps at greenhouse gases, gets grant
||| CLIMATE EYES by STEVE BERNHEIM ||| The San Juan County Council met last Monday, September 18 to release its greenhouse gas study which attempts to quantify human-caused greenhouse gas emissions originating in the county as well as those human-caused emissions occurring elsewhere that are associated with county residents’ activities,
Health Care District regularly scheduled meeting is coming up tomorrow
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT BOARD ||| The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold the regularly scheduled board meeting on Tuesday, September 26th from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at the Episcopal Parish Hall, 242 Main Street, Eastsound. The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) are posted below. Join Remote Meeting
Eastsound Water addresses professional fees, expenditures
||| FROM EASTSOUND WATER USERS ASSOCIATION ||| EWUA Professional Fees & Expenditures You are likely aware of the pending recall effort underway - spearheaded by Steve Smith and Tenar Hall (who are both former Board Directors). This communication is provided to EWUA members to advise you of the reasons for
Tibetan Buddhist Monk to speak at Orcas Library
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The Orcas Island Public Library is holding a special event with Khentrul Lodrö T'hayé Rinpoche as he explores the potential and power of our mind, and introduces us to this wisdom, which has been passed down from teacher to student for centuries.
Fire Commission to hold a special town hall meeting
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The Board of Fire Commissioners invites you to the Special Meeting TOWN HALL on Tuesday, September 26th, at 6 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall or on Zoom (agenda). Please join us for this TOWN HALL, moderated by Adam Bigby
10 killer whales caught this year by trawl vessels off Alaska, according to federal fisheries agency
||| FROM ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS ||| A federal fishery agency reported this week that 10 killer whales were caught in the gear of trawl net vessels fishing this year in the Bering Sea and North Pacific waters off the Aleutian Islands. Only one was released alive, according to a brief
Opportunities to stretch, move, balance coming up at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Feldenkrais/Eurythmy Class @ Orcas Senior Center: Tuesdays, September – October 24, 11am (no class September 12 and October 10) Andrea Preiss, Feldenkrais Practitioner and therapeutic eurythmist, invites you to join a movement class at Orcas Senior Center on Tuesdays, September 5 through
Port Commission to meet tommorrow
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS COMMISSIONERS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners meeting will be held on Monday, September 25th, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. online via Zoom and in person at the Port of Orcas terminal building. Access information can be found on the attached
Odd Fellows looking for Thanksgiving Dinner organizer/leader following COVID hiatus
||| FROM DIDIER GINCIG ||| I am reaching out because this is the time to think about whether or not we want to have a community Thanksgiving at the Odd Fellows Hall. The Odd Fellows, along with my parents, Monique and Bill, and I have spearheaded the event for years. We have
Midnight Mutterings | Revolting appliances
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Although there were no obvious signs of a revolution in process, i.e. no rallies with placards sporting a giant X over a depiction of my face, no whispers when I entered a room unexpectedly, no dismissive shrugs when I changed my bedding and
