Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Art Opening: The art of recycling at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Visual Arts Committee (VAC) of Orcas Center and The Exchange are coming together to celebrate creative recycling on Orcas Island! Join us for a community art opening and fashion show comprised of re-purposed materials on Friday, September 1 starting at 5:30pm
And here we are, last concert of the season at Wild Island
||| FROM OLIVER GROENWALD for WILD ISLAND RESTAURANT ||| Time flies when you're having fun, we are already coming to the end of our 3rd summer series. It was a wonderful season, so many happy people, fantastic music and vibes. We started with a little presentation of Darren's Middle and
Full Moon Tarot | Magic, boredom, and harmony
||| FULL MOON TAROT by NIK SCHULZ ||| Alignment with the magic of nature gives way to feelings that nothing else measures up. In the end though we learn to work with both experiences. Queen of Pentacles It appears that we start off this lunar cycle with a profound sense
Threat of firefighter blood cancers reduced with FIIRE Grant
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| The OIFR Safety Committee, consisting of Safety Officer Bob Nutt, Volunteer Lt. Greg Sawyer, Capt. Don Swain and Chief Holly vanSchaick have been awarded a $25,000 grant for new firefighter bunker gear (also known as turnouts) through the Department of
Island Health adds leading-edge diagnostic technologies, thanks to community support
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health’s Diagnostic Imaging (DI) team recently launched several new technologies after receiving funds from the Island Health Foundation’s Annual Gala of Hope in April. The Heartstrings Raise-the-Paddle Appeal brought in $328,000, specifically earmarked for diagnostic technologies, including upgrades to mammography, MRI
September Orcas Library artist is Richard Bell
||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| In an exhibit titled “Orcas Seen,” Richard Bell’s watercolor paintings will be displayed in the Orcas Island Library during the month of September. Richard Bell’s artist’s statement: My wife Mimi and I have owned a home on Orcas Island for 20
Artworks featured artist for September is BJ Arnold
||| FROM BJ ARNOLD for ORCAS ARTWORKS ||| BJ and her husband have recently created a new home and garden closer to town. The incredible riot of flowers through the seasons is a never-ending source of inspiration and delight which is reflected in her new body of work. Her latest
Black-tail deer hunting season opens September 1 at Lopez Hill, Mount Grant Preserves
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Deer hunting is open for a limited season at Lopez Hill and Mount Grant Preserves. Specific dates for 2023 are as follows: Archery
Lummi Nation prepares for Sk’aliCh’elh’tenaut’s return home
Chairman Hillaire: ‘She needs to rest where her family and her ancestors come from.’ ||| FROM THE SALISH CURRENT ||| She spent 53 years in captivity, performing in a Florida amusement park under the stage name Lolita. She will soon return home to her native Salish Sea as Sk’aliCh’elh’tenaut (pronounced
DCD News: New building official, new state building codes, website updates
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Department of Community Development (DCD) is pleased to share a series of department updates as staff continue to address issues identified at recent community meetings. DCD is committed to providing planning and permitting services in a responsive and respectful manner, and
Open letter to community from Fire Chief van Schaick
||| FROM HOLLY VAN SCHAICK, ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE CHIEF ||| Dear Orcas Island Community, Orcas Fire Chief Holly van Schaick On Monday, August 21st, I was appointed Fire Chief of Orcas Island Fire and Rescue. I am excited to continue the work we have done over the
The Whale Museum Summer Lecture Series: Reducing vessel impacts on Southern Resident Orcas
||| FROM TATE THOMPSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Join us on September 14 at 7 p.m. for a virtual lecture presented by Julie Watson. FREE and open to the public. The critically endangered Southern Resident Orca (also known as Southern Resident Killer Whales or SRKW) population stands at just
Port Commission to meet on Monday
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will meet on Monday, August 28th at 5:00 p.m. online and in-person. Access information can be found on the attached agenda.
Senior Center is rocking it these days
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Feldenkrais/Eurythmy Class @ Orcas Senior Center: Tuesdays, August 1 – October 3, 11am (no class September 5 and 12) Andrea Preiss, Feldenkrais Practitioner and therapeutic eurythmist, invites you to join a movement class at Orcas Senior Center on Tuesdays, August 1
Orcas Island Jazz Festival opens the fall season at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Orcas Island Jazz Festival (OIJF), Orcas Island's premier jazz event, opens the Fall Season at Orcas Center. Head on down to the Village Green Thursday, August 31 at 6pm, for a FREE concert from Entremundos Big Band with the Queen and
Letter to Editor | No new ferries any time soon?
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| The governor and legislature are quite aware of the need for new ferries, and accordingly money has been budgeted for this. The goal is to produce new ferries that greatly reduce pollution by being hybrid electric. Especially with the way the ferries have operated (or
