Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Port Commission holding a special meeting Monday
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting on Monday, July 17th, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.. Access information can be found on the attached agenda: 2023 07 17 Special Meeting Agenda.
Hilary Canty: The whirlwind of Summer
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Team OICF - Tera, Lynn, Molly, and Hilary I am delighted to announce that Lynn Sharpless White has joined the staff of OICF as our Support Specialist. Lynn brings great organizational skills, a welcoming personality and an ability to
Whale Museum presentation explores how to live harmoniously with our wild neighbors
||| FROM TATE THOMPSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Join us at The Whale Museum on August 24 at 7 p.m. for a wildlife lecture presented by Shona Aitken, Education Coordinator at Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehab Center. The talk is FREE and open to the public. We enjoy seeing the
WSF Weekly Report | WSF welcomes Sec. Buttigieg; busiest day in 3 years
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visits WSF I had the honor and pleasure of meeting U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg last week. He was in Washington state for two days to highlight investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. I presented
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Free concert with Tomo Nakayama coming up at Orcas Winery
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND WINERY ||| Tomo Nakayama You are invited to enjoy a free concert at Orcas Island Winery on Sunday, July 16 at 5 p.m.Born in Japan and raised in Seattle, Washington, Tomo Nakayama is an artist whose melodic, complex and emotionally compelling music has been
Letter to Editor | Why OIFR needs this upcoming levy
||| FROM DANNY WEIBLING for SAN JUAN PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 3911 ||| As President of San Juan Professional Firefighters Local 3911 (“Local”), I want to write a factual statement to the public about the upcoming levy. I intend not to incite fear or create animosity but to present facts. I
Meet stewards of the island at upcoming Lum Farm event
||| FROM AYN GAILEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Experience a special in-person gathering at one of Orcas Island's pride and joys, beautiful Lum Farm on Coffelt Farm Preserve! Learn about ongoing research, education, restoration, and environmental advocacy efforts to protect the San Juan Islands and the Salish
Nope. No aurora borealis will be visible here (or practically anywhere) Thursday night
||| FROM AXIOS SEATTLE ||| No need to go out of your way for a northern lights show that will not be anything special in Seattle or anywhere else this week. Driving the news: A story that went viral about the aurora borealis being visible in 17 states due to a solar storm
County-wide creosote piling assessment to be underway this July
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is contracting with Environmental Science Associates (ESA) to complete a county-wide assessment of creosote pilings. Addressing creosote treated materials in the marine environment is a priority for the County, and this important step will help develop a plan for their
Up Up Up Circus is coming to The Grange on Saturday
||| FROM SADYE OSTERLOH for UP UP UP INC. UP UP UP Inc. is a self-contained touring circus show with the mobility to provide socially distant outdoor circus shows this summer! We are a WA State & Federal 501C3 nonprofit whose goal it is to do shows for outdoor gatherings
Whale Museum Summer lecture series: Using scent detection dogs to study endangered whales
What poop can tell us about the health of Southern Resident Killer Whales ||| FROM TATE THOMPSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Join us at The Whale Museum on August 10 at 7 p.m. for a lecture presented by Deborah Giles of Wild Orca. The talk is FREE and open
Letter to Editor | Things seem very out of control at OIFR, and the community needs to know
||| FROM GREG AYERS ||| Few things get my attention these days but I still go to Facebook from time to time. Today was different. Wow. Shocking. I am providing so that no one can accuse me of taking it out of context. I redacted one part of one sentence
Bluefin Tuna washes up on Orcas Island’s Crescent Beach
||| FROM NORTHWEST SPORTSMAN ||| Orcas Island is known for odd visitors from the wildlife world – a pair of bull elk, a bear – but what apparently washed ashore overnight may take the cake. A large Pacific bluefin tuna, an open-ocean species that is far, far, far more common in California’s
That’s funny — Kraken Comedy coming up at Sea View
||| FROM DAVE YERLY for KRAKEN COMEDY ||| Kraken Comedy and Sea View Theatre once again bring live stand-up comedy to Eastsound on Thursday, July 20. Hosted by local funny person Jamey Moriarty. The doors (and the lounge where they will be serving alcohol) will be open at 6:00 and
I’m running for Fire Commissioner on Orcas Island
||| FROM TONI KNUDSON, FIRE COMMISSION CANDIDATE ||| Tony Knudson Hi. I’m Toni Knudson, and I’m running for Fire Commissioner 1 on Orcas Island because it’s time for a change! Orcas needs a Fire Commission that’s as good as our amazing firefighters, paramedics, and EMTs. We need to
