Here’s a thought…
“If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.”
WILLIAM L. MCKNIGHT
WSF report | Thanks to Walla Walla crew, community meetings feedback, construction projects continue thru summer
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Governor thanks ferry employees working during the Walla Walla grounding On Friday, Gov. Jay Inslee personally thanked several of our employees for their professionalism and expertise in the moments before and after Walla Walla ran aground in Rich Passage on April 15. A fuel issue
FHFF inspires Spring Street students with ‘Pasang’ screening before Nepal trip
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| When Friday Harbor Film Festival heard that a group of eight students, led by Louis Prussack, Head of the school, were heading off May 13th on a three-week adventure in Nepal, they decided to provide a special screening of Pasang:
Celebrate ‘Living High’ at upcoming Library event
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Celebrating Living High, the remarkable story of June & Farrar Burn. First published in 1941, Living High has remained in print through decades. The new edition includes previously unseen photographs and an expanded epilogue by Skye Burn, June & Farrar’s granddaughter.
County to host project information meeting Re: Killebrew Lake Rd closure & Bayhead Creek culvert
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The County’s Public Works Department is hosting a project information meeting to discuss questions and concerns regarding the Bayhead Creek Culvert Replacement project which necessitates the closure of Killebrew Lake Road. The meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 12 at the Orcas Landing
San Juan County names interim director of Department of Community Development
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County has named Norm Gollub as Interim Director of the Department of Community Development (DCD). Gollub has extensive experience throughout Washington State in the areas of land use and community development. He will guide DCD for the next several months as
County to share community development updates at Orcas Island meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The public is invited to join County staff, including County Manager Mike Thomas and Council Chair Cindy Wolf, at a Community Development-focused meeting on June 13 at the Orcas Center. The meeting will take place in the Madrona Room from 4:00pm-5:00pm. As San
County Council will convene on Orcas Island for upcoming June 13 meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Council will hold its next regularly scheduled, June 13 meeting on Orcas Island. The public is invited to join the three councilmembers and County staff at the meeting at the Orcas Center from 5 - 7:30 p.m. What: San Juan
In search of Orcas litterers; this time it’s the lipsticked coffee drinker
||| FROM WILLIAM THOMPSON -- THE ROAD GUY ||| For two months now, a morning coffee drinker who gets her coffee at Orcas Hotel, tosses her lipstick stained cup out the window as she approaches Eastsound. Only the Orcas Hotel uses this type of cup. The servers at the Hotel
San Juan County’s fire danger level increases to MODERATE
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Effective Monday June 5, 2023, San Juan County, WA fire danger level increases to MODERATE as fuels continue to dry out. Moderate fire danger means that all fine dead fuels like dried grasses ignite readily, and fires start easily. Residents and visitors alike
Larsen: $2 Million federal planning grant to improve rail safety, reduce congestion in Burlington
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| BURLINGTON, WA – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced it has awarded a $2 million planning grant to the City of Burlington to identify which of the city’s 16 at-grade rail crossings is most suitable for grade separation to
You can now give blood on Orcas, after 3 years
||| FROM HANNAH MCNUTT for BLOODWORKS NW ||| Good news! After three long years, Bloodworks NW will be coming back to Orcas Island for onsite blood drives! They will be at the Orcas Island Middle & High School on Wednesday, August 9th. Please note, appointments are required. If you are interested in
Open letter to Councilperson Wolf: Let’s discuss this planned 2-3 month closure of Killebrew Lake Road
||| FROM DANIEL THIEME for HARNEY VIEW PARK & ROAD ASSOCIATION ||| Dear Councilperson Wolf: I am writing to request a phone discussion, as soon as possible, between you and the Board of Directors of the Harney View Park and Road Association, to discuss the need for a traffic bypass for
Artworks featured artist for the month of June: Susie Shipman
||| FROM B.J. ARNOLD for ORCAS ISLAND ARTWORKS ||| The Orcas Island Artworks Featured Artist during the month of June is Susie Shipman, a multi-talented artist who has recently been exploring the world of oil painting. She has captured the islands beauty with her petite paintings now on display at
Community art show opening: Faces of Orcas
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Visual Arts Committee (VAC) of Orcas Center is excited to welcome the community to the Faces of Orcas Art Opening on Friday, June 9 from 5:30-7pm in the Madrona Room. Nearly 60 artists contributed over 130 pieces to this community art
New photos! Canoe Journey a total success, may return yearly
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| I want to extend a big thank you to our generous Orcas community for making the recent canoe journey a wonderful success. Sandy and Uuve Taylor provided their beautiful and historically significant property right above Buck Bay as a scenic setting for the canoe families
In Memoriam | Ruth Nedelmann 1933 – 2023
||| FROM CHRIS and MARCUS NEDELMANN ||| Ruth Nedelmann Ruth Nedelmann passed away peacefully at her beloved Orcas home on May 31, 2023. She was surrounded by family and the warm thoughts of many who loved her. Ruth was born in the small town of Ahle, Germany on
