Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
WSF weekly check-in | Service restoration update, Summer schedule kicks in Sunday, medical preferential loading update
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Service restoration update Recent unexpected retirements, resignations and protected leaves of absence have caused attrition to outpace our recruiting and training efforts, especially among licensed vessel crews. Because of this crewing situation, as well as vessel availability constraints, we will not
New state building codes delayed until October
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Department of Community Development is alerting the public of a revised timeline for the implementation of new state building codes. The Washington State Building Code Council (SBCC) voted to delay the effective date of the 2021 codes for 120 days.
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.
Orcas Senior Center recognizes Global Elder Abuse Awareness Day
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Elder abuse is more widespread than many of us believe, and we see it here on Orcas Island. Not always physical abuse, it can be financial, emotional, and/or sexual. It also includes people who are neglected and those who neglect themselves
Take a moment to ponder Global Elder Abuse Awareness Day
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND SENIOR CENTER ||| Elder abuse is more widespread than many of us believe, and we see it here on Orcas Island. Not always physical abuse: it can be financial, emotional, and/or sexual. It also includes people who are neglected and those who neglect
Open letter to Councilperson Cindy Wolf
||| FROM MIKE CARLSON ||| Dear Cindy, As you know, I spoke at the 3 minute Citizen Access time at the Orcas Center Council meeting yesterday. I was not as prepared to speak as I should have been and I’m sorry that you had to interrupt me while I was
UPDATE – OPALCO to review recording board meetings
||| FROM HEATHER NICHOLSON ||| This Thursday June 15, at 8:30 AM, the board meeting of our member-owned and controlled co-op utility OPALCO, is moving to rewrite policy on video recordings of meetings. They say mainly, because there’s been so minimal viewing of the recordings, that the effort is not
Northern Heights renovation is complete; rentals now available
||| FROM JUDY WHITING for OPAL COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ||| The Northern Heights Apartments, across from the library, are renovated and ready! Almost a year ago, OPAL Community Land Trust purchased the building with twelve one-bedroom apartments. “It was a top to bottom renovation – nearly everything is new,” said Jocelyn
Food hub expands availability for online orders
||| FROM KATHRYN WHEELER for SAN JUAN ISLANDS FOOD HUB ||| The San Juan Islands Food Hub, launched in 2020 by a group of passionate local agrarians, is a place of connection. The Food Hub is an online platform that serves as an inter-island farmers’ market for locally produced food
Sending graduates off with music in their hearts
||| FROM MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| The Music Advocacy Group wishes to congratulate the OIHS class of 2023. While each graduate has benefitted from school music education in elementary and middle school, seven musicians continued to participate in band through their senior year, joining zero-hour class daily at 7:15 AM.
Larsen: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law delivers broadband to Rural Snohomish County
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF RICK LARSEN ||| Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $714 million in ReConnect Loan and Grant Program funding to connect rural residents, farms and businesses to reliable, high-speed internet. This includes a $2,980,652 loan for the Hat Island Telephone Company to provide affordable high-speed internet to 93
Depoe Bay OR is latest community to proclaim support for SRKWs
||| FROM KRISS KEVORKIAN for LEGAL RIGHTS OF THE SALISH SEA ||| [On June 6], the Mayor and City Council Members of the City of Depoe Bay, OR, signed a proclamation describing the City of Depoe Bay’s support for action by local, state, federal and tribal governments that secure and
Orcas HS musicians return from a 6-day trip to Disneyland
||| FROM QUIN WILDMAN-GOSSETT ||| Quin Wildman-Gossett with his favorite soft drink, Duff. For the small size of the Orcas public schools music program, they get an astonishing amount of support. Composing typically around twenty students, this is the bottom end of the average size of school band
Join Orcas Senior Center today
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| What does it take to live and age well on Orcas? Regardless of their age or ability, folks find it at Orcas Senior Center (OSC), a community gathering place providing services and activities that reflect each person’s unique experience and interests,
County celebrates HolliWalk neighborhood, the latest affordable housing project
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is celebrating the completion of the HolliWalk Neighborhood in Friday Harbor – a project that received over $1.5 million of County funding. This is the County's second largest contribution to affordable housing, dwarfed only by its contribution Orcas Island's April’s
Marley’s Ghost kicks off FREE summer concert series
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Get ready for a fantastic summer! Seattle- based Marley’s Ghost will be playing on the Village Green this Sunday, June 18 at 6pm as part of the FREE Summer Concert Series presented by Orcas Center, OrcaSong Farm, Country Corner, and The Outlook
