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“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
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
‘Peace for All Time’ choral work debut by Sharon Abreu at Emmanuel
||| FROM SHARON ABREU ||| You're invited to the premiere of my choral work "Peace For All Time" on Thursday, June 8 at 7:30 pm in the Emmanuel Parish Hall in Eastsound! It's a 22-minute piece in which I've set to music much of the text of the speech John F. Kennedy delivered at
Hospice planning, movement class are latest Senior Center offerings
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Feldenkrais/Eurythmy Class @ Orcas Senior Center: Tuesdays, June 6 - July 18, 11am (no class on July 4) Andrea Preiss, Feldenkrais Practitioner and therapeutic eurythmist, invites you to join a movement class at Orcas Senior Center on Tuesdays, June 6 through
Island Health honors staff with new CARES All-stars recognition program
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health hosted their annual Employee Recognition Banquet on May 12, 2023 at the Swinomish Casino. Historically this evening has been a fun and engaging event to recognize staff for their years of service and announce the Employee of the Year awardee.
Early bird rates now available for upcoming Seaweed Excursions
||| FROM SAN JUAN ISLANDS MAKERS ||| Each Seaweed Excursion Experience is Unique There is so much to talk about with seaweeds—from life in the intertidal and sustainable harvesting to medicinal and nutritive properties and ocean activism—each class covers a limited amount of material tailored to the needs and interests of
June is looking happy for Orcas Community Foundation
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| It is hard to believe Summer is here (well, almost). May was amazing and June is off to a great start. We are moving forward with the final inspections for the Pea Patch Lane property and continuing to gather funding
