Here’s a thought…
“Before we work on artificial intelligence, why don’t we do something about natural stupidity?”
READER BOARD
Larsen: Highway, bridge and EV funding announcements mean more jobs and better infrastructure coming to NW Washington
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced it is awarding $1.08 billion in formula funding to the Washington State Department of Transportation to build and repair highways, bridges and electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure statewide. Rep. Rick Larsen
Full Moon Tarot | Sorrow and hidden action give way to deep appreciation
||| FULL MOON TAROT by NIK SCHULZ ||| Pain and sorrow, accepted and transformed, perhaps aided by hidden action leads to a deep, passionate appreciation of life. Here’s my interpretation for what Spirit offers for the coming lunar cycle starting on September 29. III of Swords This lunar cycle appears
Lopez author’s new book, ‘FINS,’ is a novel of relentless satire
||| FROM GENE HELFMAN ||| My 2021 orca novel, Beyond the Human Realm is now two years old. The book won two national awards and continues to receive positive feedback (averaging 4.9/5 on Amazon after 68 reviews, now available as an audiobook). Folks I don’t know stop and tell me how much
Author Samuel Gailey is Friends of Orcas Library guest speaker
Sunday, October 8, 3-5 p.m., Outlook Inn ||| FROM SAM GAILEY for FRIENDS OF ORCAS LIBRARY ||| Friends of the Orcas Island Library is delighted to present this year’s guest speaker, local author Samuel Gailey. His writing has been compared to Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy and praised by the NY Times,
Announcing award-winning films coming to Friday Harbor Film Festival
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS & KAREN PALMER for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| The 2023 FHFF In-Theatre Feature Film Guide, detailing the many exciting new documentaries coming to Friday Harbor on October 27-29, is now available on FHFF.org. The full 60-page interactive program flipbook is also posted, providing complete festival
Orcas Center upcoming presentation overflows onto Grange Stage
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center is pleased to present Nina Gerber and Chris Webster at The Grange! That’s right – Orcas Center was so excited to hear that Nina Gerber and Chris Webster were available to perform on Orcas this October - but all of
Book signing, talk, reading, humor coming up
||| FROM SUSAN SLAPIN ||| Greetings Friends, Family…..and so on. Here we go! SATURDAY October 7. Time: 5:30 p.m. Limited Edition Artist Books - Book signing, Prints... Food and Beverage Available for purchase. Talk, Reading, Emotions, Some amount of middle ground, Some Humor, and Some amount of - well…heart &
You’re invited to join Socrates Cafe coming up on Wednesday
Socrates Café @ Orcas Senior Center – Wednesday, October 4, 1pm ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us on the first Wednesday of the month at 1pm after lunch for Socrates Café. A gathering of people with different perspectives open to sharing their thoughts on interesting
WSU Master Gardeners Gardening Workshop Series
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS ||| Successful gardeners know that beautiful and bountiful gardens require knowledge and planning. Fall is the perfect time to start thinking about the what, when, where, why and how of our gardens! The popular and informative San Juan County WSU Master Gardeners Annual
Larsen reintroduces bill to boost federal response to seasonal and pandemic flu
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) introduced the Protecting America from Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Act (“The Influenza Act”) to bolster the federal response to seasonal and pandemic influenza. Reps. Deborah Ross (NC-02), Ami Bera (CA-07), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44), Ritchie Torres (NY- 15)
WSU Extension SJC Master Gardener volunteer program coming up
||| FROM KAT ROSE for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| Are you a gardener in San Juan County? Do you enjoy learning and sharing your knowledge with others? Have you just moved to the islands and want to get involved in the community and learn about gardening in our unique ecosystem?
As the Paradigm Shifts | Called to Walk the Camino—the Way, in Spain
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| “Recognizing that invitation within the depths of one’s heart, is the beginning of the process. And as the smile of inner recognition spreads across your face, you know, without knowing how, that a passionate, never-ending journey has begun.” -Oneness. Ignited by
Sheriff’s Report | September 20 – 26, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 23-007585 Parking Problem 08:39:33 09/20/23 A Deputy on Orcas wrote a ticket for mooring at public landing. The boat was moored at a county dock overnight. 23-007589 Found Property 09:42:57 09/20/23 A Deputy on Orcas took a found property
New York is breaking free of Airbnb’s clutches. This is how the rest of the world can follow suit
||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER New York City’s crackdown on Airbnb, which was enforced earlier this month, has been described as a “de facto ban” by the company. The tough restrictions, designed to bring back thousands of rental properties to the housing market for city residents
WSF Weekly Report | Inslee tours Kaleetan, fare changes October 1
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Gov. Jay Inslee tours Kaleetan on way to Lopez Island While travelling from Anacortes to Lopez Island, Gov. Jay Inslee talked to some of our employees aboard Kaleetan on Tuesday. State Rep. Alex Ramel, whose legislative district includes the San Juan Islands, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Harvest Moon
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Fall certainly arrived with a splash! The Eastsound trees are starting to show their fall beauty. I am so grateful for Robin Kucklick and his crew for planting these decades ago. He had a vision to bring beauty to our
