Here’s a thought…
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
ANNIE DILLARD
Spice up your holidays with auction items
Orcas Senior Center - November 1-17 ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| What’s better than the excitement and anticipation of an auction? How about an auction where the proceeds go entirely to support activities and programs of the Orcas Senior Center? Join our November 1-17 silent auction
Climate Eyes | Council grasps at greenhouse gases, gets grant
||| CLIMATE EYES by STEVE BERNHEIM ||| The San Juan County Council met last Monday, September 18 to release its greenhouse gas study which attempts to quantify human-caused greenhouse gas emissions originating in the county as well as those human-caused emissions occurring elsewhere that are associated with county residents’ activities,
Health Care District regularly scheduled meeting is coming up tomorrow
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT BOARD ||| The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold the regularly scheduled board meeting on Tuesday, September 26th from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at the Episcopal Parish Hall, 242 Main Street, Eastsound. The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) are posted below. Join Remote Meeting
Eastsound Water addresses professional fees, expenditures
||| FROM EASTSOUND WATER USERS ASSOCIATION ||| EWUA Professional Fees & Expenditures You are likely aware of the pending recall effort underway - spearheaded by Steve Smith and Tenar Hall (who are both former Board Directors). This communication is provided to EWUA members to advise you of the reasons for
Tibetan Buddhist Monk to speak at Orcas Library
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The Orcas Island Public Library is holding a special event with Khentrul Lodrö T'hayé Rinpoche as he explores the potential and power of our mind, and introduces us to this wisdom, which has been passed down from teacher to student for centuries.
Fire Commission to hold a special town hall meeting
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The Board of Fire Commissioners invites you to the Special Meeting TOWN HALL on Tuesday, September 26th, at 6 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall or on Zoom (agenda). Please join us for this TOWN HALL, moderated by Adam Bigby
10 killer whales caught this year by trawl vessels off Alaska, according to federal fisheries agency
||| FROM ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS ||| A federal fishery agency reported this week that 10 killer whales were caught in the gear of trawl net vessels fishing this year in the Bering Sea and North Pacific waters off the Aleutian Islands. Only one was released alive, according to a brief
Opportunities to stretch, move, balance coming up at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Feldenkrais/Eurythmy Class @ Orcas Senior Center: Tuesdays, September – October 24, 11am (no class September 12 and October 10) Andrea Preiss, Feldenkrais Practitioner and therapeutic eurythmist, invites you to join a movement class at Orcas Senior Center on Tuesdays, September 5 through
Port Commission to meet tommorrow
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS COMMISSIONERS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners meeting will be held on Monday, September 25th, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. online via Zoom and in person at the Port of Orcas terminal building. Access information can be found on the attached
Odd Fellows looking for Thanksgiving Dinner organizer/leader following COVID hiatus
||| FROM DIDIER GINCIG ||| I am reaching out because this is the time to think about whether or not we want to have a community Thanksgiving at the Odd Fellows Hall. The Odd Fellows, along with my parents, Monique and Bill, and I have spearheaded the event for years. We have
Midnight Mutterings | Revolting appliances
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Although there were no obvious signs of a revolution in process, i.e. no rallies with placards sporting a giant X over a depiction of my face, no whispers when I entered a room unexpectedly, no dismissive shrugs when I changed my bedding and
Creative writing workshop series with Tish Knapp at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Write what you always thought you wanted to write at a 6-week creative writing workshop designed for writers of all genres at Orcas Senior Center! Beginning Thursday, October 12, from 1:30 to 3pm, Tish Knapp will lead a group of six
Life Line Screening is coming back to Senior Center for a visit
Life Line Screening Event @ Orcas Senior Center – Thursday, October 12 ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Life Line Screening will be at Orcas Senior Center on Thursday, October 12 to offer non-invasive and painless health screenings. The screenings will help identify dangerous plaque buildup or
Sheriff’s Report | September 13 – 19, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 23-007424 Welfare Check 13:32:23 09/13/23 A Deputy on Orcas Island responded to a welfare check. 23-007426 Trespassing 14:16:14 09/13/23 A Deputy on San Juan Island responded to a report of a trespass on Stuart Island. This case is still
Ashes of famed orca Tokitae returned to Lummi Nation for private ceremony
Tribe will spread remains in a sacred spot ||| FROM CASCADIA DAILY NEWS ||| The Lummi Nation will celebrate the life of Tokitae, the Southern Resident orca that died in August, in a private ceremony in Bellingham Bay after her ashes are returned to the tribe this week. The orca,
Biden administration promises $200 million to help reintroduce salmon in Columbia River
Dams have blocked salmon’s passage, driving them toward extinction and violating tribal fishing rights. The money will fully fund Native tribes’ plans to bring fish back to the region. ||| FROM OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ||| The Biden administration agreed Thursday to spend more than $200 million to fully fund Native
