Here’s a thought…
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
ANNIE DILLARD
Leave it to Beavers | Library discussion: Science of making a wetland
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY ||| Join WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife’s Furbearer Biologist, Shawn Behling, in a discussion and presentation to deepen your understanding and appreciation for beavers in our local ecosystems. Leave it to Beavers: The Science of Making a Wetland presentation will be held
Letter to Editor | Are our tourism and growth policies dysfunctional?
||| FROM MICHAEL JOHNSON ||| "There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." -Margaret Wheatley The unanswered questions repeatedly asked over the years by concerned citizens regarding how much tourism and how much growth can our environment, our natural resources, and our social well-being stand are
Fall COVID-19 Booster Vaccines: What we know now
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| When the public health emergency declaration ended on May 11, 2023, that marked the shift in the COVID-19 response from a public health response effort to a privatized medical management model. The 2023-24 COVID-19 vaccine was approved on Sept. 11, 2023, by the Federal Drug
Port to hold community conversation on airport noise abatement tomorrow
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| NOTICE OF QUORUM The Port of Orcas will host a community conversation on Noise Abatement on Wednesday, September 13th between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. at the Eastsound Airport Terminal building. While there is potential for a quorum of Board of Commissioners, no
Tarot readings now available at Healing Arts Center
||| FROM NIK SCHULZ for HEALING ARTS CENTER ||| The Healing Arts Center is excited to announce the arrival of our newest member, Tarot practitioner Nik Schulz. Nik has been studying the Tarot since 2010 and has been offering readings professionally since 2021. He believes that the Tarot connects us with
Emmy Award winning journalist to investigate root causes of critically endangered Southern Resident Orcas continuing decline
||| FROM SHARON GRACE for SRKW CHINOOK SALMON INITIATIVE ||| Los Angeles, CA.||| Despite protections from the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the population of Southern Resident Orcas continues to decline – now at 75. Lack of chinook salmon, the orcas’ primary prey, limits the Southern
Update on Eastsound Water Users proposed bylaws and approval process
||| FROM EASTSOUND WATER USERS ASSOCIATION ||| To all EWUA Members, Your Board of Directors have reviewed the Bylaws for the Association this year with your (the member’s) legal counsel, and has updated them to be in compliance with new laws and industry standards. An updated version of this revised
Upcoming Whale Museum summer lecture series will also be on Zoom
A picture of health: trends in body condition, growth and pregnancies of endangered Southern Resident killer whales from non-invasive drone photogrammetry ||| FROM TATE THOMPSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Join us at The Whale Museum on September 28 at 7 p.m. for a lecture presented by Dr. John Durban and
Larsen encourages NW students to compete in 2023 Congressional App Challenge
Challenge Open To All Middle and High School Students Who Live or Attend School in Washington’s Second District ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) is encouraging all middle and high school students who live in or attend school in Washington’s Second Congressional District to
SJC Destination Management Plan seeks “balance”
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| At long last, the county has put the finishing touches on the “San Juan Islands Destination Management Plan” (DMP), an ambitious effort to make “sustainable tourism” a centerpiece of island life. Sustainable tourism is defined by the UN Environment Program and UN
First-time novelist will sign books at Darvills
||| FROM ARTHUR WINER ||| Shearwater Storm is the story of Charlotte Rose, whose quiet life on a remote island not far from the Canadian border is forever changed when Michael Cordero, injured and bleeding from an accident on his forty-foot ketch, Shearwater, sails into Eagle Cove seeking help. Using
Upcoming: 2023 Climate Solutions Speaker Series hosted by The Madrona Institute, Friday Harbor Labs
||| FROM THE MADRONA INSTITUTE & FRIDAY HARBOR LABS ||| Join us for the Madrona Institute's exciting four-part Climate Solutions Speaker Series in collaboration with Friday Harbor Labs, taking place on September 14 & 28, and October 12 & 26, 2023. All talks start at 5:30 PM, are free to
Free monthly movies are coming to Emmanuel starting this month
||| FROM MADELINE SHEPLOR for EMMANUEL PARISH ||| We are hosting our first "Movies at Emmanuel" A free monthly (2nd Thursday) movie night for all in the community. The first movie is "The Tiger Rising." Thursday, Sept. 14 7 p.m. Parish Hall.
Ukulele, Slow Yoga classes are latest enticements at Sr. Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Ukulele Kanikapila, Mondays, 1-3 p.m. (Kanikaplila) and Ukulele Lessons, Tuesdays, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. and Thursdays, 12-1 p.m. @ Orcas Senior Center Join the ukulele Kanikipila, Hawaiian for “play music,” Mondays, 1-3pm at Orcas Senior Center. Adults of all ages with all levels
Islands Makers to present community talk on repair cafes, tool libraries
||| FROM SJ ISLANDS MAKERS ||| Community talk on Tues. Sept 12th, 11am-1pm via Zoom - BYO Lunch Islanders are resourceful - by nature and by need. The Share / Repair Economy offers us a model for self-sufficient, low and no cost solutions. Come learn about models for Repair Cafes and
Midnight Mutterings | Letter from America
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Yesterday, I left Orcas Island to spend a few days on the mainland, In addition to some appointments, I wanted to visit Rose and Molly. Their first birthday was August 26, which means, as cats, they are fully grown women. And they are,
