Here’s a thought…
“No one, I mean no one, has the right to sit in judgment of who’s American enough.”
MICHELLE OBAMA
Here is the Senior Barn for the OHS Class of 2024
||| FROM MOOSE KINSEY for OHS CLASS OF 2024 ||| The Orcas Island High School Class of 2024 has completed the barn painting and they have added their names. The painting of The Barn by Fowlers Pond is a tradition that goes back decades on Orcas Island. Every year, The
2023 SJC WSU Master Gardeners Workshop Series October 17-26
||| FROM SJC WSU 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 Gardening
WSF Weekly Report | Lawmakers tour Chimacum; New overhead walkway at Bainbridge
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| State lawmakers in Maritime Caucus tour Chimacum We hosted the state Legislature’s Maritime Caucus and a couple of their staff members aboard Chimacum on Friday. While sailing from Seattle to Bainbridge Island, they toured the engine room and Vessels Electrification Program Manager Chad Rous
Pea Patch has been fully funded
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| What a week! On Tuesday, the community fully funded the Pea Patch Match! WOWZA!!! So very grateful to all who contributed. Next stop is closing! We are waiting on the completion of a couple of tasks the seller agreed to accomplish
Reserve now for Orcas and Lopez Islands Farm Tours
||| FROM ISLAND FARM TOURS ||| Delicious three course meals, ciders, and wines straight from island farms with proceeds benefiting school gardens. Orcas on Sunday Oct 1st: Stroll this beautiful homestead and enjoy lunch prepared by The Kitchen at Warm Valley Orchard. Delicious local food, wines and ciders with walk abouts
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.
Elections office will be testing election tabulation equipment in October
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Elections office will be holding a “Logic and Accuracy” test of ballot tabulating equipment used for the County’s November 7, 2023, General election. The test is scheduled for October 3 at 11:00 a.m. Logic and accuracy testing is a standard
Land Bank Commission to meet tomorrow
||| FROM SJC LAND BANK COMMISSION ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold a regular monthly meeting on Friday, September 15, 2023 from 8:30am – 11:15am via Zoom. The meeting will also be available for in person public attendance at the San Juan Island Grange located at 152 First Street
Rep. Debra Lekanoff made a visit to Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Rep. Debra Lekanoff “You are like my Auntie’s house” said State Representative Debra Lekanoff to a group of 50 community members on Saturday, September 9. “When I was growing up, my Auntie made sure I had everything I needed.
Come see newly restored 1883 Jorgensen barn
||| FROM MICHELLE HASSEBROCK for ORCAS ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUMS ||| The Knapp Family and the Orcas Historical Museums welcome one and all to visit the newly restored 1883 Jorgensen barn on the Knapp Family Farm, located at 343 Buckhorn Road, Saturday, September 23, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Before his
Guest Opinion | This is what happens when challenges hit our Orcas community
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Thank you for this honor. I am deeply appreciative. Community Leadership is a team sport and I thank the Orcas Island Community Foundation staff, Board, volunteers, donors, nonprofit peers, and neighbors who contribute to making Orcas a healthy and thriving
Ocean scientists concerned over uptick of whale deaths on Northeast coasts
||| FROM ABC NEWS ||| There's been a common sight on Northeast beaches this summer: an alarming rise in whale carcasses washing in from the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists are becoming increasingly concerned over the number of dead whales, an animal that provides a lens into the general condition of the
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
