Here’s a thought…
“No one, I mean no one, has the right to sit in judgment of who’s American enough.”
MICHELLE OBAMA
County Parks and Fair Department to break ground on capital projects
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Parks and Fair Department has several capital improvement projects slated to begin in September and be completed by late fall. New Shark Reef Sanctuary Waterless Vault Toilets on Lopez Island The two existing vault toilets at Shark Reef Sanctuary
Marine Resources Committee & County Marine Program remove derelict creosote pier on San Juan Island
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Marine Resources Committee (MRC) is working with the County’s Environmental Stewardship Marine Program to remove the derelict pier at Jackson Beach this fall. Construction is expected to begin in late September and last no more than a week. What to
Council to gather on Lopez for September 12 meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Council will hold its next regularly scheduled, September 12 meeting on Lopez Island. The public is invited to join the three councilmembers and County staff at the meeting at the Lopez Center for Community and the Arts beginning at 10:30
2023 Fall native wildflower sale to kickoff Sept. 12
||| FROM THE SALISH SEEDS PROJECT ||| 2023 Fall Native Wildflower Sale Salish Seeds Project ONLINE KICKOFF -- September 12 @ 9:00 A.M. The Salish Seeds Project announces its annual Fall Native Wildflower Sale, with more plants to choose from than ever. Buyers can reserve plants online September 12 – 17 and pick
Plan ahead if you hope to ride a ferry over Labor Day weekend
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Customers should plan ahead for what is anticipated to be one of the busiest travel weekends in the last few years. About 400,000 people are expected to travel throughout the ferry system between Thursday, Aug. 29 and Tuesday, September 5 for Labor Day weekend.
Letter to Editor | The bad soap opera at OIFR continues
||| FROM GREG AYERS ||| Wow, OIFR is a bad soap opera, and they are spending OUR money to make it. You just gotta scratch your head. Only these commissioners can successfully, and repeatedly “snatch defeat from the jaws of victory” Last week the commissioners were able to paint this
Larsen: Inflation Reduction Act is lowering drug costs for NW Washington seniors
HHS announces first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiation ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the first 10 prescription drugs covered under Medicare Part D selected for price negotiation. In August 2022, Rep.
Art Opening: The art of recycling at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Visual Arts Committee (VAC) of Orcas Center and The Exchange are coming together to celebrate creative recycling on Orcas Island! Join us for a community art opening and fashion show comprised of re-purposed materials on Friday, September 1 starting at 5:30pm
And here we are, last concert of the season at Wild Island
||| FROM OLIVER GROENWALD for WILD ISLAND RESTAURANT ||| Time flies when you're having fun, we are already coming to the end of our 3rd summer series. It was a wonderful season, so many happy people, fantastic music and vibes. We started with a little presentation of Darren's Middle and
Full Moon Tarot | Magic, boredom, and harmony
||| FULL MOON TAROT by NIK SCHULZ ||| Alignment with the magic of nature gives way to feelings that nothing else measures up. In the end though we learn to work with both experiences. Queen of Pentacles It appears that we start off this lunar cycle with a profound sense
Threat of firefighter blood cancers reduced with FIIRE Grant
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| The OIFR Safety Committee, consisting of Safety Officer Bob Nutt, Volunteer Lt. Greg Sawyer, Capt. Don Swain and Chief Holly vanSchaick have been awarded a $25,000 grant for new firefighter bunker gear (also known as turnouts) through the Department of
Island Health adds leading-edge diagnostic technologies, thanks to community support
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health’s Diagnostic Imaging (DI) team recently launched several new technologies after receiving funds from the Island Health Foundation’s Annual Gala of Hope in April. The Heartstrings Raise-the-Paddle Appeal brought in $328,000, specifically earmarked for diagnostic technologies, including upgrades to mammography, MRI
September Orcas Library artist is Richard Bell
||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| In an exhibit titled “Orcas Seen,” Richard Bell’s watercolor paintings will be displayed in the Orcas Island Library during the month of September. Richard Bell’s artist’s statement: My wife Mimi and I have owned a home on Orcas Island for 20
Artworks featured artist for September is BJ Arnold
||| FROM BJ ARNOLD for ORCAS ARTWORKS ||| BJ and her husband have recently created a new home and garden closer to town. The incredible riot of flowers through the seasons is a never-ending source of inspiration and delight which is reflected in her new body of work. Her latest
Black-tail deer hunting season opens September 1 at Lopez Hill, Mount Grant Preserves
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Deer hunting is open for a limited season at Lopez Hill and Mount Grant Preserves. Specific dates for 2023 are as follows: Archery
Lummi Nation prepares for Sk’aliCh’elh’tenaut’s return home
Chairman Hillaire: ‘She needs to rest where her family and her ancestors come from.’ ||| FROM THE SALISH CURRENT ||| She spent 53 years in captivity, performing in a Florida amusement park under the stage name Lolita. She will soon return home to her native Salish Sea as Sk’aliCh’elh’tenaut (pronounced
