Here’s a thought…
“The United States has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.”
ELBRIDGE COLBY
Apply now | Adult flight training scholarships available
||| FROM ROBERT WAUNCH for ORCAS AVIATION ASSOCIATION ||| The Orcas Aviation Association (OAA) will award two adults a $4,000 Flight Training Scholarship on a matching fund basis in 2023. The training program will be offered in cooperation with the Airhawks Flying Club and operate the same as their Youth
Poetry Month: What does it mean to have a voice in America?
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| What does it mean to have a voice in America? In honor of National Poetry Month, an immigrant poet from Japan, and a first-generation poet who is the daughter of an El Salvadoran immigrant, will share their poetry in response to
Meet & greet new providers at Island Primary Care – Orcas
||| FROM ELLEN FRASER for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| By Ellen Fraser / April 12, 2023 / OIHCD News Join us for a public Meet & Greet with Island Primary Care – Orcas pediatrician Evan Buxbaum, MD, MPH and family medicine physician Jennifer Simpson-Manske, MD. When: Monday, May 1, 2023 | 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Location: Orcas Center,
Earth Day | Low tide on Eastsound waterfront
||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| Come explore the minus low tide! On Saturday, April 22, Island residents are invited to pick up colorful laminated wildlife guides at the Earth Day Orcas base camp at the Emmanuel Episcopal labyrinth. Enjoy the eco fair, kids storytelling (10 a.m.), art and
Artworks featured artist for April: Peter Mohlman
||| FROM B.J. ARNOLD for ORCAS ISLAND ARTWORKS ||| The Orcas island Artworks Features new paintings through the month April by Peter Andres Mohlman. Peter has spent decades working as visually creative person. He attended the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts and graduated from the Atlanta College of
Summer vehicle reservations to be available on Tuesday, April 25
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Vehicle reservations for travel on the San Juan Islands and Port Townsend/Coupeville routes between June 18 and September 23 will be available at 7 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, April 25. Customers are encouraged to view the upcoming schedule online in advance of booking their travel. Reservations
Meals on Wheels looking to hire a new cook at Orcas Senior Center
|| FROM JULIE MYERS for WHATCOM COUNTY ON AGING ||| The WCOA’s Meals on Wheels and More Program is hiring an experienced, mission-driven cook to lead our Orcas Senior Center kitchen team! Job Summary: The Orcas Senior Center Cook is responsible for leading the production, packaging, delivery staging, serving, and
Letter to Editor | Don’t sweat the air ambulance
||| FROM TOM EVANS ||| Worried you may need to be air ambulanced off Island, and not a member of the right air ambulance carrier? Or, you will be socked with a bill of 20K +. Listen up. I have good news. You don’t actually have to be a member
Zwilling Health | 3 habits to help you wake up feeling great
||| ZWILLING HEALTH by REGINA ZWILLING ||| Regina has been a massage therapist, yoga practitioner and teacher, and a nutritionist for 20+ years. She co-owned several yoga studios and in that capacity led yoga teacher trainings and several cleanses, helping hundreds of people learn how to truly nourish their bodies
Middle School Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser a rousing success
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND STAFF ||| Our middle school team of students, parents, and staff had a wonderful time serving over 450 meals to the Orcas community during our recent Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser. It was great to be back in action after a three year break!
Commissioner Hilary Franz recognized again as a leader in wild salmon recovery for zero-discharge aquaculture commitment
||| FROM EMMA HELVERSON for WILD FISH CONSERVANCY ||| Washington State is once again raising the bar for governments and companies around the world when it comes to protecting aquatic ecosystems from the impacts of salmon aquaculture. In a press release this morning, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz announced the Department
Voice of the Earth | Music and art on Earth Day
||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| Multiple performances bring delightful and thought provoking live music to the Eastsound Waterfront on Earth Day, Sat. April 22nd. The celebration opens at 10am with an instrumental violin concert by Joel Gamble accompanying a contemplative earth-themed art exhibit in the Emmanuel Parish Hall.
New survey asks: ‘How should San Juan County prioritize Public Works projects?’
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County's Public Works wants to hear from YOU! How often do you use marine facilities? Do you feel safe driving, biking, or walking on County roads? How should funding be prioritized into the future? These questions and more will guide the
Washington tribe fights to bring home orca living in Miami aquarium
||| FROM ONE NEWS NETWORK ||| More than 50 years ago, Tokitae was captured in Washington's Puget Sound — one of several orcas shipped to theme parks around the world. Since then, she's been kept as a performer in a small tank at Miami Seaquarium under the name "Lolita." She's
Choral Society offers their voices for peace & hope this weekend
||| FROM LYNN BAKER for ORCAS CHORAL SOCIETY ||| This weekend, enjoy beautiful music from Orcas Islanders of all ages as Orcas Choral Society presents its spring concert, Voices for Peace and Hope. “Spring is here at last! We’ll rejoice in the freshness of the world’s rebirth with Vivaldi’s Gloria,
Orcas Island’s Fish Trap culvert replacement enters second phase
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The County’s Public Works Department is entering phase two of a project to replace a culvert and repair a section of Cormorant Bay Road near Deer Harbor. The FEMA-funded project is installing a ten-foot-wide box culvert, specially designed to improve fish passage to
