Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Holiday makery pop-up at Orcas Center
||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| A fun new Holiday Makery Pop-up is offering hands-on, make-it-yourself classes on Saturday, November 26 in the Madrona Room at Orcas Center from 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. This community gathering is an affordable way to bring new cheer to your home, make
San Juan County’s Comprehensive Plan update nears completion
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Council is expected to adopt the 2036 Comprehensive Plan Update by the end of the year. With a County Council public hearing on November 29, the exciting finale to a six-year project is in sight. “This is such an important
Notice of scheduled prescribed burn at Turtleback Mountain Preserve
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The Land Bank will begin burning small piles on Turtleback Mountain Preserve this week under a permit from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This work follows strict protocols designed to ensure safety and to minimize impacts on air quality. It is a
Community dodgeball is back
||| FROM SUSAN STOLZ ||| The Orcas Island Education Foundation and Orcas Park and Rec invite the whole community to an evening of all-ages Dodgeball at the High School Gym. Friday November 25 from 7 - 9:30ish. Holiday attire STRONGLY encouraged — there will be a PRIZE for the
Trumpism hits a wall
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH for RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM||| Washington -The crucial long-term consequence of the 2022 mid-term election is that no matter who controls Congress, Trumpism has hit a stone wall. A broad coalition of voters in pivotal swing states has firmly rejected former President Donald Trump’s naked attempt
Health District budget hearing and special meeting
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the November 15, 2022 Budget Hearing and Special Board meeting of the Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) will be posted November 14. You can access the agenda and meeting materials including
KANU: A multifaceted musical journey to show at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Experience KANU—an immersive, interactive journey through the Alaskan wilderness via song, soundscapes, visual installations and storytelling, this November 17 – 19 at Orcas Center. Drawing on Rafe Pearlman’s own experiences growing up in the remote Alaskan interior, the KANU project is guided
Friday Harbor Film Festival offering free on-demand online viewing of winners, runners-up
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| Friday Harbor Film Festival’s On-Demand Festival winners, as well as the student film award winners and runners-up are available to stream FREE at www.fhff.org now through November 30. Films available are: Corky - Best Feature (director Christine Caruso) is the
Sun Days on Orcas | Mindy’s story
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Vulnerability opens doors in people's hearts. Raw, brave sharing is inspirational and powerful. It lifts, encourages, and builds all those who are on the receiving end, and the sender soon hears how supported and how very un-alone they actually are. It's
Can you see an opportunity here to help Ukrainian children?
||| FROM UKRAINE CHILDREN'S ACTION PROJECT ||| We don’t know how we will find enough words to describe the gratitude we feel to all of you for helping support so many children who are the outright victims of Putin’s terror war on Ukraine. This is our organizing theme: “On the
As the Paradigm Shifts | The Older I Get, the Luckier I Feel
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN |||| Standing at the left cash register in the Island Hardware Store on Orcas Island, glancing into the back of the store, you will read: "If You are Lucky Enough to Live on Orcas Island, You are Lucky Enough." It only took
Ken Gibbs memorial endowment launches
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Ken Gibbs The Orcas community lost a remarkable man this summer. Ken Gibbs was a brilliant scientist, a kind neighbor, a dedicated volunteer and a delightful friend to so many. In honor of his life on Orcas, his
Servicios de interpretación de Island Health : Medical Clinic provides care in Spanish
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| In alignment with its strategic plan, Orcas Island Health Care District wants to make sure that members of our community know that language is not a barrier to care at Island Health Primary Care – Orcas. Interpretation by phone
Inslee | Veterans Day, electric heat pumps, affordable health plans, election results
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Washington state celebrates Veterans Day The Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs 2022 Veterans Day poster. Friday, Nov. 3, is Veterans Day and the 104th anniversary of Armistice Day concluding World War I. The United States Congress officially recognized the holiday in
Sheriff’s Report | November 2 – 8, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 22-008005 Harassment 05:56:49 11/02/22 A Deputy responded to a report of Harassment in Friday Harbor. Two businesses requested a person trespassed from their businesses. There was no probable cause for the crime of harassment and the person was issued
Letter to Editor | Thank you to all the A*OK supporters
||| FROM SUSAN SINGLETON, BROOK MEINHARDT, DANNA KINSEY for ART FOR ORCAS KIDS ||| Our Art for Orcas Kids Program is gearing up for another fun-filled holiday GiveOrcas campaign and we are reflecting back to our early beginnings and our amazing gifts along the way. We want to say a
