Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Here’s Island Health upcoming class offerings
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health offers Living Well with COPD class Join Respiratory Therapist Sarah Edwards for an informative conversation on COPD. Learn how COPD affects the pulmonary arteries and other organs, as well as common treatments. This free, online class takes place on Tuesday,
Looks like severe weather shelter at Community Church to be open next week
||| FROM RYAN CARPENTER for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| When temperatures this winter drop to 32 degrees or below, the Severe Weather Shelter at Orcas Island Community Church is a place for unsheltered and under-sheltered community members to find warmth and hospitality. The shelter first opened in 2015 in
Inslee wraps up another busy week before Tuesday’s election
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Tuesday, November 8, is Election Day Next Tuesday, Nov. 8, is Election Day in Washington state. Voters may register or update their information in-person, and vote in-person, until 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. Mailed ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 8
Schedule a Medicare appointment with local experts
||| FROM PEGI GROUNDWATER for SHIBA ||| Confused by the ads on TV and the information you get in the mail or from your friends and neighbors? You can join one of SHIBA’s drop-in enrollment sessions on Monday afternoons between 1 and 4 in the Orcas Library’s Community Room through
Midnight Mutterings | A clowder of cats
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| After admitting I have two new kittens who have come to me without benefit of prior neutering (which will occur when they are five or six months old) and until which time will be locked in a nunnery with no access to sexual
Bethany Carter flies high for her 17th birthday
||| FROM ROBERT WAUNCH for AIRHAWKS FLYING CLUB ||| On Wednesday morning, November 2, Bethany Carter turned 17 and flew to Bellingham to take her Practical examination for her Private Pilot Certificate. The first part of the Practical is an oral examination by an FAA Designated Check Airman that includes
Sheriff’s Report | October 26 – November 1, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 22-007802 Trespassing 07:53:00 10/26/22 A Deputy responded to a report of a trespassing that occurred the previous night. It was reported that a white male wearing a hooded sweatshirt, with glasses and facial hair, walked under the deck and
Reading, math, science, and wellness: youth mental health is a new educational cornerstone
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Youth mental health is in a state – 45% of high school seniors reported feeling sad or hopeless in the past year, according to the statewide Healthy Youth Survey. If nearly half of youths grapple with feelings of depression, every youth
Latest (next to last) COVID bulletin from State Dept. of Health
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| In coordination with the end of the COVID-19 emergency proclamations and state of emergency on Oct. 31, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will discontinue the weekly COVID-19 Bulletin. The final edition will be published next Thursday, Nov. 10. You can visit doh.wa.gov for information about
More bivalent COVID-19 booster clinics scheduled for next week
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Health & Community Services is hosting additional, large-scale bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine clinics November 7 to November 10. There are many additional appointment slots still available. You may schedule your appointment at www.sjccovid.com. These may be the last large-scale clinics
WSF Weekly Report | Recruiting, schmoozing, and electrifying
||| FROM NICOLE MCINTOSH for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Getting high schoolers interested in working for us My colleagues from our Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility, human resources and the fleet went to the Kitsap County Fairgrounds yesterday to showcase our jobs in trades to high schoolers. The annual Try-A-Trade Day
‘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.
EDC to offer Introduction to Welding course as part of Trades Training Initiative
||| FROM MARTI MCCONNELL for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| The Economic Development Council (EDC) of San Juan County will offer an Introduction to Welding course as part of their Trades Training Initiative. This course is open to participants from San Juan County, ages 18 and over, who plan to use
Orcas Island Community Church invites children to “Kids’ Club” on Thursday evenings
||| FROM STEPHANIE MOSS for ORCAS COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| A weekly kids’ club will be hosted at the Community Church on Thursday evenings from November 2022 through April 2023, with the exception of a few holidays and breaks. At OICC’s Kids’ Club, children from kindergarten through fifth grade build healthy
Washington Conservation Voters endorse ranked-choice voting
Environmentalist group says YES to San Juan County Charter Amendment Proposition 3 ||| FROM BEN CHAPMAN for FAIRVOTE WASHINGTON ||| The Washington Conservation Voters is calling on voters in San Juan County to join the statewide and nationwide movement for ranked-choice voting by voting YES on San Juan County Charter
Eastsound Water opens voting for their 2022 Board of Directors election
||| FROM DAN BURKE for EASTSOUND WATER ||| On 11/2/2022 , Eastsound Water Users Association (EWUA) announced that membership voting for three Board of Director’s seats has begun. Online ballots were sent on November 1, 2022 to all members with email accounts on file. Paper ballots will be mailed to
