Here’s a thought…
“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man.”
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
More road levy frequently asked questions
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County publishes a second round of answers to frequently asked Road Levy questions. November's ballots will include Resolution No. 20-2022 - a proposition to increase the county road levy from $0.56 to $1.00 per $1,000 of assessed value. The $0.44 increase will be
Food Bank expands to meet growing need
||| BY ELLIE WRIGHT, theORCASONIAN INTERN ||| In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed by the United Nations, enshrining the rights and freedoms of all human beings. On that declaration, food was affirmed as a basic human right. Yet still, according to the USDA, over 34 million
Washington students leaving money on the table by forgetting the FAFSA
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) opened on Oct. 1. Students nationwide are applying for aid that might support their college education or career training. Many students in Washington state are missing out - the state has the third-lowest
Upcycled waste has turned into world-class art at SJIMA
||| FROM BARBARA MARRETT for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART |||. In his fascinating lecture, sculptor Kevin Christison will explain how he takes discarded materials and turns them into world-class art. You are invited to a special gallery walk & talk at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art
Weekly update on Lopez Village Stormwater Improvement Project
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Public Works is excited to provide the public with updates on the Lopez Village Stormwater Improvement Project. This project began in late September and is expected to finish by early November. Last Week – October 17-21: Crews completed backfill to
Youngren family farmhouse sale will benefit OIEF
||| FROM JANET BROWNELL for ORCAS ISLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION ||| Rarely is there a sale like the one happening on Orcas, November 5! The Orcas Island Education Foundation will be holding the EPIC Youngren Family Farmhouse sale. Kathy Youngren explains: “We have loved our years living in the old farmhouse
Health Care District meeting scheduled
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the October 25, 2022 Board meeting of the Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) will be posted October 24. You can access the agenda and meeting materials at the link below. Meeting Documents
Conservation Land Bank to host county-wide public meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Got questions for Your Conservation Land Bank? We want to hear from you! We will host a county-wide public meeting on Wednesday – November 9, 2022, from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm. Register here to join the meeting: November 9, 2022 Community Conversation We’ll kick off
Overnight closure of Olga Road, November 2-3
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Public Works Department announces the overnight closure of Olga Rd on November 2-3. The road will be closed for 12 hours while a culvert is replaced. A section of Olga Rd between Kahboo Hill Road and Twin Maples Ln (between
Halloween in Eastsound! Celebrate safely on Monday, October 31
Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce works to safeguard Trick or Treaters on North Beach Road ||| FROM ORCAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ||| Come celebrate Halloween on Monday, October 31 in Eastsound. The Chamber of Commerce wants to make sure we all keep an eye out for little goblins and ghouls
Island Primary Care adds new provider with diverse experience
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Ali Salari, DO ANACORTES, Washington — Island Health welcomes Ali Salari, DO to its Island Primary Care - 24th Street clinic this week. Salari has been a family medicine physician with the Stansbury Health Center in Stansbury Park, Utah for
Audition Notice: Upcoming winter plays at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Auditions for two plays to be held at Orcas Center will be held in the Black Box on Tuesday, November 1 and Wednesday, November 2 from 6-8pm. Scripts are available at the library. For more information, or if you are unable to
Life Line screening event at Orcas Senior Center: Tuesday, November 15
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| The mission of Life Line Screening is to provide affordable and convenient health screenings that supplement your traditional healthcare. Life Line Screening will offer these non-invasive and painless health screenings at Orcas Senior Center on Tuesday, November 15. These screenings will
Sun Days on Orcas | Happiness and difficulty
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Every person has a different natural bent. My natural state is happy contentment (unless someone else’s negative bent is put upon mine). I think I can thank my genes for the daily optimism I feel, but I can also thank my
Letter to Editor | Ranked Choice Voting is wrong for and unneeded in SJC
||| FROM TONY P. GHAZEL, BILL APPEL, TOM STAR, and PAUL DOSSETT ||| Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), the latest fashion in election tinkering, is unneeded in our county. Our current system works well and our local elections officials do a tremendous job leading a process that is well respected and
Innovative projects looking to repurpose industrial waste receive $850K from new state program
One company’s waste is another’s resource ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| OLYMPIA, WA -- The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced $850,000 in grants to four projects in support of new and exciting efforts to find beneficial uses for industrial waste. In this first year of the Industrial
