Here’s a thought…
“If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.”
WILLIAM L. MCKNIGHT
Can Nantucket survive the stress of year-round tourism?
||| FROM NEW YORK POST ||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER Last summer, the line for beloved Nantucket restaurant Black Eyed Susan’s would often snake down India Street — but waiting in line was worth it. A small, unpretentious and slightly offbeat space, it’s popular with both longtime visitors
Makers Making | Maria Bullock basketry at Island Bounty, Fri. Sept 30
||| FROM MARCY MONTGOMERY for SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| Basketry is a sculptural art form on display at the upcoming Island Bounty event at the Orcas Center. Maria Bullock is a true agricultural maker and has developed a collection of multi-colored willows that she grows, harvest, prepares and turns
OICF requesting proposals for 2022 GiveOrcas Holiday Campaign
||| FROM ED ANDREWS for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) is requesting proposals for the 2022 GiveOrcas Holiday Campaign. OICF’s bi-annual GiveOrcas Campaigns are a way to build awareness of local nonprofits and raise funds to support the programs that make Orcas a stronger and
Request for Proposals for San Juan County lodging tax facilities / promotional grant program
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County has established a tourism facilities program, funded by a portion of the revenue collected under the State Lodging Tax excise statutes and is seeking proposals from qualified entities interested in: Funding single project proposals concerned with acquiring, improving, or developing
Routine traffic stop ends with drug possession charges
||| FROM RON KREBS, SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF ||| On 09/24/2022, Deputy Norton of San Juan Island made a routine traffic stop on a Chrysler Aspen for a burned our brake light, expired registration over 2 months and failing to transfer a vehicle title after sale. The driver was identified
Makers Making | Emmy Gran floral design at Island Bounty, Fri. Sept 30
||| FROM MARCY MONTGOMERY for SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| Floral design and sculpture are an art form on display at the upcoming Island Bounty event at the Orcas Center. One of the featured exhibitors is Emmy Gran, a Farmer-Florist growing flowers beside the Salish Sea and her art form
Cayou Channel officially renamed to honor Coast Salish leader
A blessing and celebration are set for Oct. 2 along the Pacific Northwest waterway ||| FROM RICHARD WALKER for INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY ||| 8:30-10:00 AM Awaken the Water A Sunday morning water blessing of Cayou Channel from Orcas Landing/Bayhead Marina to West Sound Community Club. Join descendants in a community
Annual Orcas Farm Tours is an opportunity to honor, enjoy Island Bounty this weekend
||| FROM MARCY MONTGOMERY for SJI AGRICULTURE GUILD ||| Orcas Center and the San Juan Islands Agriculture Guild are launching the popular annual Orcas Farm Tours with the Island Bounty opening party on Friday, September 30 at Orcas Center. Island residents and visitors are invited to come enjoy and honor
Farmers Market winds down for season with final celebration, raffle
||| FROM ERICA LYONS for ORCAS ISLAND FARMERS MARKET ||| As the summer season winds down to an end and signals the transition to fall, the Orcas Island Farmers Market is heading into the final Farmers Market of the season. To celebrate the end of a successful 2022 season, we
Health Care District will interview candidates at upcoming meeting
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the September 27, 2022 Board meeting of the Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) will be posted September 26. You can access the agenda and meeting materials at the link below. Meeting Documents
Interim Watmough Preserve Stewardship and Management Plan now open for public comment
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is seeking public input on its Interim Stewardship and Management Plan (SMP) for the Watmough Addition on Lopez Island. You can download a copy of the Watmough Addition Interim SMP from the Land Bank’s website by following this link: Watmough
Letter to Editor | Our council sits idly by while WSF service continues to decline
||| FROM ALEX MACLEOD ||| It has been almost a year since my open letter to the San Juan County Council was posted: “I trust you all saw this week’s WSF newsletter from Patty Rubstello (WSF’s CEO). Along with making no mention of WSF’s mounting service failures, it touted the
Alchemy Art Center readies its visiting artist pop-up show
||| FROM GLENN HENDRICK for ALCHEMY ART CENTER ||| Come see what Alchemy’s amazingly talented August/September artist cohort has been up to this summer! This Tuesday, September 27 from 6-9 p.m., Alchemy welcomes you to their dome exhibition space at 1255 Wold Rd. You will be able to purchase beautiful
Car seat clinic, blood drive on tap at Island Health
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health hosts car and booster seat clinic Safe Kids Northwest is hosting a free car seat clinic on Thursday, October 13 from 3–5 p.m. in the 24th Street parking lot of Island Health, Anacortes. Learn how to properly install and use your
Island Sinfonia looking for musicians
||| FROM KAREN BLINN for ISLAND SINFONIA ||| Island Sinfonia, the local inter-island orchestra, has resumed rehearsals after being halted by the pandemic in early 2020. If you play a band or a string instrument, you are invited to join the group for a couple of hours on Saturday afternoons.
Sun Days on Orcas | This I believe
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS ISLAND by EDEE KULPER ||| Several weeks ago I asked if anyone would like to write a personal essay called This I Believe. If so, and if you wanted it out there for the public to read, I would post it on my blog. Here is
