Here’s a thought…
“If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.”
WILLIAM L. MCKNIGHT
Hot Topic 59: All about the fall bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The core message is simple: Get the COVID-19 bivalent booster this fall. What is this bivalent booster? What makes this booster different from the vaccines that came before? New bivalent booster vaccines will soon be available from Moderna and Pfizer. Bivalent Novavax boosters
Orcas Garden Club presenter to speak of climate change
||| FROM ORCAS GARDEN CLUB ||| Thor Hanson On Wednesday, September 21, at 10:30 a.m., the Orcas Island Garden Club will present a virtual (Zoom) meeting featuring Thor Hanson. Thor’s presentation, Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid, addresses the fraught and fascinating biology of climate change, how plants and
Reminder: Planned overnight power outage scheduled for Thursday night
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT CO-OPERATIVE ||| All of San Juan County will be affected by a planned power outage necessary for Bonneville Power Association (BPA) to make scheduled repairs to the transmission lines that deliver power to the islands. This maintenance outage will happen during
MacKaye Harbor shoreline restoration project completed
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is proud to announce the completion of the MacKaye Harbor Shoreline Restoration Project on Lopez Island. After several weeks of removing old armor from the beach and spreading fresh sand and gravel, crews have officially cleared the site. The
Lopez Village road stormwater improvement coming soon
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| This fall, San Juan County’s Department of Environmental Stewardship will upgrade the eroding ditch along the east side of Village Road between Washburn and Eads Lane, to improve storm water quality and manage flooding. The project is funded by a grant from
San Juan County enters final stage of review for Comprehensive Plan update
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Yesterday marked the first of many County Council meetings devoted to reviewing the 2036 Comprehensive Plan Update. County Council will review different elements of the Plan every Monday through October 17 with additional, semi-regular meetings to follow, leading up to the public hearing
San Juan County seeks planning commissioners
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is looking for interested volunteers to fill two vacancies on the Planning Commission. Position #5 will serve a partial term that ends in December of 2024. Position #8 will also serve a partial term that will end in December of
Deadline extended for Orcas artists wishing to exhibit at Library in 2023
||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| November 1st is the new deadline for Orcas Island artists wishing to exhibit at the Orcas Island Library in 2023. A pamphlet describing the process is available at the library. Submissions should include your name, address, email, and phone number, 6 digital
Will GOP splits foil the Trump strategy?
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH ||| Hedrick Smith Olga, Washington – The media keeps telling us that 70 percent of Republicans still back the bogus claim that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump. But for this November, keep your eye on the 20 to 30 percent of
The unexpected power of random acts of kindness
New research shows small gestures matter even more than we may think ||| FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER In late August, Erin Alexander, 57, sat in the parking lot of a Target store in Fairfield, Calif., and wept. Her sister-in-law had recently died,
Tourism is sucking Utah dry. Now it faces a choice – growth or survival?
Booming expansion to meet the demands of thousands of visitors every year is squeezing dwindling water supply ||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER It was a typically hot summer day in Utah’s Zion national park, where early-afternoon heat hovered near 100F, even in the shadows
Fall Open House at North Shore/Glenwood Inn Property
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank and San Juan Preservation Trust are celebrating our newest collaboration together and YOU’RE INVITED! Please join County Council, and staff and commissioners/directors from both organizations between the hours of 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, September
Passes now available for Friday Harbor Film Festival
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| It’s time to make your plans for the Friday Harbor Film Festival coming up October 21-30. Passes are now available on the fhff.org website for both the In-Theatre and the On-Demand Festivals. The full film guide is on-line, providing details
Amateur radio introduction coming up for would-be Hams
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Introduction to Amateur Radio by Greg Hancock by Zoom: Tuesday, September 13, 7-8pm Amateur Radio (ham radio) brings people, science, and communication together. Radio operators use ham radio between islands, across the oceans, and even into space, all without the Internet
Rewire, renew at ‘Move Thyself Now’ workshop
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Emillie Novak Improve movement and improve life by experiencing the Feldenkrais Method with Emillie Novak. You can, at any time, rewire yourself with Emillie’s Move Thyself Now introductory 12-week Feldenkrais class. It will give you an opportunity to re-educate
Reminder: Fire Commission will interview candidate(s) for Commissioner this week
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| As a reminder, the Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a special meeting on Monday, September 12 at 1 p.m. for the purpose of interviewing, evaluating, and appointing a candidate to fill the BOFC Seat #2 vacancy. This meeting will be
