Here’s a thought…
“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers.”
THOMAS PYNCHON
Sun Days on Orcas | The dreaded EMS call
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDIE KULPER ||| I always wondered if I'd get the call. I always felt that statistically, the odds were high. My husband bikes these roads every single day, and it's something I usually have to put out of my head, given that there are
Midnight Mutterings | Life With Rose and Molly
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| The Tabby Sisters, from the bucket of kittens, are six months old now and are huge. While they weigh only about seven pounds each, they are lanky and can stretch to two and a half feet in an effort to get closer to
Calling fiber artists for upcoming Orcas Center show in March
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee (VAC) is seeking fiber artists for the next Community Art Show this March! Textile and Fiber Arts Drop off your art on Wednesday, March 1 from 10:15am -12pm and join us for the artist reception on Friday,
Orcas Aviation pilot logs his 1,000th Mercy Flight
||| FROM ROBERT WAUNCH for ORCAS AVIATION ASSOCIATION ||| A significant milestone was reached the morning of January 9 th as Gil Blinn flew his 1,000th Mercy Flight. The Orcas Aviation Association (OAA) and the Orcas Island community he serves congratulates Gil on this remarkable achievement assisting his community. An
A collection of short plays is coming to Orcas Center Black Box
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Join us for the first Black Box Production of 2023 at Orcas Center: The Lonely Plays, written by Seattle playwright Heidi Heimarck, directed by Ellen Graham and starring an all-local cast. The Lonely Plays is a collection of short plays curated with
Sheriff’s Report | February 1 – 8, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 23-000691 Welfare Check 09:46:24 02/01/23 Deputies responded to a report of a suicidal individual on the west side of San Juan Island. The report was unfounded. 23-000705 Assault - Aggravated 16:46:51 02/01/23 Deputies responded to a reported assault with
Lovelett bills to update Growth Management Act heard in Senate committee
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATS ||| OLYMPIA - Two bills sponsored by Sen. Liz Lovelett (D-Anacortes) to reform the Washington state Growth Management Act (GMA) were heard in the Senate Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs Committee this week. Senate Bill 5203 would establish a new climate change and resiliency goal in the
County Council awards five year lease at Coffelt Farm Preserve
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is pleased to announce Lum Farm has been awarded a long-term lease at Coffelt Farm on Orcas Island. Eric and Amy Lum have been stalwart stewards of Coffelt Farm since 2019, when their response to a Request for Proposals
Salish Sea Early Music Festival returns with Biedermeier Serenade
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| The twelfth annual 2023 Salish Sea Early Music Festival presents the second of seven programs through June entitled The Biedermeier Serenade featuring guitarist Oleg Timofeyev, flutist Jeffrey Cohan and violist Lindsey Strand-Polyak in a program of trios from the
Weekly WSF report
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Visit to Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility I spent some time at our Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility last week meeting colleagues who basically keep our system afloat. The Bainbridge Island complex is home base for more than 100 employees tasked with keeping our
Whale Museum has two open houses coming up for prospective volunteers
||| FROM TRACIE MERRELL for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum is holding two open houses for anyone interested in volunteering with TWM’s Education Department. The open house events will be held on Thursday, February 23, from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm & Saturday, March 4, from 3:00 pm
‘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.
State Health Dept. relaunches free telehealth program for COVID-19
Free telehealth appointments expand access to oral antivirals ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has relaunched its popular free telehealth program to increase access to potentially life-saving medication to treat COVID-19. The program expands the federal government’s Test to Treat initiative and gives people at
Letter to Editor | Thanks to all who make the Dental Van Clinic possible
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Thank you to the many people who made the recent Dental Van Clinic possible. To the Community Church, who hosted the van and provided the reception space. To Marsha Waunch and her team of volunteers who welcomed patients and kept the
Poetry | I have to write today. I must.
||| FROM ED WILSON ||| I Have to Write Today. I Must. Ed Wilson Because I am not standing outside a collapsed apartment building in Turkey or Syria, because I did not spend the night shivering in freezing cold with others who are lifting rubble in hopes of reaching the
Latest on tap at your Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Art with Carla @ Orcas Senior Center – Fridays, 1-3pm Are you interested in exploring your artistic side? Art with Carla is back! This class is lighthearted fun, structured around process, with an emphasis on you CAN do it! Folks of
