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
These Orcas kids love summer camp at Funhouse Commons
||| FROM EMILIE GINCIG for FUNHOUSE COMMONS ||| Summer Camp at The Funhouse has been super amazing! Each day the building has been full of smiling children playing games and running through sprinklers. “The best thing about summer camp is having fun,” said Funhouse kid Ember. Thea enjoyed playing basketball, Maggie liked
Ticks widespread in islands but diseases rare, study finds
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| The chance of finding a tick on yourself or one of your pets in San Juan County is greater than previously believed, but only about ten percent of island ticks are infected with pathogens that can cause you harm. Those are the findings
FHFF film explores conflict between oil companies and native peoples
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL || Yasuni Man, Friday Harbor Film Festival’s next offering in The Director Series, focuses on the conflict between oil companies and native Waorani people in South America. In the depths of South America, where the Andes, the Amazon and the Equator
SJIMA is bringing personal stories of everyday life in Kabul to Orcas Center
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| Discover what is it like to live in Afghanistan. On Sunday, August 28 from 5-7 at the Orcas Center, the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA) features a very special conversation with award-winning photographer, James Longley. In
Save the Date | Orcas Island Historical Museums annual fundraiser is back
||| FROM NANCY STILLGER for ORCAS ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUMS ||| After having to cancel for the last few years due to COVID, the museum looks forward to hosting its annual gala again. Mark your calendars for Saturday October 1 from 5 – 8 p.m. The event will be in Madrona
FULL BLOOM: All-islands makers summer fair coming up August 27
A summer day out with island artisans, music & food ||| FROM SHANNON BORG for SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| The fragrant fields will be in full bloom and lined with white tents and colorful banners inviting guests to stroll the Makers Fair and join in the celebration at a
Health Care District to convene meeting
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the August 23, 2022 Board meeting of the Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) will be posted August 22. You can access the agenda and meeting materials HERE. Commissioners will receive new
‘The Big Lie:’ A book review by Jens Kruse
||| BOOK REVIEW BY JENS KRUSE ||| Jonathan Lemire — the White House bureau chief at Politico and a regular contributor to MSNBC’s Morning Joe — opens his book, The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020, with a scene on August 1,
Port of Orcas schedules upcoming meeting
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| REGULAR MEETING AGENDA August 22nd, 2022, 5:00 P.M. This Meeting with be In-Person at the airport conference room and also available on Zoom. CALL TO ORDER – 5:00 p.m. AGENDA AMENDMENTS PUBLIC ACCESS MONTHLY BUSINESS 1. Approval of Previous Minutes –
Mammogram van coming to Orcas Senior Center in September
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Assured Imaging will be at Orcas Senior Center again this year with their Mammogram Van on September 19, 20, and 21. Although one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, nearly all breast cancer is treated successfully if detected
School Board to meet on Thursday
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL BOARD ||| Thursday, August 25, 2022 5:OOPM REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING In person and VIA ZOOM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT #137 EASTSOUND, WASHINGTON Notice of a REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AGENDA Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5474235505 1. 5:00 PM CALL TO ORDER Regular School Board Mtg in
Sun Days on Orcas | Nebulous
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| I now resonate with the idea of a midlife crisis, to an extent. What I feel isn't a dire, I-need-immediate-help kind of thing, but an internal shift in the way life has always felt into new, uncharted mental territory. I thought I'd try
Music of Hamilton, Broadway is coming to Summer Concert Series on the Green
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Don’t throw away your shot to see Rise Up! The Music of Hamilton and Broadway on Saturday, August 27 at 4 p.m. as part of the Summer Concert Series presented by Orcas Center, OrcaSong Farm, Country Corner, and San Juan County. Rise
Why don’t orca ever attack humans in the wild?
||| FROM NEWSWEEK ||| There are no records of orca ever hunting and killing humans in the wild, despite numerous interactions between the two species. Orca have been known to prey on whale species larger than themselves and they are the only known predators of great white sharks. Their diet also
SJC Department of Emergency Management update on sunken FV Aleutian Isle response
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for SJC EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| This is Brendan Cowan, Emergency Management Director for San Juan County writing. I wanted to give a more informal update to the community and share some of what I’ve seen and learned over the past six days of this response. I
Hearing appointments will soon be available at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS ISLAND SENIOR CENTER ||| Stacie Nordrum, Au.D., CCC-A, of Island Hearing Healthcare will be offering hearing appointments at Orcas Senior Center on Thursday, September 29 and starting October 6, she will be onsite every first Thursday of the month. Services available include hearing tests,
