Here’s a thought…
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and the government when it deserves it.”
MARK TWAIN
Cultivating Success: Growing Future Farmers
Learn how to develop a sustainable small farm ||| FROM KATHRYN MIKULAK for SJC WSU EXTENSION ||| Interested in farming? Not sure how to begin? Do you dream of beginning or expanding your own small farm? The Cultivating SuccessTM series of courses combines workshop and farmer-direct learning experiences to help
Deadline approaches for Orcas artists wishing to exhibit at Library in 2023
||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| REMINDER! October 1st is the 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
Notary services soon to be available at Senior Center
Notary Service by Lisa Spesard at Orcas Senior Center: Monday, September 12 and Monday, October 10 ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Lisa Spesard will provide notary services on Monday, September 12 and Monday, October 10, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. A donation to OSC is suggested
10 presumed dead after float plane crashes west of Whidbey Island
||| FROM KING5 NEWS ||| AUSTIN, Wash. — One person has been confirmed dead and nine others are unaccounted for after a float plane crashed near Whidbey Island on Sunday. The U.S. Coast Guard said crews from multiple agencies have responded to the reported crash in Mutiny Bay west of
Silver Swans Virtual Ballet with Emily Anton by Zoom: Wednesdays, 11am-12pm
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Emily Anton for Silver Swans, an hour of basic and gentle ballet for older adults on Wednesdays, 11am-12pm by Zoom. Improve your mobility, posture, stability, and balance with this movement class that has been specially designed for seniors. Rediscover your
Omicron variant boosters to soon be available
Bivalent boosters aim to provide better protection from currently-circulating variants of COVID-19 ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and other healthcare providers will soon begin offering Omicron variant-targeted bivalent booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines following authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and recommendations from the Centers for Disease
Sun Days on Orcas | 27 things about Sharon Abreu
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Sharon Abreu Meet Sharon Abreu and you'll immediately feel how positive, talented, and humble she is. She is always upbeat, and when she is discouraged by the state of the world, she uses the performing arts to kindly, respectfully,
Weekly update from Governor Inslee
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Kids ride free! Public transit agencies drop youth fares thanks to Move Ahead Washington transportation package A child waves at a passing ferry in the Puget Sound, and Washington youth and legislators celebrate the launch of free youth public transit. By
Orcas painter, along with his weaver mom, exhibiting at WaFd
||| FROM PETER CARLSON ||| WaFd Bank in Eastsound is pleased to announce that the featured artists for September and October will be Orcas Island painter Peter Carlson and his mother, the weaver Ann Carlson of Ketchikan, Alaska. It will be the first time that these two artists have collaborated
What’s that gray stuff on our big leaf maples?
||| FROM JULIA TURNEY for SAN JUAN MASTER GARDENERS ||| Our Big Leaf Maple leaves have been looking very gray this summer and many trees have leaves that are turning brown and dropping from the trees. The culprit is powdery mildew. There are several types of fungi that attack only maples. Powdery
As the Paradigm Shifts | I want it to be easy
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS BY ROSIE KUHN ||| For me, self-exploration is like Gaming. Whether it’s PacMan, Mario, or the highly technical games that so many people play these days, there is an intention to get from one level to the next—upleveling themselves over and over again. Each level
Letter to Editor | What a joy the Viking Voice is
||| FROM DOMINIC VERBANO ||| Ode to the Viking Voice, the Orcas High School student paper! What a power of good it did my heart to find your website and start reading your present and past satire! What a joy! These young people, obviously, have yet to be adulterated, for
Update on Senior Council Districts separation
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for SENIOR SERVICES COUNCIL ||| Earlier this spring, the Board of Directors of the Senior Services Council of San Juan County (SSCSJC) voted to transfer the operational functions of its three District Committees to three stand-alone nonprofit organizations. The Orcas, Lopez, and San Juan District Committees
Sheriff’s Report | August 24 – 30, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 22-006107 Animal Noise 09:35:47 08/24/22 A San Juan Deputy responded to a report of animal noise. The dog's owner was contacted and was asked to quiet the dog when it is barking as to not disturb neighbors. The incident
Avian flu outbreak has been confirmed in Eastsound area
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| More than a dozen Canada geese visiting shorelines and farm ponds in the Eastsound area have died suddenly in the last two weeks. Testing by Kwiaht and by San Juan County Public Health have independently confirmed the presence of avian flu, which is
Meet your school staff: Lydia Dennee-Lee, Farm to Classroom Garden Keeper
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Lydia Dennee-Lee was born and raised in Olympia. She's lived on Orcas full time for the past three years. She started her undergraduate education as a marine biology student and came out of college with a Bachelors in Ecological and Social Restoration through
