Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
EDC steps in to help with recovery from Friday Harbor fire
||| FROM VICTORIA COMPTON, EDC BOARD and STAFF ||| Our business community needs your help right now – the devastating fire of April 7th wiped out numerous businesses, left families without a way to put food on the table, and scarred the heart of our downtown. Could you please help
Overdose deaths in Washington top 2,000 in 2021 and continue to rise
To help save lives health officials urge people to carry naloxone and to know overdose signs ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – New data show that deaths from drug overdoses continue to increase for Washington residents. Provisional data as of April 4 show drug-related overdose deaths surpassed 2,000 in 2021,
EDC to offer fire recovery sessions for business owners and employees
||| FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| The Economic Development Council of San Juan County (EDC) invites business owners and employees who have been displaced or negatively impacted by the April 7 fire in downtown Friday Harbor, to an informational session featuring local banks, insurers, utility, workforce, and other providers,
Property damage by fire may qualify for property tax relief
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Our community is deeply saddened by the property loss and impact to lives and livelihoods from the fire on April 7, 2022. If your property was damaged by the fire, there may be property tax relief for the destroyed real and business personal
County Council to finally rule on capping vacation rental permits
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| After three years of passionate public comment, Planning Commission debate, and County Council smoke signals, the idea of setting caps on the number of vacation rental permits in San Juan County is finally on the verge of resolution as the moratorium approaches
Poetry | my mother’s hands
my mother's hands by Nate Marshall Nate Marshall ............ would moisturize my face from jaw inward the days she had too much on her hands when what needed to come through did or didn't show. she still shone, still made smooth her every rough edge, heel to brow.
Washington water supply outlook report for April
||| FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ||| General Outlook What happened to our miracle March and La Nina, you may ask? Well, the warm dry trend from January and February continued through March. There were only 3-4 significant periods where average temperatures were cold enough for snow accumulation. Otherwise, most
Washington State Ferries in need of more workers
||| FROM KING 5 TV ||| A March 8 report from the ferry system states staff shortages are "unprecedented" in the ferry system's 70-year history.
Compass Health hires first-ever Chief Human Resources and Diversity Officer
||| FROM COMPASS HEALTH ||| EVERETT, Wash., April 11, 2022 – Compass Health recently welcomed Connie Summers, the organization’s first-ever chief human resources and diversity officer (CHRDO). As CHRDO, Summers oversees all aspects of human resource management and is key to fostering a culture that celebrates and supports diversity and inclusion. Connie
Jane Fuller is running for County Council, District 3
||| FROM JANE FULLER ||| Jane Fuller announces her candidacy for county council For the last two years, our focus as a community has been our collective response to the COVID crisis. As we begin to refocus, we need to return to the ongoing challenges still facing our
Development Director wants government offices in rural areas
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM, ORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| Citing an “inconsistency” in the zoning code, Development Director David Williams has set a Planning Commission meeting for Friday, May 6, to gain support for his proposal to permit erection of county government office buildings in all rural zoning areas of the county
Notice of a special School Board meeting
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island School District School Board will be hosting their meeting in person at The OISD School Library and online via Zoom. Here is the link to sign up for free ZOOM: https://zoom.us/freesignup/ Please click on this link to join the OISD
Community Church plans services, events for Holy Week
||| FROM CAROL KULMINSKI for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| Join us for Holy Week at Orcas Island Community Church. We begin with the celebration of Palm Sunday on April 10 at 10 am and end with our Easter service on April 17 at 10:00 am. Special services include Maundy
Salish Sea Early Music Festival returns to Orcas
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Concerti from the Court of Frederick the Great, presented by the 2022 Salish Sea Early Music Festival, features special guest harpsichordist David Schrader from Chicago with flutist Jeffrey Cohan and baroque chamber orchestra in a program of works by
Coming up: A four-season cottage garden presentation in the San Juan Islands
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Margaret Payne On Wednesday, April 20, at 10:30 am, the Orcas Island and Lopez Island Garden Clubs’ virtual (zoom) meeting will feature Margaret Payne presenting A Four-Season Cottage Garden in San Juan County. This presentation will be recorded. The link to the
Sun Days on Orcas | The numbers
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| I love knowing the details of people's experiences. They're not only fascinating, they're also immensely helpful if you're in a similar situation. When self-publishing, there are a lot of details you can find if you dig, but there are some that
