Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Health District Commissioner resigns; replacement to be named from former applicants
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| Orcas Island Health Care District Commissioner, Art Lange, resigned from Position #3 on the Board on April 6. Dr. Lange was instrumental in getting the creation of San Juan County Public Hospital District #3 on the November 2018 ballot
EDC sets up a donation page for Friday Harbor fire victims
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Help the businesses most hurt by the fire - while all of them have insurance, there will be lots of expenses that aren't covered. The EDC has set up a donation page, in partnership with the Chamber, so folks can help. We're also working
Orcas Senior Center pilots a home repair project
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| One of the main barriers to aging well on Orcas is seniors’ decreasing ability to maintain a safe home. Home maintenance for many low- and mid-income seniors on Orcas has been deferred for years. Their homes are no longer healthy or
Lit Fest returns to Orcas Island following a two-year pandemic hiatus
Two-day lineup features award-winning authors, poets, and musicians ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND LIT FEST ||| Finally celebrating its third anniversary after a two-year pandemic hiatus, the Orcas Island Lit Fest returns with an exceptional lineup of writers across a range of genres. This year’s featured artists include National Book Award
San Juan, Orcas fire crews remain on the scene of downtown Friday Harbor fire
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| UPDATE: KING5 News coverage: San Juan Island and Orcas Island fire and rescue crews are working to put out a large commercial fire in downtown Friday Harbor that began Thursday morning. The fire, which involves three structures, is in the area of Spring St and
This Third Coast Percussion concert co-presented by OICMF, Orcas Center
||| FROM ORCAS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL and ORCAS CENTER ||| For many, the word percussion conjures a favorite drummer or drum solo—John Bonham on Led Zeppelin’s Moby Dick on a classic rock drum-set, perhaps; no wood blocks, metal pipes, xylophones, Thai Gongs, handheld folding fans. But a Chicago-based chamber music
School bus driver flown off following yesterday’s accident on Orcas Road
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL BOARD ||| The School Board would like to extend our thanks to everyone who assisted in yesterday's school bus accident on Orcas Road. First, to the children on the Deer Harbor route, thank you for being brave and looking out for one another. To the
SJIMA exhibition INTO THE BREACH runs until May 30
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| With INTO THE BREACH Sculptures, Drawings and Prints, by Tom Gormally brings us serious messages dressed in a bit of humor, a gift of his Irish heritage. The exhibition is now showing at the San Juan Islands Museum
Classic Film Series closes out with ‘A Matter of Life and Death’
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL ||| Our 2022 OIFF Classics Film Series closes out with a world-class Technicolor film about war and the afterlife: “A Matter of Life and Death.” A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN) (1946) Sunday, April 17th @ 4:00pm We will close our mini-series with
San Juan County Treasurer Rhonda Pederson running for re-election
||| FROM RHONDA PEDERSON, SAN JUAN COUNTY TREASURER ||| Rhonda Pederson, San Juan County Treasurer I am honored to have served as San Juan County Treasurer since January 2015, and announce that I am running for re-election. I am proud of my department’s high level of integrity, commitment and service
State Parks Clean Vessel Act Grant Program funds $700,000 in new pumpout and floating restroom projects
Recreational boat pumpout facilities expand across the state ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE PARKS ||| OLYMPIA – April 5, 2022 – Recreational boaters in Washington waters will have an easier time disposing of vessel sewage thanks to more than $700,000 in new federal pass-through grants for recreational boat pumpout and floating
Governor’s 2022 Smart Communities Awards nominations open now through May 6
Annual awards recognize outstanding work in community planning and development ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| Olympia, WA -- The Washington State Department of Commerce today called for nominations for the 16th annual Governor's Smart Communities Awards, a program that recognizes outstanding work by local governments and their partners
Washington residents should not consume certain oysters harvested from Baynes Sound area in British Columbia
Individuals sickened with norovirus-like symptoms ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has updated its advisory to Washington residents to not serve or eat certain oysters harvested from the south and central parts of Baynes Sound, British Columbia, Canada until further notice. The
Orcas Island Community Foundation ranks #1 in national survey
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| OICF is ranked #1 out of 207 community foundations nationally for per capita gifts with a rate of $1,266. While our population size is small, our generosity as a community is enormous. Thanks to the donations of over 800 community
Hop on over to Lions Club Easter egg hunt at Cascade Lake
||| FROM MARY MEREDITH for ORCAS ISLAND LIONS CLUB ||| The Orcas Island Lions Club is happy to offer the Annual Easter Egg Hunt at its traditional location at Cascade Lake in Moran State Park. Join us on Saturday, April 16 at 10 a.m. sharp. Easter Eggs with sweets inside
Orcas Food Bank highlights the guy who brings the food on-island
||| FROM RICK RHOADS for ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| If you look into the shipping containers in front of the Orcas Island Food Bank (OIFB), the CoolBots (walk-in refrigeration units) behind the Food Bank, and the Food Bank building itself, you see cartons, sacks, crates, shelves, and glass-fronted refrigerators
