Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
What is happening with PlayFest?
||| FROM DOUG BECHTEL for ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| The past few years have had major impacts on live theatre, in person performances, and human interaction in so many ways we will probably never be aware of the total effects, positive or negative, that will remain as a
Poetry | Cherry Blossoms
Cherry blossoms Toi Derricotte - 1941- I went down to mingle my breath with the breath of the cherry blossoms. There were photographers: Mothers arranging their children against gnarled old trees; a couple, hugging, asks a passerby to snap them like that, so that their love will always be
Shakespeare Society needs a few more roles filled for all-female ‘Hamlet’ production
An important note from Michael Armenia, Director of the upcoming production of one of Shakespeare's most important plays. ||| FROM MICHAEL ARMENIA ||| Our Orcas Island Shakespeare Society's production of 'Hamlet' with an all-female cast is at a critical juncture this month. I've had some casting issues and need to
Larsen secures $10,662,665 for 10 Second District priorities in bipartisan spending package
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, President Biden signed into law the Fiscal Year 2022 bipartisan omnibus spending package which funds the government through September 2022, invests in Northwest Washington communities and working families, and provides critical emergency aid to Ukraine. Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02)
Prune Alley construction update for next week
||| FROM JESSE DOUGLAS-SEITZ for SAN JUAN COUNTY ||| Road Closure between Fern Street and Main Street for Stormwater Main replacement. Road Closure may run 24hr a day. Utility excavation and potholing throughout the project limits. Please respect temporary traffic control measures, the construction zone speed limit, directions by our
Upcoming Island Health classes
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health offers online cholesterol class Join Registered Dietitian Amber Phillips for an informative 30-minute talk on small changes you can make to your diet beyond the standard advice to reduce saturated fat and cholesterol intake. This will be a virtual class, held
Sun Days on Orcas | Kate Jewell is headed to Poland
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| This Thursday, March 31, Kate Jewell will be headed to Oświęcim, Poland, for six weeks to help Ukrainian refugees and orphans with One Humanity Institute and Airline Ambassadors International. Kate Jewell Kate was a flight attendant for 37 years,
Let’s celebrate our history this May
||| FROM SANDY STREHLOU for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| It’s time to celebrate history again, in person and on-line! So, get ready, start planning, and let us know what fabulous local history-related event you have in mind for May 2022. This is a great opportunity to promote your
Inslee closes out a busy week with bill signings, new transportation package
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Move Ahead Washington plan takes a completely new approach to transportation in Washington state On Friday at events in Mukilteo and Tacoma, Gov. Jay Inslee signed several climate and clean energy jobs bills, including the historic new 16-year Move Ahead Washington
Land Bank invites comments to objectives, policy document
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| San Juan County Conservation Land Bank welcomes public input on its updated final draft Agriculture: Overview Objectives and Policy document. This updated version incorporates public input on the first draft circulated in December 2021; it is intended as an
Rep. Lekanoff wraps up the legislative session
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| I know it has been hard for you and your family. The past two years have been rough, our nation is experiencing inflation, and too many workers and small businesses are still dealing with the economic fallout of COVID-19. While some
Sheriff’s Report | March 16 – 22, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 22-001617 Lost Property 09:16:49 03/16/22 A Deputy on San Juan Island took a report of a dock that had gone missing. The reporting party believes it might be weather related. There is currently no suspect information or workable leads.
Sheriff’s Office alerts islanders to phone scam
||| FROM ZAC REIMER for SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office has received multiple reports from community members that are receiving calls from phone scammers claiming to be officials from the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office. They are telling people that they have a
Health Care District releases statement on behavior within clinic
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE, ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT ||| Members of our community have held a long-standing appreciation that we are living on a small island in close proximity to each other. The phrase “neighbors helping neighbors” is often mentioned to convey that recognition. In a time
Newest COVID numbers from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,448,779 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on March 22. There have been 12,392 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. Data note (Monday, March 14): Due to a technical issue in our data systems,
Guest Opinion | Snake River dams and human nature
||| FROM BILL APPEL ||| The Snake River dam issue is heating up arguments for their removal (“save the salmon and our totemic southern resident killer whales”) or retention (“our ability to reduce fossil fuel usage requires an assured generation capacity to convert our lifestyle and economy from fossil fuels
