Here’s a thought…
“Deep breath. Deep breath. The air is free. You can take as many as you want.”
BUDDHIST MONK
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
ATF investigators seeking public’s assistance as they investigate FH fire
||| FROM THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, & EXPLOSIVES ||| The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) along with the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and Friday Harbor Fire are currently conducting a fire scene investigation in Friday Harbor, Washington. The fire occurred on April 7, 2022,
EMS student shares the experience of being on scene at Friday Harbor fire
"Today was exhausting, emotional… and totally inspiring." ||| FROM KEVIN RANKER ||| The day began at 6:26 this morning when I received a text from the San Juan EMS Administrator asking if any current EMS students could respond to Friday Harbor for “a major fire.” He explained that crews had
Inslee: What the State has been up to this past week
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Washingtonians have two new places to explore following opening celebrations of the Goldendale Observatory and Beverly Bridge Gov. Jay Inslee shares an apple pin as he names Jill Sprance-Carr Washingtonian of the Day. Jill is a parks manager at Goldendale
Senior Services Council to meet April 21
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE ||| The Board of Directors of the Senior Services Council of San Juan County will meet April 21. The nonprofit organization’s meeting will be held via Zoom at 1 PM. The agenda, link and dial-in instructions will be posted on the websites of all three senior
Guest Opinion | Slow down for speeders
||| FROM BILL APPEL ||| A contradiction? Not at all! This is a proposal to remind visitors and those of us who persist in mainland ways that they are now in San Juan County, where things are different. This is why we’re here, and why others come. But the mainland
Local Earth Day Climate Committee to launch on Earth Day eve
||| FROM ANGELA BRODERICK for SJC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ||| On April 22nd, an expected 1 billion people around the world will take action to protect our planet in observance of Earth Day. On the eve of Earth Day, April 21st, a group of citizens in San Juan County
Sheriff’s Report | March 30 – April 5, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 22-001890 Unwanted Person 07:59:47 03/30/22 A Deputy on Orcas responded to an unwanted person at Island Market. The person was given a Trespass Warning Letter and informed that if they returned they would be arrested for trespassing. 22-001891 Assault
