Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Join the EDC to learn about careers on the water
||| FROM MICHELANGELO (MICKEY) VON DASSOW ||| People interested in careers on the water are invited to join the EDC for an online Maritime Career Fair, March 31 at noon to 1 p.m., held over Zoom. You will learn about seafaring careers that work here in San Juan County. Presenters
Weekly case update from County Emergency Management
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Weekly Case Update: Since the last update on Friday March 11, there have been 15 new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current case count is now 1262. LOPEZ ISLAND: There is 1 new case on Lopez Island
How did early explorers find Orcas without a map? Find out at this Senior Center Zoom presentation
“Mapping Orcas: The Way Home” with Orcas Island Historical Museum’s Nancy Stillger Wednesday March 23 at 1 p.m. via Zoom ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| How did early explorers find their way to Orcas Island before they even knew what was there to be found? The Orcas Island Historical
‘Occam’s Razor’ | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Why we need to ‘electrify everything,’ according to this ‘genius’ inventor
||| FROM WASHINGTON POST at request of Orcasonian reader ||| Saul Griffith has a plan to combat climate change while creating millions of new jobs. It boils down to two words: "electrify everything." The Australian American inventor is widely credited with popularizing the phrase, which refers to replacing every gas-powered cooktop,
Sheriff Krebs announces his candidacy for re-election for third-term
||| FROM RON KREBS, SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF ||| San Juan County Sheriff Ron Krebs Law enforcement has changed dramatically in recent years but one thing that has not changed is my commitment to you, the citizens of San Juan County. Today I am proud to announce my
Coming up on Friday, presentation with LIVE plankton at our Library
||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Please join us at the library this Friday at 6 p.m. to see Lynnette Wood's presentation on Plankton! She'll have a microscope and some LIVE plankton for us to see after a brief presentation. This will be a hybrid event so
San Juan Makers survey: Let’s identify & quantify our actual housing challenges
Invitation to Farmers, Restaurants, Food and Beverage Producers, Grocers, Farmers Market Food Vendors, and Ag Product Artisans ||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| If you own or manage a farm or food system business, we need your help to fill knowledge gaps and help local housing efforts better address
Orcas Library is recruiting for a new Library Director
||| FROM MADELINE SHEPLOR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Orcas Island Library has begun the recruitment for a new Library Director. Our award-winning library is advertising on various social media platforms, websites, through associations and anticipates drawing experienced candidates. Reporting to the five-member Board of Trustees, the Library Director serves
Abreu, new 40th Legislative District chair, invites your participation in upcoming process
||| FROM SHARON ABREU for 40TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT DEMOCRATS ||| About a week ago, I became the Chair of the 40th Legislative District (LD) Democrats! And I want to let you know that, on March 26, I'll be helping run the 40th LD Democrats' Caucus. The purpose of the LD Caucus is
Here are the newest numbers from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,440,632 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on March 13. There have been 12,219 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. Data note (Monday, March 14): Due to a technical issue in our data systems, the
Seismology pinpoints location of two previous Orcas detonations
||| FROM MICKEY CASSAR, PACIFIC NORTHWEST SEISMIC NETWORK, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ||| A little over a week ago a colleague and retired seismologist, Tom Owens, who now lives on Orcas Island in the San Juans, sent a note to the PNSN about being awoken in the early morning of March
Big day planned by the Whale Museum
Virtual “Gear Up” Workshop for Marine Naturalists on April 8, 2022 ||| FROM TRACIE MERRELL for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum (TWM) is holding an exciting virtual Gear Up Workshop for Marine Naturalists this spring on Friday, April 8. This workshop will be held from 10:00 am to 5:00
U.S. Senate unanimously approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent
||| FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ||| WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent across the United States next year. The bipartisan bill, named the Sunshine Protection Act, would ensure Americans would no longer have to change their clocks twice a
Library to host Outdoor Talk: Staying active, at any age or stage
March 27, 2022 Talk + Q&A with Katy Bowman (from Sequim!) from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. on the Library's South Lawn, Book signing to follow. ||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Human bodies require regular and diverse movements, but our societies are becoming more and more
In Memoriam | Theodore Francis (Ted) Driggers, 1936-2022
||| FROM ANN LEWIS ||| Theodore Francis (Ted) Driggers, 1936-2022 Theodore Francis (Ted) Driggers, 85, of Orcas Island, WA, passed away on Saturday, February 26, 2022. Ted was born on December 2, 1936 in San Francisco, CA, to Carl E. Driggers and Irene A. Driggers. He was the
