Here’s a thought…
“Deep breath. Deep breath. The air is free. You can take as many as you want.”
BUDDHIST MONK
Kathy Collister’s Ukulele Kanikipila musical gatherings continue at Senior Center
Ukulele Kanikapila with Kathy Collister @ Orcas Senior Center (Thursdays, 1-3pm) ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join the Kanikipila, Hawaiian for “play music,” led by Kathy Collister every Thursdays from 1 to 3 pm at Orcas Senior Center. Kathy started a similar group a couple of
This week’s Prune Alley update, a look at week ahead
||| FROM JESSE DOUGLAS-SEITZ for SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS ||| Contractor has shifted to a 4 day work week and plans to leave the road open Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the remainder of the construction season as work permits. Road Closure between Fern Street and A Street for
Sun Days on Orcas | Obstacles – real or imagined?
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDIE KULPER ||| For many years I thought about the idea of publishing a book about Orcas Island. There were definite reasons that I chose not to for a long time. I'm a stay-at-home mom and I didn't want to give up time from
Turning the Wheel will be bringing creativity, play to Orcas community
||| FROM ALYSSA BURNETT for TURNING THE WHEEL ||| Turning The Wheel is a non-profit organization spreading creativity, embodiment, and play to communities across the country and will be making their way to Orcas Island in just a couple of weeks! Turning the Wheel serves youth by offering them integral
Orcas Island residents can dispose of prescription drugs at upcoming Take-Back Event
The Coalition for Orcas Youth (COY) hosts event to help prevent opioid misuse in community ||| FROM NICOLE SPINOGATTI for COALITION FOR ORCAS YOUTH ||| The Coalition for Orcas Youth (COY) will be hosting a prescription drug take-back event on Saturday, April 30th, from 10 am to 2 pm, at
What Was: unmarked, showing now at San Juan Islands Museum of Art
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| What Was: unmarked, showing now through May 30 at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA), features the monumental paintings by Helen O’Toole. Her abstract landscapes, full of emotion, exhibit the loss and displacement she feels from
A sense of humor seems to be springing up around Orcas
||| PHOTOS BY EDEE KULPER ||| Sometimes all it takes to find a good chuckle is to just look around.
The Great Islands Clean-up is back in person
||| FROM PETE MOE for EXCHANGE ORCAS ||| Come join your fellow islanders for the 2022 Spring Great Islands Clean-up on Saturday, April 23, 2022 between 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Grabbers, gloves, bags and safety vests will be available for pickup at The Exchange starting Monday, April 18, or
Sheriff’s Report | March 23 – 29, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 22-001757 Wanted Person 09:59:40 03/23/22 Deputies on San Juan Island attempted to contact a person with a warrant. The person did not answer their door or acknowledge the Deputies. Deputies will continue to attempt to locate and contact the
DOH issues health advisory for norovirus-like illnesses linked to raw oysters
Individuals sickened after consumption of oysters from British Columbia, Canada ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Officials at the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) advise Washington residents to not serve or eat raw oysters harvested from an area of British Columbia (BC), Canada until further notice. Eighteen Washington
A hyperactive sunspot just hurled a huge X-class solar flare into space
||| FROM SPACE.COM ||| A fast-erupting sunspot just hurled out a huge flare. The hotbed of sun activity, known officially as AR2975, sent out a powerful X-class flare that has already created a temporary blackout in shortwave radio signals in the Americas, according to SpaceWeather.com. (AR2975 has already burped more than 17 moderate-sized flares in
Senior Center offers Silver Swans for basic, gentle ballet
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS ISLAND SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Emily Anton for Silver Swans, an hour of basic and gentle ballet for older adults on Wednesdays, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. by Zoom. Improve your mobility, posture, stability, and balance with this movement class that has been specially
Local group forms to lure, entice more tourists on Orcas with new activities
||| BY ADNIL LEHCAR, SPECIAL TO theORCASONIAN Much to the surprise, and perhaps consternation of many in the community, a local group has formed to increase tourist activities on Orcas Island. "I mean, really, what is there to do on Orcas once you get here," says one of the active
New approaches to housing and behavioral health top Inslee’s budget takeaways list
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| As legislators convened for the start of the 2022 legislative session in early January, Gov. Jay Inslee called on elected leaders to continue their bold charge on housing and homelessness, reducing poverty, and tackling climate change. The themes may sound familiar,
Developer group seeks major overhaul of downtown Eastsound
||| BY WALTER ZUSTOVICH, theORCASONIAN GUEST REPORTER ||| With the popularity of Orcas Island reaching new post-pandemic highs, a loose coalition of on-and off-island developers called Building the Future is seeing an opportunity to bring Eastsound proper into the 21st century. Noting two recent projects adding luxury rental suites to
Latest COVID numbers from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Statewide Response Updates Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,454,772 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on March 29. There have been 12,478 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. Data note (Wednesday, March 30): DOH is still experiencing delays in reporting
