Here’s a thought…
“Deep breath. Deep breath. The air is free. You can take as many as you want.”
BUDDHIST MONK
Orcas Island Farmers Market is hiring
||| FROM ERICA LYONS for ORCAS ISLAND FARMERS MARKET ||| Would you like to be more involved in this vibrant island community but don’t have the time for full time work? Does championing the agricultural and artisanal heart of the island get your pulse racing with joy? We are looking
Islanders want to dump the name of a notorious general, rename a Salish Sea channel for 20th century Native leader from Orcas
||| FROM KEN CARRASCO ||| You may be aware that a proposal was recently submitted to Washington State to rename Harney Channel. Several of us, notably Stephanie Buffum of Shaw Island and myself, a resident of Orcas, realized that General William S. Harney (1800-1889), for whom the channel was named
Get your state boating education card with online Coast Guard Auxiliary boating safety classes
||| FROM CHUCK DALLDORF for US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ||| Bellingham, Wash. – The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Bellingham and San Juan Islands Flotilla is offering three opportunities for boaters to take an on-line, Washington State Basic Boater Education Course. The course is for anyone wishing to learn safe boating
Sheriff’s Report | March 9 – 15, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 22-001482 Pornography 13:38:48 03/09/22 A Deputy on Orcas responded to a local daycare about their Facebook page being hacked. A report was taken and the case is ongoing. 22-001486 Accident-Injury, Traffic 18:51:54 03/09/22 A Lopez Deputy responded to an
State Health Dept. rolls out its long-term ForWArd plan for next pandemic phase
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – As Washington’s COVID-19 response continues to evolve, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is laying out its long-term ForWArd plan to keep people safe and healthy as we move to the next phase of the pandemic and co-exist with COVID-19 for the foreseeable future.
State Health Dept newest COVID numbers
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,442,947 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on March 15. There have been 12,273 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. Data note (Monday, March 14): Due to a technical issue in our data systems, the
This week’s Washington State ferry report
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Seattle/Bainbridge route to begin trial service stage of restoration process Tuesday, March 22 Chief of Staff Nicole McIntosh shared our COVID-19 Service Restoration Plan here last week. The document outlines steps to restore service to pre-pandemic levels on a route-by-route basis. This week,
Our local nonprofit boards are in search of new members
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Lum Farm lambs (Photo by Jenn Staplin) It is the season of renewal. Baby lambs are prancing in the fields, daffodils are opening up in the rain, and the trees are starting to bud out. I suspect that
Pacific Herring are now spawning in East Sound
||| FROM SHANNON DAVIS for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| A very exciting and significant event happened in East Sound this week- the annual herring spawn! Each spring, in bays across the Salish Sea, herring spawning events create what looks like white clouds or “whitewater” from the shore, as
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
