Here’s a thought…
“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man.”
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
School Board will meet in-person this week for budget work session
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| A Budget Work Session is scheduled for in-person only participation in our School Library on February 10 at 5 p.m. Here is the link to BoardDocs agenda. https://go.boarddocs.com/wa/orcasisland/Board.nsf/Public.
Kwiaht to continue Indian Island stewardship with grant from Madrona Club
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| Kwiaht will be able to strengthen its protective and educational presence on the beaches and tide pools around Indian Island this summer, thanks to a generous grant from the Madrona Club’s Robin DiGeorgio endowment “in support of Kwiaht’s stewardship and good work on
At SJIMA, fine art isn’t always a painting
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| If you think all art exhibits are about paintings, think again. At the annual Artists’ Registry Show (AR) at the San Juan Islands’ Museum of Art (SJIMA) paintings are just one of many art forms you’ll see there.
Poetry | A Black History Month tribute
||| POSTED AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER ||| Paul Robeson Gwendolyn Brooks - 1917-2000 That time we all heard it, cool and clear, cutting across the hot grit of the day. The major Voice. The adult Voice forgoing Rolling River, forgoing tearful tale of bale and barge and other symptoms
Wines of Chile on tap for forthcoming Senior Center virtual vineyard
“the virtual vineyard” – Wines of Chile by Orcas Senior Center and Doe Bay Wine Company by Zoom (Sunday, February 20, 5 p.m.) ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Cole Sisson for “the virtual vineyard” Sunday, February 20 at 5 p.m. by Zoom as he guides us through
Kelp finds its way onto carbon credit bandwagon
||| FROM HAKAI MAGAZINE ||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER Cornelia Rindt steadies herself on a rocking boat while she and colleagues lean over the side to secure a meter-long tube of mud. It is her team’s first sample taken from the seafloor on British Columbia’s coastline. It will
Sun Days on Orcas | I don’t fit it and so don’t you
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| I love emotion. I love happy. I love love. When you’re in a community of Christians, you sometimes hear that someone “heard” God speak to them. You often hear people say they “love” the Lord. And it’s common for people to
Update from Governor Inslee
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| State and local leaders push for coordinated response to homelessness On Thursday, Gov. Jay Inslee made the case for a coordinated statewide response to homeless encampments on state rights-of-way. The state has more than tripled its investments in shelter and housing
Health Care District releases 2019 & 2020 OIHCD audit results
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| In keeping with the Commissioners’ commitment to establish accountable and affordable health care, the Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) successfully completed its second Accountability Audit by the State Auditor’s Office. The results can be found on the State Auditor’s
Inslee statement condemns RNC position on Capitol insurrection
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement today on the Republican National Committee's decision to censure two of its own members of Congress for investigating the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at our nation's Capitol. “Today, the national Republican Party endorsed violent sedition as ‘legitimate
Midnight Mutterings | Curmudgeonly yours…
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Admittedly, English is my second language. Sort of. Southern English is a dialect, one widely considered inferior and sometimes (especially when unintended) pathetically comic. In my experience, Southern English is entirely satisfactory for receptive language, pretty much OK for written language, if you
Sheriff’s Report | January 26 – February 1, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26 22-000592 Domestic Dispute or Assault 09:34:40 01/26/22 A Deputy on Orcas responded to a possible domestic in Eastsound. The incident happened the night before. Both parties were separated last night and only one involved person was able to be
Firehouse Findings | At OIFR, the debacle continues
||| BY MIA KARTIGANER, SPECIAL TO theORCASONIAN ||| I’d like to talk about the waning rigor of the hiring protocol and practices at Orcas Island Fire and Rescue (OIFR). It used to be a 3 day process that included multiple oral boards, skills assessments with the County Medical Program Director
Newest COVID numbers from State Dept. of Health
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,355,428 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 1.* There have been 10,845 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. Data notes: *Effective Jan. 24, DOH will update the COVID-19 data dashboard on
Weekly Ferry Update | Colman Dock construction, launch of Quiet Sound website
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Head of WSDOT tours Colman Dock construction WSDOT Secretary Roger Millar toured our Seattle terminal last week to view how construction is progressing on our Colman Dock project. Thank you to our Director of Terminal Engineering David Sowers and our engineers on the project for
Northern elephant seal born at Deception Pass
State Parks closes parts of Bowman Bay to protect the new pup ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE PARKS ||| OLYMPIA – Washington State Parks announces the birth of a new northern elephant seal at Deception Pass State Park. The birth took place on Jan. 31 at Bowman Bay in the park.
