Here’s a thought…
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and the government when it deserves it.”
MARK TWAIN
Orcas Island Lit Fest seeks lodging donations for June return
||| FROM THE ORCAS ISLAND LIT FEST ||| After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the Orcas Island Lit Fest is returning this June 3 – 4. Authors and panel topics are currently being finalized, and the popular Friday night Lit Walk has expanded to six venues. The Orcas Center will again
February Library artists are Carol Ann Anderson, Fred Enge
||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Carol Ann Anderson has been acquiring skills for a lifetime: sewing, knitting and crocheting from her grandmother, drawing/ painting skills and aesthetics from her fashion illustrator mom, knitting Fair Isle style sweaters from her American Field Services hosts in the Faroe
Letter to Editor | Orcas Food Co-op response to the January 31 protest
||| FROM LEARNER LIMBACH, ORCAS FOOD CO-OP GENERAL MANAGER ||| In light of the mask mandate related protest that took place on Monday, January 31, in Eastsound, I’d like to take the opportunity to share this statement from myself and on behalf of Orcas Food Co-op. This statement summarizes the
Suspected Eastsound burglary suspect has been booked into jail
||| FROM SHERIFF RON KREBS ||| On February 4, 2022 the Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant on the residence of Jason Buehler of Orcas Island in regards to the theft of numerous items that were reported missing during burglaries starting the first of December 2021. Numerous items including jewelry,
A mask mandate protest in Eastsound seems to have overrun its peaceful intent
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| Monday, the last day in January, the weather was sunny-ish for this time of year, as a group of islanders gathered in the early afternoon at the Village Green in what was supposed to be a peaceful protest of COVID mask mandates. The
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
