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
Climate Eyes | Dry wet
||| CLIMATE EYES by STEVE BERNHEIM, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| In the Pacific Northwest, we’ve survived the Heat Dome but now less than five months later the bridge at Doe Bay is washed out. While each of us decides what to do or not about the climate emergency, local authorities have
Orcas Christian School graduates first aviation student
||| FROM MIKE PARNELL for ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ||| Diego Rivera, a senior at Orcas Christian School, recently completed his ground school and passed his Airman written test. On a recent sunny evening Mr. Rivera completed his first solo flight with the Air Hawks Club! Air Hawks is a local
COVID booster now encouraged for everyone 18 and older
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Booster doses of all three COVID-19 vaccine types are now available for everyone 18 and older. The expansion comes following recommendations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices, and the
A drained lake, a re-routed river, and the rain: the deep roots of the Sumas flood crisis
||| FROM FRASER VALLEY CURRENT ||| Reprint at request of Orcasonian reader Sumas Lake once covered much of the Fraser Valley's fertile farmland. This is the story of how it disappeared, how it could re-appear, and some of the challenges ahead. To understand the flood crisis currently gripping the Sumas
Orcas Library set to ‘pop up’ at Doe Bay bringing books, movies, games to stranded East-enders
||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| This pop up is for those East-est Orcas Islanders who cannot get to the library due to the road closure and must use the pedestrian bridge for access. Doe Bay Resort parking is reserved for workers, guests, and road repair crews.
Library Board meeting rescheduled to Tuesday, noon
||| FROM JANET MARLOW for ORCAS LIBRARY BOARD ||| We had to reschedule our usual monthly Orcas Island Library Board Meeting, and it will now be Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 12 p.m. Please find the agenda attached.Library11 - Nov 23 2021 Resceduled Regular Mtg Agenda
Letter to Editor | A community comes together
||| FROM JOE BROTHERTON for DOE BAY RESORT ||| We hope this message finds you well and safe after the most recent deluge that hit the Pacific NW. For us, we were met with a most unexpected surprised on Monday morning to find the road between the upper and lower
Meeting agenda available for Port meeting on Monday
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas will conduct a regularly-scheduled meeting on Monday, November 22, 2021 5 p.m. 2021 11 22 Regular Agenda
This week’s upcoming Island Hospital classes
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Island Hospital offers Doc Talk on Healthy Sleep Habits Join Dr. Robert Reyna, Medical Director at Island Hospital Sleep Wellness Center, for a review of healthy sleep habits to help you obtain a good night’s sleep. Join us on Wednesday, December 1,
New funding available to support private landowners in forest health, reduce wildfire danger in SJC
||| FROM KAI HOFFMAN-KRUL for SJI CONSERVATION DISTRICT ||| The San Juan Islands Conservation District (SJICD) has received funding from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to assist forest landowners in San Juan County with improving forest health and wildfire resiliency. The forest health practices being targeted are
Poetry | Mediterranean Blue by Naomi Shihab Nye
||| SUBMITTED BY ORCASONIAN READER ||| Mediterranean Blue by Naomi Shihab Nye From her latest book, “Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems” If you are a child of a refugee, you do not sleep easily when they are crossing the sea on small rafts and you know they can’t
Letter to Editor | Take action to eliminate those unwanted catalogs in the mail
||| FROM JANICE WIEMEYER ||| Like others, I notice many discarded catalogs at the post office at this time of year and think about all of the trees throughout the country these discarded catalogs represent. So, if you receive a catalog that you don’t want, please take a minute to
Inslee: Take advantage of opportunity to receive your COVID booster
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee issued a statement today as the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup confirmed actions taken... by FDA and CDC to recommend boosters for all adults who received their initial course of COVID- 19 vaccine six or more months ago.
Sun Days on Orcas | Thankful
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| I was born in Texas, the fifth child 11 years after my closest sibling. They were all born about a year apart and when my Catholic mom was pregnant with the fourth, my grandfather said to her, "JoAnn, this is getting
Orcas Vikings are State Soccer Champions!
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ||| This is their return to the island this morning after winning the state championship last night... Orcas Vikings Are State Soccer Champions! After a slow start, the Orcas Island Vikings soccer team fought back to tie the match with Providence Christian at
PeaceHealth Peace Island announces additions to rehab therapy team
||| FROM ANNE WILLIAMS for PEACEHEALTH PEACE ISLAND ||| We are pleased to announce that our PeaceHealth Peace Island Rehabilitation therapy team is growing and we are now able to offer our patients expanded services and access, including Saturday appointments. In the last six months we have welcomed three new
