Here’s a thought…
“Three things that don’t hang themselves: Christmas ornaments, drywall, and Jeffrey Epstein.”
SEN. JOHN KENNEDY (R-LA)
New evidence of menopause in Bigg’s Transient killer whales
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Menopause has long been a puzzle for scientists. In most animals, it will be favorable for an individual to continue reproduction throughout their entire adult lifespan. However, in humans and a handful of toothed whales, females stop reproduction well before the end of
Get in line! | Bookmobile coming to Olga tomorrow
Olga Community Club, Sunday, July 25, 12 - 3 p.m. ||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The survey results are in! Olga gets the first book (ok, it's a car) mobile this Sunday! We'll have books, magazines, games, a hot spot, a bat detector (!), library card
Latest COVID stats from State Department of Health
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 426,758 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on July 21. There have been 6,066 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. For the most recent tally of cases by county, demographics, and more,
Midnight Mutterings | Night Shift
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| I just arrived in Bellingham, along with my constant unseen passenger. She’s been coming along on all my trips, uninvited, for several years now. I say ‘she’ even though I’ve never seen her and wouldn’t know her gender even if I had. She
Sheriff’s Report | July 14 – 20, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE || WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 21-006097 Accident-Injury, Traffic 08:24:11 07/14/21 A Deputy on Orcas responded to a motorcycle accident with injury on Dolphin Bay Rd. The rider had hit a deer and was flown off for their injuries. 21-006099 Citizen Assist 10:29:57 07/14/21 A
100LL fuel is still scarce at Port of Orcas, edging up to Fly-In date
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| The Port of Orcas airport currently has 2200 gallons of fuel remaining in their tanks. That's just enough to make Port of Orcas Manager Jeannie Sharpe a bit concerned about whether the supply of Avgas 100L -- a gasoline specially designed for piston
Latest from Lekanoff | Child tax credit, drought, coastal infrastructure
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| An expanded Child Tax Credit included in the American Rescue Plan is now available for most families! For every child under 6, families will receive $3,600/yr and for every child 6-17, they will receive $3,000/yr, sent out automatically in monthly installments. Couples earning
An e-car is only the beginning at upcoming Historical Society’s WOWZA Raffle
||| FROM CAROL KILMINSKI for ORCAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ||| The Orcas Island Historical Society is selling tickets for a raffle that could only be described as WOWZA (definition: surprisingly amazing-oh my gosh-out of the ordinary). Prizes total over $12,000! Click for details First prize: a 2013 Nissan Leaf
SJC COVID returns to weekly updates as case count indicates breakthrough cases locally
||| FROM KYRA KINNAMAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Note: Current positive case numbers are available online at the County Case Data Dashboard. In the past week, total cases in San Juan County have increased from 191 to 195. Each of the recent cases are breakthrough cases, meaning
Everybody’s got a fish story, right? SJC wants to hear, share yours
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Environmental Stewardship Department wants to hear and share your fishing stories. We are collaborating with Salmon Nation—an organization recognizing that the fight for wild salmon is about much more than fish—it’s about culture, livelihoods, and the viability of our natural and
WSF Weekly Report | Fall reservations open next week; looking for public input on fare increase
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Construction crane at Seattle’s Colman Dock moving into small area of vehicle holding lanes If you pass through our Seattle terminal, you’ll soon notice a construction crane adjacent to where vehicles board and disembark ferries. Beginning as early as Monday, July 26, our Colman Dock
Larsen: American WINGS Act gives high school students STEM skills to soar
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) introduced legislation to help U.S. high school students access in-demand jobs in growing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) industries. The American Workforce Investment in Next Generation of Students (WINGS) Act establishes a six-year pathway for high school students
‘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.
Calls mount for Marineland to free last surviving orca after ‘heartbreaking’ video surfaces
Calls grow for Niagara theme park to free whale that's lived in isolation since 2011 ||| FROM THE TORONTO SUN ||| Marineland is, once again, in hot water after a video of its last surviving orca have many calling for it to be freed. The video on Twitter shows Kiska at the
Salmonberry School has much to celebrate as they turn 20
||| FROM PAUL FREEDMAN for SALMONBERRY SCHOOL ||| Twenty years is a long time. When you’ve lived here in the San Juan Islands for twenty years, you have just about earned the privilege to call yourself “a local.” And for one island school, that badge is about to be on
Grab the cheese, grab the crackers; it’s time for another virtual vineyard
“the virtual vineyard” by Orcas Senior Center and Doe Bay Wine: Sunday, July 25, 5 p.m. ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Bring your palate and your curiosity as Cole Sisson from Doe Bay Wine Company presents three hand-picked wines from small vineyards for tasting. You can
