Here’s a thought…
“The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.”
ROBERT LYND
Eastsound Water announces “virtual” annual meeting plan
||| FROM PAUL KAMIN FOR EASTSOUND WATER ||| Due to the ongoing Covid 19 Pandemic, Eastsound Water has developed an alternative format for our 2020 Annual Meeting this fall. The normal public gathering is simply not a viable option. We are planning on offering a “virtual” Annual Meeting this year.
Planning Commission discusses Comprehensive Plan Amendments
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM, REPORTER ||| Friday morning, September 17, San Juan County’s Community Development staff met with the Planning Commission to give an update on the six-year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and to deliver briefings on how rural residential cluster developments, vacation rentals, and accessory dwelling units will be
Orcas Center now set up with a new dishwasher
||| FROM ORCAS CENTER ||| Unless you've used the Orcas Center kitchen for your events or meetings, you may not have known that we didn't have a dishwasher! Instead, we had a dish sanitizer, where dishes had to be washed by hand, and then sanitized in the machine. As you
Letter to Editor | Prune Alley and our upcoming election
||| FROM MARC COHEN ||| Rick Hughes has a conflict of interest problem with regard to the proposed "Prune Alley improvements." It literally jumps off the pages of The Orcasonian. When Fred Klein attributed the elaborate street intersections to our "high priced Seattle consultants" (Orcasonian, 8/1/20), Rick set the record
School Board will gather on Thursday for regular meeting
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Notice of a REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING Thursday, September 24, 2020 AGENDA 5:00PM CALL TO ORDER – REGULAR MEETING – ZOOM link 1. Approve Agenda. 2. Approve Consent Agenda SPECIAL REPORTS 3. PTSA - Michele Rodriguez ADMINISTRATORS’ REPORTS 4. Business Manager - Keith
Now time for annual Salish Seeds Project fall native wildflower sale
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Land Bank is offering a once-a-year opportunity to purchase locally grown wildflowers native to San Juan County. Reserve your plants online September 18 – 27, and pick them up on Saturday, October 3 at locations
Museum announces Executive Director resignation and search
||| FROM CAROL KULMINSKI FOR ORCAS ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUMS ||| It is with both sadness and gratitude that we must announce that Brittney Maruska will be resigning as the Executive Director of the Orcas Island Historical Museums. Brittney, since being hired four years ago, has helped usher in a new
Leadership San Juan Islands to hold virtual open houses for Lopez, Orcas and San Juan
||| FROM KATHERINE BRYANT INGMAN FOR LEADERSHIP SAN JUAN ISLANDS ||| Leadership San Juan Islands is pleased to announce the new LSJI dates for our 2021 session, which will begin January 8 and run through May 14, 2021. Three informational open houses will be held virtually for Lopez, Orcas and
County burn ban has been lifted
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| As of today, Sunday, September 20, the Burn Ban in San Juan County is lifted. Please be safe when enjoying recreational campfires.
Funhouse virtual fundraiser just went live
||| from Funhouse Commons ||| Our virtual fundraiser just went live on our website! And we have exciting news to share! We have a very generous anonymous donor that has agreed to MATCH all donations up to $100,000! Please help us make this happen! The virtual celebration will be live:
We’re all socially awkward right now
||| from New York Times ||| [posted at the request of a reader] Deprive people of interactions with peers, and their social skills will atrophy. This is yet another side effect of the pandemic. As the school year begins amid a pandemic, many are concerned about the negative impact that virtual or socially distanced learning
Kruse Reviews | Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy
||| Book review by Jens Kruse ||| Suzanne Mettler, the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions in the Government department at Cornell University, and Robert C. Lieberman, the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University, have collaborated to write a very important book for our time --
It’s almost time for the Autumn Moon Festival with Eth-Noh-Tec
Share a mooncake and let us tell you the story of how the Chinese Moon Festival began ||| from Eth-Noh-Tec ||| Thursday, September 24, 5-5:30 pm (PST): Storytelling with Eth-Noh-Tec: Tales by Moonlight Catch our June, July, and August shows on the Storytelling with Eth-Noh-Tec YouTube channel! Storytelling with Eth-Noh-Tec, number 5
COVID-19 risk remains high in Washington state despite decreasing activity
||| from State Department of Health ||| Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report. The report shows an overall decline in COVID-19 cases in western Washington and a plateau in eastern Washington, with significant differences from county to county. Report findings include: The reproductive
State Health Dept. launches new webpage to locate COVID-19 testing sites
||| from State Department of Health ||| OLYMPIA – As summer turns into fall, all eyes have turned to the possibility of a vaccine in the coming months. But the Washington State Department of Health wants to remind people across the state about the importance of COVID-19 testing. To make it
Governors Inslee and Whitmer release statement on Trump administration rejecting plan to send masks to every U.S. household
||| from Governor Jay Inslee's Office ||| Today, Govs. Jay Inslee and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan issued the following statement after reports that the Trump administration rejected a plan to send hundreds of millions of cloth face masks to every U.S. household in April -- starting with especially hard-hit areas in their states -- to
