Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Get your act together to be a County Fair performer
-- from Adrienne Bourne for San Juan County Fair -- Planning is underway for the San Juan County Fair August 12-15, 2020 and we are hoping you want to be part of the show! Are you a local musician, magician, or meandering minstrel? A performing artist, aspiring pop singer or puppeteer? We
Recreation over preservation? Residents and Natives worry the San Juan Islands could be ‘loved to death’
-- from Crosscut.com -- Rising from the heart of the Salish Sea, the San Juan Islands have always been a gathering place. For at least 10,000 years, this cluster of 450 green-on-gray islands has drawn Native people who followed the salmon and seasons. In the 1860s, English and American soldiers
Letter to Editor | Open letter to Orcas Island from the Port
-- from Mia Kartiganer for Port of Orcas -- This is not a “To Whom it May Concern” letter, that would suggest that it doesn’t concern us all. Whether you vehemently oppose expansion of our airport, support it in toto or are indifferent, the choices we make in the coming
Airport Manager Dwight Guss resigns
-- by Minor Lile, Orcas Issues Reporter -- At the conclusion of the January 23 Port Commission meeting, Dwight Guss gave one day’s notice and announced that he was resigning from his position as acting airport manager for personal reasons. Guss became acting manager in February 2019. Immediately prior to
Five recently discovered manuscripts prepared for Louis XIV to be performed
Sunday, January 26, 8 p.m., Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church -- from Jeffrey Cohan for Salish Sea Early Music Festival -- On Sunday at the Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church in Eastsound at 8 p.m., we're excited to present a new set of five suites from an extensive and completely unknown manuscript
Orcas Center welcomes Martin Taylor, award-winning guitarist
Saturday, February 8, 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Bethany Marie for Orcas Center -- Orcas Center is pleased to present Martin Taylor, a multi-award-winning guitarist, on Center Stage February 8 at 7:30 p.m. Taylor dazzles audiences with his solo shows which combine virtuosity, emotion, humor, and a strong stage
Letter to Editor | School Board members deserve our recognition
-- from Eric Webb, Orcas Schools Superintendent -- By proclamation of the governor, January is School Board Recognition Month. It’s a great time to recognize our elected community members who selflessly give their time and energy in support of high-quality public schooling for our youth. School board members in Orcas
Guest Opinion | Open letter to County on public A/V meeting participation
-- from Joe Symons -- Two and a half years ago I wrote you to request that the previously established A/V system that allowed the public to participate in public meetings, set up and paid for by an Orcas resident, be re-habbed and brought back to life. There was a
The “Pete Seeger” of the Island arrives with Cruso at Orcas Center
Friday, February 7, 7:30 p.m, Orcas Center -- from Bethany Marie for Orcas Center -- Tune up your vocal chords, you’ll need em! Three of the NW’s finest troubadours, Tom Rawson, Ellen van der Hoeven, and Carolyn Cruso, are bringing a night of Triple Americana: songs, stories, harmonies and tunes
Comp Plan incorporates informative updates on recycling, water, broadband, VRs, and more
-- by Matthew Gilbert, Orcas Issues reporter -- It was business as usual at the Planning Commission’s first meeting of the new year – reviewing updates of various Comp Plan elements courtesy of the tireless efforts of the Department of Community Development (DCD). Formal briefings were made on the following:
Port Commission meet will begin with Executive Session
Thursday, January 23, 5 p.m., Port of Orcas Office -- from Dwight Guss for Port of Orcas -- Following a call to order at 5 p.m, the Orcas Port Commission will adjourn to Executive Session at 5:30 p.m. for personnel matters before reconvening in Public Session at 6:00 p.m. CALL
Case of 2019 novel coronavirus confirmed in Washington state resident
-- from State Department of Health -- Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) confirmed a case of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in a Snohomish County resident. While the risk to the general public is low, DOH is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Snohomish Health
EDC offers Business Management & Leadership Skills course with Skagit Valley College
-- from Victoria Compton for Economic Development Council -- Higher-wage employment can be open to many who learn the skills of business management and leadership. The San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) invites workers in the San Juan Islands to join in a Business Management & Leadership Skills course; business owners
Hey, man! Man-made art show still has openings for more man-made art
-- from Kathleen Youngren -- We mean this literally, ART MADE BY MEN!!! OK guys, we need to fill the lobby and the Madrona Room at Orcas Center with lots of your beautiful art, carvings, sculpture, furniture, drawings, paintings, pottery, glass, etc., etc. The art can be for sale or not, please
Census Bureau looking to hire more folks from Orcas
Thursdays, February 6, 13, 20, 27, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Orcas Library -- from Sue DuMond for U.S. Census Bureau -- The U.S. Census Bureau is kicking off peak hiring efforts for the 2020 Census. A representative from the Census Bureau will be available at Orcas Island Library - 340
Food Bank extending hours for pilot winter program
Every Saturday 11 a.m. - Noon -- from Orcas Island Food Bank -- January 18 marked the beginning of a pilot winter program being implemented this year by the Orcas Island Food Bank. Winter is when it has the highest number of clients visiting, so it will be opening its
