Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Orcasional Musings | How my musings are triggered — An example
-- Orcasional Musings by Steve Henigson -- I'm the first to admit that I have a wandering mind, just waiting for a trigger-word or an interesting phrase to set it on its merry way. It's a wandering mind, and it's also a salacious mind with a libertine bent all its
Sheriff’s Report | December 19 – 24, 2019
-- from San Juan County Sheriff's Office -- Thursday, December 19, 201919-010402 Traffic Hazard 08:03:58 12/19/19A San Juan Deputy responded to a report of a vehicle broken down blocking part of Beaverton Valley Rd. The Deputy was unable to contact the owner and the vehicle was towed. 19-010407 Boating Problem
Call for Artists: Orcas Island Library 2020 exhibit schedule
-- from Dave Kosiur for Library Art Committee -- Want to exhibit your art? Now’s your chance. The Art Committee at the Orcas Island Public Library is now seeking applications for the 2020 exhibit schedule. All types of art — painting, sculpture, photography, mixed-media — are acceptable. Interested Orcas Island
Lopez, Orcas Fire team up for rescue at Watmough Bay
-- from Kim Kimple for Orcas Island Fire & Rescue -- In a truly collaborative feat, Orcas Island and Lopez Island Fire departments joined forces last week when two hikers found themselves in danger on Chadwick Hill at Watmough Bay on the south end of Lopez Island. It all began
Fitness, nutrition studio opening on Orcas
New year, new decade, new you -- from Gigi Carter -- To help Orcas residents restore health and improve their quality of life, nutritionist and personal trainer Gigi Carter announces My True Self will be opening a personal nutrition and fitness studio at 188 A Street in Eastsound on January
Reviewing Orcas Island Health Care District’s 2019 accomplishments
-- by Susan McBain, Orcas Issues reporter -- Having secured the continuing existence of Orcas Island’s two major clinics—Orcas Family Health Center (OFHC) and UW Neighborhood Clinic (UWNC)—in 2018 through operating subsidies, the Orcas Island Health Care District commissioners turned their attention to how they could ensure that the clinics
Friends of the San Juans ensures added protections for Southern Resident Killer Whales
-- from Katie Fleming for Friends of the San Juans -- On August 29, 2019, Friends of the San Juans appealed Whatcom County’s conditional approval of a 300,000-barrel external floating roof crude oil storage tank and an 80,000-barrel external floating roof fuel oil storage tank in a tank farm located
Letter to Editor | Big thanks to all who visited Santa at the landing
-- from Toby T. Hiller -- The Orcas Island Lions Club would like to thank the the parents and children who visited the Lions Christmas Ship, Sunday, December 15, 2019, at the Orcas ferry landing. A total of 114 children were able to visit with Santa. A special thanks to
Fire Commission holding special executive session
Friday, December 27, 2019 1 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Kim Kimple for Orcas Island Fire and Rescue -- Commissioners: Tim Fuller (Chair), Janet Marlow, Jim Helminski, Wesley Heinmiller, Rick Christmas; Chief Scott Williams; District Secretary Kimberley Kimple, Orcas Island Fire and Rescue staff, and the community. Welcome and
Geology of Orcas Island presentation returns to Senior Center
Monday, January 6, 1:30-3 p.m., Orcas Senior Center -- from Lena Kassa for Orcas Senior Center -- Due to the overwhelming response in November, Orcas Senior Center will be hosting a repeat Geology of Orcas Island presentation by local experts, Julia Turney and Michael E. Yeaman, Monday, January 6, 1:30pm-3:00pm. Come
Some Christmas facts that maybe you didn’t know
-- from History.com -- Each year, 30-35 million real Christmas trees are sold in the United States alone. There are 21,000 Christmas tree growers in the United States, and trees usually grow for about 15 years before they are sold.Today, in the Greek and Russian orthodox churches, Christmas is celebrated
The history of Christmas
-- from History.com -- Christmas is celebrated on December 25 and is both a sacred religious holiday and a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon. For two millennia, people around the world have been observing it with traditions and practices that are both religious and secular in nature. Christians celebrate Christmas
A poem for the season
-- from JoEllen Moldoff -- Year's End by Ted Kooser Now the seasons are closing their fileson each of us, the heavy drawersfull of certificates rolling backinto the tree trunks, a few old papersflocking away. Someone we lovedhas fallen from our thoughts,making a little, glittering splashlike a bicycle pushed by a
Give time, not stuff this holiday season
Stand around a fire and sip mulled wine. Skip the last-minute shopping. -- from Treehugger.com at request of Steve McKenna -- No one experiences the fallout from rampant consumerism at Christmastime quite like the garbage collectors do. They are the ones who have to stop at every house and pick
New Senior Center series is connecting the dots
First session: Story of the SV Golden Rule Friday, January 3, 1:15 p.m., Orcas Senior Center -- from Lena Kassa -- In the face of overwhelming power, it is often the smallest things that have the biggest effect. The story of the sailing vessel SV Golden Rule is an example
Fresh and hot off the press: ‘Ōde to Orcas Island’
-- from Ayn Gailey -- Ōde is a glimpse of life, art, and the power of place on remote Orcas Island as seen through the heart and eyes of a team of photographers and award-winning writers with island ties. The coffee table book, produced by Sara Farish and Ayn Gailey,
