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“Volunteering is at the very core of being a human. No one has made it through life without someone else’s help.”
HEATHER FRENCH HENRY
Inslee response to Global Climate Strike walkout
-- from Governor Jay Inslee's Office -- Gov. Jay Inslee responded to the Global Climate Strike that will take place Friday, September 20 when a number of students are expected to miss school. “I encourage educators to embrace Friday’s Global Climate Strike as part of a strong civic education for
Fire District calls special meeting next week
Tuesday, September 24, 3 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Kimberley Kimple, Fire District Secretary -- 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 Introduction Additions or Modifications
Orcas students will join nationwide strike for the climate
Friday, September 20, 12:15 p.m., Village Green -- by Lin McNulty, Editor -- Orcas High School students will join students across the U.S. in striking for the climate on Friday afternoon. The intense national movement is the result of increasing youth awareness that our climate is in real danger and
Kruse Reviews | The Only Plane in the Sky
-- Book review by Jens Kruse -- Garrett M. Graff, a journalist and historian, has just published what is the must-read account of 9/11/01, The Only Plane in the Sky. Published one day before September 11 of 2019, it is an oral history of that momentous and horrendous day 18
Letter to Editor | Greg Ayers a treasure of knowledge, wisdom for Port Commission
-- from Joseph J. Cohen -- I am delighted that Greg Ayers is seeking a position as our Port Commissioner. Over the past five years I have had the pleasure of getting to know him as a community contributor in many realms. His service on EPRC is recognized and appreciated. So too is his contribution
Health District enters the time of year for budgets
-- by Susan McBain, Orcas Issues reporter -- The main theme of the September 3 meeting of the Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) commissioners was dollars and cents—that is, budgets and costs. The commissioners began discussion of the District’s 2020 budget, based on Superintendent Anne Presson’s first draft. The
Moran fish hatchery honored as outstanding volunteer group by State Parks
-- from Didier Gincig for Orcas Odd Fellows -- The Moran Creek Kokanee Hatchery on Orcas Island has been selected as the Outstanding Volunteer Group in the Washington State Parks system for 2018. Volunteers help maintain the hatchery program that received 200,000 fertile salmon eggs from the Lake Whatcom Hatchery
Savor the Flavor farm tours for free on three islands in September, October
-- from Steph Coffey for Ag Guild -- The Savor the Flavor Fall Farm Tours on San Juan, Orcas and Lopez island are every Saturday and Sunday starting September 21. New this year, admission is free. “We took away the barrier of admission so people of all economic backgrounds can come meet their local
Photogrammetry study of SRKWs is Whale Museum’s new lecture series
Thursday, September 26, 7 p.m., The Whale Museum -- from Tracie Merrill for The Whale Museum -- On Thursday, September 26, Dr. John Durban from NOAA and Dr. Holly Fearnbach from SR3 SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation and Research will present on “Photogrammetry Study of the SRKWs.” The lecture will take place
Celebrate National Public Lands Day by going to Moran for free during daylight hours
Saturday, September 28 -- from Washington State Parks -- In honor of National Public Lands Day, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission invites the public to visit a state park for free on Saturday, September 28. No Discover Pass will be required for day-use visits by vehicle. National Public
School construction project, literally, on track
-- from Eric Webb, Orcas Schools Superintendent -- The excitement this week for Orcas Schools construction moves outdoors to the track area.
Man suffering sudden cardiac arrest successfully revived at Doe Bay
-- from Kim Kimple for Orcas Island Fire and Rescue -- Orcas Island Fire and Rescue (OIFR) crews responded to reports of CPR in progress after a male in his 60s collapsed during the Imagine Festival at Doe Bay Resort shortly after 11 p.m. on Friday. When the victim went
West Beach Road culvert replacement underway
-- from Jacob Heinen for San Juan County Public Works -- Excavation was the primary focus on-site this week at the West Beach Road construction site, roughly 5000 cubic yards of material were removed. After digging beneath the sandy roadway fill operators hit a vein of blue clay around the
In Memoriam | Hazel O’Brien, 1934 – 2019
-- from Kathleen Lunde -- Hazel June Andrews O’Brien died peacefully on September 2, at her home on Orcas Island with a book in her lap and her dog Bellis by her side. Hazel was born June 23, 1934 in the village of Motspur Park, Sussex, England, the youngest of
Yacht club hosting seafaring folk dance fundraiser
Friday, September 20, 6:30 p.m., West Sound Community Center -- from Michele Wiley for Sail Orcas -- OIYC is sponsoring an open Contra (Folk) Dance at West Sound Community Center benefit Sail Orcas. Each couple dances with each other couple in the line. Today Scotch, Irish, French Canadian jigs, reels,
Orcasional Musings | Early ferries? From where, to where, with what?
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| In 1922, Captain Harry Crosby converted the Harvester King from kelp collector to front-ramp automobile ferry. At last it was easy to drive on, and then drive off again. But Crosby soon found that the need for a vacationers' ferry was just too
