Here’s a thought…
“There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.”
ALFRED KORZYBSKI
Senior Center membership drive will end August 31
-- from Orcas Senior Center Membership Committee -- This is the last week to join others who have jumped into the New Membership Drive Challenge! AND, we have a delicious incentive: All new members, members who refer a new member (or two or three), and members who “upgrade” and renew (your renewal date will
Next Olga Store meeting will include Orcas Food Co-op
Friday, September 6, 6 p.m., Olga Community Center -- from Colleen Stewart for Friends of the Olga Store Building -- Friends of The Olga Store Building invites the Orcas community to Olga Community Center September 6 at 6 p.m. for updates on our efforts to obtain The Olga Store for
Skagit Valley College San Juan Center is now open for Fall Quarter registration
-- from Arden Ainley for Skagit Valley College -- The Skagit Valley College San Juan Center is pleased to announce that it is open for fall Quarter admission and registration. Classes begin September 24. New and returning students are encouraged to contact the San Juan Center to make appointments with
Author will visit Orcas to share his ‘Grocery Story’
New book about consumer-owned grocery stores pulls back the curtain on the grocery giants Thursday, September 12, 6 p.m., Co-op Commons -- from Susannah Weaver for Orcas Food Co-op -- For many of us fortunate enough to be able to purchase our food from a grocery store, rarely do we
Meet our State Solicitor General at Wednesday reception
Wednesday, August 28, 5 - 6:30 p.m., Outlook Inn -- from Judy Scott, Don Stillman, Elly Hoague, Marc Cohen, Anne Marie and Bern Shanks, Frank Greer, Janet Alderton, and Lin and Steve Hulley -- Noah Purcell, the current Washington State Solicitor General, is going to be at the Outlook Inn
Explore the Salish Sea in this stunning SJIMA photography exhibit
Through September 16, San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- from Diane Martindale for San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- Kelp Cathedral by Cy Scammell Scientist and underwater photographer Bruce Kerwin says of his grand prize winning photo, Spiraling Octopus, “I am drawn to the free-flowing form of invertebrates
Health District Commissioners choose a consultant, debate contract issues with UW
-- by Orcas Issues reporter Matthew Gilbert -- The latest meeting of the Orcas Island Healthcare District (OIHD) was essentially a continuation of issues discussed at their most recent two meetings, the conversation focusing on clinic infrastructure improvements and choosing a consultant who specializes in helping communities choose appropriate health
Islander requests assist in identifying unusual critter
-- from Tony Ayer -- Over the years we have all seen the multicolored deer that some refer to as “ goat deer “…Is it simply inbreeding? I have heard stories of a true albino buck that lived in the state park and had a grand time with the herds
Safety emphasis patrols will target stand up paddleboarders Labor Day weekend
State Parks Boating Program reminds paddlers to be safe -- from Washington State Parks -- Marine law enforcement agencies on Washington state’s marine and fresh waterways will conduct safety emphasis patrols over Labor Day weekend — specifically targeting stand up paddleboarders. The goal is to educate them about laws and
Meet Rachel Wilson, new PE teacher
-- from Orcas Island School District -- How would your elementary school or high school classmates remember you? They would probably first remember me as tall! I would also hope they would remember me as kind, honest and hardworking. Did you have a favorite teacher? My favorite teacher wasn’t my
Tickets going fast for Orcas Island Jazz Festival
-- from Kristen Wilson -- Tickets are selling faster than in past years, so if you want to see the great jazz artists this weekend at the Orcas Island Jazz Festival - you’ll want to move quickly before the shows sell-out. Tickets are on sale now at www.OrcasCenter.org for three superb nights
Book Review | If We Can Keep It: How the Republic Collapsed and How It Might be Saved
-- Book review by Jens Kruse -- On September 17, 1787, the final day of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, so the story goes, a woman approached Ben Franklin and asked him: “Well, doctor, what have we got – a republic or a monarchy?” He supposedly answered with a challenge:
Orcasional Musings | Friday Harbor? Why’s it called that?
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| Our illustrious Editor recently asked me to write a short essay on what happened on Orcas Island during the very brief, but not really unpleasant, little dust-up that history calls The Pig War. In June of 1859, a settler from the United States
All in a day’s work at Orcas Fire & Rescue
-- from Kim Kimple for Orcas Fire & Rescue -- Orcas Island Fire and Rescue had two periods Friday with overlapping emergencies. The first two were cardiac calls. Both required treatment by EMS and transport by air to a local hospital. A third cardiac patient was also treated and transported Friday, all before
Sheriff’s Report | August 14 – 20, 2019
-- from San Juan County Sheriff's Office -- Wednesday, August 14, 201919-006753 Controlled Substance Problem 09:31:39 08/14/19 A Deputy responded to a walk-in report of a possible drug issue. The reporting party completed a written statement, a report was made, and the report forwarded to a detective for a follow
Giving Garden distributes 100 lbs of fresh, organic produce to the community
Sustainability workshops offered -- from Alex Tamayo Wolf for Giving Garden -- In just four months, the Giving Garden, which is one of four garden beds in the Enchanted Food Forest at Orcas Christian School, distributed more than 100 pounds of fresh, organic vegetables to the community through the Orcas Food
