Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Student Art Exhibit opening Friday, April 25
||| FROM THE A-OK TEAM ||| You are invited! Come enjoy the Annual Student Art Exhibit Opening Friday, April 25th 4:30 - 6:00pm Orcas Center Featuring Orcas Island Elementary, Middle and High School artwork. High School presentations start at 5:30pm. Check out this amazing all school event on the Orcas Center events page. Refreshments and Our
LWVSJ Observer Corps Notes | San Juan County Council April 22, 2025
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| The council proclaimed May 1 Law Day and the month of May as Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. A new parks and fair employee, the new Human Resources Director, two new assessors and a new superior
World Central Kitchen adapts as Gaza cut off from aid and supplies
||| FROM WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN ||| In Gaza, World Central Kitchen is among the last organizations still able to cook meals. The IDF has shut all crossings to shipments, including humanitarian relief. We are now nearing the end of our supplies—and the limits of what’s possible. The humanitarian crisis grows
Jurors excused Monday, April 28 through Friday, May 2
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| For the jury period beginning Monday, April 28th through Friday, May 2nd, all jurors are excused. Thank you.
Wildfire smoke continues to impact local air quality
Skagit, Whatcom counties, Bellingham among cleanest areas for ozone ||| FROM NORTHWEST CLEAN AIR AGENCY ||| Wildfire smoke that smothered Washington communities at times with harmful fine particles in recent summers also impacted local air quality, according to the yearly national “State of the Air” report. The American Lung Association’s
The best protection against measles
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Measles cases continue to increase throughout the United States. But there is a way to protect yourself, your family, and your community. The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is the strongest protection against measles. It has a long history of providing safe
Notice of upcoming special meeting of Fire Commission
||| FROM KEITH LIGHT for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| San Juan County Fire Protection District #2, Board of Fire Commissioners Special Meeting | Friday, 04/25/2025, 5:30PM In person: 45 Lavender Lane, Eastsound, WA By phone via ZOOM: 253-215-8782 / Meeting ID: 816 8906 8095 / Passcode: 853560 Online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81689068095?pwd=1xQchsF7YEmdi7aFOJ9UBxFdeZyBwr.1
An Evening with David Roth
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Let’s honor and celebrate our home planet
Special Upcoming Events are Friday the 25th and Saturday the 26th ||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| Voice of the Earth, Fri. 25th Native flute and folk music, Poetry, and Coast Salish Storytelling at Odd Fellows Hall on the waterfront Join Orcas Island Poet, Jill McCabe Johnson, for our
Health Care District Board to meet tomorrow
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT BOARD ||| The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold a Special Board Meeting on Thursday, April 24th, 2025 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM in the Orcas Island Community Foundation Meeting Room, 33 Urner Street, Eastsound. The Agenda and Board Packet are posted below. Agenda
Rep. Larsen statement on Ukraine-Russia peace talks
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement on ongoing peace talks between Ukraine and Russia: "In word and in action, the U.S. must continue to stand up for the young democracy in Ukraine. I
LWVSJ Observer Corps*: County Council April 21, 2025
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| During public comment the president of the San Juan Building Association spoke of improving the past adversarial relationship with the Department of Community Development. In addition to identifying and fixing problems, he wanted to acknowledge what is going right and
Free Wildfire Readiness event – May 10 – 1-3pm
May is National Wildfire Preparedness Month ||| FROM BEN LUNA for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| Please join Orcas Island Fire and Rescue (OIFR), the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and San Juan Islands Conservation District for a Wildfire Readiness event on May 10 from 1-3pm at the
Due Next Week | Real and personal property taxes due April 30
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Treasurer, Rhonda Pederson, would like to remind county property owners that the first half of property taxes and personal property taxes are due and payable to the San Juan County Treasurer on or before April 30, 2025. Find information regarding
Loyalty to the Earth | There is no room for more
If there is a lot, we take a lot; if there is a little, we take it all. — Lyle Lewis, Racing to Extinction ||| LOYALTY TO THE EARTH by ELISABETH ROBSON ||| We are captives of a story. This story tells us that more is better. More energy, more extraction,
Conservation Land Bank opens Watmough Head trail on Lopez Island
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Saturday, May 3, join commissioners and staff from the Land Bank and Bureau of Land Management as we celebrate opening the new trail from Watmough Bay to Watmough Head. The ¾ mile hike to the point at Watmough Head is rich with scenic
