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Lori Wilson has started a new acupuncture clinic on Orcas Island. Wilson, LAC, Dip. AC has opened Soaring Crane Healing in the Village Plaza Building #103 (behind Enzos). Wilson graduated from the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in 2000 with a master’s degree in acupuncture. Wilson moved to Orcas when she was 24 and fresh out of a veterinary technician program. She started working for Dr. Brad Day soon after he
opened his practice and worked with him until he moved from the island. Meanwhile, she fell in love with sea kayaking and started Shearwater with Tom Carter. She enjoyed all the years of kayak trips but realized she couldn’t be a guide for the rest of her life and began looking for another career. After having successful acupuncture treatments, she decided to attend the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in Japan. At age 39, when she was halfway through her studies at NIAOM, she was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. Against all advice, Wilson decided to only use alternative medicine, except for surgery. She also began having acupuncture at least once a week. Soon after graduating, Wilson’s mother passed away from breast cancer. Knowing that she needed a break, she sold her property on Orcas and moved to Mexico to rest and heal. She lived there for 11 years and enjoyed being a volunteer acupuncturist at a battered women’s shelter run by nuns,
Girls Lead the Way project Author The Lopez-based conservation laboratory Kwiáht is seeking 12 students in the Lopez and Orcas fourth through seventh grades for a new summer learning and action program in eco-engineering funded by the American Association of University Women. Priority will be given to girls interested in math, science, and engineering, with the aim of sustaining their interests into high school and increasing the number of island women pursuing careers in these fields. Activities begin in July. Participants on each
island will spend 12 days with Kwiáht professionals learning about hydrology, contaminant chemistry, the remedial functioning of plants, bacteria and fungi, and the basics of bioswale design and construction. Teams will prepare proposals for bio-remedial gardens, bioswales, or containerized eco-machines for two participating businesses and nonprofits on each island, and refine and help build one of their proposed designs. In 2015, graduates of this summer’s program will help mentor a second cohort
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and she also rescued and rehabilitated street dogs. Wilson also had a private acupuncture practice in a wellness center. After 10 years, the cancer metastasized to Wilson’s bones. This time she decided to integrate both allopathic and complimentary treatments (although still opted out of chemotherapy or radiation) and is now healthy. After spending six months on Orcas last year, she knew it was time to return home. “Although it began in China, acupuncture has spread throughout Asia and evolved to meet the needs of the people where it went,” Wilson said. “I have an affinity for the subtle, gentle Japanese techniques. Using the smallest needles available with very shallow insertion, most people don’t even feel the needles.” Using tuning forks on acupuncture points, she also practices the Acutonics system of sound healing. Wilson can be reached at 376-5900 or 1healingcrane@gmail.com.
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of students, who will test, assess, and improve the first team’s bioremediation facilities. Students will also visit each other’s islands to make a comparative study of runoff and drainage in Urban Growth Areas. Girls Lead The Way grew from Orcas and Lopez high school projects in 2013 and 2014 that evaluated existing “rain gardens,” designed and built eco-machines, and tested native plants for copper accumulation working with Kwiáht. Instructors include Nathan Hodges (design), Bethy Johnstonbaugh (mathematics, modeling), Madrona Murphy (botany, microbiology), and Russel Barsh (environmental chemistry). The Exchange, Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District, and several businesses in Eastsound and Lopez Village are community partners. Nancy Knapp on Orcas Island, and Lorri Swanson on Lopez are participating as teacher advisers and mentors. To learn more, send an email to kwiaht@gmail. com or write to Kwiaht, P.O. Box 415, Lopez Island, WA 98261.
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Thrive San Juan Islands welcomes South Whidbey author Vicki Robin to San Juan, Lopez and Orcas Islands in mid-June. She will speak about her new book “Blessing the Hands that Feed Us: what eating closer to home can teach us about food, community and our place on earth.” Robin will speak at The Brickworks in Friday Harbor on Tuesday, June 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. She will tour Lopez farms and then speak at the Lopez Library on Wednesday, June 18 at 7 p.m. On Thursday, June 19, come by the Orcas Food Co-op at 12:30 p.m. for a casual conversation. At 7 p.m., there will be a presentation at Emmanuel Church Hall followed by a reception and book signing at Darvill’s at 8 p.m.