Here’s a thought…
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.”
GIORGOS SEFERIS
Orcas Center serves up one more helping to see The Cake
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| SATURDAY SHOW ADDED! THE CAKE A play by Bekah Brunstetter, Directed by Melinda Milligan In the Black Box Theatre September 21-24 at 7pm (W,Th,F, AND Sat) LEARN
DOH launches interactive monkeypox virus (MPV) data dashboard
New dashboard includes case counts by county and certain demographic information ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – To further expand access to important public health information, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has
Deer Harbor, Pt. Lawrence on tap for road resurfacing work on Tuesday
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Public Works is announcing additional road resurfacing work on Orcas Island. Two locations are set to be chip sealed on Tuesday, September 27. Drivers can
Coming to Orcas Center with your support: Immersive, multidisciplinary theater
||| FROM RAFE PEARLMAN ||| KANU An immersive multidisciplinary theater performance by Rafe Pearlman and friends. Co-produced and directed by Jake Perrine November 17-19 at the Orcas Center Drawing from Rafe Pearlman’s experiences growing up
Orcas Island Film Festival announces film line up
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL ||| The Orcas Island Film Festival October 6-10, 2022 FILM LINE UP ANNOUNCED! This year we are proud to present 8 documentary films and 28 feature films from 25
SHIBA folks offering Medicare enrollment session
||| FROM PEGI GROUNDWATER, SHIBA ADVISOR ||| Are you turning 65 this year? In that case, you need to get ready to enroll in Medicare. Depending on your circumstances Social Security may enroll you automatically.
Fire Commissioners are meeting tomorrow
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The Board of Fire Commissioners meeting will be held on Monday, September 19 at 5:30 p.m. online via Zoom. Access information can be found on
Upcoming Island Health class offerings
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health hosts end-of-life paperwork class What documents should you have prepared for end-of-life? Join an end-of-life expert from Hospice of the Northwest to learn more about
In Martha’s Vineyard, even the doctors can’t afford housing anymore
Essential workers can’t afford to stay on the island, putting basic services in jeopardy ||| FROM WASHINGTON POST ||| MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Mass. — The stacks of chicken broth and shelf-stable milk were dwindling as the
Latest COVID update from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,796,023 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 11. There have been 14,060 COVID-19 deaths
Orcas Island Food Bank creates fruit tree map for gleaning program
||| FROM RICHARD RHOADS for ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| A property owner on Orcas Island said, “We are getting older, and it’s just the two of us now. We have so much fruit, we
County announces annual stormwater infrastructure maintenance
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County announces the beginning of annual stormwater infrastructure maintenance on Orcas and Lopez Islands. The regular maintenance is conducted before the first flush of the season
Your questions answered about sinking of FV Aleutian Isle; what we know so far
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for SJC DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT |||| What is the current situation with the wreck? The sunken vessel remains in place on the West side of San Juan Island in over
Reminder: Planned overnight power outage scheduled for Thursday night
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT CO-OPERATIVE ||| All of San Juan County will be affected by a planned power outage necessary for Bonneville Power Association (BPA) to make scheduled repairs to
State Health Dept.: Blood donations urgently needed
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – As summer ends and the school year begins, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and Northwest Blood Coalition urge eligible blood donors to schedule donations. According
Hot Topic 59: All about the fall bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The core message is simple: Get the COVID-19 bivalent booster this fall. What is this bivalent booster? What makes this booster different from the vaccines that came before?
