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.”
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Time approaches for Fall flu shot clinic
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| Protect your family from the flu this fall. Island Primary Care – Orcas will be offering flu shot appointments for patients October 28, November
SJC Health & Community Services & Latinx Food Bank celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is proud to reflect on the successful partnership with Alimentando al Pueblo – a Latinx food bank from Burien, WA – who joined the San
Community Resource Center a valuable island institution
||| BY ELLIE WRIGHT, theORCASONIAN INTERN ||| The Orcas Community Resource Center can only be described as the heart of our community. The Orcas Community Resource Center (OCRC) aims to ease the hardships of those
Port of Orcas to hold 2023 Budget Hearing
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Port of Orcas will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, October 24, 2022 at 4 p.m. to consider and adopt
Fall Festival is back at Camp Orkila
||| FROM KATIE O'ROURKE for CAMP ORKILA ||| Join us for this family event! Enjoy hot dogs, soup and cider to warm you up. Fun, fall activities will include hay rides, pumpkin painting, cider-pressing, archery,
Sun Days on Orcas | 27 things about Tony Ghazel
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Tony Ghazel Tony Ghazel is a lovely human being, in case you haven't met him. He has a daily knack of getting people together
Island Health upcoming classes
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health offers online class on healthy digestion Take a journey into the digestive system with Registered Dietitian Amber Phillips. Learn common symptoms of digestive distress and nutrition
Invitation to artists and artisans to participate in Holiday Markets on Orcas
||| FROM MARCY MONTGOMERY for SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| Island made gifts, clothing, jewelry, woven and kitchen goods, candles, ornaments, wreaths and garlands, comforters, quilts, books, foods, beverages, toys, and functional and fine art
Auto Technology Course to be offered by EDC
||| FROM MARTI MCCONNELL for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| The Economic Development Council (EDC) of San Juan County will offer an Introduction to Automotive Technology Course as part of their Trades Training Initiative. This course
Health Care District seeks your input on Strategic Plan
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The DRAFT Strategic Plan for the Orcas Island Health Care District is now posted online for review. See DRAFT strategic plan The current draft is
Sheriff’s Report | October 5 – 11, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 22-007304 Trespassing 18:33:51 10/05/22 An Orcas Island Deputy responded to a call of a trespasser at Cons Pitstop 274 A. St. A report was
Friday Harbor Film Festival is nearly here
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| Have you ever wanted to climb a mountain, learn to surf, devote your life to saving orcas and salmon, run with the wolves, or be
Updated COVID-19 booster eligibility expanded to people ages 5 and older
Both Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s bivalent vaccines have received authorization ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and other healthcare providers will soon begin offering Omicron variant-targeted bivalent booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines to
Newest COVID numbers from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,825,852 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 11. There have been 14,353 COVID-19 deaths
It’s back! Whale of a Show – A tradition of talent and “triumphant joy”
Whale of a Show returns to the Orcas Center Main Stage October 22-23 ||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| This October, there will be a flurry of activity behind the thick velvet curtains
Compass Health announces $14 Million capital campaign to build state-of-the-art regional behavioral health facility
||| FROM CONNOR FLYNN for COMPASS HEALTH ||| EVERETT, Wash., Oct. 13, 2022– Compass Health is building the future of behavioral health care in the region and community members have an integral role to play. Today,
