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
Recap of recent COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,729,949 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on July 26. There have been 13,462 COVID-19 deaths
New discussion series coming to SJIMA: Looking inside Afghanistan
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| The San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA) announces a very special discussion series beginning on August 3. The talks will provide opportunities
Island Health receives 5-star honors from CMS
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| ANACORTES, Washington — Island Health has earned an overall five-star hospital rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)—the highest distinction awarded by the federal
Speech-language pathology healthcare at Orcas Senior Center on Thursday, August 11
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Libby Lewis Speech-Language Pathologist Libby Lewis will offer free cognition and swallow screenings at Orcas Senior Center (OSC) on Thursday, August 11, between 12:30
Health Care District receives clinical services update
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| At its July 26 Board meeting, OI Health Care District Commissioners received an update on clinical services from Island Health (IH) administrative staff. Slides from
Unsafe levels of Paralytic Shellfish Poison detected in Orcas Island shellfish
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is urging people to avoid eating oysters and clams harvested from Buck Bay on Orcas Island in San Juan County
Senior Council Districts | Update on transfer of functions
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| At its April 21 meeting the Board of Directors of the Senior Services Council of San Juan County (SSCSJC) voted to transfer the operational functions of
SJIMA displays Jackson-Spieker’s “Art You Can Touch”
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| Henry Jackson-Spieker at work. Artists have a history of making us think about the world around us and LATTICE II challenges
Waldron islander completes mother’s book, “The Memory of All That: A Love Story about Alzheimer’s”
||| FROM SUSAN THISTLE ||| My mother, Mary MacCracken, died before completing her last book, about helping her husband Cal through Alzheimer’s, so I did this for her. She had worked so hard on it,
Fly in or drop by at Orcas Fly-in first weekend in August
||| FROM KAREN BLINN ||| After a two year absence, the Fly-in will be held on Saturday, August 6 at the Eastsound Airport. Orcas Island volunteer firefighters will be serving their pancake breakfast beginning at
Do you have BIG items you’ve been wanting to donate?
||| FROM JIM DUFFIELD for ORCAS RECYCLING SERVICE ||| Orcas Recycling Service/The Exchange is working with Skagit Habitat for Humanity (SHFH) to offer a one-time opportunity to donate items The Exchange cannot accept. Examples of
Museum’s Bison Antiquus exhibit will open to public July 28
||| FROM NANCY STILLGER for ORCAS ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUMS ||| 16,000 years ago bison grazed in the meadows of Orcas Island. 14,000 years ago human beings harvested, butchered and ate bison meat in a meadow
State Health Dept.: Extreme heat expected through the week
Cooling centers considered a key tool in preventing illness for people without air conditioning ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Hot weather is expected to impact Washington state through Friday of this week,
Another stellar performance at The Green is scheduled
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Enjoy an eclectic mix of worldly music with Alpha Yaya Diallo and special guest, Rafe Pearlman and Friends on Saturday, July 30 as part of the FREE
School Board public hearing on Thursday
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Thursday, July 28, 2022 5:OOPM REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING/PUBLIC HEARING for the 2022-23 Budget - In person and VIA ZOOM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT #137 EASTSOUND, WASHINGTON Notice
Special Land Bank Commission meeting & agenda
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold a special meeting on July 28, 2022 from 8:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. via Microsoft Teams to
