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
Poetry | Spring by Linda Pastan
Spring by Linda Pastan Just as we lose hope she ambles in, a late guest dragging her hem of wildflowers, her torn veil of mist, of light rain, blowing her dandelion breath in our ears;
OHS high school students treated to career day presentations
||| FROM KATE LONG for ORCAS HIGH SCHOOL ||| “It was fast, informative, and so much fun,” is how Counselor Meagan Gable described ‘Career Day 2022’ at Orcas Island High School held on May 18.
School Board schedules monthly Board meeting
Wednesday, May 25, 5 p.m. ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT #137 EASTSOUND, WASHINGTON Notice of a SPECIAL (MONTHLY) SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. The meeting will be held In-person @ OISD
Island Health proudly announces employee award recipients
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| ANACORTES, Washington — Island Health proudly announced the 2021 recipients of the Employee of the Year and Management Leadership awards at its annual Employee Recognition event last
Hazardous waste round-up just around the corner
||| FROM KATIE FLEMING for DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ||| San Juan County’s hazardous waste round-up collection event is our community’s once-yearly opportunity to legally and responsibly dispose of poisonous, flammable, corrosive or other hazardous
GiveOrcas Campaign was a huge success
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Wowza! What a week this has been. First and foremost, THANK YOU to everyone who pitched in and helped fully fund this year’s Give Orcas
Latest county COVID numbers are of concern
||| FROM KYRA JAHANFAR for COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Since the update last Friday May 13, there have been 89 new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current case count is
Most recent COVID numbers from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,544,119 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on May 17. There have been 12,770 COVID-19 deaths
Prune Alley to be closed on Friday for ongoing construction
||| FROM JESSE DOUGLAS-SEITZ for SJC PUBLIC WORKS ||| Onsite construction activities on Prune Alley are expected to continue through tomorrow, Friday May 20. Onsite construction activities will cease throughout the weekend, resuming again on
Council chooses modest VR cap, island-sensitive allocations
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| More than 100 people showed up – most of them virtually, though the meeting room was full – at the May 17, 2022 meeting of the San
FairVote ranked-choice voting kicks off with SJC campaign
FairVote Washington joins San Juan County advocates to launch a campaign for ranked-choice voting ||| FROM BEN CHAPMAN for FAIRVOTE WASHINGTON ||| WASHINGTON — San Juan County voters have an opportunity to win more voice,
Rep. Larsen supports bills that address infant formula shortage
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) supported two bills to address the nationwide infant formula shortage and ensure Northwest Washington families and caregivers have
Education Foundation has cancelled this Sunday’s BBQ due to COVID
||| FROM JANET BROWNELL for OI EDUCATION FOUNDATION ||| Out of an abundance of caution in the recent surge of Covid, the OI Education Foundation has decided to cancel Sunday’s BBQ at the Orcas Winery.
The Exchange introduces us to Dexter
||| FROM TOBY COOPER for ORCAS EXCHANGE ||| It’s Monday. First to arrive as always, Cindy Lundquist unlocks the big, swinging bar gate and parks her car in the usual spot. She moves with the
OICF awards celebration has been postponed due to COVID
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Unfortunately, we are going to need to postpone our Awards Celebration scheduled for today due to Covid. Even with masks and even outdoors, the risk is
Poetry | Credo by Bruce Hanna
||| FROM BRUCE HANNA ||| As age mellows my edges I wonder if I can find words for the positive core that guides my life – a credo – verbal symbols for the positive aspect,
