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
OHS Class of 2022 prepares for busy graduation week
||| FROM KYLE FREEMAN, OISD MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ||| Senior Project and Paper Presentations - June 7th, 11:00-12:30 (OIHS) All graduates from Orcas Island High School are required to complete both a senior paper and project
Island Health class offerings
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health offers online Mediterranean nutrition class The Mediterranean diet has been shown to support healthier blood pressure, cholesterol, and body weight. Join Registered Dietitian Amber Phillips
Live music returns to Village Green with Summer Concert Series
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Live music returns to the Village Green with a Summer Concert Series presented by Orcas Center, Orcas Song Farm, Country Corner, and San Juan County. The eclectic
Health Care District has a meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 7
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE, ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ACTING SUPERINTENDENT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the June 7, 2022 Board meeting of the Orcas Island Health Care District will be posted
American Camp Visitor Center parking lot to close for exhibit installation
||| FROM CYRUS FORMAN for AMERICAN CAMP ||| The long awaited American Camp Visitor Center is almost complete. Park staff and partners have been hard at work fabricating exhibits and preparing for their installation. The
Upcoming labyrinth walk: We offer up the pieces of our hearts, the pieces of our broken spirits
We walk because we must ||| FROM NANCY AYER for EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH ||| SATURDAY, JUNE 4 at 12 NOON…or any time Globally, we will all walk with the same intention: Suggested Intention for this walk:
“We’re playing with fire:” US Covid cases may be 30 times higher than reported
||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER The United States is now in its fourth-biggest Covid surge, according to official case counts – but experts believe the actual current rate is
The Met is streaming at Orcas Center this month
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center finishes their on-screen season this June with two incredible performances from the Metropolitan Opera: Saturday, June 11 at 1pm: Lucia di Lammermor. The character of
Council seeks proposals for historic programs, preservation
||| FROM INGRID GABRIEL, SJC COUNCIL CLERK ||| The San Juan County Council has discretionary funds, generated by recording fees intended to promote historical preservation or historical programs, which may include preservation of historic documents.
Most recent COVID case data from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,583,206 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on May 31. There have been 12,876 COVID-19 deaths
June art exhibit at library is a convergence of art, culture, nature
||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| This month, the Orcas Island Library features work by Barbara Evans in an exhibit title “Skyscapes.” Barbara writes "As an artist, my instinct and intuition call
San Juan County now accepting 2022 home fund applications
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Health & Community Services has released a Notice of Funds Available (NOFA) for the 2022 funding round for the Home Fund program with responses being
Prune Alley work plan for the week
||| FROM JESSE DOUGLAS-SEITZ for SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS ||| 4-day work week, the contractor will work the remainder of the week Tuesday through Friday, with the site open Saturday and Sunday. The Contractor
SJI National Historical Park, SJI Public Library to continue collaborative programming
||| FROM CYRUS FORMAN for SJI NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ||| San Juan Island National Historical Park and the San Juan Island Public Library are pleased to announce the return of our popular collaborative “Nature Matters”
MAG’s Spring Concert video takes you into the school music classrooms
||| FROM SHAROM HO for MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| As the 2021-22 school year wraps up, the Music Advocacy Group (MAG) congratulates Orcas Island School District’s Class of 2022, especially two graduating seniors who have
A new twist is coming up at OCS, and it’s Oliver
Oliver Twist production at Orcas Christian School June 5-7 ||| FROM EDEE KULPER for ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ||| Nikko Naugle stars as Oliver Twist. Mark your calendars for June 5, 6, and 7
