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
Statement from the Washington State Department of Health
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today, the Washington State Board of Health (SBOH) voted not to include COVID-19 in the state’s immunization requirements for school entry at this time. As stated in today’s
Poetry | Offering Compassion to Ukraine and All Afflicted by War
May suffering arising from hatred be remedied. May those in the grip of fear be released to the safety of understanding. May those lost in confusion find relief in wisdom. May those in refugee camps
Letter to Editor | Early COVID treatment (lack of) availability
||| FROM JANET ALDERTON ||| The closest locations to access Paxlovid, an antiviral medication that must be taken within 5 days of the development of covid-19 symptoms, are Mount Vernon and Burlington. Why are the
Local author Iris Graville coming to Orcas Library with her new book, Writer in a Life Vest
||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| If you’re looking for information, insight, and inspiration about climate change, put on your life vest and settle in to thirty-six lyric essays about the Salish
WAFD will display Thom Carnevale photos
||| FROM THOM CARNEVALE||| The photographs of Orcas Island photographer Thom Carnevale will be on display at the Washington Federal Bank Branch (WAFD), in Eastsound, today through Mid-June. Ansel Adams once said, “When words become
Health Care District appoints a new commissioner to complete Fralick’s term
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE, ACTING HEALTH CARE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT ||| At the April 5 meeting, Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) Commissioners appointed Marie Michnich to serve the remainder of Richard Fralick’s term. Ms. Michnich
Library is hosting a poetry event on the South Lawn
||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Listen to poems read and recited by locals or bring your own to share! Thursday, April 14, 6 p.m. on the Library South Lawn. Poets of
Our new best buddy, Big Blue is just crushing it out at the Exchange
||| BY EDEE KULPEER, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| Meet Big Blue, the new glass crusher at Orcas Recycling Services named by fourth graders Audrey Hance and Lana Sasan after a name-voting contest at school. If you
EDC steps in to help with recovery from Friday Harbor fire
||| FROM VICTORIA COMPTON, EDC BOARD and STAFF ||| Our business community needs your help right now – the devastating fire of April 7th wiped out numerous businesses, left families without a way to put
Overdose deaths in Washington top 2,000 in 2021 and continue to rise
To help save lives health officials urge people to carry naloxone and to know overdose signs ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – New data show that deaths from drug overdoses continue to increase
EDC to offer fire recovery sessions for business owners and employees
||| FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| The Economic Development Council of San Juan County (EDC) invites business owners and employees who have been displaced or negatively impacted by the April 7 fire in downtown
Property damage by fire may qualify for property tax relief
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Our community is deeply saddened by the property loss and impact to lives and livelihoods from the fire on April 7, 2022. If your property was damaged by
County Council to finally rule on capping vacation rental permits
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| After three years of passionate public comment, Planning Commission debate, and County Council smoke signals, the idea of setting caps on the number of vacation rental permits
Poetry | my mother’s hands
my mother's hands by Nate Marshall Nate Marshall ............ would moisturize my face from jaw inward the days she had too much on her hands when what needed to come through did or
Compass Health hires first-ever Chief Human Resources and Diversity Officer
||| FROM COMPASS HEALTH ||| EVERETT, Wash., April 11, 2022 – Compass Health recently welcomed Connie Summers, the organization’s first-ever chief human resources and diversity officer (CHRDO). As CHRDO, Summers oversees all aspects of human resource management and
Jane Fuller is running for County Council, District 3
||| FROM JANE FULLER ||| Jane Fuller announces her candidacy for county council For the last two years, our focus as a community has been our collective response to the COVID crisis. As
