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
Health Care District will meet via ZOOM on Tuesday
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE, ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ACTING SUPERINTENDENT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the April 5, 2022 Board meeting of the Orcas Island Health Care District will be posted
Kathy Collister’s Ukulele Kanikipila musical gatherings continue at Senior Center
Ukulele Kanikapila with Kathy Collister @ Orcas Senior Center (Thursdays, 1-3pm) ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join the Kanikipila, Hawaiian for “play music,” led by Kathy Collister every Thursdays from 1
Turning the Wheel will be bringing creativity, play to Orcas community
||| FROM ALYSSA BURNETT for TURNING THE WHEEL ||| Turning The Wheel is a non-profit organization spreading creativity, embodiment, and play to communities across the country and will be making their way to Orcas Island
Orcas Island residents can dispose of prescription drugs at upcoming Take-Back Event
The Coalition for Orcas Youth (COY) hosts event to help prevent opioid misuse in community ||| FROM NICOLE SPINOGATTI for COALITION FOR ORCAS YOUTH ||| The Coalition for Orcas Youth (COY) will be hosting a
What Was: unmarked, showing now at San Juan Islands Museum of Art
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| What Was: unmarked, showing now through May 30 at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA), features the monumental paintings by Helen
A sense of humor seems to be springing up around Orcas
||| PHOTOS BY EDEE KULPER ||| Sometimes all it takes to find a good chuckle is to just look around.
Sheriff’s Report | March 23 – 29, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 22-001757 Wanted Person 09:59:40 03/23/22 Deputies on San Juan Island attempted to contact a person with a warrant. The person did not answer their
DOH issues health advisory for norovirus-like illnesses linked to raw oysters
Individuals sickened after consumption of oysters from British Columbia, Canada ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Officials at the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) advise Washington residents to not serve or eat raw
A hyperactive sunspot just hurled a huge X-class solar flare into space
||| FROM SPACE.COM ||| A fast-erupting sunspot just hurled out a huge flare. The hotbed of sun activity, known officially as AR2975, sent out a powerful X-class flare that has already created a temporary blackout in shortwave
Senior Center offers Silver Swans for basic, gentle ballet
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS ISLAND SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Emily Anton for Silver Swans, an hour of basic and gentle ballet for older adults on Wednesdays, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. by Zoom.
Local group forms to lure, entice more tourists on Orcas with new activities
||| BY ADNIL LEHCAR, SPECIAL TO theORCASONIAN Much to the surprise, and perhaps consternation of many in the community, a local group has formed to increase tourist activities on Orcas Island. "I mean, really, what
Developer group seeks major overhaul of downtown Eastsound
||| BY WALTER ZUSTOVICH, theORCASONIAN GUEST REPORTER ||| With the popularity of Orcas Island reaching new post-pandemic highs, a loose coalition of on-and off-island developers called Building the Future is seeing an opportunity to bring
Latest COVID numbers from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Statewide Response Updates Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,454,772 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on March 29. There have been
Final (so far) weekly COVID update from San Juan County
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Since the last update on Friday March 25, there have been 10 new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current case count is
Orcas Islanders join together to link arms for Ukraine
||| BY STAFF REPORTER SHIN BREEM ||| Orcas gun owners and gun control advocates shared vegan BBQ while celebrating their successful combined campaign to help arm the Ukrainian army as more than 5,000 donated guns
Council still on deck for climate change
||| BY STAFF REPORTER SHIN BREEM ||| “It’s all hands on deck,” said one County official as the County Council unveiled its long-awaited first draft of a proposed series of priorities to address possible approaches
