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
San Juan, Orcas fire crews remain on the scene of downtown Friday Harbor fire
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| UPDATE: KING5 News coverage: San Juan Island and Orcas Island fire and rescue crews are working to put out a large commercial fire in downtown Friday Harbor that began Thursday
School bus driver flown off following yesterday’s accident on Orcas Road
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL BOARD ||| The School Board would like to extend our thanks to everyone who assisted in yesterday's school bus accident on Orcas Road. First, to the children on the Deer
SJIMA exhibition INTO THE BREACH runs until May 30
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| With INTO THE BREACH Sculptures, Drawings and Prints, by Tom Gormally brings us serious messages dressed in a bit of humor, a gift
Classic Film Series closes out with ‘A Matter of Life and Death’
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL ||| Our 2022 OIFF Classics Film Series closes out with a world-class Technicolor film about war and the afterlife: “A Matter of Life and Death.” A MATTER OF LIFE
Governor’s 2022 Smart Communities Awards nominations open now through May 6
Annual awards recognize outstanding work in community planning and development ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| Olympia, WA -- The Washington State Department of Commerce today called for nominations for the 16th annual Governor's
Washington residents should not consume certain oysters harvested from Baynes Sound area in British Columbia
Individuals sickened with norovirus-like symptoms ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has updated its advisory to Washington residents to not serve or eat certain oysters harvested from
Orcas Island Community Foundation ranks #1 in national survey
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| OICF is ranked #1 out of 207 community foundations nationally for per capita gifts with a rate of $1,266. While our population size is small,
Hop on over to Lions Club Easter egg hunt at Cascade Lake
||| FROM MARY MEREDITH for ORCAS ISLAND LIONS CLUB ||| The Orcas Island Lions Club is happy to offer the Annual Easter Egg Hunt at its traditional location at Cascade Lake in Moran State Park.
Orcas Food Bank highlights the guy who brings the food on-island
||| FROM RICK RHOADS for ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| If you look into the shipping containers in front of the Orcas Island Food Bank (OIFB), the CoolBots (walk-in refrigeration units) behind the Food Bank,
Effective anti-COVID drug available in Washington for eligible patients
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Thousands of doses of a potentially life-saving COVID-19 drug are available in the state of Washington, and could potentially benefit those at highest risk for hospitalization and death
Stephanie’s Tai Chi classes are resuming after a two-year hiatus
Wu-Style Tai Chi movements combine mind and body skills that can improve as you age ||| FROM STEPHANIE ROSENBLATT ||| A Tai Chi Master for over thirty years, Stephanie brings a special and unique appreciation
Middle Schoolers are putting on a couple of plays this weekend
||| FROM KIM FREEMAN for ORCAS ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ||| Join us Saturday, April 9 at 7 p.m. as Orcas Island Middle School presents two plays, 10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse and 13 Reasons Not
Governor has been busy signing bills, 303 of them, following legislative session
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE || That's a wrap: 303 bills delivered and done Legislators approved 303 bills during the 60-day session that ended March 10. The action then turns to the
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
