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
Orcas Island Film Festival’s classic series is a go
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL ||| As we hoped, the number of Omicron cases across the country has continued to drop significantly and we see that many of you have already signed up for
Trades program for kids being offered by EDC and 4-H
||| FROM MICHELANGELO (MIKEY) VON DASSOW for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| San Juan County kids are invited to learn about the skilled trades through free, fun projects organized by the Economic Development Council (EDC) and
Poetry | A Black History Month tribute
||| POSTED AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER ||| Those Winter Sundays Robert Hayden - 1913-1980 Robert Hayden's poetry, which explored his concerns about race and African-American history, gained international recognition in the 1960s, and
Community Foundation is investing in affordable rentals
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Orcas Island Community Foundation Board has voted to grant OPAL Community Land Trust $100,000, as needed, to support the purchase of the Northern Heights Apartments located
Fire Commissioners holding regular public meeting on Tuesday
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS FIRE COMMISSION ||| The Board of Fire Commissioners will be holding a regular public meeting on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. online via Zoom. (Note: the meeting
Library is hosting a digital book club
||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Orcas Library announces, #TogetherWeRead, a digital book club connecting readers to the same ebook & audiobook at the same time with no waitlists or holds, Feb. 7-21!
Meet Dave Zoeller, our new OI Health Care District Commissioner
||| FROM DAVE ZOELLER for ORCAS HEALTH DISTRICT ||| OIHCD's new Commissioner, Dave Zoeller As surprising as it is even to me, I have lived on Orcas Island for nearly 50 years. Still,
Department of Health launches science contest for high school students
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health’s (DOH) Washington Tracking Network (WTN) is launching the inaugural Washington Tracking Network Youth Science Contest. The WTN Youth Science Contest provides an
Sheriff’s Report | February 9 – 15, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 22-000897 Citizen Dispute 11:06:47 02/09/22 A Deputy on San Juan Island was dispatched to a citizen dispute. A report was completed. 22-000898 Suspicious Person/Circumstance
Some infant powdered formula has been recalled due to possible bacterial contamination
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Abbott Nutrition announced late on Thursday, February 17, that it is voluntarily recalling infant powdered formula produced at their Sturgis facility in Michigan. This includes Similac, Alimentum,
Newest WA state COVID data
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,410,499 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 15.* There have been 11,522 COVID-19 deaths
COVID case count continues its communal climb
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Since the last update on Friday February 11, there have been 63 new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current case count is
In Memoriam | Lili Catherine Hein
||| FROM ARTHUR DE HAAN ||| Lili Catherine Hein of Orcas Island, due to cancer. She was 50. Lili Catherine Hein was born in Taipei, Taiwan on Mother's Day, May 11 in 1971.
Firehouse Foolishness | Leaks and such
||| BY MIA KARTIGANER, SPECIAL TO theORCASONIAN ||| While our fire department continues to search for leaks among the career responders, they don’t seem as concerned with their own. Within two days of the OIFR
With Marlow resignation, Fire Commission seeks candidates for vacant seat
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| With a mid-term resignation from Commissioner Janet Marlow, the Board of Fire Commissioners is seeking candidates to fill the unexpired term. The Board will conduct
The millions of people stuck in pandemic limbo
What does society owe immunocompromised people? ||| FROM THE ATLANTIC via ORCASONIAN READER ||| when the coronavirus pandemic began, Emily Landon thought about her own risk only in rare quiet moments. An infectious-disease doctor at
