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
State re-opens COVID-19 test portal for third time
Rapid antigen tests can be ordered and shipped directly to Washington households at no-cost ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA –The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is re-opening a statewide portal that allows
Garden Club presentation to feature Jennifer Harris
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| On Wednesday, February 16, at 10:30 a.m., the Orcas Island and Lopez Island Garden Clubs’ virtual (Zoom) meeting will feature Jennifer Harris presenting A Designed Pacific Northwest Native
Get to know the acting Health Care District Superintendent
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE, INTERIM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT ||| I was asked to serve as interim superintendent [of the Orcas Island Health Care District] following Anne Presson’s move to a new professional,
Orcas Island Lit Fest seeks lodging donations for June return
||| FROM THE ORCAS ISLAND LIT FEST ||| After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the Orcas Island Lit Fest is returning this June 3 – 4. Authors and panel topics are currently being finalized, and the
February Library artists are Carol Ann Anderson, Fred Enge
||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Carol Ann Anderson has been acquiring skills for a lifetime: sewing, knitting and crocheting from her grandmother, drawing/ painting skills and aesthetics from her fashion illustrator
Suspected Eastsound burglary suspect has been booked into jail
||| FROM SHERIFF RON KREBS ||| On February 4, 2022 the Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant on the residence of Jason Buehler of Orcas Island in regards to the theft of numerous items that
A mask mandate protest in Eastsound seems to have overrun its peaceful intent
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| Monday, the last day in January, the weather was sunny-ish for this time of year, as a group of islanders gathered in the early afternoon at the Village
School Board will meet in-person this week for budget work session
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| A Budget Work Session is scheduled for in-person only participation in our School Library on February 10 at 5 p.m. Here is the link to BoardDocs agenda. https://go.boarddocs.com/wa/orcasisland/Board.nsf/Public.
At SJIMA, fine art isn’t always a painting
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| If you think all art exhibits are about paintings, think again. At the annual Artists’ Registry Show (AR) at the San Juan Islands’
Poetry | A Black History Month tribute
||| POSTED AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER ||| Paul Robeson Gwendolyn Brooks - 1917-2000 That time we all heard it, cool and clear, cutting across the hot grit of the day. The major Voice. The
Wines of Chile on tap for forthcoming Senior Center virtual vineyard
“the virtual vineyard” – Wines of Chile by Orcas Senior Center and Doe Bay Wine Company by Zoom (Sunday, February 20, 5 p.m.) ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Cole Sisson for “the
Health Care District releases 2019 & 2020 OIHCD audit results
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| In keeping with the Commissioners’ commitment to establish accountable and affordable health care, the Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) successfully completed its second Accountability
Firehouse Findings | At OIFR, the debacle continues
||| BY MIA KARTIGANER, SPECIAL TO theORCASONIAN ||| I’d like to talk about the waning rigor of the hiring protocol and practices at Orcas Island Fire and Rescue (OIFR). It used to be a 3
Newest COVID numbers from State Dept. of Health
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,355,428 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 1.* There have been 10,845 COVID-19 deaths
An encouraging sign? We are seeing a drop in new COVID cases this week
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Since the last update on Friday January 28, there have been 62 new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current case count is
OPALCO Board to consider adjustment to smooth billing process after extreme cold temps caused high bills
“We can do better,” said Foster Hildreth ||| FROM SUZANNE OLSON for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| The extreme cold temperatures in late December caused power bills to go up significantly in January –
