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
Clean out your closet to help Community Resource Center: it’s a win-win
||| FROM MEGAN EHRMANTROUT for ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| Are you interested in the idea of cleaning out your closet and making a difference? Now is the perfect time! The Orcas Community Resource Center
Master Gardener native plants on sale beginning Jan. 28
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| As the snow subsides, I feel we gardeners are ready for spring and warmer weather. If that’s the case, be sure to check out the San
WA State lawmakers propose year-round Standard Time to get around Congress
||| FROM NWPB ||| Washington state senators are trying a new gambit to stop the twice-yearly ritual of changing our clocks from standard time to daylight time and back again. A previous effort to move
Two years ago today, Novel Coronavirus discovered in WA
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today marks two years since the first case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) was found in Washington and in the United States. Our state lead the nation
Revisiting John F. Kennedy inaugural speech from 1961
||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF SPIRIT EAGLE ||| Following is John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech, 1961. It is so pertinent to all of us, right now! It lifted my heart, I hope it does yours,
Soon joining Medicare? Get the scoop on how to do it
||| FROM PEGI GROUNDWATER for SHIBA ||| Are you joining Medicare sometime in 2022? If so, there’s a lot of new information for you to understand. Medicare has its own vocabulary and rules. There are
Orcas Senior Center seeks home maintenance, repair pilot program coordinator
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Orcas Senior Center is recruiting for a part-time independent contractor to coordinate its Home Maintenance & Repair (HM&R) pilot program. The HM&R Coordinator will be responsible
Land Bank will hold monthly meeting on Jan. 21
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SJC LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold its monthly meeting on January 21, 2022 from 8:30 – 11:10 a.m. The public is invited
Fiber arts highlighted at SJIMA Artists’ Register Show
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| Fiber arts (aka textile arts) have been a diverse and dynamic method of artmaking and storytelling for centuries. The San Juan Islands are
“ART UNLOCKED” show at Orcas Center postponed until Spring
||| FROM KATHY YOUNGREN for ORCAS CENTER VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE ||| Due to the COVID related closures of many events at Orcas Center, the Visual Arts Committee is postponing the “ART UNLOCKED” show until a
School board spotlight | Ayn Gailey
January is School Board Appreciation Month ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Ayn Gailey (left) with husband Samuel and daughter Gray. Ayn moved to the island in 2016 with her husband, novelist
Latest statewide COVID response updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 971,422 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 17. There have been 10,230 COVID-19 deaths
Unvaccinated islander is first COVID-19 related death in SJC
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| A San Juan County resident has recently died, and the cause of death has been attributed to COVID-19. This was an unvaccinated islander who recently contracted COVID, was
Place your order for free at-home COVID-19 tests
||| FROM PEGI GROUNDWATER ||| Residential households in the U.S. can order one set of 4 free at-home tests from USPS.com. Here’s what you need to know about your order: Limit of one order per
Master Gardener’s spring plant sale on hiatus for this year
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for MASTER GARDENERS ||| It was hard to conduct our plant sale online the past two years while observing COVID protocol, so we have decided to take a year off, hoping
Guest Opinion | When did questioning behavior at OIFR become personal?
||| FROM AMANDA MONTAGUE ||| I feel compelled to respond as a former OIFR Commissioner and someone who cares deeply about the Department to the "Firehouse Foundations" piece written by Mia Kartiganer and the comments
