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
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
Letter to Editor | Looking back at local reaction to Sandy Hook’s school shooting
||| FROM FRED KLEIN ||| News that the parents of some of the 20 schoolchildren at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut who, along with six adults, were killed in a mass shooting event in
Reminder: You’re invited to talk tourism with the SJI Visitors Bureau
||| FROM AMY NESLER for SJI VISITORS BUREAU ||| Don’t miss this opportunity to make your voice heard! If you’ve been curious about how the San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau approaches destination marketing and management,
Newest numbers from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,410,658 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 13.* There have been 11,373 COVID-19 deaths
Community Foundation is looking to hire a clerk
||| FROM ED ANDREWS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) is hiring a clerk to support our financial manager. The Financial Administrator position is a part time administration level position responsible for
There are some new faces at Community Resource Center
||| FROM MEGAN EHRMANTRAUT for ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| The Orcas Community Resource Center is excited to announce some new faces you may see around the office. Please extend a big welcome to Cheryl
SJIMA show highlights how local artists prevail in time of COVID
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS' MUSEUM OF ART ||| The great Duke Ellington once said, “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” Nowhere is this more evident than
Parents invited to learn of options for entering first grade
||| FROM LORENA STANKEVICH for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island School District will present one more VIRTUAL 1st Grade Parent Orientations - Please join Elemententary Principal Lorena Stankevich and OASIS Principal Donald
Conservation District seeks to fill two positions
||| FROM PAUL ANDERSSON for SJI CONSERVATION DISTRICT ||| The San Juan Islands Conservation District currently has two positions up for renewal – one appointed and one elected. Conservation District board supervisors are public officials
Registration for San Juans Ag Summit is now live
San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit Date: March 4 & 5, 2022 Location: Virtual and in-person on Lopez Island ||| FROM KELSEY GREEN for SJI AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT ||| Registration is now live for the 2022 San
UPDATED LINK: Health District meeting upcoming
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the February 15, 2022 Regular Board Meeting will be posted February 14. You can access the agenda
Youth opportunity to participate in WA state heritage internship
||| FROM SANDY STREHLOU ||| This internship is available to high school students in WA. It is a very cool summer 4-day internship that brings WA youth (high school students) together with a variety of
School Board meeting moved to this Thursday
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| The board decided to move up the date for their monthly meeting to next Thursday (4th Thursdays @ 5 p.m. is the usual time) as the schools are
Upcoming class opportunities from Island Health
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health offers online Mediterranean nutrition class The Mediterranean diet has been shown to support healthier blood pressure, cholesterol, and body weight. Join Registered Dietitian Amber Phillips
