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 Center to welcome Locarno to Center Stage
Sunday, February 6 at 2 p.m. ||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Locarno is an energetic and enthusiastic mix of Mexican, Cuban, Folk, Funk, and North American music featuring JUNO Award winning musician
Agenda now available for Tuesday’s Health District meeting
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE, ACTING SUPERINTENDENT FOR ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the Orcas Island Health Care District February 1, 2022 Regular Board Meeting are now posted.
Look what’s coming up at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| THIS WEEKEND AT ORCAS CENTER Due to COVID Precautions, the following guidelines will be followed for all events at Orcas Center until further notice: Advance ticket sales
Island Health’s upcoming classes
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health offers online childbirth education class series Island Health is offering a four-week online class series designed to prepare parents-to-be for the arrival of their new
Joan Roulac’s Tai Chi is returning to Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Joan Roulac Quiet the mind and strengthen the body with Joan Roulac’s Ease Please four-week Qigong series. These 15-minute sessions will gently loosen muscles,
Sun Days on Orcas | Communing
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| We’ve come to the time of year when I start thinking, ‘What are we doing here?’ The place is a ghost town except for the market,
San Juan County is all in on the Northern Heights Apartments on Orcas
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| On Tuesday January 25 the County Council agreed to award additional funding from the Home Fund to the Northern Heights apartments project bringing the County’s total financial commitment
Help our Lions Clubs aid Whatcom County in flood disaster recovery
||| FROM STEVE SCHAEFER for ORCAS LIONS CLUB ||| Last November, historic flooding occurred in nearby Whatcom County. Particularly hard hit were the communities of Sumas, Nooksack and Everson. Media coverage was relatively short-lived but the
The stories they tell | Abstract paintings currently showing at SJIMA
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| When one thinks of Abstract Art, one tends to call to mind the unfettered and often chaotic paintings of iconic painters such as
Update from OICF indicates that while the cat’s away, the mice will play
||| FROM ED ANDREWS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Hi all Ed here, standing in for Hilary while she spends a well-deserved two week vacation basking in a warm place much further south than
Senior Center to offer a briefing on COVID mask effectiveness
"The Effectiveness of KN95/N95/KF94 Masks” by Rob Wilson by Zoom (Friday, February 4, 11 a.m.) ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Are you wondering if you are wearing the appropriate mask? Join
COVID numbers are still on the rise in the San Juans
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Since the last update on Friday January 21, there have been 130 new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current case count is
Learn the skills to land a job fishing salmon in Alaska
The new Purse Seine Vessel Crew Member Training Program will hold its first session in April 2022 ||| FROM WASHINGTON SEA GRANT ||| Gig Harbor, WA – The Gig Harbor BoatShop and Washington Sea Grant
Tahoe imposes new rules for Airbnbs and other short-term rentals amid housing crisis
||| FROM SFGATE.COM ||| Repint at request of Orcasonian reader Six months into a moratorium that halted short-term rentals permits in North Lake Tahoe, Placer County is considering a new set of rules to rein
Newest numbers from our State Health Department
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,257,918 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 25.* There have been 10,580 COVID-19 deaths
World’s best performers coming to Center Stage in February
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center brings the world’s best performers to Center Stage in their on-screen offerings from The Metropolitan Opera, Bolshoi Ballet, and National Theatre Live. Join us for
