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
This WA Notify phone app could give you info you need for your health
||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| There’s a new way to verify your COVID-19 vaccination on the go: WA Notify. If you are planning to attend a large event, bar,
Island Hospital has online childbirth education series coming up, and more
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Island Hospital is offering a four-week online class series designed to prepare parents-to-be for the arrival of their new baby. Classes are Tuesdays from 6:30–9:00 p.m. starting
OPALCO sets rate increase of 4% for all members in 2022
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| The November OPALCO Board Meeting included several changes for cooperative members including a 4% rate increase for all members, a change to the way
More than 129,000 kids ages 5 – 11 receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in less than a month
Pediatric vaccine will help protect children and slow disease spread this holiday season ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Across the state, more than 129,000 children ages 5 through 11 have received their
Snow possible? All indications point to ‘yes’
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| There is the potential for a small amount of snow in the forecast over the weekend and into next week. Below is the UW model
Current county COVID case count
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Since the last update on Friday November 26, there have been six new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current case count is
Latest COVID update from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Statewide Response Updates Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 684,930 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 1. There have been
Reminder: Library’s annual Holiday Tea returns with a bit of a sweet, creative twist
Think cookies! ||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for FRIENDS OF ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The holiday spirit is returning to the library this year! The Friends of the Orcas Island Library will hold their annual Holiday
‘Land Acknowledgments’ are just moral exhibitionism
These statements relieve the speaker and the audience of the responsibility to think about Indigenous peoples, at least until the next public event. ||| FROM THE ATLANTIC ||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF ALEX MCLEOD In
Latest offerings from Economic Development Council
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ||| Adopt a Future Maritime Worker Help the EDC work toward solutions for the shortage of ferry and other maritime workers. Please donate to help our local workers get trained
You can support Music Advocacy Group through OICF Holiday Catalog
Because school music matters ||| FROM ANNETTE VAN DONGEN for ORCAS MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| Orcas Island Music Advocacy Group (MAG) is participating in the OICF Holiday Catalog this year, raising money to purchase music
Oddfellows deliver cord of firewood to raffle winner
||| FROM DIDIER GINCIG for ORCAS ODDFELLOWS ||| The Oddfellows wood raffle recipient of a cord of wood, Deb Martin from OPAL Commons, received her wood gladly. Funds from the raffle go towards high school
Latest statewide COVID updates
||| FROM STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ||| Statewide Response Updates Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 681,282 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 29. There have been 9,303
New support group for chronic pain empowerment coming to Senior Center
Wednesday December 8 at 10 a.m. by Zoom ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Many seniors and people with disabilities experience chronic pain resulting in debilitating results like fatigue, social isolation, and
Going, going, gone: Last opportunity to purchase an original Loudin watercolor
||| FROM KATHLEEN YOUNGREN for ORCAS CENTER VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE ||| The auction of Frank Loudin’s original watercolor paintings will close at 6 p.m. on December 5. This will be your LAST CHANCE to purchase
First ever Orcas vegan cookie exchange is coming up
Orcas Vegan Cookie Exchange 2 - 5 p.m., Sunday, December 5 Oddfellows ||| FROM LILI HEIN and INGRID KJELSTRUP ||| Come one, come all to the first annual Orcas Vegan Cookie Exchange! Let's gather together,
