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
Hop on over to Lions Club Easter egg hunt at Cascade Lake
||| FROM MARY MEREDITH for ORCAS ISLAND LIONS CLUB ||| The Orcas Island Lions Club is happy to offer the Annual Easter Egg Hunt at its traditional location at Cascade Lake in Moran State Park.
Orcas Food Bank highlights the guy who brings the food on-island
||| FROM RICK RHOADS for ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| If you look into the shipping containers in front of the Orcas Island Food Bank (OIFB), the CoolBots (walk-in refrigeration units) behind the Food Bank,
Effective anti-COVID drug available in Washington for eligible patients
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Thousands of doses of a potentially life-saving COVID-19 drug are available in the state of Washington, and could potentially benefit those at highest risk for hospitalization and death
Stephanie’s Tai Chi classes are resuming after a two-year hiatus
Wu-Style Tai Chi movements combine mind and body skills that can improve as you age ||| FROM STEPHANIE ROSENBLATT ||| A Tai Chi Master for over thirty years, Stephanie brings a special and unique appreciation
Middle Schoolers are putting on a couple of plays this weekend
||| FROM KIM FREEMAN for ORCAS ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ||| Join us Saturday, April 9 at 7 p.m. as Orcas Island Middle School presents two plays, 10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse and 13 Reasons Not
Governor has been busy signing bills, 303 of them, following legislative session
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE || That's a wrap: 303 bills delivered and done Legislators approved 303 bills during the 60-day session that ended March 10. The action then turns to the
Health Care District will meet via ZOOM on Tuesday
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE, ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ACTING SUPERINTENDENT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the April 5, 2022 Board meeting of the Orcas Island Health Care District will be posted
Kathy Collister’s Ukulele Kanikipila musical gatherings continue at Senior Center
Ukulele Kanikapila with Kathy Collister @ Orcas Senior Center (Thursdays, 1-3pm) ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join the Kanikipila, Hawaiian for “play music,” led by Kathy Collister every Thursdays from 1
Turning the Wheel will be bringing creativity, play to Orcas community
||| FROM ALYSSA BURNETT for TURNING THE WHEEL ||| Turning The Wheel is a non-profit organization spreading creativity, embodiment, and play to communities across the country and will be making their way to Orcas Island
Orcas Island residents can dispose of prescription drugs at upcoming Take-Back Event
The Coalition for Orcas Youth (COY) hosts event to help prevent opioid misuse in community ||| FROM NICOLE SPINOGATTI for COALITION FOR ORCAS YOUTH ||| The Coalition for Orcas Youth (COY) will be hosting a
What Was: unmarked, showing now at San Juan Islands Museum of Art
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| What Was: unmarked, showing now through May 30 at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA), features the monumental paintings by Helen
A sense of humor seems to be springing up around Orcas
||| PHOTOS BY EDEE KULPER ||| Sometimes all it takes to find a good chuckle is to just look around.
Sheriff’s Report | March 23 – 29, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 22-001757 Wanted Person 09:59:40 03/23/22 Deputies on San Juan Island attempted to contact a person with a warrant. The person did not answer their
DOH issues health advisory for norovirus-like illnesses linked to raw oysters
Individuals sickened after consumption of oysters from British Columbia, Canada ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Officials at the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) advise Washington residents to not serve or eat raw
A hyperactive sunspot just hurled a huge X-class solar flare into space
||| FROM SPACE.COM ||| A fast-erupting sunspot just hurled out a huge flare. The hotbed of sun activity, known officially as AR2975, sent out a powerful X-class flare that has already created a temporary blackout in shortwave
Senior Center offers Silver Swans for basic, gentle ballet
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS ISLAND SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Emily Anton for Silver Swans, an hour of basic and gentle ballet for older adults on Wednesdays, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. by Zoom.
