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
Second annual Funhouse/Island Market gingerbread house contest is coming up
||| FROM JIM BREDOUW for THE FUNHOUSE COMMONS ||| After the enormous success of last year’s First Annual Gingerbread House contest, The Funhouse Commons and Island Market are bringing it back! Holiday fun for ALL
PeaceHealth Peace Island holding vaccine booster clinics
||| FROM ANNE WILLIAMS for PEACEHEALTH ||| PeaceHealth Medical Group Family Medicine at PeaceHealth Peace Island is offering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for booster shots and primary immunizations by appointment. All clinics will be held
Orcas High School soccer team to compete in state playoff
||| FROM KATE LONG for ORCAS ISLAND BOOSTER CLUB ||| OI High School Soccer will compete at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12 at Anacortes High School against Puget Sound Adventist in the first game
Upcoming celebration opportunities to thank our veterans
||| FROM LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| OISD will be hosting a Veterans Day Celebration, with the American Legion Auxiliary on Wednesday, November 10 from 8:45-9:15 a.m., outside in the middle school commons. Parents and
Larsen: Here is what the infrastructure bill means for your family
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| Late Friday night, I voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the House. Here is what it means for folks in Washington state and across the
Getting ready to join Medicare? These folks will get you set-up
||| FROM PEGI GROUNDWATER for SHIBA ||| Are you joining Medicare any time in the next year? If you are, there’s a lot of new information for you to understand. Medicare has its own vocabulary
An evening of dance coming to Orcas Center
“Before you are quick to judge me, walk a mile in my shoes.” Come Stand in My Shoes – An Evening of Dance ||| FROM TIFFANY LONEY for ORCAS DANCE COLLECTIVE ||| So many of
School Board goes on a learning tour tomorrow
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island School Board will convene on Tuesday, November 9 at 10 a.m. for a learning tour of Montessori and the Technology Department. The meeting will convene
Oregon coast’s Lincoln County votes to restrict vacation rentals
||| FROM OREGON LIVE ||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF A READER Lincoln County residents voted Tuesday to phase out vacation rentals in the coastal county’s unincorporated residential areas. Voters approved Measure 21-203 by a wide margin in
Seeking beginning farmers and landowners for USDA grant project
||| FROM KATE MIKULAK for WSU EXTENSION, SAN JUAN COUNTY ||| Here in the San Juan Islands, we treasure our small farms and open pastures. Our agricultural future, though, depends on cultivating a new generation
Pediatric vaccination appointments now available for ages 5-11
||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| With FDA and CDC approval of the Pfizer vaccine for those ages 5 to 11 now granted, San Juan County Health & Community Services
Bruce Hanna poem for today | Standard time
||| FROM BRUCE HANNA ||| Our clocks revolted Yesterday Refused to move forward Perhaps reflecting on a season Buds, flowers, long days Wanting to linger First the dryer clock Set to work on a heavy
Upcoming Island Hospital classes
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Island Hospital offers online class on healthy digestion Take a journey into the digestive system with Registered Dietitian Amber Phillips in this free, online class. Learn common
Sun Days on Orcas | How to “do” Sundays?
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS BY EDEE KULPER ||| Before I read the bible, Sundays were duplicate Saturdays. Fun days. Do-anything days. Ever since reading the bible, Sunday has become my least favorite day of
Updated (corrected?) COVID report from the County
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Since the last update on Friday October 29, there have been four new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current case count is
Letter to Editor | Did you meet Assistant Fire Chief finalists on island today for interviews?
||| FROM PATRICK SHEPLER, BOFC-elect ||| Orcas Island Fire Chief, Scott Williams, has been without an Assistant Chief since he took the position over five years ago. The Board of Fire Commissioners (BOFC) have announced in
