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
Eldercare crisis inspires ‘life-changing’ innovation on San Juan Island
||| FROM SALISH CURRENT ||| Faced with a looming crisis in long-term eldercare, San Juan Island voters approved a tax increase levy on Nov. 2 for San Juan Island Hospital District 1 to buy the Village
No Christmas Ship again this year, but what a history it has
||| FROM LYNN WEBER/ROOCHVARG ||| Child looking for Santa, Christmas Ship visit, Deer Harbor, Orcas Island, 1983 Journal of the San Juan Islands, December 14, 1983, p. B-7, Courtesy San Juan Historical Museum
OPALCO Board nominations are open
||| FROM ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| OPALCO nominations for board candidates are now open. You can help shape our energy future! There are three positions open: one position in District 1 (San Juan,
Over 16? Y’all better be getting your COVID booster shot
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are now available for teens ages 16 and 17. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) expanded booster dose eligibility to
Latest update on COVID numbers from the state
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 693,335 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 8. There have been 9,535 COVID-19
Get your booster! San Juan County’s weekly case count is up
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Since the last update on Friday December 3, there have been 13 new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current case count is
Meeting of the Minds | “Wild Plants of the Field, Forest, and Sea: Medicinal Plants of the San Juans”
||| FROM LENA KASS for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Kristy Bredin Join herbalist Kristy Bredin as she discusses regional plants with remedial uses found in the field, forest, and sea of the San
Socrates Cafe continues with upcoming session
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Orcas Senior Center continues to virtually host the Orcas Socrates Café from 4-6 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month. It’s an opportunity to engage
Turtleback Mountain and Turtlehead Preserves upcoming Zoom presentation on forest health, resiliency
Orcas Socrates Café @ Orcas Senior Center by Zoom: Sunday, December 12, 4-6pm ||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for CONSERVATION LAND BANK and PRESERVATION TRUST ||| The Conservation Land Bank and the Preservation Trust recently completed
“Home for the Holidays” returns to Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Crow Valley String Band, Brograss and friends invite you to join them for their annual “Home for the Holidays” show. Although it was fun streaming from
County Council has extended VR Moratorium for six more months
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| Another large and passionate group of islanders weighed in on whether to extend/expand or end the VR moratorium and cap-setting resolution that was extended for six months
Food Bank Director says Orcas workers must be able to live healthy lives
An interview with Amanda Sparks, the first executive director of the Orcas Island Food Bank, by Food Bank volunteer and board member Rick Rhoads. ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| Rick: Amanda, you were
Newest news, numbers 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 691,077 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 6. There have been
Support our food bank tomorrow, on ‘Unique Donor Day’
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| WHAT IS UNIQUE? Unique: One of a kind, special, singular, outstanding, extraordinary, unequalled, second to none, unparalleled, peerless, unsurpassed, incomparable, beyond compare, inimitable. On Thursday, December 9, YOU can become all of the above by participating in the Give
Hot Topic #57 | The new Omicron variant and what it may mean for the islands
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| The rise of a worrisome new variant is front and center in headlines for good reason, but as is so often the case, finding the
Woman in the Woods has some good news to share
||| FROM WOMAN IN THE WOODS PRODUCTIONS ||| Woman in the Woods Productions (WIWP) has exciting news to share this holiday. The 501c3 arts organization has added three new powerhouse board members: Jeff Henigson, Ayn
