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
UPDATED: OPALCO energy roundtable will discuss the change in solar rates
Tuesday, November 2 @ 5 p.m. on Zoom ||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT CO-OPERATIVE ||| CLARIFICATION: The energy roundtable is simply a forum for members to discuss the proposal - but
School Board recognizes school principals’ service in recent meeting
||| FROM CATHY FERRAN ||| I'm hoping your readers will be interested in some highlights of the OISD Regular Monthly School Board meeting that took place in the School Library (and on Zoom) October 28.
WSU Extension to sponsor introduction to value-added food product development
Geared towards small-scale producers of preserves, sauces, dressings and vinegars, snacks, baked goods, and other value-added products ||| FROM KATE MIKULAK for WSU EXTENSION ||| This workshop will provide the region’s current or interested small-scale
Plans underway to remove container ship debris coming ashore off Vancouver Island
Both the coast guard and cleanup organizers urge people not to try to clean up on their own ||| FROM CBC NEWS ||| One of the shipping containers from the MV Zim Kingston that
Washington State Ferries finds Legionella bacteria in water systems on vessels
||| FROM KITSAP SUN ||| Tests on potable water systems on several Washington State Ferries vessels have found “elevated” levels of Legionella, a bacteria that can grow in unused water systems. Agency officials said in a
Letter to Editor | Say ‘yes’ to these six Charter Amendments
||| FROM JANE FULLER, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSIONER ||| As one of a super majority of 18 elected volunteer CRC Commissioners who supports the six charter amendments on the November ballot I wanted to reach out
Jump start your mind/body in these upcoming Qigong Zoom sessions
Wednesdays at 9 a.m. or Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. by Zoom ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Quiet the mind and strengthen the body with Joan Roulac’s Jump Start in 15 Qigong
Tragedy: A Tragedy marks Orcas Center’s return to live theatre
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Join us in celebrating our return to live theatre with our new production, directed by Jake Perrine, TRAGEDY: A TRAGEDY, November 4-13 Due to COVID Precautions, the following guidelines
Sun Days on Orcas | The real Orcas Island
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Sometimes I forget why I feel different these days. It's not just the gray blanket across the sky, blocking the possibility of Vitamin D production. Then
Medicare scam is having a ‘resurgence.’ Here’s what to look for…
Islander received such a call. Shares warning. ||| FROM CINCINNATI.COM, reprint at request of Orcasonian reader ||| Be on the lookout, again, for a scam by people looking to steal Medicare information. The Better Business Bureau said they are
New Island Hospital classes coming up this week
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Island Hospital offers free memory screening Free memory screening will be held on Tuesday, November 9, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Island Hospital’s Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy
Latest report on COVID-19 outbreaks in schools
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has released the latest report on COVID-19 outbreaks in K-12 schools across the state, which covers the start of the 2021/2022 school
These on-screen performances are coming to Orcas Center in November
||| 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
Whidbey SAR conducts two MEDEVACs from Lopez Island
||| FROM NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND ||| NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. – A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island conducted two medical evacuations (MEDEVAC) with three
Weekly case update | Once again, Orcas in the lead on COVID case count
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Since the last update on Friday October 22, there have been nine new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current case count is
Don’t miss this presentation by Island Air Ambulance at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Island Air Ambulance to learn about this important service and get all your questions answered on Wednesday, November 3 at 10 a.m. by Zoom. Island
