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
El EDC y el SBDC ofrecerán una introducción a talleres y recursos en español
||| CONSEJO DE DESARROLLO ECONOMICO DEL CONDADO DE SAN JUAN ||| Únase al Consejo de Desarrollo Económico del Condado de San Juan (EDC por sus siglas en inglés) y al Centro de Desarrollo de Pequeñas
Special School Board meeting coming up
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL BOARD ||| Notice of a SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING The Orcas Island School District School Board will be hosting their meeting online VIA ZOOM at 5 p.m. THURSDAY 5/12/22 1.1 Approval
Senior Center puts out a call for local contractors
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| The Orcas Senior Center’s new Home Maintenance & Repair pilot program has recently launched, and we are in need of qualified contractors to make it a
Aurora Hoyle, NP, joins Family Medicine team at PeaceHealth Peace Island
||| FROM ANNE WILLIAMS for PEACEHEALTH PEACE ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER ||| Aurora Hoyle business portrait. Bellingham, WA. © 2022 Mark Turner Aurora Hoyle, NP, joined the PeaceHealth Medical Group Family Medicine team at
Excitement in the air as Art+Environment Youth Art Show gets underway at Alchemy
||| FROM GLENN HENDRICK for ALCHEMY ART CENTER ||| This spring, Alchemy Art Center partnered with the San Juan Island Conservation District and the Madrona Institute on the first ever Art+Environment program, a 10-week arts
Senior Center GiveOrcas, May 2-16: Building community through companion services
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Orcas Senior Center (OSC) was selected to participate in the 2022 OICF GiveOrcas fundraising campaign, May 2-16. With your help OSC will raise $25,000 for OSC’s
Salish Sea Early Music Festival to perform ‘L’Apothéose de Lully’ in Eastsound
||| FROM JEFFREY COHEN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Salish Sea Early Music Festival • L'Apothéose de Lully Tuesday early evening, May 10, 2022 at 6:00 PM at the Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church
350 volunteers made the spring Great Islands Clean-up a success
||| FROM KATIE FLEMING for SJC ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ||| Jim McNairy from San Juan Island carries a large piece of Styrofoam he collected from Jakle’s Lagoon. Thank you to the 350 dedicated volunteers
A reminder to remember how to secure your vehicle load
||| FROM HEATHER WALLACE for ORS RECYCLING SERVICES/THE EXCHANGE ||| There are just 3 weeks left in the Secure Your Load for Safer Roads campaign that was launched in April by San Juan County to
Letter to Editor | VRBO outlines legislative changes regarding vacation rentals
||| FROM JAN SCILIPOTI ||| I just received an email from VRBO, a short term vacation rental platform, that outlines changes in WA State legislature regarding VRs. Since 2018 in San Juan County, VR permits
Health Care District clarifies guidance on receiving after-hours care
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE, INTERIM HEALTH CARE SUPERINTENDENT ||| In partnership with Orcas Island Health Care District, Island Health has made considerable improvements in access to after-hours care. Here’s the information you need to know:
Sheriff’s Report | April 27 – May 5, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 22-002556 Civil Problem 10:55:22 04/27/22 Deputies served two temporary orders for protection to an individual on San Juan Island baring the person from his
The latest COVID numbers from the State
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Statewide Response Updates Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,508,065 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on May 3. There have been
Mercy Pilots put out call for more local pilots
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| Our local Mercy Flight Pilots are looking for pilots willing to fly people off island to their doctor appointments or pick them up. Some airport drop-offs
County officials discuss affordable housing, infrastructure investments with Rep. Larsen
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Saturday and Sunday, April 30 and May 1, San Juan County officials toured Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) through the islands to discuss affordable housing and infrastructure investments.
Here are the latest COVID numbers from San Juan County
||| FROM KYRA KINNAMAN for SJC HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES ||| Over the course of the past five weeks and since the last update on Friday April 1st, there have been 115 new confirmed or
