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
Coronavirus case count shows nine new cases in San Juan county
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Since the last update on Friday September 24, there have been nine new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current total case count
Statewide COVID-19 response updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Statewide Response Updates Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 584,023 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 29. There have been
Last Master Gardener clinic set for Wednesday at Driftwood Nursery
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for SJ MASTER GARDENERS ||| As the main growing season here on the islands winds down, be sure and visit the San Juan Master Gardeners at their last clinic at Driftwood
Something is brewing at Friday afternoon’s Makers Stroll
And that's just the start of this Makers three-day weekend ||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| Something's brewing in Eastsound on Orcas with Makers Stroll on Friday afternoon, October 1, and Farm Tours island
Orcas Montessori School welcomes new Head of School
||| FROM ARTHUR DE HAAN for ORCAS MONTESSORI SCHOOL ||| As you may have heard, Teresa Chocano will be retiring towards the end of the year. This is not a goodbye yet as Teresa will
Council adds indoor residential tennis courts to work plan
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| Planning Staff Priorities At its Tuesday meeting, September 28, the San Juan County Council agreed that the County’s planning staff should add draft rules allowing private indoor tennis
Qigong returns in weekly 15-minute Zoom workouts with Joan Roulac
Beginning Wednesday October 6 at 9 a.m. ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Quiet the mind and strengthen the body with Joan Roulac’s Jump Start in 15 Qigong series. These quick 15-minute sessions will gently loosen tense muscles, strengthen the immune, build better
Not fully vaccinated? Perfect opportunity coming up
||| FROM KYRA KINNAMAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT || Appointments are available, with pre-registration required, for Pfizer and J&J vaccines. San Juan Island: Tuesday October 5 Orcas Island: Wednesday, October 6 Lopez Island: Thursday,
Orcas Senior Center drive-through senior BBQ served many
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| On Thursday, September 23, the Nutrition Program partners—Orcas Senior Center, San Juan County, and Whatcom Council on Aging—hosted a “Drive Through Senior BBQ” for Orcas Island
Feeling disconnected, detached? Local organizations need your help
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| One of the harder aspects of these pandemic days is the feeling of isolation. Being masked and distanced has taken a toll. A great way
School District taps facilitator to identify district priorities
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| What is the process for a Strategic Plan? The district has engaged the services of an independent facilitator, Dr. Spencer Welch, to work with OISD stakeholders on identifying
Latest state update on COVID data
||| FROM STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 579,684 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 27. In all, there have been 7,591 deaths
A Bruce Hanna poem for today | Magic at the Village Green
||| BY BRUCE HANNA ||| magic at the village green pure magic in the shade of an apple tree pure magic in the center of Orcas’ main weekend distraction amid tents of treats smells and
Letter to Editor | No evidence exists to support VR caps
||| FROM LINDA BANNERMAN ||| It is time for the members of our community to demand that the planning commission and county council reject any ordinance implementing caps. Such an ordinance, especially when made in
Sheriff Krebs: No shirt, no shoes, no service also includes ‘no mask’
||| FROM RON KREBS, SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF ||| On Monday, September 27 th , 2021, at approximately 4:00pm, the Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to The Friday Harbor Marketplace on San Juan Island after employees
Over 300 runners, swimmers participated in Odyssey SwimRun Orcas triathlon adventure
||| FROM JUSTINE OWEN ||| This past weekend, you may have noticed more bright running shoes in town, unseasonable swimming in Cascade Lake, and early-morning, late-90s rock music carrying on the breeze at Rosario. More
