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
San Juan County is all in on the Northern Heights Apartments on Orcas
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| On Tuesday January 25 the County Council agreed to award additional funding from the Home Fund to the Northern Heights apartments project bringing the County’s total financial commitment
Help our Lions Clubs aid Whatcom County in flood disaster recovery
||| FROM STEVE SCHAEFER for ORCAS LIONS CLUB ||| Last November, historic flooding occurred in nearby Whatcom County. Particularly hard hit were the communities of Sumas, Nooksack and Everson. Media coverage was relatively short-lived but the
The stories they tell | Abstract paintings currently showing at SJIMA
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| When one thinks of Abstract Art, one tends to call to mind the unfettered and often chaotic paintings of iconic painters such as
Update from OICF indicates that while the cat’s away, the mice will play
||| FROM ED ANDREWS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Hi all Ed here, standing in for Hilary while she spends a well-deserved two week vacation basking in a warm place much further south than
Senior Center to offer a briefing on COVID mask effectiveness
"The Effectiveness of KN95/N95/KF94 Masks” by Rob Wilson by Zoom (Friday, February 4, 11 a.m.) ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Are you wondering if you are wearing the appropriate mask? Join
COVID numbers are still on the rise in the San Juans
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Since the last update on Friday January 21, there have been 130 new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current case count is
Learn the skills to land a job fishing salmon in Alaska
The new Purse Seine Vessel Crew Member Training Program will hold its first session in April 2022 ||| FROM WASHINGTON SEA GRANT ||| Gig Harbor, WA – The Gig Harbor BoatShop and Washington Sea Grant
Tahoe imposes new rules for Airbnbs and other short-term rentals amid housing crisis
||| FROM SFGATE.COM ||| Repint at request of Orcasonian reader Six months into a moratorium that halted short-term rentals permits in North Lake Tahoe, Placer County is considering a new set of rules to rein
Newest numbers from our State Health Department
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,257,918 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 25.* There have been 10,580 COVID-19 deaths
World’s best performers coming to Center Stage in February
||| 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
Silent Auction at Senior Center is just around the bend
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Come one, come all! Break the winter doldrums by taking part in a silent auction from February 1 to 15 at the Orcas Senior Center. Beginning
Orcas Center, Historical Society among Humanities Washington award recipients
||| FROM ASIA LARA for HUMANITIES WASHINGTON ||| SEATTLE – Nonprofit Humanities Washington, Washington State’s affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has awarded over one million dollars in relief funding for Washington State
Island Primary Care–Orcas successfully ‘grandfathered’ as Rural Health Clinic
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE, INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| When Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, it included an unexpected reduction of payment rates for Provider-Based Rural Health Clinics
This ballet class for older adults will improve stability, balance
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Beginning Wednesday, February 2 and every Wednesday through March 2, join Emily Anton for an hour of basic and gentle ballet for older adults. Improve your
Film Fest will begin the year with this Classics Film Series
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL ||| In our ever-changing landscape driven by Covid-19, we are all eagerly awaiting the crest and fall of this latest Omicron variant so we can begin our 2022 programming
School Board Spotlight | Linda Sheridan
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT || Linda Sheridan and family Linda Sheridan has been on the School Board since the spring of 2019, and was re-elected this past November. After living here
