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
Artist celebrates San Juan Island beaches with “The Jeweled Shore” exhibition
||| FROM SHANNON BORG for FRIDAY HARBOR ATELIER ||| Friday Harbor Artist Shannon Borg - with guest artists Julia Wayne and Wendy Smith - presents an art installation of paintings, fiber art, jewelry and more,
Woman in the Woods Productions brings “Rebirth of a Nation” to Orcas Center stage
Two performances: September 25 at 7 p.m.. and September 26 at 4 p.m. ||| FROM NORM STAMPER for WOMAN IN THE WOODS PRODUCTIONS ||| The previous performance of Woman in the Woods Productions, featuring movement
Inslee e-newsletter addresses masking, vaccines, wildfire risks, invalid drug convictions
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Inslee announces universal masking, vaccine requirements for certain sectors Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday announced a vaccination requirement for employees working in K-12, most childcare and early
Orcas Island Booster Club looks ahead to exciting season for student-athletes
||| FROM KATE LONG for ORCAS ISLAND BOOSTER CLUB ||| After a very strange year for youth sports (and let's face it, everything else), the Orcas Island Booster Club (OIBC) is organizing for an exciting
Upcoming class offerings from Island Hospital
||| FROM for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Island Hospital offers online cholesterol class Chronically elevated cholesterol levels increase risk for heart attack and stroke. Join Registered Dietitian Amber Phillips for an informative 30-minute talk on small
Local poet honors Christina Orchid for her birthday
||| FROM BRUCE HANNA ||| Do you relate to your food imagine its background where it came from its history? As you savor it does an event, person, season the hum of happy… join you
Islander awakens at 3:30 a.m. to pen this Grim Reapers Rap
||| FROM JEFFREY OTIS for JIM HAMILTON ||| GRIM REAPER'S RAP BURY COVID. GET YOUR JAB 600,000 DEAD, DON'T BELIEVE FOX LIES THAT YOU'VE BEEN FED DON'T BE LED .... GET IT YOUR HEAD OR
Free. Voluntary. Drive-thru. Testing for K-12 students scheduled
||| FROM ERIC WEBB, ORCAS SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT ||| In an effort to provide a safe start to the new school year, we are offering free, voluntary drive-thru testing for OISD students (Kindergarten thru 12th grades)
Call for artists: Orcas Library filling 2022 exhibit schedule
||| FROM DAVE KOSIUR for ORCAS ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY ||| Want to exhibit your art? Now’s your chance. The Arts Committee at the Orcas Island Public Library is now seeking applications for the 2022 exhibit
Summer concert series finale coming up at the Village Green, August 27
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The final event of the Summer Concert Series, a joint venture between Orcas Center and Doe Bay, is not to be missed! Music, Merriment, Dancing, Aerial Acrobatics,
…and the latest COVID news from State Health Department
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 474,342 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 18. There have been 6,330 COVID-19
Bonham Auction House coming to SJIMA to do appraisals
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| Ever wonder how much a piece of art you have is worth? Now is your opportunity to find out! Specialists in the Jewelry
IPC-Orcas August clinic update includes staffing news, COVID testing
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND PRIMARY CARE-ORCAS ||| Summer is in full swing and residents and visitors have been enjoying all that our beautiful island has to offer. Unfortunately extra visitors and less restrictions
Rising island COVID case numbers troubling, plus one unvaccinated hospitalization
||| FROM KYRA KINNAMAN for SAN JUAN COUNTY HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES ||| Note: Current positive case numbers are available online at the County Case Data Dashboard. Since the last update on Friday August 13,
Health workers deployed to COVID hot zones are overwhelmed by deaths among the unvaccinated
‘It’s soul-draining’ ||| FROM STAT NEWS at request of ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| BATON ROUGE, La. — Bren Ingle watched through a set of twin glass doors as her patient drew his final,
Tickets now on sale for forthcoming Orcas Island Jazz Festival
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| ORCAS ISLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL September 2 - 5 Thursday - Sunday; 7 p.m. Due to COVID Precautions the following guidelines will be followed: Proof of vaccination or
