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
Some tickets remain for last week of Chamber Music Festival
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival August 6 - August 21 Tickets available at www.oicmf.org/tickets and www.OrcasCenter.org There are still some tickets left for the remaining performances: August 17 and 18:
How do you say “food bank” in Spanish?
||| FROM RICK RHOADS for ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| Roxana Pardo Garcia says the first step in attracting food-insecure Latinx/Hispanic people to take advantage of the services of a food bank is to establish
Childhood immunization data are concerning for some ages
Vaccination rates among preteens fell in 2020 ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health has updated the state’s childhood immunization rate data, which shows that many school-aged children
PNW author to speak about her award-winning book on Alzheimer’s
Rosalys Peel on August 19 at 6 p.m. at the library and by Zoom ||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Join Rosalys Peel, author and narrator of Mike & Me, in a discussion about
Library Board will meet on Tuesday
||| FROM PIERRETTE GUIMOND for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY DISTRICT ||| Board Meeting Agenda August 17, 2021 – 10:00 A.M. Zoom Meeting ID 944 9553 2066; Passcode 098621 Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/94495532066?pwd=aTJ5eENodUplVFZlR01DK2tSNy9BZz09 Welcome & Introductions Additions
Healing Arts Center welcomes new massage therapist/body worker
||| FROM HEALING ARTS CENTER ||| The Healing Arts Center is excited to announce the arrival of our newest member and massage therapist, Patrick Stockstill. Patrick and his family are recent arrivals on Orcas Island,
Orcas Library Bookmobile coming to Deer Harbor
Sunday, August 22 from 12-3pm ||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The library is coming to you! Stop by and browse new kid and adult books, games, DVDs, and magazines and then
Iceland has been a vaccination success. Why is it seeing a coronavirus surge?
What happened to Iceland? The island nation that has been praised for its coronavirus response and its world-leading vaccination rate is now seeing its highest levels of infection since the start of the pandemic. Just one month after
Lions Club makes donation to Sail Orcas
||| FROM STEVE SCHAEFER for SAIL ORCAS ||| Sail Orcas (sailorcas.org) is a local non-profit organization that promotes sailing and provides instruction for youth and adults. On Wednesday, August 11, Sail Orcas Director, Julia Soes,
EDC has some recommended help for your business
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| 5 Steps for Success You know you should put together a business plan, make a financial plan to ensure you’re going to make money, and find out
Delta variant drives dramatic spike in cases, further exhausting hospital capacity across the state
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are accelerating across the state of Washington, demonstrating the delta variant’s potential to unravel our hard-fought progress toward recovery. Unvaccinated people are being
Recent statewide COVID response updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 457,647 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 11. There have been 6,215 COVID-19 deaths
County expected to be impacted by wildfire smoke through the weekend
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Wildfire smoke from fires in British Columbia and Eastern Washington has settled over the County and is expected to be here through the weekend. Limit your time and
SJC COVID cases are on the rise
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Note: Current positive case numbers are available online at the County Case Data Dashboard. Since the last update on Thursday August 5, total cases in
Island Hospital urges precautions due to wildfire smoke & COVID-19
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Due to wildfire smoke, heat and rising COVID-19 cases, Island Hospital is asking community members to take extra precautions with their health this weekend. Per the CDC,
Masking requirement reinstated by SJC Health Officer beginning Friday the 13th forward
Masks required to enter all businesses in San Juan County. Vaccinated or not. ||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| As per a recent Health Officer order, all customers entering businesses in
