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
Camas Club sprouts a new website for island backyard restorationists
||| FROM SHAUN HUBBARD for CAMAS CLUB ||| The recently formed Camas Club has launched a website created for and by islanders to connect with other backyard habitat enthusiasts. It is a place where native
It takes a village to clean an island
||| FROM HEATHER WALLACE ||| The Great Islands Clean-up is back! In honor of National Public Lands Day, come join your fellow islanders for the 2021 Fall Great Islands Clean-up on September 25. This year’s
Nationally-recognized gardener/author coming to speak at library
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| The Orcas Island Garden Club welcomes Karen Chapman on a virtual (Zoom) presentation called Touchstones: a journey of healing and discovery on Wednesday September 15, 2021 at 10:30
State Health: Statement on hospital capacity, crisis standards of care
Emphasizing stress, stretch, and support ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Hospital capacity is currently stressed across the state of Washington. The surge in hospitalizations is one that Washington Department of Health (DOH), with
Latest COVID numbers from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 525,243 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 6. In all, there have been 6,745
School Board has a special board meeting coming up
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Please be advised of an upcoming Special School Board Mtg./Learning Tour of OISD Facilities this Thursday, September 9, at 9:30 a.m. - the meeting will convene in person
SHIBA volunteers at the ready to welcome you to Medicare with online presentation
Tuesday, September 14, 1 p.m. ||| FROM PEGI GROUNDWATER for SHIBA ||| Are you joining Medicare this year? If so, there’s a lot of new information for you to understand. Medicare has its own vocabulary
Orcas painter judged ‘Best in Show’ in San Fernando Valley CHIAROSCURO exhibition
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| Terry Johnson, Orcas resident and art professor, is the recipient of Best In Show award from the San Fernando Valley Arts and Culture Center's new CHIAROSCURO exhibition. "Since
Wanna sing some Orcas Choral karaoke this fall?
||| FROM LYNN BAKER for ORCAS CHORAL SOCIETY ||| Do you love to sing? Especially with other people? The Orcas Choral Society has a deal for you. We’ve been singing together on Orcas for more
Orcas Island Film Festival slated for October 7-11, 2021 — in person!
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL ||| It's a thrill to announce we will hold an "in-person" festival this year! We are super committed to safely welcoming audiences back to the theatre where we can
Kaleidoscope purchases land for outdoor education on Orcas Island
||| FROM LINDSAY JENNINGS for KALEIDOSCOPE FOREST SCHOOL ||| Kaleidoscope, a non-profit preschool and child care center on Orcas Island, recently purchased 7.4 acres of forested land to secure expanded access and permanent space for
Orcas Library presents Karl Marlantes, winner of 2020 WA State Book Award for fiction
||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Orcas Island Library presents a Hybrid Author Event with Karl Marlantes on the Library’s South Lawn and by Zoom meeting on September 9 at 6 p.m.
All are welcome at Rosh Hashanah service this week at Cascade Lake
||| FROM DAVID KOBRIN ||| This year Rosh Hashanah day services will be held Tuesday, September 7 beginning at 10:30 a.m., at the Cascade Lake shelter area. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Our
Nationwide housing shortage is significant, but for small, entry-level homes, it’s acute
||| FROM NPR.ORG ||| (REPRINT AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER) America's roaring real estate boom is leaving millions of would-be homebuyers out in the cold. The problem is most severe in that corner of the
A widow, a divorcee & two middle-aged single ladies walk into a bar…
Savannah Sipping Society review ||| FROM LISA SPESARD ||| What a hoot! Opening night at The Grange is a big welcome back to normalcy. Masks required and vaccine checks aside; this gem of a play
It’s not just COVID that necessitates paying attention to safety tips this weekend
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – With hospital capacity stressed statewide and health care resources stretched nationally, take steps to reducing your chance of needing emergency care. Keep these safety tips in mind this weekend: Prevent
