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
Auditor updates search for Voters’ Pamphlet “con” writers
Updated ||| FROM MILENE HENLEY, SAN JUAN COUNTY AUDITOR ||| The San Juan County Auditor is seeking volunteers to write opposing arguments to ballot measures in the November 2021 General Election. The arguments will be
Statewide COVID updates from Health Department
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 439,141 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 2. There have been 6,136 COVID-19
Port Commission calls special meeting for commissioner roundtable
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA August 9, 2021 12:30 P.M. Topic: Special Meeting Commissioner Roundtable Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87403339708?pwd=UHN1YmRRTXRiZ1FNVFM1STZsZHpudz09 Meeting ID: 874 0333 9708 Passcode: 385867 One tap
Delta variant drives sharp increase in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
Officials urge vaccination immediately to combat the variant’s spread OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is concerned about a rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations being seen across the state due to the
Ability to fuel up at Orcas Airport is back
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for ORCAS ISLAND AIRPORT ||| Great News! The airport is back up and running with a new credit card terminal. We currently have 1000 gallon to sell, and we get
COVID case cluster investigation underway on Orcas
||| FROM KYRA KINNAMAN for SAN JUAN COUNTY HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES ||| Since Friday’s Weekly Case Update, San Juan County has confirmed four new positive COVID-19 cases. This brings the total number of cases
PeaceHealth will require all caregivers to be COVID-19 vaccinated by month’s end
Unvaccinated caregivers with qualifying medical exemptions subject to heightened masking, distancing, and regular testing protocols ||| FROM PEACEHEALTH COMMUNICATIONS ||| August 3, 2021– VANCOUVER, Wash. – PeaceHealth announced that starting August 31, 2021, all caregivers
Auditor seeks “con” writers for voters’ pamphlet statements
This post has been updated. ||| FROM MILENE HENLEY, SAN JUAN COUNTY AUDITOR ||| The San Juan County Auditor is seeking volunteers to write opposing arguments to ballot measures in the November 2021 General Election.
Letter to Editor | But WSF just told us a smaller boat wouldn’t happen
||| FROM BOB DISTLER ||| For those of us looking forward to the rest of the summer, an alarming situation has come to my attention: The WSF reservation system indicates that the 90-car Sealth will replace the
OICMF presents 24th season: Coming to you, wherever you are
Let the music play! ||| FROM ANITA ORNE for ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| The performers are arriving, rehearsals are starting, and opening night is this Friday, August 6. Wherever you are, you can
Time to dedicate our new Playground-on-the-Green, with thanks to many
Playground-on-the-Green Dedication, 12 Noon, Sat, Aug 14, Eastsound Village Green ||| FROM ALICE HIBBERD for SJC PARKS & FAIR ||| The Playground-on-the-Green, the product of Orcas Island imagination, energy, and funding, and constructed by Orcas
Still no fuel currently available at Orcas Airport
FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| Still no good news on fuel availability at the Orcas airport. I was just told that the replacement cellphone program part was not shipped last week, when
A promise of fun for everyone at OPALCO’s Electrical Vehicle Jamboree
||| FROM SUZANNE OLSON for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| Test drive an EV, ride an electric bike, check out electric garden tools and an electric UTV! Free hot dogs and popcorn, great Island
SeaDoc Society to hold virtual ‘Bottoms Up’ event Sept. 9. Register now.
||| FROM JUSTIN COX for SEADOC SOCIETY ||| The SeaDoc Society is going virtual again for their annual fundraiser event, which will be held on September 9 at 5:30 p.m. The special live event, Bottoms
Mammogram van coming to Orcas Senior Center
Schedule appointment for September 20, 21, 22 ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Assured Imaging will be at Orcas Senior Center again this year with their Mammogram Van on September 20, 21,
Inslee updates K-12 education proclamation
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee issued an update today to the K-12 Schools COVID emergency order, Proclamation 20-09.4, to continue to require that all teachers and students wear
