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
SJ Grange is holding a County Charter amendment discussion online
||| FROM KAT ROSE ||| Did you know that out of 39 counties in the state of Washington, only seven have a Home Rule Charter including San Juan County? The County Charter is like our
Inslee statement on today’s Pfizer-BioNTech approval by FDA
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement today following the Food & Drug Administration's approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the prevention of disease from COVID. “The Food and
Island Hospital launches Tele-ICU program
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| This week Island Hospital is launching a new tele-ICU program that provides around-the-clock support for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). In addition to receiving exceptional
In Haiti’s remote villages, grassroots help is urgently needed
||| FROM BRUCE WILSON||| Local Orcas Island resident and Helping Hands Noramise Director, Rosedanie Cadet, will be traveling to southern Haiti this September. She will collaborate with several other charity groups to aid in the
Let’s celebrate Moran centennial with musical ‘weapons of mass delight’
||| FROM TOM RAWSON ||| On Thursday, August 26. I’m bringing my arsenal of WMD (Weapons of Mass Delight—banjo and other very happy noisemakers) to Cascade Lake. I'm teaming up with Irthlingz Duo (Sharon Abreu
REMINDER: Free COVID vaccine clinics this week
Pre-register online, although walk-ins welcome. ||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Sign-ups are looking good, but there are still spaces available. Walk-ups also welcome. For anyone waiting for full FDA approval
Letter to Editor | Crisis of loneliness
||| FROM LEARNER LIMBACH ||| I want to say something about loneliness. I'm someone who can do well being alone for long periods of time, and often. I'm generally happy for the opportunity to zero in
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
