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
Two years ago today, Novel Coronavirus discovered in WA
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today marks two years since the first case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) was found in Washington and in the United States. Our state lead the nation
Revisiting John F. Kennedy inaugural speech from 1961
||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF SPIRIT EAGLE ||| Following is John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech, 1961. It is so pertinent to all of us, right now! It lifted my heart, I hope it does yours,
Soon joining Medicare? Get the scoop on how to do it
||| FROM PEGI GROUNDWATER for SHIBA ||| Are you joining Medicare sometime in 2022? If so, there’s a lot of new information for you to understand. Medicare has its own vocabulary and rules. There are
Orcas Senior Center seeks home maintenance, repair pilot program coordinator
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Orcas Senior Center is recruiting for a part-time independent contractor to coordinate its Home Maintenance & Repair (HM&R) pilot program. The HM&R Coordinator will be responsible
Land Bank will hold monthly meeting on Jan. 21
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SJC LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold its monthly meeting on January 21, 2022 from 8:30 – 11:10 a.m. The public is invited
Fiber arts highlighted at SJIMA Artists’ Register Show
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| Fiber arts (aka textile arts) have been a diverse and dynamic method of artmaking and storytelling for centuries. The San Juan Islands are
“ART UNLOCKED” show at Orcas Center postponed until Spring
||| FROM KATHY YOUNGREN for ORCAS CENTER VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE ||| Due to the COVID related closures of many events at Orcas Center, the Visual Arts Committee is postponing the “ART UNLOCKED” show until a
School board spotlight | Ayn Gailey
January is School Board Appreciation Month ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Ayn Gailey (left) with husband Samuel and daughter Gray. Ayn moved to the island in 2016 with her husband, novelist
Latest statewide COVID response updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 971,422 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 17. There have been 10,230 COVID-19 deaths
Unvaccinated islander is first COVID-19 related death in SJC
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| A San Juan County resident has recently died, and the cause of death has been attributed to COVID-19. This was an unvaccinated islander who recently contracted COVID, was
Place your order for free at-home COVID-19 tests
||| FROM PEGI GROUNDWATER ||| Residential households in the U.S. can order one set of 4 free at-home tests from USPS.com. Here’s what you need to know about your order: Limit of one order per
Master Gardener’s spring plant sale on hiatus for this year
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for MASTER GARDENERS ||| It was hard to conduct our plant sale online the past two years while observing COVID protocol, so we have decided to take a year off, hoping
Guest Opinion | When did questioning behavior at OIFR become personal?
||| FROM AMANDA MONTAGUE ||| I feel compelled to respond as a former OIFR Commissioner and someone who cares deeply about the Department to the "Firehouse Foundations" piece written by Mia Kartiganer and the comments
UPDATED! Candidate for Congress Jason Call to visit Orcas and San Juan Islands
Jason Call will be on Orcas Island this coming Tuesday [new time at 1:15 p.m] at the Village Green ||| FROM DAVID TURNOY, CHAIR, SAN JUAN COUNTY DEMOCRATS ||| Progressive candidate for Congress Jason
Lopezian author’s new novel featuring orca now available
Time is running out for the iconic killer whales of Pacific coast ||| FROM GENE HELFMAN ||| Orca families have been decimated by humanity's greed and folly, their food supply wiped out, their infants dying
In Memoriam | Andrea Hendrick
||| FROM WENDY HENDRICK HIESTER ||| Andrea Hendrick Andrea Hendrick passed away peacefully at home on Orcas Island on June 10, 2021. Andrea was raised on the East Coast and went to art
