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
COVID, climate, and calamity
||| FROM PATRICK SHEPLER ||| There are essentially three stories on the National News networks these days: (1) COVID is coming back with a vengeance. primarily among the unvaccinated; (2) The Olympics, minus fans, plus
Sheriff gives peek into how department, community may be impacted by new state laws
||| FROM SHERIFF RON KREBS, SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF ||| San Juan County Sheriff Ron Krebs As of 12:01 a.m. on July 26, the State of Washington enacted a group of laws aimed
With upcoming virtual County Fair, there are a variety of in-person activities
||| FROM CARLENE BALCOMB-BARTOK for SAN JUAN COUNTY FAIR || SJC Fairgrounds is hosting a variety of in person activities this August leading up to and during the Virtual Fair. Saturday Aug. 14 9-2 Fair
Medicare online class presentation is coming up on Thursday
Online presentation Thursday, July 29, 2 p.m. ||| FROM PEGI GROUNDWATER, SHIBA VOLUNTEER ||| Will you be joining Medicare this year? If so, there’s a lot for you to learn. Medicare has its own vocabulary
As fuel at airport runs out, as COVID cases increase, Orcas Fly-In has been cancelled
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for ORCAS AIRPORT ||| As of late last week I was told the local EAA Chapter is cancelling the Orcas Fly-In due to new COVID cases on the island. I am
SJC joins regional effort to curb rising infection rates | Masks recommended indoors for all
||| FROM KYRA KINNAMAN for SJC HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES ||| As a part of a regional effort to curb the rising infection rates in Washington, San Juan County Health Officer Dr. Frank James recommends
A long-time island couple ties the matrimonial knot
||| FROM KRIS KREGER ||| Grace Grantham and Jim Glozier were happily married August 24th at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Eastsound, Washington. Grace and Jim have been best friends for 25 years, many of those
Island Hospital will host car seat clinic in their parking lot
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Safe Kids Northwest is hosting a free car seat clinic on Thursday, August 12 from 3–5 p.m. Learn how to properly install and use your car or
Christina is putting some mussels into upcoming Library virtual cooking event
Thursday, July 29, 6 - 7:30 p.m. ||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Join Christina Orchid, long time Orcas resident and world renowned chef, as she prepares mussels three ways in celebration
Get in line! | Bookmobile coming to Olga tomorrow
Olga Community Club, Sunday, July 25, 12 - 3 p.m. ||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The survey results are in! Olga gets the first book (ok, it's a car) mobile this
Latest COVID stats from State Department of Health
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 426,758 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on July 21. There have been 6,066 COVID-19
100LL fuel is still scarce at Port of Orcas, edging up to Fly-In date
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| The Port of Orcas airport currently has 2200 gallons of fuel remaining in their tanks. That's just enough to make Port of Orcas Manager Jeannie Sharpe a bit
Latest from Lekanoff | Child tax credit, drought, coastal infrastructure
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| An expanded Child Tax Credit included in the American Rescue Plan is now available for most families! For every child under 6, families will receive $3,600/yr and for
An e-car is only the beginning at upcoming Historical Society’s WOWZA Raffle
||| FROM CAROL KILMINSKI for ORCAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ||| The Orcas Island Historical Society is selling tickets for a raffle that could only be described as WOWZA (definition: surprisingly amazing-oh my gosh-out of the ordinary).
SJC COVID returns to weekly updates as case count indicates breakthrough cases locally
||| FROM KYRA KINNAMAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Note: Current positive case numbers are available online at the County Case Data Dashboard. In the past week, total cases in San Juan County
Everybody’s got a fish story, right? SJC wants to hear, share yours
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Environmental Stewardship Department wants to hear and share your fishing stories. We are collaborating with Salmon Nation—an organization recognizing that the fight for wild salmon is
