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
Orcas Senior Center Socrates Cafe continues their philosophical discussions
Orcas Socrates Café @ Orcas Senior Center (Sunday, October 10, 4-6pm) ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Orcas Senior Center continues to virtually host the Orcas Socrates Café from 4-6pm on the
Individual tickets now available for this weekend’s Orcas Island Film Festival
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL ||| With our pass sales better than we imagined and with the social distancing created in the theatre, there are a limited number of seats available for single ticket
Library, Garden Club will host local herbalist on wild medicinal plants of field, forest, sea
||| FROM HELEN HUBER for ORCAS GARDEN CLUB ||| On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 10:30 am, the Orcas Island and Lopez Island Garden Clubs present Kristy Bredin who will speak about Wild Plants of
Working Washington Border Business Relief Program application portal now open
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Working Washington Border Business Relief Program is now open and accessible via https://commercegrants.com. There is also a webinar to help equip you with any questions you may have. Thursday, October
Bruce Hanna poem for today | Yesterday
||| FROM BRUCE HANNA ||| Yesterday All our rainclouds seemed so far away Now it looks as though they're here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday Suddenly It’s not half the day it used
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by learning to cook pupusas at Library
Saturday, October 9, 10 a.m. ||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Johanna of Johanna's Catering will conduct a cooking demonstration this Saturday at 10 a.m.
Library’s Endurance Series has kicked off, with new presentations scheduled into Spring
||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| At a time when many wonder, ‘how am I going to get through this’, the library seeks to share stories about endurance to help comfort, entertain,
Endurance Speaker Series continues with Rosie Kuhn tips to finish your book
Identify & kick all excuses to the curb so you can finish your book ||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Orcas Island Library Endurance Speaker Series - Episode #3: Reasons, Justifications and Downright Excuses
Newest COVID updates from State
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |||Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 594,488 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 4. There have been 7,860 COVID-19 deaths in
Don’t forget your flu vaccine. Schedule an appointment in upcoming clinics
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| San Juan County Health and Community Services will be hosting a series of influenza vaccine clinics across the islands. For full schedule and to register,
OI School Board will convene in special meeting tomorrow morning
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| 10:30 am CALL TO ORDER - School Library Call to Order Approval of Agenda IMMEDIATELY ADJOURN to EXECUTIVE SESSION to discuss personnel matters (per RCW 42.30.110.1 (g) RE-CONVENE
Time to review your Medicare plans in forthcoming sessions
||| FROM PEGI GROUNDWATER, SJC SHIBA VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR ||| Medicare enrollees have an opportunity every year between October 15 and December 7 to review their Medicare Part D drug plans and their Medicare Advantage plans
Statement from the Washington State Department of Health
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is aware of the recent death of a King County woman from a blood clot after receiving the J &
Joint 40th District delegation issues statement on unacceptable WSF service
||| FROM SENATE & HOUSE 40TH DISTRICT LEGISLATORS ||| Dear Neighbors and Friends, Washington State Ferries (WSF), being our state’s marine highway system, and only transportation option available for most San Juan County residents, is
Grrrr | Attorney General Bob Ferguson versus the Growlers
||| FROM RAINSHADOW JOURNAL ||| Coupevillle – Attorney General Bob Ferguson chose a bucolic setting for his recent Whidbey Island fundraiser, the historic Crockett Barn with its backdrop of Admiralty Inlet and Mt. Rainier majestic
Letter to Editor | The San Juans don’t belong in same legislative district as Whidbey Island
||| FROM KEARA AXELROD and MICHELE RODRIGUEZ ||| Washington state has a four-person commission charged with redistricting Washington’s legislative districts in light of the population information recorded in the 2020 census. The Commission recently released
