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
In Memoriam | John Madison Burnett, 1937 – 2021
||| FROM EVANS FUNERAL CHAPEL ||| John Madison Burnett, a retired supervisor with the Monterey County Probation Department, died April 10, 2021 of natural causes in Friday Harbor WA where he has lived for the
GiveOrcas 2021 campaign kicks off today
On your mark, get set, GIVE! ||| FROM KATE LONG for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The 2021 GiveOrcas campaign opens Monday, May 3 and runs through May 17 (www.giveorcas.org). View the 24 proposals vetted
Letter to Editor | There are some amazing, devoted, dedicated folks holding our schools together during this pandemic
Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week is May 3 - 7 ||| FROM LINDA SHERIDAN ||| Dear Teachers, Staff, and Administrators, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for all of the hard work
Town Council to hear Arts Commission recommendation for mural on Blair Avenue
||| FROM JULIE GREEN for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| The Friday Harbor Arts Commission (FHAC) will present a proposed mural concept for the long wall on Blair Avenue at the May 6 meeting of
Island Hospital has a wealth of classes coming up this month
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Balance Screening at Island Hospital Determine if you are at risk of falling due to balance issues at a free screening on Tuesday, May 11, between 10:30
Cinema Noesis | New films for evolving minds
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT for CINEMA NOESIS ||| *** Virtual Spring Festivals! *** FILMS FOR EVOLVING MINDS Spring/Summer 2021 “There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature ― the assurance that dawn
It’s free, easy: Walk-in, show your arm, get your J&J vaccine, walk out protected
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Walk in Johnson & Johnson (single dose) vaccine clinic on May 4th from 1:00- 2:30pm at Fairgrounds. 18+. Free. If able, register in advance HERE, or use
Missing something? Say like maybe, perhaps, a dock?
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| Tethered on a beach in West Sound is a dock. Not an unusual sight -- beach, water, dock. But this dock has been rescued after floating by in
Midnight Mutterings | A (?) murder of crows
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Recently, still taking a break from voter suppression, I threatened to tell one or two crow stories and now here is the first. Would love to hear your
Weekly San Juan County COVID case update
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Note: Current positive case numbers are available online at the County Case Data Dashboard. As indicated on that page, these numbers are only updated after
State Health Dept. recap of recent COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 372,262 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on April 28. There have been 5,487 COVID-19 deaths
Coffelt Farm CART report now available for viewing, comments
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| San Juan County Land Bank has received the requested Conservation Agriculture Resource Team’s (CART) Coffelt Farm Report, a review, analysis, and recommendations for agriculture
Senior Center selected to participate in GiveOrcas drive
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Orcas Senior Center (OSC) was selected to participate in the 2021 OICF GiveOrcas fundraising campaign, May 3-17. With your help OSC will raise $19,000 and contribute
WA state vaccine allocation strategy moving to provider need-based approach
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is adjusting the way COVID-19 vaccines are allocated in an effort to quickly and equitably reach more people statewide and
Grants for venues, restaurants, childcare, plus PPP & EIDL updates from our local EDC
||| FROM SAN JUAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| RESTAURANT GRANT REGISTRATION BEGINS TOMORROW! Register for an account starting April 30th at 6a PST, OR check your Square or Toast account for more information. You can
Biden’s jobs plan historic funding levels put Washington on path to accomplish broadband goals
Going big on broadband ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| As the United States rebuilds its way out of a pandemic that crushed sectors of the economy and exposed deep-rooted inequities in the workplace
