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
Hurry! Sign up! Vaccine appointments still available
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| For many months, islanders have been awaiting the day that San Juan County is fully vaccinated. We’re getting close, and the best remaining opportunity for
Agenda posted for second School Board meeting on Thursday
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island School District School Board will be hosting their meetings in-person in The School Cafeteria AND online VIA ZOOM,. Public health guidelines in response the Covid-19 pandemic will be
School Board schedules annual meeting with Waldron School
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| ANNUAL SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING with WALDRON SCHOOL via ZOOM, Thursday, Apr 22, 2021 - 10 a.m. 10:00 AM CALL TO ORDER via ZOOM 1.1 Call to Order 1.2 Approve
State Health Dept. recap of recent COVID news, updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 361,104 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on April 19. There have been 5,407 COVID-19 deaths
Local poet shares his spring poetry
Narcissus by Dave Kosiur Slowly it lifts its greenery from the soil And then spring into a bright bloom. Oh, what an appropriate name Spring is for the season! We may have planted the bulb
Rena Priest is named 2021-2023 Washington’s newest Poet Laureate
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for ARTSWA COMMISSION ||| FROM OLYMPIA, WA - In conjunction with National Poetry Month, poet Rena Priest has been appointed Washington State Poet Laureate by Governor Jay Inslee. Rena Priest,
Orcas Montessori about to reap benefit of a new, larger classroom
||| FROM TERESA CHOCANO for ORCAS MONTESSORI SCHOOL ||| Perhaps you are wondering what all the activity has been at the Montessori School on North Beach Road these past several months. We have been building
Coming soon: Master Gardeners spring plant sale
||| FROM MO SLOANE for MASTER GARDENERS ||| Healthy veggie starts and locally grown perennial landscaping plants need new homes! Like last year, our sale is online at SpringSale.org. The sale begins Wednesday, May 5
Skagit Valley College accepting Fall Quarter applications for its Applied Bachelor in Applied Management degree
Includes tracks in General Management and Health Care Management ||| FROM ARDEN AINLEY for SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE ||| Skagit Valley College (SVC) is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for Fall enrollment
Cheese, crackers, wine, ZOOM: Sr. Center, Doe Bay Wine bringing Taste of Tuscany to you
“the virtual vineyard” by Zoom – Taste of Tuscany by Orcas Senior Center and Doe Bay Wine Company: Sunday, April 25, 5:00pm ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS ISLAND SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Orcas Senior
Time to apply for a Lions Club scholarship if you are a local high school senior
||| FROM STEVE SCHAEFER for ORCAS ISLAND LIONS CLUB ||| Each year, thanks to fundraising and generous donations from the local community, the Orcas Island Lion Club awards scholarships to graduates of Orcas Island High
Bring your old prescription drugs to this forthcoming Coalition for Orcas Youth disposal Take-Back Event
Saturday, April 24 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Key Bank Drive-up ||| FROM ALISON SANDERS for COALITION FOR ORCAS YOUTH ||| The Coalition for Orcas Youth hosts event to help prevent opioid misuse in community
Next Meeting of the Minds | Rediscovered fruit: Conserving the islands’ ancient food forests
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS ISLAND SENIOR CENTER ||| While the booming fruit export industry in the San Juan Islands of a century ago has waned, evidence of it continues to live among us
Ray’s Pharmacy now taking appointments for COVID-19 Moderna vaccines
||| FROM RICK HUGHES for RAY'S PHARMACY AND GENERAL STORE ||| Ray’s Pharmacy is has expanded our vaccination services to now include COVID-19 vaccinations. Flu and shingles vaccinations can be scheduled by calling the pharmacy
State program created to support quarantine and isolation needs is saving lives
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – A program created by the state Department of Health (DOH) and partners to support people who have been exposed to or tested positive for COVID-19 has reached
Recent COVID-19 news, updates from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 355,387 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on April 14. There have been 5,362 COVID-19 deaths
