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
Weekly case update report for our local island populations
||| 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
Get registered | National Guard is returning to county to administer additional inoculations
Vaccine Registration Opens TUESDAY APRIL 20 at 9 a.m. ||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| In a piece of very welcome news, the same WA National Guard team that vaccinated 2,000
Today’s the day | Vaccine eligibility expands to everyone 16 and older in Washington state
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Starting today everyone 16 and older who wants a COVID-19 vaccine can receive one in Washington. The eligibility expansion marks the four-month anniversary of vaccine rollout in
Letter to Editor | YES vote for school levy is an investment in our kids, community
||| FROM RICK HUGHES and MARLACE HUGHES ||| Fellow islanders, my name is Rick Hughes, my wife Marlace, and I operate Ray’s General Store and Pharmacy and Con’s Pit Stop. As business operators, and former
Local celebrities help deliver meals to local Seniors to highlight Meals on Wheels program
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS ISLAND SENIOR CENTER ||| Throughout the month of March, resident celebrities from Lopez, San Juan, and Orcas Islands were invited to ride or follow along with volunteer Meals on
Music Advocacy Group announces upcoming student concert video
||| FROM ANNETTE VAN DONGEN for MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| Orcas Island Music Advocacy Group (MAG) champions public school music education on Orcas Island. MAG traditionally presents “100 Musicians! 1 Great Cause!” every spring. This
COVID-19 vaccine distribution update from State Department of Health
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) continues to make progress with our COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration efforts. As of April 10, more than 4,189,884 doses of vaccine
State is tracking small number of breakthrough infections following COVID vaccinations
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is reporting a total of 217 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases among vaccinated individuals in Washington state as of April
State Poet Laureate among the readers in upcoming salon series
||| FROM JILL MCCABE JOHNSON for ARTSMITH ||| To celebrate Poetry Month, five poets, including Washington State's newest Poet Laureate, Rena Priest, will read for the Artsmith / Darvill's Salon Series reading this Thursday, April
Latest recap of COVID-19 news, updates from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 353,147 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on April 12. There have been 5,340 COVID-19 deaths in Washington.
Add amateur radio to your disaster preparedness toolkit
||| FROM GREG HANCOCK for SJC AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY ||| Has COVID got you thinking about what you can do to prepare for future emergencies and disasters, like the inevitable Cascadia Subduction Zone mega-quake? We
State Health Dept. pauses statewide J&J vaccines pending further study
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| The Washington State Department of Health will pause the use of the Johnson & Johnson (J & J) vaccine statewide starting immediately, following the guidance of the FDA/CDC.
Pandemic Poetry | Here in the time between
Here in the Time Between by Jack Ridl Here in the time between snow and the bud of the rhododendron, we watch the robins, look into the gray, and narrow our view to the patches
OISD launches COVID testing effort in collaboration with State Health Department
||| FROM ERIC WEBB, ORCAS SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT ||| Dear Students, Parents, Staff, & Community, OISD, in collaboration with the Washington State Department of Health, is participating in a state-funded effort to provide voluntary COVID-19 testing
Sharon & Mike will be live from New York singing of climate change, environmental justice
||| FROM SHARON ABREU ||| I'm thrilled to invite you to a special online Earth Month Concert hosted by the People's Voice Café, the venue at which Mike and I met in NYC 23 years
5th annual Steve Resch Memorial Golf Tournament is coming soon
||| FROM STEVE RESCH MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT ||| The 5th Annual Steve Resch Memorial Golf Tournament is prepping for this popular annual event that will happen on Saturday, May 22, 2020. You may register your team,
