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.”
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Upcoming community workshops sponsored by Island Hospital
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Island Hospital hosts car seat clinic Safe Kids Northwest is hosting a free car seat inspection event on Thursday, April 8 from 3 – 5 p.m. Learn
There’s only one measure on upcoming ballot and it needs your support
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| This week ballots are being sent out by San Juan County Elections to all Orcas registered voters. There is only one measure on the ballot: replacement of Orcas
Check out Wolf Hollow’s upcoming photo competition
||| FROM SHONA AITKEN for WOLF HOLLOW ||| We are lucky to live in a place where there is so much wildlife all around us. During Earth Month in April, Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
Senior Center has new Little Free Library. How many books can you find?
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Orcas Senior Center is excited to announce the installation of a Little Free Library at Orcas Senior Center (OSC). Many thanks to former OSC employee, Vicki
Statement from State Health Dept. Secretary Umair A. Shah
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is pleased everyone age 16 and older will be eligible for vaccine starting April 15, which also marks the four-month anniversary of
New vaccine registrations open Monday for San Juan; other islands, contact local pharmacy
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| San Juan County Health and Community Services will be opening registration for first dose vaccine appointments on Monday April 5 at 9 a.m. These appointments
Weekly update: Case count shows increase of 10 new COVID cases on San Juan
||| 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
Letter to Editor | We are in support of upcoming school levy
||| FROM JEN VOLLMER & LOREN DICKEY ||| We support the 2021 Capital Projects/Technology Levy (Proposition No. 2) that if passed, will result in technology upgrades and improvements for Orcas Island School District students and
Hot Topic #47 | COVID straight talk for right now
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES ||| First off, though it was slightly tempting to combine COVID and April Fools’ Day, in the end good judgment won out. The info below is
Most recent recap of COVID news, updates from State
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 342,269 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on March 31. There have been 5,262 COVID-19
Senior Center seeks a Companion Services Coordinator
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Orcas Senior Center is seeking applicants for a Companion Services Coordinator. This position coordinates oversight and functionality of the Companion Services program (i.e., Hearts and Hands,
Library/Rotary hosting upcoming session with Brendan Cowan on being prepared
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY & ORCAS ISLAND ROTARY CLUB ||| Being Prepared Is the Island Way Friday, April 2, 9-10am via ZOOM™ Brendan Cowan Director, Emergency Management, San Juan County The Orcas Island
COVID-19 vaccine distribution update from the Washington 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 March 29, more than 3,325,998 doses of vaccine
Letter to Editor | Passing along the American Rescue Plan stimulus
||| FROM STEVE JUNG ||| Last week, my wife and I received our American Rescue Plan stimulus payments from the federal government, with gratitude for its efforts to jump start our pandemic-afflicted economy. There is
April 15 is date for all Washingtonians over 16 will be eligible to receive COVID vaccination
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today announced that effective April 15, all Washingtonians over the age of 16 will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Over the
Orcas resident group sues County, seeks incorporation
||| BY theORCASONIAN REPORTER WALTER ZUSTOVICH ||| On March 31, a group of Orcas island citizens calling themselves Liberate Orcas filed a suit against the county demanding that the island be free to incorporate. In
