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
With more customers, more hours, more fresh food, Orcas Food Bank enters pandemic year 2
||| FROM RICK RHOADS for ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| As people lost jobs and income, demand on the Orcas Island Food Bank tripled, practically overnight, from its pre-pandemic level. The demand had to be
No new COVID cases in SJC; Rates remain high in neighboring counties
||| 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
Vaccine Command and Coordination System (VACCS) leverages unique public-private partnership innovations to help Washingtonians find vaccine appointments
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH || OLYMPIA – The Vaccine Command and Coordination System (VACCS) Center continues to bring large and small Northwest employers together for a common goal: to help all eligible Washingtonians get
Inslee announces extension of eviction moratorium, expansion of vaccine eligibility, long-term care visitations may resume
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today announced that the statewide eviction moratorium will be extended through June 20, as well as upcoming vaccine eligibility expansion, including restaurant workers
Reminder: Island Hospital, Island Primary Care community briefing is tonight
Orcas Island Community Briefing Thursday, March 18 from 5 – 6 p.m. ||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| Please join leaders from Island Hospital and the Island Primary Care –
Hot Topic #46 | Phases & tiers: Increased vaccine eligibility and reopening
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Info below will attempt to provide some context around two recent State level decisions that may impact islanders. The first one we’ll address is the
Last Sunday in March, join your friends in this virtual vineyard with hard cider
“the virtual vineyard” by Zoom – Hard Cider by Orcas Senior Center and Doe Bay Wine Company: Sunday, March 28, 5 p.m. ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Orcas Senior Center
Port Commissioners’ regular meeting is now scheduled
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARP for PORT OF ORCAS ||| REGULAR MEETING AGENDA MARCH 22, 2021 5 p.m. Meeting Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89869389691?pwd=OFQ2aHYwOEZoM2twZ29JZ2NmaFlGdz09 Meeting ID: 898 6938 9691 Passcode: 778670 One tap mobile +12532158782,,89869389691#,,,,*778670# US (Tacoma) CALL TO
COVID Phase 1b-2 expansion: Individuals with disabilities that put them at high risk become eligible for vaccines
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA -- As the state advances to the next tier of vaccine eligibility, the Washington State Department of Health wants to emphasize that the expansion will include some people with
Recap of recent COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Statewide Response Updates Newest numbers. The Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 330,367 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on March 15. There have been 5,149 COVID-19
Letter to Editor | A thank you to good people
||| FROM ART LANGE ||| While we often have seen many acts of kindness and caring during this pandemic period, particularly helping those in need, I was very touched by my experience at Orcas Center
Need some repair, some resilience? OrcaSong has a workshop for you
Resilience and Repair: Reimagining our World -- Friday, March 19 ||| FROM TALI WEINBERG for ORCASONG ||| As a hub for social organizing and community health, the OrcaSong Institute is committed to facilitating education and fostering
Inslee signs emergency proclamation requiring in-person education opportunities for public K-12 schools
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today signed an emergency proclamation prohibiting all public K-12 schools in Washington from failing to provide opportunities in both remote instruction and on-campus, in-person
EDC to hold a hire local, virtual job fair on March 31
||| FROM VICTORIA COMPTON for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| The San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) urges businesses and residents to hire local workers and contractors as the economy starts to reopen. In an
Materials for Tuesday OIHCD Board meeting are now available
||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Agenda and materials for the March 16th meeting of the OIHCD Board of Commissioners are now available. You can access the Board materials
Annual 2021 Congressional Art Competition open to high schoolers
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| Are you a creative high school student in Washington’s Second Congressional District? Do you know someone who is? Showcase your artwork in the 2021 Congressional Art Competition! The
