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
Reminder | March 22 deadline approaches for Blair Avenue mural proposals
||| FROM JULIE GREEN for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| Artists are reminded that the deadline for submitting proposals for the Blair Avenue mural project is 4:30 pm Monday, March 22, 2021. The Town of
You won’t want to miss this upcoming library Zoom talk tomorrow
||| FROM PHIL HEIKKINEN for ORCAS LIBRARY ||| BEN MONTGOMERY Author of A Shot in the Moonlight Wednesday, March 10 @ 6:00pm via Zoom™ In his latest book - A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed
Enough vaccine will soon arrive to vaccinate all SJC eligible educators
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT || In a great piece of news, Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will be sending San Juan County Health & Community Services a shipment of
More than 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Washington
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced today that health care providers have given more than two million doses of COVID-19 vaccine since rollout began in mid-December. This
This March, storytelling with Eth-Noh-Tec, on Zoom, celebrates stories of women
||| FROM ETH-NOH-TEC ||| This month Eth-Noh-Tec celebrates the women in our lives -- and it's not just for women! We invite everyone to honor the importance of the presence of women, and to acknowledge
Artsmith and Darvill’s Salon Series Reading coming up this Thursday
||| FROM JILL MCCABE JOHNSON for ARTSMITH ||| Ian Boyden, Margot Kahn, and Jessica Gigot are the featured readers this Thursday in the Artsmith and Darvill's Salon Series. The reading takes place via Zoom, 5:00-6:30
State Health Department receives planning grant to institute 988 suicide phone line
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has received the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s 988 State Planning Grant through Vibrant Emotional Health, the nonprofit administrator of the
Senior Center celebrates 49 years of Meals on Wheels’ connection to community
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| The Meals on Wheels program, first signed into law in March 1972 by President Richard Nixon, has for nearly 50 years delivered more than just nutritious
Hot Topic #44 | The Johnson & Johnson vaccine
COVID-19 updates from San Juan County around subjects on the minds of islanders ||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| As most are aware, the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine is now
Charter Review Commission has scheduled two upcoming town hall meetings
It happens once in a decade ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ||| The San Juan County Charter Review Commission (CRC) will be conducting two Town Hall meetings, on March 12 (5:30 - 7:30 PM) and March
Moving into Phase 1B-2: Critical workers, pregnant people eligible for COVID-19 vaccine in late March
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and Governor Jay Inslee have set a date for advancing to the next phases of vaccine eligibility, making the life-saving shot
Dr. Fleming is latest doc to not pursue a contract with Island Primary Care-Orcas
||| FROM CAMILLE FLEMING, MD, MBA ||| After much consideration, I have decided not to pursue employment at the Island Hospital Orcas Clinic [Island Primary Care-Orcas] at this time. It has been a great honor
Inslee makes educators COVID vaccine eligible after White House directive
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Following a White House directive to state providers to make all preK-12 educators, school staff and childcare providers, eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Jay Inslee
Washington hits goal of administering 45,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine per day
||| FOM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is thrilled to share the state has reached its goal of vaccinating 45,000 people per day. As of March 3,
Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee recruiting new members at upcoming meeting
||| FROM BARRY MADAN for DEER HARBOR PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE ||| Public Meeting Agenda for March 10, 2021 4:00-5:30 p.m. Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee Monthly Meeting (DHPRC) VIA Zoom Meeting ID 87963051969 Password 236211
COVID-19 vaccine registration assistance is available
||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| Do you know a community member who needs extra assistance with signing up for the COVID-19 vaccine? If so, help is available through a
