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
Dr. Triplett again offering free tooth extraction clinic
||| FROM TERRI TRIPLETT for ORCAS ISLAND DENTISTRY ||| Dr. Triplett’s dental office at 445 Madrona Street in Eastsound is reserving Tuesday March 23 for free tooth extractions for our Orcas, Shaw, and Waldron residents
Feeling philosophical? Join the conversation at Senior Center’s Socrates Cafe
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Beginning Sunday, March 14 at 4pm, and every second Sunday of the month, Orcas Senior Center will virtually host Orcas Socrates Café. This is, by all
Limited registration window just opened for COVID vaccine appointments
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| San Juan County Health and Community Services will be opening registration on Monday March 8 at 9 a.m. for a very limited number of first
Council will again address moratorium in upcoming public hearing; pre-hearing on Sunday
Island Stewards to host pre-hearing Q&A Sunday, March 7 at 4 pm. via ZOOM || FROM ISLAND STEWARDS ||| Please Take Action! 2nd Public Hearing 9 March 2021 Opposition to Moratorium Grows! San Juan County
PPP deadlines approaching; free EDC technical assistance available
||| FROM VICTORIA COMPTON for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| The Economic Development Council (EDC) reminds business owners and managers that the deadline for the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is approaching. Small businesses with fewer
COVID update: No new cases anywhere this week in San Juan County
||| 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
Statewide response updates, recap of recent COVID-19 news
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 323,839 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on March 3. There have been 5,032 COVID-19
Here’s how the COVID vaccine rollout looks in San Juan County
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| As vaccine distribution efforts continue, it is worth looking at what vaccine has been received to date in San Juan County. These numbers are just
Island Primary Care-Orcas set to begin operations on April 1
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| ANACORTES, Washington – Island Hospital has partnered with Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) to operate a primary care clinic on Orcas Island. As of April 1,
Latest class offerings from Island Hospital
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Island Hospital offers nutrition and osteoporosis class Dietary habits play an important role in your risk of developing osteoporosis. Join Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator Mary Beth
Washington passes somber milestone: 5,000 COVID deaths
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) shares today that the state has marked a devastating milestone. Since the first COVID-related death here on Feb. 29, 2020, more
Lovelett bill to expand mental health care clears senate
||| FROM WASHINGTON SENATE DEMOCRATS ||| OLYMPIA - A bill aimed at expanding community-based support systems for Washingtonians living with mental illnesses passed the Washington State Senate today. Engrossed Senate Bill 5328, sponsored by Sen.
January 6, a poem by wasakalobo
||| FROM W. A. SCHMIDT ||| January 6 A poem by wasakalobo Humiliation comes in forms We often least expect When grounded way beyond the norms To which we pay respect January sixth was an
Reminders from State Health Dept. for safe building re-openings after COVID-19 closures to avoid risk of ‘Legionella’
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) wants to support the safe reopening of buildings that may have been closed for an extended period of time due
Tuesday was, literally, a welcome shot in the arm for hundreds of Orcas Islanders
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, EDITOR ||| The weather was cooperative, the parking lot was not full, greeters were everywhere to point us in the right direction, uniformed National Guard members processed all (pre-registered) comers and
State Health Dept. statement on federal school and childcare vaccination plan
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| As you heard [yesterday}, President Biden announced a directive to all states to get every pre-K educator, K-12 teacher, and childcare worker at least one shot of COVID-19
