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
Here’s a good reason to become a Garden Club member
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Each month the Orcas Island Garden Club emails an informative eclectic Newsletter to its members. We’re sharing the gardening goodness with the community, along with some recipes, a
How some frustrated COVID-19 vaccine hunters are trying to fix a broken system
||| FROM SEATTLE TIMES ||| That pretty much said it all, the other day, when a 90-year-old remarked in a Seattle Times story that the easy part of navigating our COVID-19 vaccine system was when she had to
CRITICAL UPDATE: Severe weather impacts SJC vaccine supply chain. No clinic tomorrow.
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| CRITICAL UPDATE Severe Weather Impacts San Juan County Vaccine Supply Chain Impacted Vaccine Clinics: Wednesday 2/17 – ORCAS (Orcas Center): POSTPONED Thursday 2/18 – SAN
OPALCO Board nominations due February 19
||| FROM ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| The volunteer member Elections & Governance Committee (EGC) has completed their nominations process and selected a slate of candidates for the OPALCO Board of Directors election. There
Land Bank monthly meeting this Friday
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SJC LAND BANK ||| Volunteers Jerry Weatherman and Michael Noonan “on set” at Cascade Creek filming fisheries biologist, Jenny De Groot, whilst she makes her way upstream during a
Skagit Valley College is offering basic education for adults, along with English language acquisition
||| FROM ARDEN AINLEY for SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE ||| Skagit Valley College’s Basic Education for Adults office www.skagit.edu/beda is continuing to offer services via remote delivery, as well as some in-person support offered by SVC
OHS Key Club to hold second food drive for Food Bank
||| FROM IZIE JANECEK for OHS KEY CLUB ||| The Orcas Island High School Key Club will be holding their second food drive for the Food Bank on Sunday, Feb. 28. On that Sunday the
Don’t cancel your vaccine appointment due to weather; we can reschedule you
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| To those registered for the upcoming Orcas vaccine clinics: we’re working hard to ensure that everyone who isn’t able to come to town on Tuesday
Senior Center Stamp Club invites stamp collectors, current & future
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Are you wondering what to do with that old stamp collection that you inherited from your great uncle? Did you find an envelope of old stamps
Major milestone: 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered across the state
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is thrilled to share that more than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given to people across the state since
Public hearing coming up on vacation rental moratorium
||| FROM ISLAND STEWARDS ||| San Juan County (SJC) Council will be holding a public hearing via Zoom on Tuesday, Feb. 23 to discuss whether the moratorium on the issuance of Vacation Rental Permits should
Tea, cookies, an arrangement: Garden Club brings winter warmth
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| For the Orcas Island Garden Club’s second virtual meeting on Wednesday Feb. 17, we invite you to bring your favorite cuppa to the screen and join Laura Walker
Lopez vaccine clinic on Monday will be open
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Vaccine Clinic on Monday the 15th is currently scheduled to be open. However, plans are being made so that those who cannot make it to
Inslee announces five regions to progress to Phase 2
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee announced ... five new regions have met the metric requirements to progress to Phase 2 of the Healthy Washington reopening plan, starting this
Streaming live from Orcas Center: Fian
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Fian, a rock n’ roll band from Seattle, will be kicking off Orcas Center’s 2021 live-streaming events on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. Fian’s music generally
New report furthers understanding of COVID-19 transmission in schools
|||FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the COVID-19 Outbreaks in Washington State K-12 Schools report . The report is yet another tool that school districts and local
