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
Coming soon: Master Gardeners spring plant sale
||| FROM MO SLOANE for MASTER GARDENERS ||| Healthy veggie starts and locally grown perennial landscaping plants need new homes! Like last year, our sale is online at SpringSale.org. The sale begins Wednesday, May 5
Skagit Valley College accepting Fall Quarter applications for its Applied Bachelor in Applied Management degree
Includes tracks in General Management and Health Care Management ||| FROM ARDEN AINLEY for SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE ||| Skagit Valley College (SVC) is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for Fall enrollment
Cheese, crackers, wine, ZOOM: Sr. Center, Doe Bay Wine bringing Taste of Tuscany to you
“the virtual vineyard” by Zoom – Taste of Tuscany by Orcas Senior Center and Doe Bay Wine Company: Sunday, April 25, 5:00pm ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS ISLAND SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Orcas Senior
Time to apply for a Lions Club scholarship if you are a local high school senior
||| FROM STEVE SCHAEFER for ORCAS ISLAND LIONS CLUB ||| Each year, thanks to fundraising and generous donations from the local community, the Orcas Island Lion Club awards scholarships to graduates of Orcas Island High
Bring your old prescription drugs to this forthcoming Coalition for Orcas Youth disposal Take-Back Event
Saturday, April 24 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Key Bank Drive-up ||| FROM ALISON SANDERS for COALITION FOR ORCAS YOUTH ||| The Coalition for Orcas Youth hosts event to help prevent opioid misuse in community
Next Meeting of the Minds | Rediscovered fruit: Conserving the islands’ ancient food forests
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS ISLAND SENIOR CENTER ||| While the booming fruit export industry in the San Juan Islands of a century ago has waned, evidence of it continues to live among us
Ray’s Pharmacy now taking appointments for COVID-19 Moderna vaccines
||| FROM RICK HUGHES for RAY'S PHARMACY AND GENERAL STORE ||| Ray’s Pharmacy is has expanded our vaccination services to now include COVID-19 vaccinations. Flu and shingles vaccinations can be scheduled by calling the pharmacy
State program created to support quarantine and isolation needs is saving lives
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – A program created by the state Department of Health (DOH) and partners to support people who have been exposed to or tested positive for COVID-19 has reached
Recent COVID-19 news, updates from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 355,387 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on April 14. There have been 5,362 COVID-19 deaths
Weekly case update report for our local island populations
||| 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
Get registered | National Guard is returning to county to administer additional inoculations
Vaccine Registration Opens TUESDAY APRIL 20 at 9 a.m. ||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| In a piece of very welcome news, the same WA National Guard team that vaccinated 2,000
Today’s the day | Vaccine eligibility expands to everyone 16 and older in Washington state
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Starting today everyone 16 and older who wants a COVID-19 vaccine can receive one in Washington. The eligibility expansion marks the four-month anniversary of vaccine rollout in
Letter to Editor | YES vote for school levy is an investment in our kids, community
||| FROM RICK HUGHES and MARLACE HUGHES ||| Fellow islanders, my name is Rick Hughes, my wife Marlace, and I operate Ray’s General Store and Pharmacy and Con’s Pit Stop. As business operators, and former
Local celebrities help deliver meals to local Seniors to highlight Meals on Wheels program
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS ISLAND SENIOR CENTER ||| Throughout the month of March, resident celebrities from Lopez, San Juan, and Orcas Islands were invited to ride or follow along with volunteer Meals on
Music Advocacy Group announces upcoming student concert video
||| FROM ANNETTE VAN DONGEN for MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| Orcas Island Music Advocacy Group (MAG) champions public school music education on Orcas Island. MAG traditionally presents “100 Musicians! 1 Great Cause!” every spring. This
COVID-19 vaccine distribution update from 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 April 10, more than 4,189,884 doses of vaccine
