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
EDC will host a PPP webinar this Thursday
||| FROM JOHN GOMEZ for SJC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| On Thursday, January 14, 2021, the San Juan County Economic Development Council will host a Zoom webinar on the upcoming PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) loan
Health District meeting focused on COVID, clinic transition plans
||| BY SUSAN MCBAIN, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| Two major topics occupied most of the Orcas Island Health Care District’s first meeting of 2021: combatting COVID-19, and planning for the transition to a single medical clinic
Makerspaces and closing the solid waste loop in San Juan County
||| FROM MICKEY VON DASSOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Islanders interested in makerspaces and sustainability are invited to join the Economic Development Council of San Juan County (EDC) to hear about “closing the loop” on
If you’re not doing anything else, why not write a play for PlayFest?
||| FROM AAIMEE JOHNSON for ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| If you are like most of us, you are bored out of your mind. Do something! Exercise your mind! It's PlayFest time! Write a
New texts from DOH will speed exposure notification across the state
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA –Starting today, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will begin texting a verification code to every person in Washington state who tests positive for COVID-19. The goal is to
Stimulus package update from SJC EDC
||| FROM SJ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| The EDC is continuing to analyze the details of the just-passed stimulus package, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. Our comprehensive summary with article links can be found here and we
Two hundred was Senior Center’s magic number in 2020
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Once again, the Orcas community has risen to the challenge! Thanks to you, the Orcas Senior Center non-profit has not only reached, but has exceeded, our
Island Hospital upcoming webinars on mental health, healthy sleep habits
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Mental Health Webinar Join Dr. Hammer, a psychiatrist at Island Hospital Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Clinic, for a discussion on managing and maintaining mental health in the
Senior Center, Orcas Center to present Seniors Have (Virtual) Talent
Do you have a talent to perform? ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Orcas Senior Center and Orcas Center are excited to announce a collaboration on the much-anticipated Seniors Have (Virtual) Talent!
Free webinars upcoming: How to grow great veggies
||| FROM CAITLYN BLETHEN for SJC WSU MASTER GARDENERS ||| Please join the San Juan County WSU Master Gardeners for two free community webinars exploring how to successfully grow your own food. Dr. Carol Miles
Cinema Noesis | Films for evolving minds
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT for CINEMA NOESIS ||| Farewell, 2020! For most of us, that will be a year to remember, but for all the wrong reasons with no need to elaborate. And now as
For the time being, all of Washington is in Phase 1 of new COVID recovery plan
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced that based on Governor Jay Inslee’s Healthy Washington – Roadmap to Recovery plan released earlier this week, that all eight
Island Hospital Foundation hosts COVID-19 vaccine executive community briefing
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| ANACORTES, Washington – The Island Hospital Foundation and Island Hospital are hosting a free, online community briefing on the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, January 14 at 5:00 p.m.
Orcas Senior Center welcomes Tom Eversole to Orcas District Committee
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| The Orcas Senior Center non-profit welcomes Tom Eversole as the newest member of the Orcas District Committee (ODC), the operating committee of the center. Many of
Inslee extends proclamation related to COVID-19, two proclamations denied extension by Senate GOP
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today updated Proclamation 20-49, which generally prohibits garnishment for consumer debt in certain circumstances, by replacing the specific reference to CARES Act stimulus payments with ‘federal
Statewide COVID-19 news, response updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 253,401 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on January 6. There have been 3,634 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. For
