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
White Wine in the Sun for Christmas, anyone?
||| FROM LIN MCNULTY, EDITOR ||| It's sentimental, I know, but I just really like White Wine in the Sun by Tim Minchin. Beyond the obvious atheism, the message is one to inspire. https://youtu.be/_CeY0VdhXK8
School District sends holiday greetings along with outline of the plan ahead
||| FROM ERIC WEBB, ORCAS SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT ||| Dear Students, Parents, Staff, & Community, Thank you…This Holiday Season is the perfect time to celebrate the magnificent things we as a district and community have accomplished
COVID-19 reminders during the holiday season from State Health Dept.
How to say no to gatherings, contact tracing effort continues ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – As we get closer to the holidays, a time normally spent with loved ones, the Washington State
A Christmas present! COVID vaccine has arrived in San Juan County
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| San Juan County Department of Health and Community Services has just received a shipment of six hundred doses of the recently approved Moderna COVID vaccine
Might there be something figgy in your Christmas dinner plans?
||| FROM DICTIONARY.COM ||| You know the song. It may start by wishing everyone a merry Christmas, but then the demand starts. “Oh, bring us some figgy pudding…” with its petulant refrain, “We won’t go
Celebrating this giving season with and for the community
||| FROM ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| Masking up, social distancing, sticking to your pod, Zoom weddings, virtual Thanksgiving feasts – who would have foreseen our new normal back in March when the CDC declared
Debate over short-term rentals comes to ‘Washington’s playground’ as Chelan County considers limits on Airbnbs
||| FROM SEATTLE TIMES ||| As post-pandemic vacationing returns in coming years, tourists may find it harder to book an Airbnb near Leavenworth, Lake Chelan and other coveted areas in Chelan County. County commissioners are
Good holiday news: Inslee announces eviction moratorium extension
||| FROM GOV. JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today announced he will extend the eviction moratorium to March 31, 2021. The current eviction moratorium was set to expire on December 31. "COVID-19 has had
The newest numbers, announcements, proclamations from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 219,584 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on December 21. There have been 3,131 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. For
All In Washington goes ALL IN, fully matching donations through Dec. 31
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Seattle Foundation has announced that it has secured an additional $25 million from Jeff Bezos. This means that all donations to the Orcas Island
Concerns noted around unsafe COVID protocols at local building & construction job sites
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Recent San Juan County COVID case investigations have revealed a trend of lax COVID safety protocols on various construction and building sites across the islands.
Navy conducting noise monitoring at NAS Whidbey Island
||| FROM MICHAEL WELDING for NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ||| NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. - The Navy completed its first week of real-time sound monitoring at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island as
Orcas Community Church invites you to online Christmas Eve service
||| FROM BRIAN MOSS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| Orcas Island Community Church invites you to an Online Christmas Eve Candlelight Service this Thursday, December 24th at 6:00 pm at orcaschurch.org. This service will
Upcoming parent orientation night to showcase public school options
||| FROM LORENA STANKEVICH for ORCAS SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Orcas Island School District has put together a parent orientation night to showcase the three public school options for the Orcas Island School District, especially for
Inslee issues proclamations on travel restrictions, updates to existing religious guidance
||| FROM GOV. JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Proclamation 20-83: COVID-19 Prohibitions on Travel from Countries with 501Y.V Variant Circulation Today Gov. Jay Inslee issued a 14-day quarantine requirement for anyone returning to Washington state after visiting
Orcas Family Health brings mobile COVID testing to Orcas community
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, EDITOR ||| Orcas Family Health rolled out Orcas Island's first mobile rapid COVID testing at the Olga artworks on Monday. With results available in 15 minutes, 32 tests were conducted in
