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
Orcas Senior Center seeks Orcas district committee candidates
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Along with senior centers on Lopez and San Juan Islands, the Orcas Senior Center is operated as a geographic “district” of an umbrella non-profit called the
COVID-19 vaccine distribution update from Washington 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 May 17, more than 6,424,110 doses of vaccine
Port of Orcas has set the agenda for next meeting
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| REGULAR MEETING AGENDA MAY 24, 2021 5 p.m. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89850589119?pwd=RktqRS9wb21Td3Ntb3JVL1R3cGprdz09 Meeting ID: 898 5058 9119 Passcode: 829516 One tap mobile +12532158782,,89850589119#,,,,*829516# US (Tacoma) CALL
Are you a collector? Senior Center stamp club invites you to next meeting
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Please join us for our second virtual meeting of the Orcas Senior Center Stamp Club at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 28. Don’t collect? Join us
Another COVID update from state health department
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 391,188 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on May 17. There have been 5,653 COVID-19 deaths in
Spring donors give big to Community Swim Center
||| FROM CLAIRE ANDERSON for FRIENDS OF LOPEZ ISLAND POOL ||| This spring, Lopezians, San Juan Islanders, and mainlanders together raised a total of more than $144,000 for the Swim Center. To date, the Swim
RE Sources to honor 2021 Environmental Heroes in evening of powerful stories
The nonprofit’s virtual celebration and benefit on June 9 will recognize three NW Washington Environmental Heroes and will also feature State Rep. Debra Lekanoff and WA State Poet Laureate Rena Priest ||| FROM JAY KOSA
No charge Connection Practice coaching session this weekend
||| FROM SHARON ABREU ||| As a certified Connection Practice Coach, I am so pleased to be able to offer you a coaching session at no charge during the Global Connection Practice Weekend happening this
All counties move into Phase 3 after reopening pause
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced that all Washington counties have moved into Phase 3 of Governor Jay Inslee’s Healthy Washington: Roadmap to Recovery
New book from John Geyman M.D.: America’s Mighty Medical-Industrial Complex
||| FROM EMILY GEYMAN ||| The rise of an enormous medical-industrial complex over the last 60 years in the United States has brought wealth to ever-larger corporations, their shareholders, and CEOs at the expense of
Planning Commission to decide if county should create “Truth in Planning” component to Comp Plan
Letters needed now! Planning Commission meets Friday May 21 ||| FROM ISLAND STEWARDS ||| The San Juan County Planning Commission is set to decide if the county should create a "Truth in Planning" component to
Larsen announces more than $80 Million for NW Washington students, colleges, universities
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) announced more than $80 million in emergency funding for students, colleges and universities in Washington’s Second Congressional District under
Alchemy Art Center prepares for 2021 Artists in Residence, workshops, community programming
||| FROM GLENN HENDRICK for ALCHEMY ART CENTER ||| After suspending much of their programming for more than a year, Alchemy Art Center is thrilled to announce the return of their summer Artist in Residence
Superintendent confirms three positive COVID-19 cases in school district
If you are not contacted by the county in the next day or two, you are not considered a close contact. ||| FROM ERIC WEBB, ORCAS SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT ||| I want to take a moment
Join this livestream evening of conversation (and music) with internationally known composer
||| FROM LINDA SLONE for ORCAS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| On Thursday, May 27, at 5 p.m. Pacific Time, composer Jake Heggie joins Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival Founder and Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann for
It’s official: Face masks still required inside local San Juan County businesses
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Regarding the continuation of the San Juan County Health Officer Order requiring that face coverings still be worn inside businesses: There are updated posters for
