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
OIHCD regular meeting on Dec. 15 is cancelled
||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The December 15 Regular Meeting of the OIHCD has been cancelled. The Board will resume meeting on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 5 pm.
Presson: On seeking care during the medical clinic transition
A Message from OIHCD, Island Hospital, and the Orcas Clinics ||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| We are excited the process has begun to bring health care providers and staff
Call for playwrights, both seasoned and brand new
||| FROM AAIMEE JOHNSON for ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| The 15th Annual Ten-Minute PlayFest 2021 is underway! We’re looking for short play submissions from local writers. Whether you are a seasoned playwright or
Department of Health improves how it reports COVID-19 deaths
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA -- To provide more accurate daily reports, the Washington State Department of Health is making changes to how it reports deaths from COVID-19. These changes will streamline the process
Health district, Island Hospital to present joint vision for new clinic
Please join leaders from Orcas Island Health Care District ( OIHCD) and Island Hospital to hear about their joint vision for the new, single clinic coming to Orcas in the spring of 2021. The online
Putting the green in the holiday season
What do fish sing during the holidays? Christmas corals! ||| FROM AMY NESLER for SAN JUAN VISITORS BUREAU ||| Have you resolved to be more eco-conscious this holiday season? Transition San Juan Island and Plastic
COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan 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 planning efforts. If everything goes as planned, we expect to have the vaccine
A special online musical event: Home for the Holidays
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE. for ORCAS CENTER ||| Never has the phrase, “Home for the Holidays” been more appropriate than this year. With many of us unable to attend events with friends and family, it’s
Transition Lopez Island outlines progress toward fossil-free, food secure future
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| Last Saturday, December 5, a group called “Transition Lopez Island” convened a tele-panel of residents and representatives to update the community on progress toward a fossil-free future and
Recap of recent statewide COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 192,413 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on December 9. There have been 2,850 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. For the
Latest local COVID-19 news, updates
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Note: Current positive case numbers are available online at the County Case Count Page. As indicated on that page, these numbers are only updated after
Datapalooza 2020: Stark realities and a Summer 2021 of uncertainty
||| BY theORCASONIAN OPD-ED REPORTER MATTHEW GILBERT ||| On December 9, the San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) hosted what has become a year-end round-up of economic data from the prior year for a
COVID-19 trends uncertain following increased activity before Thanksgiving
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on COVID-19 transmission. Because people’s decisions about whether to get tested or seek healthcare tend
This year do your holiday shopping at the Orcas Library
||| FROM FRIENDS OF ORCAS LIBRARY ||| As with many of the wonderful activities which take place here on Orcas every year, Friends of the Orcas Island Library (FOIL) very reluctantly canceled last Winter’s Book
Doe Bay Wine, Senior Center putting together a virtual, festive vineyard
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Orcas Senior Center and Doe Bay Wine Company’s Cole Sisson in the virtual vineyard for a fun, festive and informative hour of wine tasting and
Introducing ‘Care Connect Washington’ – A new way to get COVID-19 relief
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today the Washington State Department of Health is announcing a new service to help people who have to isolate or quarantine at home after testing positive for COVID-19 or
