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
Spring GiveOrcas grant campaign fully funded a full week before deadline
||| FROM MEGAN NEAL for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Orcas Island Community Foundation’s 2021 Spring GiveOrcas grant campaign was fully funded last week with a week to spare! 255 donors contributed to the
Schedule your preventive health screening coming up at Senior Center
Life Line Screening at Orcas Senior Center: Thursday, June 10, 2021 ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| There is a simple, convenient way for you to get preventive health screenings and learn
Commerce awards $234 million in fourth round of Working Washington small business relief and recovery grants
Over 20% of the 11,697 grantees say they will use funds to reopen ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| OLYMPIA, WA --- The Washington State Department of Commerce has awarded an additional $234 million
EDC has a virtual trove of training, grants available to islanders
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Join the EDC for a FREE course in Sustainability Management Join the EDC for a FREE course in Sustainability Management and receive certification as a Sustainability Professional. $549/person course
Upcoming Island Hospital classes, workshops
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Nutrition for Healthy Pregnancy with Island Hospital Learn essential tips for ensuring proper nutrition during each stage of your pregnancy, from conception to the first post-partum meal.
Virtual Vineyard set to explore the taste of Mexico
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| “the virtual vineyard” by Zoom – Taste of Mexico by Orcas Senior Center and Doe Bay Wine Company: Sunday, May 23, 5:00pm Join Michel Vekved, Orcas
Fabled yacht Norwester goes adrift in Salish Sea
||| FROM SAN JUAN ISLANDER.COM ||| The demise of the 89-year-old 70-ft wooden hulled Norwester is still playing out three weeks after she was grounded on a reef in the San Juan Islands. The yacht went
Most recent statewide COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 386,903 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on May 12. There have been 5,626 COVID-19
State health officials link yogurt to multi-county E. coli outbreak
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – During the ongoing investigation into an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has identified a likely link to PCC Community Market brand yogurt produced
New healthy eating website, Daniel’s Plate, launched by Orcas resident
||| FROM GIGI CARTER for DANIEL'S PLATE ||| Daniel's Plate is curated by Gigi Carter and Sersie Blue, two entrepreneurial Black women united by their devotion to healthy living who have committed themselves to change the way
Inslee announces statewide reopening date of June 30 and short-term statewide move to Phase 3
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee ... announced that the state is moving toward a statewide June 30 reopening date and that all counties in Washington will move to
Health Care District announces upcoming regular Board meeting
||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The next meeting of the Orcas Island Health Care District is scheduled for Tuesday, May 18, from 5 - 7 p.m. The meeting will
Museum puts out a call for surveyor, navigator tools for upcoming exhibition
||| FROM ANTOINETTE BOTSFORD ||| The historical museum, under the direction of new Executive Director Nancy Stillger, is putting together a chronological exhibition of historical and artistic maps depicting the San Juan Islands, focusing on
OISD just discovered three secondary school students test positive for COVID
Further test results pending ||| FROM ERIC WEBB, ORCAS SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT ||| Just this afternoon, OISD identified three secondary students in our district that tested positive for COVID-19 after OISD nursing staff administered the BinaxNow
Quick note: Fuel is back at Orcas Island Airport
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| We now have 100LL fuel available at the pump. The new cost is $5.89 per gallon.
Masks still required on all public transportation including ferries
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Please be advised that while CDC and state guidance loosen some restrictions on wearing masks, wearing a mask is still a requirement for travel on all public transportation, including
