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.”
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Council approves VR moratorium but limits length/scope
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| A February 23 public hearing on an emergency moratorium on new vacation rental permits was extended to the County Council’s regular March 9, and although the comment
School Board will meet tomorrow in special budget work session
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| 1. CALL TO ORDER 1.1 Call to Order 1.2 Approval of Agenda 2. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 2.1 Technology Capital Projects Levy 3. WORK SESSION 3.1 Discuss budget for 2021-22
Most recent recap of state COVID-19 news, updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 326,404 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on March 8. There have been 5,077 COVID-19 deaths in Washington.
Island Hospital releases statement on new Medical Director
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| ANACORTES, Washington – Island Hospital announced today that Frank James, MD will serve as Medical Director for the primary care clinic opening April 1, 2021 on Orcas
Health Care District announces new Medical Director at Island Primary Care-Orcas
||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| We appreciate the community’s patience as we’ve continued working through the details associated with the consolidation of the two existing primary care practices and
Got your vaccine? Department of Health says there’s things you can now do
||| FROM STATE DEARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is adopting the guidance released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding post-vaccine behavior. If someone has been fully
Reminder | March 22 deadline approaches for Blair Avenue mural proposals
||| FROM JULIE GREEN for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| Artists are reminded that the deadline for submitting proposals for the Blair Avenue mural project is 4:30 pm Monday, March 22, 2021. The Town of
You won’t want to miss this upcoming library Zoom talk tomorrow
||| FROM PHIL HEIKKINEN for ORCAS LIBRARY ||| BEN MONTGOMERY Author of A Shot in the Moonlight Wednesday, March 10 @ 6:00pm via Zoom™ In his latest book - A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed
Enough vaccine will soon arrive to vaccinate all SJC eligible educators
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT || In a great piece of news, Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will be sending San Juan County Health & Community Services a shipment of
More than 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Washington
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced today that health care providers have given more than two million doses of COVID-19 vaccine since rollout began in mid-December. This
This March, storytelling with Eth-Noh-Tec, on Zoom, celebrates stories of women
||| FROM ETH-NOH-TEC ||| This month Eth-Noh-Tec celebrates the women in our lives -- and it's not just for women! We invite everyone to honor the importance of the presence of women, and to acknowledge
Artsmith and Darvill’s Salon Series Reading coming up this Thursday
||| FROM JILL MCCABE JOHNSON for ARTSMITH ||| Ian Boyden, Margot Kahn, and Jessica Gigot are the featured readers this Thursday in the Artsmith and Darvill's Salon Series. The reading takes place via Zoom, 5:00-6:30
State Health Department receives planning grant to institute 988 suicide phone line
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has received the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s 988 State Planning Grant through Vibrant Emotional Health, the nonprofit administrator of the
Senior Center celebrates 49 years of Meals on Wheels’ connection to community
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| The Meals on Wheels program, first signed into law in March 1972 by President Richard Nixon, has for nearly 50 years delivered more than just nutritious
Hot Topic #44 | The Johnson & Johnson vaccine
COVID-19 updates from San Juan County around subjects on the minds of islanders ||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| As most are aware, the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine is now
Charter Review Commission has scheduled two upcoming town hall meetings
It happens once in a decade ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ||| The San Juan County Charter Review Commission (CRC) will be conducting two Town Hall meetings, on March 12 (5:30 - 7:30 PM) and March
