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
Did you know? $300 tax deduction for 2020 in addition to standard deduction
||| FROM MIRIAM ZIEGLER for MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| This Tuesday is #GivingTuesday, and in these challenging times, we want to remind everyone that there are many Orcas non-profits serving urgent needs in our historically
Time to guess this year’s Community Foundation ‘Flat Person’
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Who will be this years’ Flat Person? Each year, the Orcas Island Community Foundation picks a neighbor to be the ambassador for the Holiday Catalog, which will be
Working WA business grant Round 3 applications will open early next week
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| This is an update to help businesses prepare for the Working Washington business grant application process that will open early next week. Please read the information below carefully. Last
COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan update from State Department of Health
||| FROM STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ||| OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) continues to make progress with our COVID-19 vaccine distribution planning efforts. Vaccine authorizations and approvals The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Poetry: Chat With a Young TV
||| FROM BRUCE HANNA ||| Chat with a young TV Yes, I am pretty! Why here on this limb? It IS morning, you know Not many uplifts yet and such a bother to… as you
Perfect Thanksgiving poem | Thanks by W. S. Merwin
Thanks BY W. S. MERWIN Listen with the night falling we are saying thank you we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings we are running out of the glass rooms with
Port of Orcas gathered 445 pounds of food for community
||| FROM JEANNIE FRANK-SHARPE and MIA KARTIGANER for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port Of Orcas would like to say THANK YOU for all the food donations we received at our Fly Washington Passport Program.
Remember the old times, when Thanksgiving meant gathering with loved ones?
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, EDITOR ||| It is hoped that the 2017 photo above by Edee Kulper of the traditional Odd Fellows Thanksgiving potluck will evoke warm, giggly memories. As we choose this year to
COVID-19 continues spreading at a breakneck pace as hospitalizations climb
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on COVID-19 transmission. Report findings include: COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly throughout the state. The best
Update on San Juan County COVID cases
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN, 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 case
Giving thanks to family and friends
||| FROM BRUCE HANNA ||| I wrote this for the traditional thankful gathering of friends and family. I wrote it in 2002, the year my wife died, and most of my kids were together thereafter.
COVID-19 hospital occupancy is soaring in Washington state
New data provide deeper insight into the impact of COVID-19 patients on hospitals ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – COVID-19 hospital occupancy is rapidly increasing throughout Washington as the state continues to experience exponential
Paul Kamin retires from Eastsound Water after 15 years of service
Dan Burke to Lead Association as New General Manager ||| FROM DAN BURKE for EASTSOUND WATER ||| On November 25, 2020, Eastsound Water User Association (EWUA) announced that General Manager Paul Kamin will be retiring
The last covid-free places on earth have something in common: Travel shutdowns
Strict protocols kept these 10 places free of the coronavirus ||| FROM WASHINGTON POST ||| Before 2020, the remote islands of the South Pacific were more accessible to leisure travelers than ever before. Thanks to
Recap of recent COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 151,019 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on November 23. There have been 2,690 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. For
Orcas Physical Therapy adds strict new requirement for clients
||| FROM SCOTT HEISINGER for ORCAS PHYSICAL THERAPY ||| These are difficult times for all. At Orcas Island Physical Therapy, we are trying hard to stay open during this current Covid-19 spike. To protect our
