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
Eastsound Water’s financial assistance program extended
||| FROM PAUL KAMIN for EASTSOUND WATER ||| At the recent November meeting of the Eastsound Water Board the Eastsound Water Financial Assistance Program was extended till the end of the year. The program was
New County Council will start 2021 by voting on a Vacation Rental Permit moratorium
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| As reported last week, the county Planning Commission (PC) has unanimously agreed to recommend that the County Council enact a moratorium on new vacation rental permits starting
OHS Key Club to host community food drive to benefit Food Bank
||| FROM IZIE JANECEK for OHS KEY CLUB ||| The Orcas Island High School Key Club will be holding a food drive for the Food Bank on Sunday, December 6th. On that Sunday the Key
Treat yo ’elf this holiday season: Give a gift from the San Juan Islands
||| FROM AMY N. NESLER FOR VISITORS BUREAU ||| “I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes. Christmas is all around [us], and so the feeling grows…” If that feeling is
COVID-19 disease transmission exceedingly high in Washington: three-day cumulative total for cases is over 6,000
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health’s (DOH) data report for today includes a backlog of cases. So, while we are reporting 6,277 new cases today, that number
Letter to Editor | Inform yourself of history of vaccinations
||| FROM TOM BALDWIN ||| As we near the time when we may be protected from COVID-19 by vaccination, it’s vital that we be willing to receive that protection. As I thought about this matter,
State’s safe medication return program gets underway
||| FROM STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ||| OLYMPIA -- Today is the go-live date for Washington’s Safe Medication Return Program, a pioneering effort aimed at reducing medication misuse, abuse, and poisonings. This program creates a unified, statewide,
Inslee announces additional COVID-19 financial support
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee ... announced additional financial support funds for families and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor was joined by Lisa Brown, Department of Commerce
Department of Health temporarily pauses reporting of negative COVID-19 test results
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is asking the state’s laboratories that conduct the largest volume of tests to temporarily stop sending individual negative COVID-19 test
Garden Club has some November offerings for community
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Newsletter and Featured Webinar The Orcas Island Garden Club continues to make contributions in the community. And while we aren’t meeting in person, we are actively engaged in
Guaranteed funding available through Washington College Grant to attend Skagit Valley College
||| FROM ARDEN AINLEY for SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE ||| What’s next in your life? Considering attending Skagit Valley College in Winter Quarter, but need financial assistance? Great news! Guaranteed college funding for all eligible residents
EDC presents Datapalooza 2020! – a statistics and demographics event for San Juan County
||| FROM JOHN GOMEZ for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| This year, more than ever, business owners and community leaders and legislators need data and information to make knowledgeable decisions. Join the Economic Development Council (EDC)
Department of Health urges people to limit Thanksgiving gatherings, not seek screening tests
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| The Department of Health (DOH) strongly urges everyone to limit their holiday celebrations to only members of their immediate households. We also encourage anyone with symptoms or close
Island Hardware reduces hours following staff member’s positive COVID-19 test
||| FROM BOB PHALAN for ISLAND HARDWARE ||| We at Island Hardware take the health and safety of our loyal customers and staff seriously. Island Hardware has experienced its first positive test for Covid 19.
Health District and clinics confront COVID surge
||| BY SUSAN MCBAIN, ORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| The surge in COVID-19 cases, and its effects on medical services on Orcas Island, were the main topics of the Orcas Island Health Care District’s meeting on Nov.
Inslee letter urges Congress to immediately resume COVID-19 relief negotiations
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| In case you missed it: Gov. Jay Inslee sent a letter [yesterday] to congressional leadership and the Trump administration, urging an immediate restart to negotiations on another coronavirus
