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
Joy of Movement T’ai Chi series returns to Senior Center via ZOOM
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Many of you may remember Joan Roulac teaching T’ai Chi Chih classes at the Orcas Senior Center for 11 years starting in 2003. Joan is excited
COVID-19 prevention efforts remain critical despite declining trends
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on COVID-19. Report findings include: While trends in cases, hospitalizations and deaths are largely continuing
New community classes upcoming from Island Hospital
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Island Hospital offers free Medicare class Learn more about your Medicare options at a free class on Monday, March 8, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Traditional coverage,
Department of Health launches weekly SARS-CoV-2 sequencing and variant report
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announces that it will begin publishing a weekly SARS-CoV-2 sequencing and variant report today. The report summarizes genome sequencing coverage
Land Bank: It’s time to order native plants while supplies last
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Land Bank is offering a rare opportunity to purchase locally grown wildflowers native to San Juan County. Reserve plants online
Friday update from Rep. Lekanoff … and today is her birthday!
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| Happy Fantastic Friday! This week, the People's House began full-time floor action, which will continue until Tuesday, March 9. This means for the next week and
COVID-19 vaccine distribution update from the Washington 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 and administration efforts. As of Feb. 22, more than 1,411,453 doses of vaccine
Recap of recent COVID-19 news, updates from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 319,498 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 24. There have been 4,942 COVID-19 deaths
There are no new COVID-19 cases anywhere in county; tips to keep it that way
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Note: Current positive case numbers are available online at the County Case Data Dashboard. As indicated on that page, these numbers are only updated after
Latest offerings from Funhouse Commons
||| FROM FUNHOUSE COMMONS ||| Presenting a new outdoor after-school program! We are excited to announce a new program starting in March - Stepping Up! Stepping Up is an outdoor exploration program for students in
School District to outline 1st grade public school options in upcoming parent orientation meeting
||| FROM LORENA STANKEVICH for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOLS ||| OISD 1st grade Public School Options - Join us virtually, Wednesday, March 3 from 6-7 p.m. for the LAST parent orientation this winter. During this informational
San Juan Makers Guild launching its first Asset Mapping project
||| FROM MICHELANGELO (MICKEY) VON DASSOW for SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| Greetings San Juan Makers and Supporters – we have some good news to share. The first Asset Mapping project is going live as an
During pandemic, other common infections are declining
||| FROM WASHINGTON POST ||| As many of us have been masking and social distancing for a year now, we haven't been exposed to the usual mix of colds, stomach bugs, and the like. I
Music Advocacy Group compiling spring benefit ‘concert’ surprise
||| FROM MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP BOARD MEMBERS ||| On the 1st Sunday of March, for 23 years, come snow or rain, the Music Advocacy Group (MAG) has hosted a Spring Benefit concert to support the
Public hearing on vacation rental moratorium extended by county council
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| Approximately five weeks after the County Council issued an emergency six-month moratorium on new vacation rental permits, a public hearing was held to determine whether to continue
New modeling report explores options for safer return to in-person learning
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and the Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM) released a new report, the fourth in a series, that explores how to
