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
Local vaccine shipments still delayed due to winter weather across country
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Due to east coast weather delaying vaccine shipments, San Juan Island vaccine clinics on Thursday 2/18 and Friday 2/19 are postponed. These are in addition
Severe weather continues to impact SJC vaccine supply chain
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Severe winter weather across the United States has disrupted the overnight delivery of vaccine and vaccine supplies from manufacturers to local health districts across the
Health Commissioners hear more about transition plans to Island Hospital clinic
||| BY SUSAN MCBAIN, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| The commissioners of the Orcas Island Health Care District heard a lot of details at the Feb. 16 meeting about Island Hospital’s (IH’s) plans for opening a new
Helpers on Orcas join forces to assist us in signing up for COVID-19 vaccine
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Do you know a community member who needs extra assistance with signing up for the COVID-19 vaccine? If so, help is available through a collaboration between
DOH expands school testing initiative to encourage more in-person learning
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) in partnership with the Washington Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction (OSPI) and Health Commons is expanding its COVID-19
Recap of recent COVID-19 news, updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 312,828 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 15. There have been 4,709 COVID-19 deaths in Washington.
Here’s a good reason to become a Garden Club member
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Each month the Orcas Island Garden Club emails an informative eclectic Newsletter to its members. We’re sharing the gardening goodness with the community, along with some recipes, a
How some frustrated COVID-19 vaccine hunters are trying to fix a broken system
||| FROM SEATTLE TIMES ||| That pretty much said it all, the other day, when a 90-year-old remarked in a Seattle Times story that the easy part of navigating our COVID-19 vaccine system was when she had to
CRITICAL UPDATE: Severe weather impacts SJC vaccine supply chain. No clinic tomorrow.
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| CRITICAL UPDATE Severe Weather Impacts San Juan County Vaccine Supply Chain Impacted Vaccine Clinics: Wednesday 2/17 – ORCAS (Orcas Center): POSTPONED Thursday 2/18 – SAN
OPALCO Board nominations due February 19
||| FROM ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| The volunteer member Elections & Governance Committee (EGC) has completed their nominations process and selected a slate of candidates for the OPALCO Board of Directors election. There
Land Bank monthly meeting this Friday
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SJC LAND BANK ||| Volunteers Jerry Weatherman and Michael Noonan “on set” at Cascade Creek filming fisheries biologist, Jenny De Groot, whilst she makes her way upstream during a
Skagit Valley College is offering basic education for adults, along with English language acquisition
||| FROM ARDEN AINLEY for SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE ||| Skagit Valley College’s Basic Education for Adults office www.skagit.edu/beda is continuing to offer services via remote delivery, as well as some in-person support offered by SVC
OHS Key Club to hold second food drive for Food Bank
||| FROM IZIE JANECEK for OHS KEY CLUB ||| The Orcas Island High School Key Club will be holding their second food drive for the Food Bank on Sunday, Feb. 28. On that Sunday the
Don’t cancel your vaccine appointment due to weather; we can reschedule you
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| To those registered for the upcoming Orcas vaccine clinics: we’re working hard to ensure that everyone who isn’t able to come to town on Tuesday
Senior Center Stamp Club invites stamp collectors, current & future
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Are you wondering what to do with that old stamp collection that you inherited from your great uncle? Did you find an envelope of old stamps
Major milestone: 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered across the state
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is thrilled to share that more than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given to people across the state since
