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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Public hearing coming up on vacation rental moratorium
||| FROM ISLAND STEWARDS ||| San Juan County (SJC) Council will be holding a public hearing via Zoom on Tuesday, Feb. 23 to discuss whether the moratorium on the issuance of Vacation Rental Permits should
Tea, cookies, an arrangement: Garden Club brings winter warmth
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| For the Orcas Island Garden Club’s second virtual meeting on Wednesday Feb. 17, we invite you to bring your favorite cuppa to the screen and join Laura Walker
Lopez vaccine clinic on Monday will be open
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Vaccine Clinic on Monday the 15th is currently scheduled to be open. However, plans are being made so that those who cannot make it to
Inslee announces five regions to progress to Phase 2
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee announced ... five new regions have met the metric requirements to progress to Phase 2 of the Healthy Washington reopening plan, starting this
Streaming live from Orcas Center: Fian
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Fian, a rock n’ roll band from Seattle, will be kicking off Orcas Center’s 2021 live-streaming events on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. Fian’s music generally
New report furthers understanding of COVID-19 transmission in schools
|||FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the COVID-19 Outbreaks in Washington State K-12 Schools report . The report is yet another tool that school districts and local
Huh. Library is closed
||| FROM PHIL HEIKKINEN for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The Orcas Island Library is closed today due to the snowstorm. Please visit our website at www.orcaslibrary.org for online services.
Weekly local case update | SJC total increases from 123 to 126
||| 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
Limited number of vaccine appointments available. Register at 3 p.m. today
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| For those who are eligible, a limited number of COVID vaccine appointments will open at 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12. Please follow the instructions
Economic Development Council has news you can use on grants…PPP…EIDL
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Call your banker - PPP has reopened If you haven't contacted your banker, now's the time: PPP has reopened to businesses, both those that have received PPP funds in
State recap of recent COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 309,673 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on February 10. There have been 4,633 COVID-19 deaths in Washington.
Special school board meeting/budget workshop today
||| FROM CATHY FERRAN for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Orcas Island School Board will be convening a Special School Board Mtg/ Budget Worksession Thursday, FEB 11, 2021 at 5pm via zoom. Here is the
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. 6, more than 940,000 doses of vaccine
Fish For Teeth again bringing mobile dental clinic to Friday Harbor
||| FROM SANDY RABINOWITZ for FISH FOR TEETH ||| We at Fish for Teeth are excited to announce our March dental clinic: March 3 - 6, at the Mullis Center on San Juan Island. Yes,
Health officer has additional recommendations regarding school reopening
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| San Juan County Health Officer Dr. Frank James recently released expanded guidance to local school district leaders regarding the opening of schools, in particular grades
Sake meets sushi in upcoming ZOOM virtual vineyard
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Orcas Senior Center, Doe Bay Wine Company’s Cole Sisson, and sake expert from Seattle, Julie Shizukuishi on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 5 p.m. for “the
