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
If you’re not doing anything else, why not write a play for PlayFest?
||| FROM AAIMEE JOHNSON for ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| If you are like most of us, you are bored out of your mind. Do something! Exercise your mind! It's PlayFest time! Write a
New texts from DOH will speed exposure notification across the state
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA –Starting today, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will begin texting a verification code to every person in Washington state who tests positive for COVID-19. The goal is to
Stimulus package update from SJC EDC
||| FROM SJ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| The EDC is continuing to analyze the details of the just-passed stimulus package, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. Our comprehensive summary with article links can be found here and we
Two hundred was Senior Center’s magic number in 2020
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Once again, the Orcas community has risen to the challenge! Thanks to you, the Orcas Senior Center non-profit has not only reached, but has exceeded, our
Island Hospital upcoming webinars on mental health, healthy sleep habits
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Mental Health Webinar Join Dr. Hammer, a psychiatrist at Island Hospital Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Clinic, for a discussion on managing and maintaining mental health in the
Senior Center, Orcas Center to present Seniors Have (Virtual) Talent
Do you have a talent to perform? ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Orcas Senior Center and Orcas Center are excited to announce a collaboration on the much-anticipated Seniors Have (Virtual) Talent!
Free webinars upcoming: How to grow great veggies
||| FROM CAITLYN BLETHEN for SJC WSU MASTER GARDENERS ||| Please join the San Juan County WSU Master Gardeners for two free community webinars exploring how to successfully grow your own food. Dr. Carol Miles
Cinema Noesis | Films for evolving minds
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT for CINEMA NOESIS ||| Farewell, 2020! For most of us, that will be a year to remember, but for all the wrong reasons with no need to elaborate. And now as
For the time being, all of Washington is in Phase 1 of new COVID recovery plan
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced that based on Governor Jay Inslee’s Healthy Washington – Roadmap to Recovery plan released earlier this week, that all eight
Island Hospital Foundation hosts COVID-19 vaccine executive community briefing
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| ANACORTES, Washington – The Island Hospital Foundation and Island Hospital are hosting a free, online community briefing on the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, January 14 at 5:00 p.m.
Orcas Senior Center welcomes Tom Eversole to Orcas District Committee
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| The Orcas Senior Center non-profit welcomes Tom Eversole as the newest member of the Orcas District Committee (ODC), the operating committee of the center. Many of
Inslee extends proclamation related to COVID-19, two proclamations denied extension by Senate GOP
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today updated Proclamation 20-49, which generally prohibits garnishment for consumer debt in certain circumstances, by replacing the specific reference to CARES Act stimulus payments with ‘federal
Statewide COVID-19 news, response updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 253,401 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on January 6. There have been 3,634 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. For
Local COVID case update reveals eight new cases, 28 in quarantine
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for 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
Hot Topic #39 | Vaccine FAQ 3.0
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| As the COVID immunization effort moves forward, it is time to provide updated information and answer common questions from the community. As with previous FAQs,
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 Tuesday, 425,900 doses of vaccine have been delivered
