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
It’s back to school next week for our island grade schoolers
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Next week grades kindergarten thru 2nd + Montessori 1st - 3rd will be coming back for in-person school. Here are the videos we just put out to parents
Poem for today | Vote!
VOTE Nikki Giovanni It’s not a hug Nor mistletoe at Christmas It’s not a colored egg At Easter Nor a bunny hopping Across the meadow It’s a Vote Saying you are A citizen Though it
Kiwanis Club of Orcas Island installs new officers
||| FROM VALA ROSS for KIWANIS CLUB OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| The Kiwanis Club of Orcas Island is proud to welcome new members and confirm new officers to take leadership of the organization. It is
Orcasional Musings | Newspapers: What about them? (Part two)
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| Why did four of New York City's seven large-circulation newspapers die? It happened quite suddenly, all in the same year. And why did The New York Times change its format
Recap of recent COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 105,557 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on October 28. There have been 2,359 COVID-19 deaths in Washington.
Island Hospital partners with Orcas Island to operate a primary care clinic
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| ANACORTES, Washington – Beginning March 2021, Island Hospital (Skagit County Public Hospital District #2) will operate a single clinic providing primary, same day and after-hours services on
UW Medicine prepares for Orcas Island clinic transition
||| FROM DEBRA GUSSIN for UW NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS ||| UW Medicine has been proud to provide high-quality primary care at the Orcas Island Clinic for the past three years. As your partners in health, we
Hot Topic #32 | Guidance on symptoms of COVID and when to stay home from work or school
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN, DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| For most of us, one of the challenges of the COVID response has been trying to pull out useful details from the steady stream of complicated
COVID-19 activity intensifying across Washington state
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on COVID-19 transmission, which shows a general rise in the intensity of
Recap of recent COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 104,027 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on October 26. There have been 2,337 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. For
Economic Development Council: Funding opportunities still available
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| New opportunities keep being created. Here are a few recent or ongoing ones for: 501(c)(3) non-profits. Grant program focusing on those led by and serving black,
Masks required for Chamber’s upcoming Eastsound trick or treat stroll
||| FROM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ||| The Chamber of Commerce invites you to take part this Saturday, October 31 We are offering a safety-first Trick or Treating plan, inviting businesses or individuals to set up
OICF to offer GiveOrcas 2020 Holiday Campaign
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) will offer a slightly updated version of our GiveOrcas holiday campaign this December. This fun island tradition gives donors the opportunity to
New COVID case on Orcas was not unexpected
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN FOR DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| One new positive COVID test result has been reported in San Juan County, for an Orcas Island resident who is a close household contact of
Western states form workgroup to ensure safety and efficacy of COVID vaccines
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| In case you missed it: Gov. Jay Inslee announced today that Washington is joining other western states to review the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines when approved
Today’s poem | Nikki-Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
Nikki-Rosa BY NIKKI GIOVANNI childhood remembrances are always a drag if you’re Black you always remember things like living in Woodlawn with no inside toilet and if you become famous or something they never talk
