Here’s a thought…
“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man.”
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Letter to Editor | To my fellow Orcas islanders, to all islanders
||| FROM DOMENIC VERBANO ||| As people start to awaken to how we have all been played, by the controllers of this world, I want to put out a call for us all to come together, again. We need to re-unite. They have tried their hardest to divide us: Democrats/Republicans,
Registration for San Juans Ag Summit is now live
San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit Date: March 4 & 5, 2022 Location: Virtual and in-person on Lopez Island ||| FROM KELSEY GREEN for SJI AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT ||| Registration is now live for the 2022 San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit! Find the schedule, more information, and register HERE. The tenth annual
UPDATED LINK: Health District meeting upcoming
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Agenda and Materials (Board Packet) for the February 15, 2022 Regular Board Meeting will be posted February 14. You can access the agenda and meeting materials at this link. Commissioners will discuss proposed amendments to bylaws, rules for
Islands Conservation Corps is shining brightly
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Islands Conservation Corps invited the OICF Board and Staff on a site visit on the Turtleback Preserve, where they are working on fire mitigation and restoration projects. The ICC was started in 2020 with grant funding from OICF through
Youth opportunity to participate in WA state heritage internship
||| FROM SANDY STREHLOU ||| This internship is available to high school students in WA. It is a very cool summer 4-day internship that brings WA youth (high school students) together with a variety of professionals and tradespeople to work on a preservation project important to WA State history. It
School Board meeting moved to this Thursday
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| The board decided to move up the date for their monthly meeting to next Thursday (4th Thursdays @ 5 p.m. is the usual time) as the schools are closed the following week for mid-winter break. Here is the link: OISD School Board Meetings
Upcoming class opportunities from Island Health
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HEALTH ||| Island Health offers online Mediterranean nutrition class The Mediterranean diet has been shown to support healthier blood pressure, cholesterol, and body weight. Join Registered Dietitian Amber Phillips for an overview of this exciting eating style and practical tips for making it work
Don’t miss out on SJC Master Gardener’s online plant sale
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SJC LAND BANK ||| Spring is around the corner – be ready to get your favorite native plants into the soil and established. Have you checked out the San Juan County Master Gardener Foundation’s online plant sale? In addition to bundles of bare root shrubs
New radiation oncologists join PeaceHealth
PeaceHealth cancer centers in Bellingham and Sedro-Woolley add radiation oncology expertise ||| FROM ANNE WILLIAMS for PEACEHEALTH ||| BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Building on its comprehensive portfolio of the latest technologies to diagnose and treat cancers and decades of experience providing comprehensive and compassionate care to patients, PeaceHealth is pleased to
Poetry | A Black History Month tribute
||| POSTED AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER ||| I, Too BY LANGSTON HUGHES Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I’ll be at the
Sun Days on Orcas | Guard your heart
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Teenagers and college kids, every form of media is telling you about love. You don’t turn on the radio and hear songs about riding horses or flying drones. You don’t see teen magazines on racks in the store with articles about
Lovelett bill to provide transitional food assistance unanimously clears Senate
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATS ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Senate ... unanimously approved legislation to provide transitional food assistance for more families. Senate Bill 5785, sponsored by Sen. Liz Lovelett (D-Anacortes), would direct the Department of Social and Health Services to provide transitional food assistance to households that no
Park & Rec has some great opportunities to play, volunteer, or pursue a career
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND PARK AND RECREATION ||| We have some fun youth and adult programs open for enrollment, as well as a variety of volunteer and career opportunities. For more information and program registration, see below or visit www.oiprd.org. ART: After school art with Ms. Brook (this program is in
WA Verify surpasses huge milestone: 1 million digital vaccination cards successfully created
State’s digital tool gives Washingtonians convenient access to their COVID-19 vaccine records ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is pleased to share WA Verify, the state’s Digital COVID-19 Verification Record system, has successfully generated more than 1 million QR codes for
Inslee: Could mask requirements be lifted soon?
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Inslee says pandemic ‘turning point’ could see mask requirements lifted soon Gov. Jay Inslee welcomed declines in COVID hospitalizations this week as evidence the state is at a turning point in the pandemic. COVID-19 hospitalizations and case counts remain high, but
Economic Development Council always has such cool opportunities available
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Register for Webinar to learn about new Childcare Grant Save the date! Informational webinar Feb. 28 Monday, Feb. 28, 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Commerce will host an application webinar covering eligible grant costs, program requirements, eligible organizations and instructions on how to
