Here’s a thought…
“Peace is not something we ask for — it’s something we practice, together.”
WALK FOR PEACE
OIHCD regular meeting on Dec. 15 is cancelled
||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The December 15 Regular Meeting of the OIHCD has been cancelled. The Board will resume meeting on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 5 pm. Wishing everyone in the community a very safe and healthy holiday season. We look forward
Guest Opinion | Reasons for hope
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| We find ourselves living in this country in perhaps the most polarized time since the American Civil War. The recent election and diverging opinions over protests this past summer for racial justice and equality are good illustrations. But are we really that divided? Aren’t there
Presson: On seeking care during the medical clinic transition
A Message from OIHCD, Island Hospital, and the Orcas Clinics ||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| We are excited the process has begun to bring health care providers and staff from the two existing medical practices together. It’s been over 15 years since there has
Call for playwrights, both seasoned and brand new
||| FROM AAIMEE JOHNSON for ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| The 15th Annual Ten-Minute PlayFest 2021 is underway! We’re looking for short play submissions from local writers. Whether you are a seasoned playwright or a brand new writer, we’d love to consider your work. For now, we will choose
Department of Health improves how it reports COVID-19 deaths
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA -- To provide more accurate daily reports, the Washington State Department of Health is making changes to how it reports deaths from COVID-19. These changes will streamline the process as death counts increase. Rather than a preliminary cause of death, the agency will only
Health district, Island Hospital to present joint vision for new clinic
Please join leaders from Orcas Island Health Care District ( OIHCD) and Island Hospital to hear about their joint vision for the new, single clinic coming to Orcas in the spring of 2021. The online meeting will be held on ZOOM, from 5 pm - 6 pm on Thursday, Dec.
Human-made stuff doubles in mass every 20 years
It Just Crossed a Disturbing Line ||| FROM SCIENCE ALERT ||| All of the Amazon's splendid greenery. Every fish in the Pacific. Every microbe underfoot. Every elephant on the plains, every flower, fungus, and fruit-fly in the fields, no longer outweighs the sheer amount of stuff humans have made. Estimates
Putting the green in the holiday season
What do fish sing during the holidays? Christmas corals! ||| FROM AMY NESLER for SAN JUAN VISITORS BUREAU ||| Have you resolved to be more eco-conscious this holiday season? Transition San Juan Island and Plastic Free Salish Sea can help! Check out the ideas below to reduce waste and lighten
COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan update from 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 planning efforts. If everything goes as planned, we expect to have the vaccine delivered early next week in multiple locations across the state. The federal government has given
A special online musical event: Home for the Holidays
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE. for ORCAS CENTER ||| Never has the phrase, “Home for the Holidays” been more appropriate than this year. With many of us unable to attend events with friends and family, it’s hard to get into the holiday spirit. But, fret not - With COVID precautions strictly
Sheriff’s Report | December 2 – 7, 2020
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 20-010200 Welfare Check 12:47:41 12/02/20 Deputies responded to a welfare check on San Juan Island regarding a person in a mental health crisis. The person involved was peacefully taken into protective custody per a court ordered mental health pickup
And the Orcas East Precinct ballot recount resulted in — no change in count
||| FROM MILENE HENLEY, COUNTY AUDITOR ||| A recount of votes cast for Governor in San Juan County’s Orcas East precinct matched exactly the original vote count in the race. The recount, which had been requested by a representative of a political party, was conducted Thursday by two teams of
Transition Lopez Island outlines progress toward fossil-free, food secure future
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| Last Saturday, December 5, a group called “Transition Lopez Island” convened a tele-panel of residents and representatives to update the community on progress toward a fossil-free future and steps to get there. Local panelists led off the four-hour session listing achievements and goals:
Guest Opinion | People power scores win vs. inequality
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH ||| Washington – Unless you tuned out Donald Trump on his final frenetic campaign blitz, you remember seeing him barnstorming across Florida, stoking the fears of Latino voters with his nightmare threat that Joe Biden & Company would “turn America into Communist Cuba or Socialist Venezuela.” Fearmongering
Recap of recent statewide COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 192,413 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on December 9. There have been 2,850 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. For the most recent tally of cases by county, demographics, and more, visit the Department of Health's dashboard and the
Latest local COVID-19 news, updates
||| 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 case confirmation is complete, usually daily. It is possible that other information sources in community
