Here’s a thought…
“There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.”
ALFRED KORZYBSKI
Health District update on first month with Island Primary Care-Orcas
||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The new Clinic under Island Hospital’s leadership started seeing patients on Monday, April 5. Over the first month, the team provided 930 patient care visits. The types of services delivered included: 629 provider visits 152 lab visits 143 nurse
At least a dozen dead deer have been found in Spring Point area
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| Spring Point residents were surprised and shocked to learn that up to a dozen dead deer were discovered throughout the area within the last couple of days. Area residents took to email to share the news. A report has been filed with the
Spring is here! Master Gardeners will be at Driftwood to answer your gardening problems
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY for MASTER GARDENERS OF SJC ||| Spring has arrived and with a new gardening season you perhaps have questions or problems related to your plants. The Master Gardeners of San Juan County will be at Driftwood Nursery Wednesday, May 12 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
SJC Fair is looking for local talent to fulfill “Lettuce Entertain You” theme
||| FROM JENNIFER ALLEN for SAN JUAN COUNTY FAIR ||| Interested in performing at the 2021 San Juan County Fair? The 2021 "Lettuce Entertain Ewe" Fair is looking for local talent to help round out this years entertainment series. The fair will be virtual this year and is looking for
Book Review | I Am 99: A southern resident orca story
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| Sailor-Lyn wants to learn all she can about the Southern Resident orcas she sees in Friday Harbor. When she finds out there are only 72 whales left, she makes a promise to help save them from extinction. Will there be 99 whales again
School Board will meet both in-person and via ZOOM
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island School District School Board will be hosting their meetings in-person in the school cafeteria AND online VIA ZOOM on Thursday, May 13, 2021 5 p.m. Public health guidelines in response to the Covid-19 pandemic will be followed. In-person attendees will be
Missive from Medicare: Guard your COVID-19 vaccination card
||| FROM MEDICARE ||| After you get your COVID-19 vaccine, keep your vaccination card safe — scammers are using the COVID-19 pandemic to try to steal your personal information. Don't share a photo of your COVID-19 vaccination card online or on social media. Scammers can use content you post, like your date
EDC presents a FREE course in Sustainability Management
||| FROM VICTORIA COMPTON for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| The EDC invites community leaders, legislators, entrepreneurs, and business owners to join in a FREE 2-day course in Sustainability Management, led by world-renowned expert in corporate sustainability & social entrepreneurship, Nikos Avlonas. The course will cover in-depth, the topic of community and
Open hours at our library are gradually increasing
||| FROM PHIL HEIKKINEN for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| We continue gradually to increase our building’s open hours, most recently adding two hours to the start of the day. We’re now open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the same days of the week as before, Mon-Wed-Fri-Sat. Library users
Too early to tell whether our statewide flattening of COVID-19 curve will continue
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest COVID-19 modeling and surveillance situation report. There are some signs in the most recent data that cases may be starting to flatten, but disease activity remains high – meaning vaccination efforts and
EDC presents a FREE, 5-week regenerative business design course
||| FROM VICTORIA COMPTON for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| The EDC invites entrepreneurs, business owners and community leaders to join in a FREE, 5-week, intensive course in Regenerative Business Design. Led by renowned permaculture designer and educator Patty Love, the course will guide participants through the steps necessary to build –
Inslee announces a pause in re-opening plan in his weekly press update
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Healthy Washington enters pause as COVID activity statewide plateaus Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday announced a two-week pause on movement in the Healthy Washington: Roadmap to Recovery reopening plan. Under the pause, every county will remain in its current phase. At the end of
WSF weekly report indicates no service disruption locally due to Wenatchee fire
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Service changes across system due to Wenatchee fire When we unexpectedly lose one of our largest ferries (Puyallup, Tacoma and Wenatchee), there are cascading effects across our system. With Wenatchee out of service for several months due to a recent fire and continuing pandemic-related vessel crewing challenges
Sheriff’s Report | April 27 – May 3, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| TUESDAY, APRIL 27 21-003399 Trespassing 11:41:31 04/27/21 A Deputy on Orcas was dispatched to a trespassing call in Eastsound. The suspect was identified and a report was taken. The case will be sent to the prosecutor's office for charging decision. 21-003402 Trespassing
Latest from Lekanoff | University guidance, emergency broadband, climate commitment act
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| Happy Fantastic Friday! This week, we honor and remember our missing sisters on National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People. A huge thank you to the Washington State Women’s Commission for hosting the No More Stolen Sisters panel discussion. It
Letter to Editor | Time for ranked-choice voting in San Juan County
||| FROM LEARNER LIMBACH ||| Have you ever looked at your choices on a ballot and thought, “I’m just not excited about any of these?” I have, and I’m tired of being coerced into voting for the “lesser evil.” I think many others are, too. Ranked-choice voting is one idea that
