Here’s a thought…
“When is the time we all get to eat cake? I don’t want to miss it!”
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School Board to discuss budget, interview candidate in Thursday session
-- from Orcas Island School Board -- Thursday, APRIL 9, 5 p.m., ZOOM Link -- from Orcas Island School Board -- A Special School Board Meeting to discuss budget and interview School Board candidate. AGENDA 5 p.m. CALL TO ORDER - SPECIAL Mtg.- via ZOOM Approve the Agenda.Interview School Board
Tuning out the pandemic | Black Ball Ferry by Olga Symphony
— from your community — Our musical community reaches out during an unscheduled pandemic to share their tunes. Because music soothes, centers, distracts us. BLACK BALL FERRY | Olga Symphony If you have music you wish to share, send us an MP3 file to editor@theorcasonian.com.
Delivering soon? Local health centers extend birthing assurance
-- from Deanna Ellefson for PeaceHealth -- To ensure a safe delivery and provide mothers and their families with the best birth experience possible, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center Childbirth Center in Bellingham and the Birth Center at Island Hospital in Anacortes are balancing new visitor restrictions and social distancing
Letter to Editor | Social justice as disease prevention
-- from Tom Eversole -- Corona Virus is a wakeup call to issues influencing our health, economy, society, and government. Stopping COVID-19 spread depends on social distancing, but many don’t have that option. People make choices within the choices they have, so addressing economic and social injustice is sound disease
Inslee extends school closures for the rest of the 2019-20 school year
-- from the Office of Governor Jay Inslee -- Gov. Jay Inslee and Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal today announced the extension of school closures for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. The order keeps both public and private schools closed in accordance with the governor's original order on March 13. The
Pandemic Poetry | Instructions on Not Giving Up by Ada Limón
Instructions on Not Giving Up Ada Limón More than the fuchsia funnels breaking outof the crabapple tree, more than the neighbor’salmost obscene display of cherry limbs shovingtheir cotton candy-colored blossoms to the slatesky of Spring rains, it’s the greening of the treesthat really gets to me. When all the shock
Feeding the people is Food Bank’s prime directive
The Food Bank is now open for distribution two days a week - Tuesdays and Fridays - from 3-6 p.m. -- from Orcas Island Food Bank -- More than 220 community members--the most ever--received food Friday afternoon from the Food Bank. Every family received food according to their family size,
Pandemic Poetry | In April by Rainer Maria Rilke
In April Rainer Maria Rilke Again the woods are odorous, the lark Lifts on upsoaring wings the heaven gray That hung above the tree-tops, veiled and dark, Where branches bare disclosed the empty day. After long rainy afternoons an hour Comes with its shafts of golden light and flings Them
Lum family announces COVID infection
-- by Minor Lile, Orcas Issues reporter -- Amy and Eric Lum are the owners of Lum Farm LLC, which is located on the historic Coffelt Farm Preserve and also incorporates several neighboring pastures. They released the following announcement yesterday (April 5). We appreciate their agreeing to also share this information
Fire Chief: We couldn’t ask for a better community to serve
-- from Orcas Island Fire & Rescue -- https://youtu.be/dY0DLd3sqgc
Tuning out the pandemic | Empty Pockets by Sharon Abreu & Mike Hurwicz
-- from your community -- Our musical community reaches out during an unscheduled pandemic to share their tunes. Because music soothes, centers, distracts us. Sharon Abreu & Mike Hurwicz If you have music you wish to share, send us an MP3 file to editor@theorcasonian.com.
Letter to Editor | A guy eats a bat, now I’m unemployed
-- from Gigi Carter -- That’s the punchline of a meme my friend posted on Facebook. It’s funny-not funny, and it poetically describes what some already know to be true—that we are all interconnected. Food choices are complex in that they are rooted in tradition, culture, and what brings each
What’s happening at the Food Bank? Good stuff
-- from Orcas Island Food Bank -- You may have seen the big outdoor tent in front of the Food Bank. It's there to guide our clients in using our new outdoor delivery process. We are prepacking bags of food for different family sizes, and having clients maintain a six-foot
Washington State launches Spread the Facts public awareness campaign
The Spread the Facts campaign is urging all Washingtonians to “Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Informed” -- from State Emergency Operations Center -- Washington State Department of Health, Health Care Authority, Department of Social and Health Services and partner agencies recently launched a statewide public awareness campaign to help stop
Meanwhile, what to do with old beer during a pandemic
-- from Rick Hughes, County Councilmember -- To all my friends on Orcas and in San Juan County, I wanted to apologize for not posting much this weekend and I know a lot of new information has presented and I should of been more current. I needed a break and
New CDC public health recommendation: Cover your face
-- from Brendan Cowan for Department of Emergency Management -- April 5, 2020: Following a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revision to public health guidelines, San Juan County health officials recommend islanders cover their nose and mouth when leaving home for essential travel allowed under the Governor’s
