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“When is the time we all get to eat cake? I don’t want to miss it!”
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Guidance on cloth face coverings from State Department of Health
-- from State Emergency Operations Center, Camp Murray -- Camp Murray, WA — Washington state is currently experiencing significant community-based transmission of COVID-19. Recent information suggests that a significant portion of persons with COVID-19 may not have any symptoms, and even those who do have symptoms can transmit the infection before
Recap of today’s COVID-19 news and updates
-- from State Emergency Operations Center, Camp Murray -- Guidance on Cloth Face Coverings from the Washington State Department of Health: The Washington State Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommend that people wear cloth face coverings when they are in public settings where they cannot maintain
Community emergency response funding report
-- from Hilary Canty for Orcas Island Community Foundation -- This past week, the primary focus of the Community Emergency Response Fund advisory team has been to ensure that every one on Orcas has a place and a shelter to shelter in place. A Shelter task force was established (adding
Inslee trims 2020 supplemental operating budget to address financial impact of COVID-19
-- from Office of Governor Jay Inslee -- Facing a growing fiscal threat posed by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, Gov. Jay Inslee used his line-item veto authority today to trim $235 million from the 2020 supplemental operating budget the Legislature approved last month. The vetoes will reduce spending another $210 million in
Tuning out the pandemic | Uncle Jorge from Bruce Harvie
-- from your community -- Our musical community reaches out during an unscheduled pandemic to share their tunes. Because music soothes, centers, distracts us. UNCLE JORGE | Bruce Harvie If you have music you wish to share, send us an MP3 file to editor@theorcasonian.com.
Larsen will host COVID-19 telephone town hall
Tuesday, April 7, 6 p.m., Dial in: 855.962.0954 -- from the Office of Rep. Rick Larsen -- On Tuesday, April 7, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) will host a live telephone town hall to discuss the COVID-19 outbreak with Second District residents. Suzan “Suzi” LeVine, Commissioner of the Washington Employment Security
We’re in this together – Washington state to send ventilators
-- Governor Jay Inslee's Office-- Gov. Jay Inslee today, recognizing the dire situation in other states, announced the state of Washington will return more than 400 ventilators received from the Strategic National Stockpile to the SNS inventory to help states facing higher numbers of COVID-19 cases. "These ventilators are going
County reminder of board vacancies to be filled
-- from San Juan County Communications -- The County Council is searching for San Juan County citizens to fill current and upcoming vacancies on various boards and commissions. Additional information about each committee is available on the County's website. Persons interested in serving on a board or advisory committee should
State recreation lands closure extended to May 4
In accordance with the governor’s extension of the “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order, all state lands will continue to be closed to the public through May 4. OLYMPIA – April 3, 2020 – The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission (Parks) and the Washington Department of
Guest Opinion| Wise words from a friend
-- from Karen J. Key Speck -- During these trying times many of us wonder "what can I do to help" and because the isolation and lack of work makes things seem terribly daunting, one may also wonder, "Is anything I do or donate even enough?" I wanted to share
Aging Like a Guru | All habits die hard
-- from Rosie Kuhn -- Yesterday, my coaching session with my client Holly brought up some important stuff in her life and in mine - and inadvertently perhaps, in yours! It's enough to say that, quite often, we habitually be and do things based on principles that aren't the ones we really want to live
Kruse Reviews | ‘Hitler’s First 100 Days’
-- from Jens Kruse -- Peter Fritzsche, the W.D. & Sarah E. Trowbridge Professor of History at the University of Illinois, has written an important and timely book. It makes a good companion volume to Benjamin Carter Hett’s The Death of Democracy: Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Downfall of
Four new positive test results reported in San Juan County
Three new cases on Orcas -- from Brendan Cowan, Department of Emergency Management -- San Juan County Health and Community Services staff have been notified of four new positive COVID-19 test results in San Juan County, including one on San Juan Island and three on Orcas Island. This brings the
Village Voices
-- by Minor Lile, Orcas Issues reporter -- This is the fourth in our Village Voices series, in which we take the pulse of the people of Orcas Island on a particular topic. Last month’s question was “How are you feeling about the Coronavirus situation?” A lot has changed in
Inslee issues guidance for Department of Licensing operations
-- from Governor Jay Inslee's Office -- Gov. Jay Inslee announced additional guidance today related to the "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" proclamation to slow the spread of COVID-19. In recognition of disruption caused by COVID-19, the proclamations extend the renewal date of personal and commercial driver's licenses and suspend the
Pandemic Poetry | Hope by Czeslaw Milosz
Hope Czeslaw Milosz Hope is with you when you believeThe earth is not a dream but living flesh,That sight, touch, and hearing do not lie,That all things you have ever seen hereAre like a garden looked at from a gate. You cannot enter. But you're sure it's there.Could we but
