Lifestyles

Flying Today – Right Now, Right Here

February 16, 2011 Shortlink

One of the best recreational activities in the Islands area is taking a ride in an airplane. Sure the San Juan Islands ferry feels the equivalent of a paid cruise in the Bahamas, with more stunning sunsets, islands and wildlife [...]

Eastsound Instruments

Eastsound Instruments

February 13, 2011 Shortlink

Little known outside of local residents is in the heart of Eastound next to the Post Office. You’ll have to scramble a bit to find it but it’s worth it. I spoke with the owner for a while this week. [...]

Orcas Island Photo Contest 2010 – Judges Book Produced

Orcas Island Photo Contest 2010 – Judges Book Produced

February 12, 2011 Shortlink

In the latter part of 2009, the first Orcas Island Photo Contest was launched, by yours truly. The intent was to bring photographers together, share the fun and work of building a yearly Photo Contest. With over 50 photography enthusiasts [...]

WSDOT San Juan Islands Live Ferry Map

February 11, 2011 Shortlink

WSDOT has some interesting services to customers, the trouble is, most of us don’t know about them. Orcas Island TV wants you to know, so you can get the most out of traveling to and from Orcas Island, San Jan [...]

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Nice write up at SJI Update on 10 year anniversary of FH Fire: http://t.co/j9wlLf6f. Great lesson in community resiliency.

Orcas phones are operational as of 1:40pm according to CenturyLink.

These Fire Stations are manned on Orcas until 911 is back: 21Eastsound, 23Rosario, 25Olga, 22Westsound, 24Deer Harbor, 26Orcas, 27Doe Bay.

Land and cell phone on Orcas, incl 911 is currently down. Go to main fire station if 911 type help is needed. CenturyLink is working issue.

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Whooping Cough Occurring in Epidemic Numbers in WA
“Whooping cough sounds like an old time disease,” said Tony Giefer, MD, MPH, and Medical Director of Orcas Medical Center. “We wish it was a thing of the past, but whooping cough — pertussis — is now occurring in epidemic numbers in the state of Washington.” As of mid-April of this year, according to the […]
OMF Annual Meeting Includes Good News and UW Speaker
More than 40 people attended the Orcas Medical Foundation (OMF) annual meeting on April 24 in the Madrona Room at Orcas Center. OMF Board President Norm Zimlich began with a brief OMF business meeting, which included a positive review of 2011. “We successfully transitioned to Island Hospital management of Orcas Medical Center (OMC),” said Zimlich. […]
Students Study the Human Body with Help from Local Physicians
In recent weeks, fourth and fifth-grade students at Salmonberry School, on North Beach Road in Eastsound, have explored many aspects of the human body with guidance from their teacher Paul Freedman and two Salmonberry School parents who are local physicians. “Dr. Jim Litch presented a terrific lesson on the structure and function of the human […]
“What’s the best thing you can do for your health?”
Here’s a clever, nine-minute video posted by Dr. Mike Evans, an associate professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a staff physician at St. Michael’s Hospital. In this video, Dr. Evans presents convincing evidence for a single treatment or “intervention” that can have a positive impact on your health […]

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