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Gil Blinn, Seriously Injured

February 9, 2011 Shortlink

Gil Blinn lost control of his Cessna aircraft at Orcas Island airport and was seriously injured. Few details are available about how the accident happened. The aircraft is a total loss and damage to the hanger the Cessna taxi’d into [...]

Film: “Economics of Happiness” Draws Many Islanders

Film: “Economics of Happiness” Draws Many Islanders

February 7, 2011 Shortlink

About 80 Islanders filled the Odd Fellows Hall, overlooking East Sound this Friday. The group began forming around 6:15PM, in anticipation of the start of festivities. Many of the local Sustainable Orcas group members attended. Odd Fellows Hall high quality [...]

Orcas Island Air Tours: Mini Version

February 1, 2011 Shortlink

If costs are a consideration and when aren’t they, then you’ll enjoy this segment. I interviewed a team that came to Orcas Island to show off their wonderful little 3 wheeled, open cockpit aircraft. Even in today’s chilly air – [...]

Wil Saunders, Former PUC Regulator Appointed to State Broadband Program

January 10, 2011 Shortlink

Press release from the State of Washington. Wilford Saunders has been named as the new Washington States’ Broadband Policy and Programs Director. The Program currently resides within the Washington Department of Information Services. Saunders, an attorney, is a former regulator [...]

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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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