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Letter to Editor | Navy unresponsive to Washingtonians sheltering in place
-- from Mark Lundsten, Chair, Sound Defense Alliance (SDA) -- Right now, the number one priority for our state and nation is to defeat COVID19. Gov. Jay Inslee announced Friday he would extend Washington’s stay-home
Letter to Editor | Waiting to exhale
-- from Tom Eversole -- China implemented strict countermeasures to stop COVID-19 to save people. Americans are reopening businesses to manage COVID-19 to save capital. It is a false choice. Saving both is possible as per New York’s smart reopening
Aging Like a Guru | Sometimes aging ain’t so pretty
-- by Rosie Kuhn -- Glen has Parkinson’s Disease. He is 72, lives alone, and he fell the other day. He was needing to get to the bathroom -- didn’t make it -- messed his
Village Voices | When do you think tourism activity should resume on the island?
-- by Minor Lile, Orcas Issues reporter -- And suddenly it’s May. With our monthly Village Voices series, we take the pulse of the Orcas Island community. Every month we’ll be out and about, asking
Guest Opinion | The pandemic economy
-- from Joe Cohen -- A current debate is the question: What are we seeking to accomplish (if and when we reopen our community) and Why? The County Council has indicated (in advance of any direction from the
Guest Opinion | How the 2020 Census benefits San Juan County, islanders
-- from Rep. Rick Larsen and SJC Council; Signed by Rick Hughes, Chair; Bill Watson, Vice Chair; Jamie Stephens, Member -- As islanders continue social distancing to help slow the spread of COVID-19, you are
Letter to Editor | Quarantine and the virus
-- from Walt Corbin -- Of all the communities that could shelter from the virus is Orcas and the other islands. I have been delayed getting back home because of the virus but I was
Letter to Editor | Thank you, Orcas community
-- from Lena Kassa for Orcas Senior Center -- All of us at the Orcas Senior Center would like to say a big THANK YOU to the Orcas community for your generous donations to the
Aging Like a Guru | Can you know how great you are?
-- from Rosie Kuhn -- For most of us, the world we live in doesn't support us knowing how great we are. It doesn't support us being fearless, abundant, and extraordinary. In fact, our consensus
Letter to Editor | Making COVID policy decisions
-- from Tom Eversole -- Elected officials at all levels wrestle with the conundrum of prolonging physical distancing versus when and how to reopen commerce. A steady diet of win/lose dualism has produced the body
Letter to Editor | Lots and lots of thank yous
-- from Kat Fennell -- Thank you to the members of our community that have continued to provide the necessary services to the rest of us. Also, “thank you” to those who have been concerned
Guest Opinion | A plea to step up, today
-- from Eleanor Hoague -- We have all been enduring the very real hardships placed on us by the Coronavirus pandemic. Our interactions with other people have been severely limited; we have lost the opportunity
Letter to Editor | Cutting a deal with COVID
-- from Tom Eversole -- Deal making is useless against Mother Nature. Threatening COVID19 with a premature return to business as usual is like bullying the weather not to rain, because you haven’t fixed your
Aging Like a Guru | What is divine will, and what’s it got to do with aging?
-- from Rosie Kuhn -- I don't know about you, but my will is to have things go my way according to my perceptions and interpretations of reality. However, that’s like allowing a five-year-old to drive a
Village Voices | At home edition
-- by Minor Lile, Orcas Issues reporter -- Several more responses have been received to last week’s Village Voices. We invite you to join in the conversation. Please send your answers to minorlile@theorcasonian.com, along with
