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Guest Opinion | Response following Growler meeting
-- from Susan Shannon -- About 35 people attended an info meeting in Eastsound on Thursday, November 14 presented by the Sound Defense Alliance, who updated us about the Growler issue.Nearly all the meeting attendees
Orcasional Musings | Assisted Suicide? Deer? Really?
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| We keep hearing that there is a "plague of deer" here on Orcas, and that people of good conscience who care about the natural environment should help to
Letter to Editor | To the voters of Orcas Island
-- from Bea vonTobel -- Thank you for your confidence in allowing me to continue serving as a commissioner for the Port of Orcas. The commissioners, both new and continuing, have a daunting series of
A new lease on life at 70 — Who me?
-- by Rosie Kuhn -- Harriet and Daniel met while working in the financial industry. They’ve been married 20 years. Both in their mid-70’s now, they clearly state that who they are now is so
Eastsound, West Sound, all around the…island?
||| BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| When I want our East-Coast relatives to understand what Orcas is like, I have to compare it with something that they already know. I use Manhattan Island, the hub of
Letter to Editor | Sincere thanks for campaign support
-- from Greg Ayers -- I would like to express my sincere thanks to everyone who supported my campaign. And congratulations to the newly elected Commissioners. I wish them all the best for responsible stewardship
Letter to Editor | Many thanks for the support
-- from Mia Kartiganer -- Many thanks to everyone who supported and voted for me. And for those who did not I will work diligently to assure your disappointment is short lived. Thanks to Greg
Editorial | Chasing down a [non-]story
-- by Lin McNulty, Editor, Orcas Issues -- It seemed it could be a story for the ages when it captured the curiosity of this Editor on September 15 when San Juan County Public Works
Letter to Editor | Gratitude to Odd Fellows contributors
-- from Didier Gincig for Odd Fellows Lodge -- Thank you to everyone who bought a wood raffle (or solar) ticket in October to raise funds for Odd Fellows scholarship awards to graduating high school
Letter to Editor | All the candy, all the donations
-- from Laurie Michael for Bonnie Brae -- Yet another year of over 100 kids at Bonnie Brae Lane! By Halloween, the donations came to over 50 lbs of candy at least! And the energy of
Orcasional Musings | Birds and squirrels…and deer, oh, my!
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| When I was young, I would find work on an upstate dairy farm for the summer, just to get out of the city. Once, I had my arm
Letter to Editor | Petition for moratorium on new vacation rental permits
-- from Vacation Rental Work Group -- Please express your concern about the proliferation of vacation rentals to the San Juan County Council by signing the petition for a moratorium to formulate and enact reasonable
Letter to Editor | Why we should support Referendum 88
-- from Cindy Wolf -- Approving Referendum 88 on I-1000 means YES on affirmative action, without quotas. I like quotas, as they hold people to measurable accountability, but if we cannot have quotas, let's institutionalize the
Letter to Editor | Initiative 1000 needs your support
-- from Eleanor Hoague -- I have been seeing a large number of signs around Orcas urging people to vote no on Referendum 88 saying "Keep Discrimination Illegal." THIS IS HUGELY MISLEADING. The referendum is a
Letter to Editor | My choices in this critical Port election
-- from Robert Gamble -- We used to be able to direct message our candidates at the time of election and that was sufficient. Now the world turns faster and we need candidates who can
