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Orcasional Musings | New uses for what? Outhouses?
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| During the early history of Orcas Island, there was a whole lot of smuggling going on. We're just so close to the Canadian border that the temptation has
Book burning? Really?
-- Orcasional Musings by Steve Henigson -- Back about 20 years ago, Frank Michels got it into his head that there should be a theatrical production of Ray Bradbury's pro-book, pro-free-thought, science-fiction masterpiece, Fahrenheit 451, and
Letter to Editor | Clarification about Port Commissioner ballot
-- from Mia Kartiganer -- A lot of people have been asking me why all of the Port Commissioner candidates are not on the ballot. A primary ballot is required any time there are more
Indian raiders? Where?
-- Orcasional Musings by Steve Henigson -- Note that I'll be using the Politically Incorrect word, "Indian." It's the word that was in common usage when the events in this story took place, and, anyway,
Letter to Editor | Vacation rentals: Wanna do something about it?
-- from Steve Henigson -- Jean and I went to our bank, today, to do some everyday banking business. The lines were long, and moving slowly, and even the Bank Manager was doing the work
Letter to Editor | Thank you and please prepare for changes
-- from Lisa Byers for OPAL -- Thank you to each and every person who donated in order to get April’s Grove under construction. The recent fundraising activities with the Community Foundation and donations from
Letter to Editor | Trump administration and Orcas vacation rentals
-- from David Kobrin -- The two topics -- the effect of vacation rentals on our island, and racist (or nativist) charges against duly elected representatives in Congress -- at first glance seem unrelated. In
The island shaved bald? Why was that?
-- Orcasional Musings by Steve Henigson -- When what we now politically correctly call "settlers of European descent" first descended upon Orcas and settled, the island was thickly covered, shore to shore, with trees. There
Guest Opinion | The fierce urgency of now
-- from Cindy Wolf -- I read the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change October 2018 Update Executive Summary. You should, too. Especially if you hold public office. It basically says we have to
Letter to Editor | Navy takes environmental stewardship seriously
-- from Christopher “Scotty” Gray, Rear Admiral, Commander, Navy Region Northwest -- Recent allegations challenging the Navy’s operation of the Growler EA-18G aircraft have created a great deal of public interest in the Navy’s operations
Letter to Editor | Library has no role in advertised meeting
-- from Phil Heikkinen, Library Director -- Some of you may have received a post card within the past few days about two upcoming presentations about “MASA Medical Transport Solutions.” I believe this mailing was
Letter to Editor | My choices for Orcas Port
-- from Myrna Fant -- As a long-time resident and pilot on Orcas Island, please join me in voting for: Clyde A Duke, Poke Haffner, Bea vonTobel, and Mia Kartiganer. Let's keep the Port
Orcas history? Where do you find that?
-- Orcasional Musings by Steve Henigson -- A loyal reader has asked me where I get the information that I've been putting into my (so far) weekly column. Well, my sources are easy to name,
Letter to Editor | Lip service does not national security make
-- from Joseph Murphy -- Every once and awhile someone in public life stands up and says, “Enough!” We all know the chant from the movie Network, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going
Letter to Editor | Last day to support April’s Grove
www.giveorcas.org -- from Joellen Moldoff -- Thanks to all of you who have helped, we are mighty close to the goal of raising 250,000 for April's Grove. According to the latest information I just received
