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Letter to Editor | Big Thank You to Rosario Resort and Spa
-- from Orcas Island Education Foundation Board -- The Orcas Island Education Foundation would like to give a huge thank you to Rosario Resort and Spa for its tremendous donation through the “2018 Festival of
Letter to Editor | This Non-profit Needs Our Help — Now
-- from Miguel Villarreal -- The 11 Million Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, imposed on the Pacific NW coast Island Oil Spill Association (IOSA ) has been responding to spills in the San Juan Islands
Letter to Editor | I Began the New Year With a Broken Hip…
-- from David Shinstrom, M.D. -- A huge thank you to the considerate Orcas community, Orcas Family Health Center, and PeaceHealth St. Joseph's Hospital. As many of you are aware, last week I broke my hip,
Letter to Editor |Thank You to Those Who Saved My Life
-- from Steve Henigson -- The day after Christmas, my appendix burst, and I was rushed into emergency surgery at Island Hospital. But that’s only half of the story.When my wife, Jean, called 911 at
Letter to Editor | Gratitude for Community Donations
-- from Hilary Canty for Orcas Island Community Foundation -- Thanks to community donations during the 2018 GiveOrcas Holiday Catalog, over $47,000 was distributed to 18 great programs serving the Orcas Island community (see a
Letter to Editor | GoFundMe Set Up to End Homelessness on Orcas Island
-- from Domenic Verbano -- My fellow islanders, I have a problem. I care about homeless people. They pull at my heart. I see them here, where we live. I see them wandering around the
Editorial: Journalism and History
--by Margie Doyle -- "Journalism" the profession of noting daily. For me, it started with Anne Frank's diary and my Aunt Connie's scribblings before she started her "day jobs" of painting Hollywood celebrities and corresponding
In These Days: All Should Be Taxed….
Warm Valley Creche on Orcas Island (from 2010) "And it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed... "And
Letter to Editor | Thank You to Orcas Fire & Rescue
-- from Tom and Karen Ritter -- Greetings to all members of Orcas-Fire-Rescue-EMS: Thank you for your professional service to the residents and visitors of Orcas Island. Your work as a team to save lives,
The Holy Dark: Thoughts on the Winter Solstice
–by Margie Doyle, reprinted upon request — Going through these wild and windy and sad days, it can be harder than usual to bear the slings and arrows of daily fortune (or misfortune). We
Letter to Editor | Music Room To Be Constructed in 2019
At the school board meeting on Tuesday evening, December 18, board members decisively elected to construct the long-awaited Multi-purpose/Music Room, which was on the Alternate list of the recent re-bid for the 2017 Bond Construction.
Letter to Editor | Keep the School Music Room
-- from Music Advocacy Group -- The reduced scope of the 2017 School Construction Bond has relegated the Multi-purpose/Music Room to the ‘Alternate’ category, in are-prioritized list of projects for a new bid package. There
Guest Opinion | More Military Control Over Land-Use?
-- from David Turnoy -- Recently Rhea Miller of Lopez Island wrote a guest column in The Sounder which also appeared in Orcas Issues. In this column she spoke of the growing effort of the
Guest Opinion | Please Help Save Indian Island
-- from David Turnoy -- Just over a week ago, Russel Barsh of Kwiaht posted comments about the draft RMP plan which includes Indian Island. The BLM is planning changes that would degrade the island,
Letter to Editor | Bolshoi Reflects Our Love for Dance
-- from Marti Monroe -- We want to share this world-class opportunity with you. For the last several years, something notable has been going on at Orcas Center at 2 p.m. on specific weekend days
