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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
Letter to the Editor: Center’s “Roasted Nut” Deserves High Praise
--by Velma Doty-- Once again I am moved by what Orcas Center has offered to us. After many decades and after MANY many wonderful musicals / plays / and other events, I am again truly
Guest Opinion | Remembering AIDS 30th Anniversary
-- from Leif -- December first is the thirtieth anniversary of World AIDS Day. Until actor Rock Hudson’s death three years earlier in October 1985, most here were unaware of the looming worldwide pandemic. The
Letter to Editor | Gratitude for Community Thanksgiving Dinner
-- from Didier Gincig for Odd Fellows -- We would like to give thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of the Thanksgiving meal at the Odd Fellows hall. We would like to extend
Editorial Column: Journalism Reveals Challenges of “Paradise”
--by Margie Doyle -- July 4, 2011 -- Here in the U.S. Heartland (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) I breakfast at the hotel where Casey Anthony's trial continues to fix the imagination of Americans, and senior
Past, Present and Future: Orcas Issues Serves Us
-- by Margie Doyle -- Last night Orcas Issues News and Views celebrated our 10th anniversary with an Orcas-style potluck party at the Odd Fellows Hall. We invited over 300 of our subscribers and we're
Guest Opinion: Blue Wave – A Team Effort on the Left
-- by Learner Limbach -- What seemed on election night to be sort of a blue ripple has actually shaped up to be an impressive blue wave, with many more races going the way of
Guest Opinion: Pat Tillman, Military and Football Icon
--by Marie Tillman in The Washington Post -- Marie Tillman is the founder and chief executive of Mac & Mia, and co-founder and board chair of the Pat Tillman Foundation. She is the author of
Guest Opinion: Patriot Games Come to Orcas; Buyer Beware!
-- by Joseph Murphy -- My first thought upon reading the Orcas Issues article detailing the lavish all-day celebration of veterans on November 13 [at the public school district] was: “Does this mean that on
Letter to the Editor: YES for Homes Success Means Stable Housing
-- from YES for Homes Coalition of San Juan County -- The YES for Homes Coalition of San Juan County extends its deep gratitude to all the voters who helped pass the historic Home Fund.
Letter to Editor | Brandli Congratulates Jewett, Thanks Supporters
-- from Steve Brandli -- My congratulations go to Carolyn Jewett for her election as our next District Court judge. She worked hard and ran a tenacious campaign, and the results prove that it was
