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Guest Opinion | Reading is a Critical Skill for Success in our Society
-- from Tom Owens -- If young students lag behind in reading skills, won’t they begin to see school as a struggle and a place of failure? This could well set their course in life
Guest Opinion: Time to Deal With Our Waste
-- by Learner Limbach -- Notes and talking points above a sign made entirely of plastic collected on the island by Brook Meinhardt This past weekend I attended the event Talking Trash -
Letter to Editor | So Many Thanks to So Many People
-- from Didier Gincig for Odd Fellows -- [metaslider id="63528"] Each year the Odd Fellows award two scholarships to community-minded seniors at the High School graduation. We fund those scholarships through our annual Halloween dance
Poetry for Our Times: Let Us Lift Our Lamps
-- by Emma Lazarus -- excerpted from "The New Colossus" Lady Liberty walks a tightrope --"a welcoming mother, a symbol of hope to the outcasts and downtrodden of the world.""Give me your tired, your
Letter to Editor | Big Thanks for Halloween Donations
-- from Laurie Michael -- I would like to say thank you to Islanders Bank, OPAL staff, Orcas Issues, Islands' Sounder, Bonnie Brae neighborhood and the community for helping with a fun filled, highly energetic
A Poem for Our Times: Let America Be America Again
-- by Langston Hughes -- Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free.
A Poem for Our Times: Election Day, November, 1884
-- by Walt Whitman -- If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show, ‘Twould not be you, Niagara—nor you, ye limitless prairies—nor your huge rifts of canyons, Colorado, Nor
Guest Opinion | I Write as a Jew Who Lives on Orcas Island
-- from David Kobrin -- I write as a Jew who lives on Orcas Island. I write as a man, in his late 70’s, an American, born in the United States. I write as someone
Election Information from Island Progressives
-- from Our Revolution of San Juan County (ORSJC) -- Election Day is next Tuesday, November 6th, and you should have your ballots and voters guide in hand by now. There is a new source of
Letter to Editor | Join Me in Voting for Randy Gaylord
-- from Diane Boteler, MD -- I am voting to re-elect Randy Gaylord for San Juan County Prosecuting Attorney. I have been fortunate to know Randy as a friend and fellow Orcas Islander for more
Guest Editorial: Pittsburgh Reflections and National Tragedy
-- by Mark Levine (Congressional Delegate, Virginia ) -- Pittsburgh Reflections I am a Jew. I know some want to take my life For being a Jew. I learned about Anne Frank When I was
Letter to Editor | Class of 2025 Says Thanks for OIEF Grant
-- from Orcas Island Middle School Sixth Graders/Class of 2025 -- The Orcas Island Middle School sixth graders would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the Orcas Island Education Foundation (OIEF) for their
Letter to Editor | Power Has Represented Client Interests, Required by Law
-- from Nicholas Power -- I have had absolutely no involvement in any way, at any time, with Mr. Morgan's campaign activities. I have, however, successfully represented Mr. Morgan in several pieces of campaign finance
Letter to Editor | As Sheriff, Asher Will Do the Best Job
-- from Glenn Storey -- This election has brought out the worst in some very vocal people and it's gone on long enough to make it clear that the current campaigns are being used by
Editorial | An Overload of Ugly Hate
-- by Lin McNulty, Managing Editor -- This week, violent, hateful stories poured in from across the country and the world as we all tried to cope with the hate, anger, and violence that is
