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Letter to the Editor: Bangs Asks for Your Vote
-- from Bill Bangs -- We will soon decide on a Public Hospital District (PHD) for Orcas Island. Please consider me as one of the initial commissioners to establish the district and set its direction
Letter to Editor | Please Vote for Dr. Boteler
-- from Randall and Marny Gaylord -- The Gaylord family supports Dr. Diane Boteler for the Orcas Hospital District Commissioner and asks that you vote for her, too. We strongly believe the Commission should have
Letter to Editor | Boteler Has My Support
-- from Harvey Himelfarb -- There are five qualities that I consider when I evaluate candidates who are asking for my vote: 1) Experience; 2) Intellect; 3) Judgment; 4) Temperament; and 5) Demeanor. I write
Letter to the Editor: Our Vote for Art Lange
--by Rollie Sauer and Madie Murray -- Madie and I have known Art Lange for more than ten years and found him to be fair, considerate of others, generous, very intelligent, and an excellent fisherman.
Letter to Editor | Boteler Brings Experience, Intelligence, Responsiveness
-- from Lance Evans and Janet Brownell -- With strong encouragement we ask you to vote for Diane Boteler for Public Hospital Commissioner #4. First, let us say that we are impressed with all of
Letter to Editor | In Support of Art Lange for PHD Commissioner
-- from Ed and Kristen Wilson -- After 27 years on Orcas Island, watching Art Lange work with multiple non-profit organizations and governing boards, we can say without hesitation that Art is the hardest working, most
Letter to the Editor: “Billy Elliot” Gets a Community “Wow!
-- by Annie Moss Moore -- Not much of a letter writer, but wow. A big hug to everyone involved with Billy Elliot! All the emotion of real, human experience of gain and loss bound
Letter to the Editor: Fire Commissioners Revise Public Information Policies
-- by Pierrette Guimond, a concerned citizen -- The Community voted to increase the Board to five Commissioners and I was supportive of that process. The Commissioners elected by the people, represent the people and
Letter to Editor | Art Lange, Diane Boteler Are Our Choices
-- from Melinda Milligan (CNM) and Dave Zoeller (Paramedic) -- As long–time residents of Orcas, and as medical providers (midwife and paramedic) for many of those years, we feel that the proposed hospital district is
Poem: Speech to the Young
Speech to the Young. Speech to the Progress-Toward. Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, “Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.” You
Flotsam and Jetsam: Island Springs
-- by Maurice Austin -- No, they’re not the source of that particular noise that develops in your Camry’s front end after too many trips up and down that pothole breeding factory you call a
Letter to Editor / Vote Yes for Health of Community
-- from Robert Maynard -- Access to medical services locally is critical to a thriving community. I support the passage of a Public Hospital District for Orcas; consistent and predictable funding is necessary to keep the
Letter to Editor | Boteler Best-suited for PHD
-- from Tony Giefer -- I have been a part of arranging an Orcas clinic affiliation with a hospital or health organization for over ten years. No matter which entity Orcas is affiliated with, a
Letter to the Editor: More Public Hospital District Information
-- from Steve and Jennifer Smith, Madrona Voices -- We interviewed UW as well as took notes at a meeting between UW and the commissioner candidates. We will be sharing more information from our research,
Letter to Editor | A-OK Thanks the Community
-- from Geri Turnoy for Arts for Orcas Kids -- Art for Orcas Kids would like to thank the community for a very successful first annual garage sale on Saturday, March 17. Thank you to those
