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Guest Column | Why Should a Senior Vote for School Bond and Levy?
-- from Paul Losleben -- To those who support the Orcas Island school bond issue, let me add my voice. To those who oppose the school bond issue, let me respectfully address concerns that have
Letter to the Editor: Blessed by Folks Who Care
-- by Jo Holland -- I am the Mom of the hiker that went off trail whilst trying to find her dog Bowser yesterday. When I recieved a call from my daughter, Keda, saying she
Letter to the Editor: Whale of a Show Success!
-- by Didier Gincig -- What a fun show it was! My heart felt so open the entire time because of what I witnessed on stage and backstage. Children shared their own creations with joy;
Letting Go of the Belief That There is a Guarantee
-- by Rosie Kuhn -- I recently read an article about His Holiness the Dalai Lama, written by Stephan Talty. Stephan describes the life of this man - how he was taken away from his
Guest Opinion: Eastsound Becomes Urban
-- by Sadie Bailey -- On Saturday morning, September 23, I was working outside at Lavender Hollow Apartments, where I live. I heard sounds of an excavator tearing up the forest, for several hours. The
Guest Opinion | The Time has Come, the Walrus Said, to Talk of Many Things
-- from Joe Symons, PhD -- In a week, citizens of San Juan County will be given an in-person moment to express their views about what they value and want in living here. San Juan
Letter to Editor | Gratitude From IRHI to OICF
-- from Greg Ayers, MD; Katy Breazeal; Carolyn Fiscus, CNM; and Mary Garcia, LPN -- Island Reproductive Health Initiative member, Jean Henigson, and Teen Representative, Ewan Lister applaud Hilary Canty, Orcas Island Community Foundation executive
Editorial: Turn Concerns into Solutions
-- by Margie Doyle -- When presented with the petition circulated by the Coalition for Orcas Health Care (COHC), an initiative to form a public health taxing district, I was put off by its legal
Letter to Editor | Sign the Petition, Then Let’s Discuss
-- from JoEllen Moldoff -- I offer the following to support the Coalition for Orcas Health Care petition: There is a lot of work to be accomplished before we can ask members of our community
Letter to the Editor: UW Medicine on Orcas
-- by Joe Cohen -- Along with 200+ other Orcas residents, I attended the UW Medicine briefing at Orcas Center of Thursday September 7th. My take away from the conversation is simply this: As a
Letter to the Editor: Public Hospital District Petition Now Circulating
-- by Tom Ritter -- The people of Orcas Island need your assistance. If you are a registered voter please sign the petition to ensure that a Healthcare Service District is on the ballot in
Guest Opinion: The Farmed Salmon Spill
-- by Dr. Joe Gaydos from SeaDocSociety -- On August 19 and 20, a net pen owned by Cooke Aquaculture Pacific collapsed, releasing an undetermined number (estimates range from 4,000 to 185,000) of the 305,000
Letter to Editor | Thumbs Up on Summer Junior Sailing Lessons
-- from Hannah Tuson-Turner, Youth Sailing Captain -- Summer junior lessons went well this year with excellent staff, new classes, and record attendance. Returning this year for his fourth season as an instructor but his
Guest Opinion | Say No to Longview Coal Terminal
-- from Michael Riordan -- (Reprinted in part with permission of Seattle Times) The state Department of Ecology will soon make an important permitting decision that could well pit Washington state against the federal government.
Guest Opinion | Why Is It OK for the County Council to Protect “Illegal Immigrants”?
-- from David Turnoy -- Now that the council has passed an ordinance protecting undocumented residents from being asked their documentation status by our local deputies, a number of folks are questioning why this wasn't
