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Guest Opinion | Open Letter to School Board
-- from Bea vonTobel -- To the Superintendent and the Board, OISD During the board’s deliberations and discussions on what to include in the ballot measure for the upcoming November vote and its attendant costs, it
Letter to Editor | Big Thanks for Blood Drive Support
-- from Jim Biddick for Orcas Blood Drive -- On Thursday, Jun. 8, your community blood drive registered a total of 84 donors. We welcomed eight first-time-donors. The blood donations collected at the blood drive
Letter to Editor | “Food For Thought” Fundraiser Says Thanks
-- from Janet Brownell for Orcas Island Education Foundation -- The Orcas Island Education Foundation would like to thank all of the guests who attended our Jun. 3 “Food for Thought” fundraiser. All of you
Letter to Editor | Thanks For Supporting Art Walk
-- from Michele V. Wiley -- Good Sunday Morning! We wanted to send a huge shout out to all who walked the Art Walk, helped make it possible, and the many artists for what you
Letter to Editor | Many Thanks From Forest School
-- from Heidi Bruce for Orcas Island Forest School -- Orcas Island Forest School would like to give many thanks to those who attended our first annual Spring Soiree. The warm evening at West Beach
Letter to the Editor: Support Resistance to Fossil Fuels
-- from Sharon Abreu -- This week, Mike [Hurwicz] and I and a few others from the San Juan Islands will be joining a 4-day walk in British Columbia, through the territories of the Lekwungen
Guest Column | Tar-Sands Threat to Northwest Waters
-- by Michael Riordan for Sightline -- This article is part of the series "The Risk of Northwest Oil Spills" Every week another barge or tanker traverses the narrow straits through the San Juan Islands
Guest Opinion | A New Vision
-- from Joe Symons -- Imagine a county whose population of residents and visitors chooses to honor its rural, wild, sustainable, refreshing, slow, nature-dominated, non-exploitive, respectful, in-perpetuity heritage. Imagine stepping off the ferry into a
Letter to Editor | Give for Trades Training Initiative
-- from Victoria Compton -- The San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) is pleased to announce that the Trades Education Initiative is participating in the GiveOrcas campaign through the Orcas Island Community Foundation. Islanders
Editorial | You Make a Difference
-- by Margie Doyle -- One of the curiosities of local news publishing is how often "Government" is one of the categories that we check off before posting our stories live. School? that's government. Fire
Letter to Editor | Montessori Thanks Orcas Community
-- from Arthur de Haan for Orcas Montessori School -- We would like to thank the Orcas community for supporting the Orcas Montessori School year after year. On Apr. 29, we held our annual Spring Auction, an
Letter to Editor | Dance on Orcas is Thriving
-- from Pat Littlewood -- Those of us who reside in our local community of Orcas Island are fortunate to live in a place that is comprised of a significant number of artists and performers,
Letter to Editor | Winnie Wins a Finnie
-- from Suzanne Olson, OPALCO -- On Earth Day, OPALCO Board Member Winnie Adams was honored by the Stewardship Network of the San Juans with a “Finnie” award for her commitment to environmental stewardship. According
Letter to Editor | Fair Solutions Needed for Vacation Rentals
-- from Cathy Ferran -- Between my husband and I, we've raised four kids on this island over the last 37 years. We worked for years to build a guest cottage that we could then
Letter to Editor | Rick Hughes Supports Two OPALCO Candidates
-- from Rick Hughes -- I am writing to voice my support for both Vince Dauciunas and Mark Madsen as candidates for the OPALCO board. In the past several years, OPALCO and Rock Island have
