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Letter to Editor | Thanks to all who supported the third annual Qwack Wace
||| FROM LYNNETTE WOOD ||| The third annual rubber duckie “Qwack Wace” was a resounding success, thanks to the generous donations and support from businesses and individuals alike. I would like to thank the following
Midnight Mutterings | Competition
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Tonight I had competition in writing this little column. Not with someone who wanted to write a better column than I could, though that’s certainly a possibility. No.
As the Paradigm Shifts | Where can you breathe?
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| A few years ago, my client Clyde was going through a rough patch. It was hard to find any peace in his day-to-day life. And as
Midnight Mutterings | A new kind of medical school
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| A New Kind of Medical School opened its doors earlier this month in Arkansas, a state that is 48th highest in maternal deaths from childbirth and teen age
Letter to Editor | You can’t make this stuff up
||| FROM BOB DISTLER ||| Early this morning, thanking us for our patience while the newer, faster and larger Sealth served our interisland route: Ana/SJs - Update: The Tillikum Returns as Interisland Vessel After successful
As the Paradigm Shifts | I’m nothing like them. So how am I like them?
A midnight reckoning, a sacred stinging and the grace of seeing me as I am ||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| So often—through my training, through my struggles with people—the question turns
If the Trump administration ran a service organization on Orcas Island
Letter from management and (part of the) board to our valued members ||| BY DAN GOTTLIEB ||| As part of our ongoing commitment to dehumanize our employees and pump more nonsense out to our (hopefully
Letter to Editor | Let’s Brunch raises nearly $30,000 for Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Let’s Brunch! was a huge success, raising almost $30,000 to support Orcas Senior Center. Guests enjoyed a festive afternoon of delicious food, lively music, exciting auction
Letter to Editor | When public service meets public fury
A call for compassion at the ferry terminal ||| FROM ELISABETH BRITT, FIRE COMMISSIONER & ORCAS FERRY LANDING TERMINAL STAFF ||| On the morning of July 14th, I was assigned to manage vehicle boarding at
Flotsam & Jetsam | Purses
||| FLOTSAM & JETSAM by MAURICE AUSTIN ||| Some three weeks ago, I watched my mother transfer the contents of her “small” purse into the depths of her “large” purse, a process which left me
Midnight Mutterings | Gardens and another island
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| I didn’t grow up with gardens, though I did get lost in a cornfield when I was three or four years old. I’ve never had a good sense
As the Paradigm Shifts | Why I’m still a poopy-head sometimes
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| The pitter-patter of rain on my roof woke me earlier than usual this morning. I turned up the thermostat, climbed back into bed, and prayed I’d
Letter to Editor | New terminal agent to receive $725,000 annual fee
||| FROM MICHAEL RIORDAN ||| The next Orcas Island terminal agent, Madrona Pacific Landing Company, LLC, will be receiving an annual fee of $725,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, according to the contract
Midnight Mutterings | Near misses
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| But first: Old news Pop Quiz: What do Mick Jagger and Rupert Murdoch have in common? Answer is at the end of this column if you get that
Letter to Editor | Dear jury manager
||| FROM RIVER MALCOLM ||| Dear Jury Manager, The last time I was called for jury duty, age 75 or older was an automatic excuse from serving. Now I see this is changed dramatically to
