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Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Midnight Mutterings | Eclipsed
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| No, I’m not headed for wherever it is that the people who do go there will experience a total eclipse of the sun next Tuesday, April 8, 2024.
Letter to Editor | Good leadership means making the right choices at the right time
||| FROM CINDY WOLF , DISTRICT #2 COUNTY COUNCILOR ||| Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your District #2 County Councilor for the 2021-2024 term. After giving careful thought to some recent family
Letter to Editor | Necessity of proposed levy is why I support it
||| FROM MILLY VETTERLEIN ||| In my 20 years on island I have used OIFD services twice and with a firm intention to stay put for my last decade I am voting enthusiastically for THIS
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Letter to Editor | The Fire/EMS levy deserves your support
||| FROM ROBERT DISTLER ||| All of us here on Orcas expect and need a well-functioning fire and rescue department, with capable and compassionate staff and volunteers at the ready 24/7. Whether it’s EMTs or
Letter to Editor | In support of the fire levy
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| I write in support of the current proposed Orcas Island Fire and Rescue Levy. After listening to voters at the Orcas Center town hall and BOFC meetings, the new Fire Commission has
Sun Days on Orcas | An honest Easter prayer
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| God, I believe in you because I want to. I want to be there someday, wherever “there” is. I’d love more proof and I doubt more
Letter to Editor | I now support the OIFR fire levy
||| FROM JUSTIN PAULSEN ||| Last fall, I opposed the passage of the two levy propositions that the Board of Orcas Fire and Rescue put before the voters of Orcas Island. My objection to the
Letter to Editor | Why I support proposed levy for OIFR
||| FROM BILL BANGS ||| Since the most recent levy approval for Orcas Island Fire and Rescue (the “District”) in 2014, the revenues for the District have failed to keep up with inflation. The District
Letter to Editor | Let’s approve this fire levy lid lift
||| FROM JUDY SCOTT ||| I am writing to urge Orcas voters to join me in approving the levy lid lift on our April special election ballot that will help fund the mission of Orcas
As the Paradigm Shifts | Resisting the habit of resisting
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| I find it fascinating, the amount of time and energy we put into educating our minds, regarding the world around us, yet dedicate so little time
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Letter to the Editor | Fire levy has my support
||| FROM TONI KNUDSON ||| I am writing to express my support for the proposed Orcas Island Fire Levy. The proposition of a five-year temporary levy, which adds .24/1000 onto the current .53/1000 expiring levy,
Midnight Mutterings | Shirley: A movie
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| I haven’t seen it yet, but will ASAP, although it’s already pretty late for tonight. So tomorrow night? For those of you who already know about Shirley Chisholm,
