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Letter to Editor | Join me in supporting Leith Templin for Fire Commission
||| FROM RICK HUGHES ||| Orcas friends, please join me in supporting and voting for my friend, Leith Templin. She is an amazing, community minded person who has served Eastsound and Orcas island for decades.
Midnight Mutterings | Cat Visit
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Molly and Rose, age: almost 11 months, came to Orcas for a visit. Rose had been here once before for six days when she was younger. Normally, they
Letter to Editor | Trust but verify: By the numbers
||| FROM PATRICK SHEPLER ||| “Trust but Verify.” Most attribute this phrase to former President, Ronald Reagan. In fact, it was taught to Reagan by Suzanne Massie, a Russian history scholar. The real origins are
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 | Why OIFR needs this upcoming levy
||| FROM DANNY WEIBLING for SAN JUAN PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 3911 ||| As President of San Juan Professional Firefighters Local 3911 (“Local”), I want to write a factual statement to the public about the upcoming
Letter to Editor | Fire Levy is needed and appropriate
||| FROM ANTHONY SIMPSON ||| Full disclosure, I am and have been a volunteer with Orcas Island Fire and Rescue for about 10 years since I moved to Orcas with my family. I was recruited
Letter to Editor | This was definitely a heartfelt July 4th
||| FROM CINDY WOLF, SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER ||| This is a letter of heartfelt thanks for the fabulous Fourth of July festivities in Eastsound. To get out and celebrate in so many ways was
As the Paradigm Shifts | Victim of life’s circumstances . . . or not!
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| Francis A number of years ago, when I was writing a column in Orcas Issues about “Aging Like a Guru,”Francis, a beautiful, creative woman and longtime
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 | What happened to the Fire District alternative to sell bonds?
||| FROM CARL BUTTKE ||| During an early presentation by the Fire District financial consultant, she spoke of the benefits of selling tax free municipal bonds for equipment coupled with a tax levy for operations.
Island Kids | The sadness of ultra-processed foods
||| ISLAND KIDS by EVAN BUXBAUM, M.D. ||| Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) make up a whopping 60+ percent of the average American’s daily caloric intake. We are increasingly aware of the health consequences from diets that
Editorial | Fireworks way too close and personal
||| EDITORIAL by LIN MCNULTY ||| "Laws require professional fireworks shows to be at least three-quarters of a mile from protected habitat," so states the Department of Fish & Wildlife. Seems logical. Last night's fireworks
Letter to Editor | Everyone should see this movie at Sea View: “The Sound of Freedom”
||| FROM SPIRIT EAGLE and DOMENIC VERBANO ||| Great News Everyone!!! The Sea View Theater has been able to get the movie, "The Sound Of Freedom"! It will be showing on Monday, July 3rd at
Midnight Mutterings | Curmudgeonly yours: Noise
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| A friend’s middle school son was taken to a firing range by his father as a birthday gift. My friend, anti-gun like myself, was horrified and ready to
Letter to Editor | Fire Math 101
||| FROM GREG AYERS ||| Look at your tax bill, not what OIFR is saying. What you are paying this year versus next is what matters to you. You don’t pay a levy you pay
