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Sun Days on Orcas | Humanity in all its forms
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| This past month has been wonderful for the soul. Today I’ll let the videos below do the talking. You’ll get a taste of some beautiful hammered dulcimer
Letter to Editor | If we were to see the actual results of gun violence…
||| FROM JAMES SCHEIB ||| Our people don’t know, in their souls, the true cost of violence because they don’t see the bodies. People come apart when hit with military or big game hunting grade
Sun Days on Orcas | Meet Tony & Jenna
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Every day when I walk to school with our younger son, we pass the Tony & Jenna Hair Studio, the new Paul Mitchell salon on the
Midnight Mutterings | Tech heaven
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Having whined sufficiently about Tech Hell in my previous offering, I wanted to change the atmosphere at bit. But first, to Sadie’s point in her comment: Officer Francoise
Letter to Editor | Closing statement
||| FROM STEVE SMITH ||| As many know, Councilperson Cindy Wolf has leveled multiple accusations against me. She has done so in a very public way. There is no truth to any of the accusations,
Letter to Editor | A thank you note to the community related to the canoe journey
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| Thanks to the Orcas community for making our Indian Canoe Journey guests feel very welcome. Although there were a few hiccups, like having to close the welcoming ceremony to the
Sun Days on Orcas | 180
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS BY EDEE KULPER ||| I’ve heard it takes about 30 days to establish a new habit, so I Googled it and the first line that came up said this: “It
Midnight Mutterings | Where you been, Jackie B?
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Where you been, Jackie B? Yep, I’ve been away. From Orcas Island, from Real Life, from theOrcasonian. Part I: Tech Hell My descent began on February 8, 2022.
Guest Opinion | In response to Prune Alley construction complaints
||| FROM LEITH TEMPLIN ||| Thank you , William Wright, for your comments. There were hundreds of hours put into informing and consulting the public, property owners and anybody that was interested in this project
Sun Days on Orcas | For King and Country
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDIE KULPER ||| Last night I took our older son and his friend to a concert in Everett by For King and Country, a Christian band led by two
Guest Opinion | Open letter to Cindy Wolf, County Council
||| FROM B. SADIE BAILEY ||| I wrote a letter to Council on May 3, in reaction to the potential removal of Steve Smith from the Planning Commission (PC). Here's what I've learned since then.
Letter to Editor | Living through the hell of Indian schools
||| FROM SPIRIT EAGLE ||| Regarding Gov Inslee's statement about Native American Boarding Schools: I have spoken to many elders who lived through the Hell of the Indian "schools." Not very many people know that
Guest Opinion | Help stop this abuse of power in San Juan County
||| FROM VICKI LEIMBACK ||| On Tuesday, May 17, there is a hearing to remove Steve Smith as a planning commissioner. The accuser has not presented any evidence. Concerned islanders, including past & current county
Letter to Editor | Thanks for supporting my Senior Project
||| FROM UMA MCMURRAY ||| A big THANK YOU to everyone who came out and donated and supported my Senior Project Donation Drive the weekend of April 30. We received several tables worth of good
Letter to Editor | About that road work in Eastsound…
||| FROM JOHN ERLY ||| How does he Contractor that is doing Prune Alley get away with leaving the road in the condition it is in? I have been in other areas and talked to
