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Sun Days on Orcas | I’m alive thanks to Catholicism
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| My mom was proposed to five times before saying yes. How does that happen? Did she seriously lead a bunch of guys on, then dash their
‘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.
Guest Opinion | In their own words: Dysfunction at OIFR as described by Commission
||| FROM AMANDA MONTAGUE ||| "Operations of the department have not been interrupted, and the Chief communicates well with the BOFC, but Chief's effectiveness this year has decreased compared to the year before. I'd hoped
Sun Days on Orcas | When a girl says …
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Teenage (and college) guys, when a girl says she just wants to be friends, take her up on it. If she’s anything like I was, she’s
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
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Letter to Editor | Looking back at local reaction to Sandy Hook’s school shooting
||| FROM FRED KLEIN ||| News that the parents of some of the 20 schoolchildren at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut who, along with six adults, were killed in a mass shooting event in
Guest Opinion | County residents will bear the burden
||| FROM VALERIE A. JUSELA ||| San Juan County’s residents face possibly crippling liabilities from county failures thus far to effectively regulate short-term or “vacation rental” permittees in our community. As a career business analyst
Editorial | When the alarm bells get too loud to ignore, it’s time for action
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| Can you hear that fire alarm clanging? Is it becoming increasingly, frighteningly loud? By some counts, within just the last six months at Orcas Island Fire & Rescue,
Letter to Editor | To my fellow Orcas islanders, to all islanders
||| FROM DOMENIC VERBANO ||| As people start to awaken to how we have all been played, by the controllers of this world, I want to put out a call for us all to come
Sun Days on Orcas | Guard your heart
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Teenagers and college kids, every form of media is telling you about love. You don’t turn on the radio and hear songs about riding horses or
Letter to Editor | Here are reasons for my resignation as Fire Commissioner
||| FROM JANET MARLOW ||| In order to clarify the reasons behind my resignation from the Orcas Island Fire & Rescue Board of Fire Commissioners, the full content of my February 1 resignation letter follows.
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
||| OCCAM'S RAZOR by S. C. WATSON ||| [EDITOR'S NOTE: Apologies to Mr. Watson. This formatting is hopefully temporary as we play catch-up to the internet.]
Letter to Editor | I feel a need for apologies to Ray’s Pharmacy for last week’s demonstration
||| FROM VELMA DOTY ||| Apologies to Rays Pharmacy and all others who were recipients of last weeks “protest.“ Not on behalf of the group BUT because some on our island who chose that behavior
Guest Opinion | Former OIFR Commissioner says Fire Department allegations are serious
||| FROM AMANDA MONTAGUE ||| The recent articles posted by Mia Kartinger on the dysfunction in OIFR leadership elicited some uninformed and unfortunate comments that need to be responded to. I could not agree more
Letter to Editor | Orcas Food Co-op response to the January 31 protest
||| FROM LEARNER LIMBACH, ORCAS FOOD CO-OP GENERAL MANAGER ||| In light of the mask mandate related protest that took place on Monday, January 31, in Eastsound, I’d like to take the opportunity to share
