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Letter to Editor | I’m leaving the fire department with heavy heart
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| It is with a heavy heart that I announce my resignation from Orcas Fire and Rescue, through which I have had the pleasure to serve this community as a volunteer
Editorial | In the meantime, Orcas islanders still rely on you, OIFR, so do the right thing
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| There's definitely something awry at Orcas Island Fire & Rescue. My email recently has been beset with messages that reveal unsettling, internal strife, and personal angst with increasingly
‘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.
Sun Days on Orcas | How to “do” Sundays?
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS BY EDEE KULPER ||| Before I read the bible, Sundays were duplicate Saturdays. Fun days. Do-anything days. Ever since reading the bible, Sunday has become my least favorite day of
Letter to Editor | Did you meet Assistant Fire Chief finalists on island today for interviews?
||| FROM PATRICK SHEPLER, BOFC-elect ||| Orcas Island Fire Chief, Scott Williams, has been without an Assistant Chief since he took the position over five years ago. The Board of Fire Commissioners (BOFC) have announced in
Midnight Mutterings | Have you thanked your kidney lately?
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| A few years ago I made a new friend. We don’t get together often and therefore don’t know a whole lot about each other. On a recent visit,
Letter to Editor | Let’s bring back Armistice Day
||| FROM SHARON ABREU ||| Each year our local school district holds a Veterans Day celebration. It concerns me that our schools continue to celebrate those who fought in wars without acknowledging the tremendous damage done to
‘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.
Sun Days on Orcas | The real Orcas Island
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Sometimes I forget why I feel different these days. It's not just the gray blanket across the sky, blocking the possibility of Vitamin D production. Then
Letter to Editor | Shepler, simply, is best person for fire commissioner
||| FROM PERRY PRUETT ||| It was with great joy I learned that Patrick Shepler has put himself forward for fire commissioner of Orcas Fire Dept. And from what I have been hearing around the
‘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. Celebrating one year!
Letter to Editor | Vote ‘no’ on Propositions 3, 5, and 6
||| FROM WILLIAM APPEL ||| We elected our county government to, among other things, regulate our shared environment and protect individual rights. The Charter Review Commission has perceived a failure of citizens to prompt action
Letter to Editor | I encourage a ‘yes’ vote on all Charter amendments
||| FROM ANNE WHIRLEDGE-KARP ||| I am writing these comments as someone who attended several of the Charter Review Commission meetings and followed the process. I encourage you to vote yes on all of the
Letter to Editor | Reject charter amendment proposition 1
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| I am writing today to urge voters to vote "no" on the proposed language change in the preamble of the San Juan County charter in the Amendment to the Charter
Letter to Editor | We stand behind Shepler for Fire Commissioner
||| CARA and PHIL COHN ||| This November Cara and Phil Cohn are standing behind Patrick Shepler for Fire Commissioner. Patrick has been a dedicated Fire-Medic, offering exemplary support and expertise for more than 15
