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Climate Eyes | Dry wet
||| CLIMATE EYES by STEVE BERNHEIM, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| In the Pacific Northwest, we’ve survived the Heat Dome but now less than five months later the bridge at Doe Bay is washed out. While each
Letter to Editor | A community comes together
||| FROM JOE BROTHERTON for DOE BAY RESORT ||| We hope this message finds you well and safe after the most recent deluge that hit the Pacific NW. For us, we were met with a
Letter to Editor | Take action to eliminate those unwanted catalogs in the mail
||| FROM JANICE WIEMEYER ||| Like others, I notice many discarded catalogs at the post office at this time of year and think about all of the trees throughout the country these discarded catalogs represent.
Sun Days on Orcas | Thankful
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| I was born in Texas, the fifth child 11 years after my closest sibling. They were all born about a year apart and when my Catholic
Midnight Mutterings | If you build it, they will come… ***
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| On Tuesday, when the wind and rain subsided enough to see, I checked for my heron. Sure enough, there it was, standing on the boardwalk that goes from
Letter to Editor | Open letter to community from Fire Chief Williams
||| FROM SCOTT WILLIAMS, CHIEF, ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| To the Orcas Island community: First and foremost, I will say the members of Orcas Island Fire & Rescue appreciate all of you and your
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
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
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
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
