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Letter to Editor | After recent snow, tow truck operator says, “well done, Orcas”
||| FROM UZEK SUSOL (ORCAS TOWING) ||| I had many “I’m stuck in the ditch” calls. Going through my incoming phone records I had an average of 25-35 per day starting last Friday through Wednesday,
‘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 | Thank you, National Guard
||| FROM DAVID KOSIUR ||| While some of us might have initially had problems making a reservation for this week’s Covid-19 vaccinations, everything went very smoothly and quickly when my wife and I went for
Midnight Mutterings | Zooming into matrimony
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS BY JACKIE BATES ||| Just before Christmas, 2020, a couple I met on the beach told me about their wedding which was held the day before in her Seattle apartment. Only 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.
Letter to Editor | Huge kudos to the vaccination team
||| FROM BILL GINCIG ||| I received a phone call informing me that I would be receiving my vaccination shot on Friday, Feb 5. As is normal with anything new, I was nervous, worried and
Letter to Editor | Doctors abandoned their commitment to community
||| FROM DALE HEISINGER ||| I was troubled when I learned that Drs. Russell and Alperin have chosen not to pursue employment with Island Hospital when it assumes administrative responsibilities on April 1. Clearly, they
Letter to Editor | A gigantic MLK Day of Service thank you
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| A great, big, gigantic thank you to YMCA Camp Orkila, Funhouse Commons, and all of the fabulous volunteers who helped nine seniors on MLK Day of
Letter to Editor | Extraordinary talent on Orcas
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Seniors Have Talent went virtual, if not viral, on Saturday, January 30, thanks to the heartfelt collaboration of Orcas Senior Center, Orcas Center, and our incredibly
Letter to Editor | I’m losing my doctor
||| FROM MELINDA MILLIGAN ||| Speaking as one of the many people on Orcas who do not use the U of W clinic as their primary health care provider, I want to say that I'm
Letter to Editor | I am concerned about the future of healthcare on Orcas
||| FROM DOUGLAS ELLIS ||| Some will say that it is easy to “Monday morning quarterback.” I understand the motivation of the OIHCD commissioners to concentrate all of the health care services on Orcas in
Letter to Editor | Years of planning went into creating the new health clinic; give it a chance
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| The Orcas clinic transition is scheduled to officially occur on April 1. This has been years, if not decades, in the making and as we near the date, things have
Midnight Mutterings | Crowds
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS BY JACKIE BATES ||| Not one of us will soon forget the images of the incursion on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the physical and psychological damage incurred. That
‘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 | An inside view of those North Beach trees
||| FROM DON WALTERS, CHILDREN'S HOUSE BOARD PRESIDENT ||| I wanted to comment on the article from January 22 by Matthew Gilbert, titled “North Beach trees on the chopping block.” Cory Harrington does not officially
