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Letter to Editor | Lum Farm Christmas tree whirlwind has sold out, but …
||| FROM MANDY TROXEL for LUM FARM ||| The Lum Farm Christmas Tree Whirlwind of 2020 has officially concluded. Little did we know we would be out of trees by the second week of December!!!
Letter to Editor | OHS Key Club extends gratitude for food drive support
||| FROM IZIE JANECEK for OHS KEY CLUB ||| The Orcas Island High School Key Club would like to thank the community members who donated at our drive-up food drive this past Sunday. Because of
Guest Opinion | Wandering into hateful dialog
||| FROM PAUL LOSLEBEN ||| I've been following the comments on Steve Henigson's columns and am concerned that we are wandering into an unpleasant and unproductive dialog. Steve made the mistake of identifying the COVID-19
Guest Opinion | Middle class reels, billionaires profit
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH ||| Washington – While you and I have focused on the economic havoc of job losses and small businesses shutting down because of the pandemic, we missed noticing that the tiny
Orcasional Musings | Something about bigotry
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS by STEVE HENIGSON ||| A couple of weeks ago, my friend Kristen Wilson was dismayed by my reference to "the Chinese Disease." She worried that by openly attributing COVID-19 to the Chinese,
Flotsam & Jetsam | An irregular feature
FLOTSAM & JETSAM by MAURICE AUSTIN And no, this one is not about advising the poor to eat their babies. And yes, you should know that reference. Alas, this proposal came pre-tainted with the aftermath
Orcasional Musings | Thanksgiving, the Odd Fellows, and Bill and Monique
|||ORCASIONAL MUSINGS by STEVE HENIGSON ||| The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is a community-service organization that reckons up its history in the United States from the early 19th century. Its purposes are, among other
Guest Opinion | 2020 campaign spending goes through the roof
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH ||| Washington – The flood tide is still rising, but already the Mega-Money tsunami of Election 2020 is going into the record books as the most expensive election in American history
Letter to Editor | Inform yourself of history of vaccinations
||| FROM TOM BALDWIN ||| As we near the time when we may be protected from COVID-19 by vaccination, it’s vital that we be willing to receive that protection. As I thought about this matter,
Letter to Editor | Thank you, public health
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE ||| Today is National Public Health Thank You Day. When governmental Public Health works, we take it for granted. For more than 100 years, when free of political interference and with
Guest Opinion | There’s no wiggle room in this non-essential travel order
||| FROM JOE SYMONS ||| Dr. Frank James, Public Health Officer (PHO) for San Juan County, testified before the County Council on November 18, 2020, alerting the Council and the public about the significant change
Editorial | Fifty-seven years ago this very day. It was a Friday
REPRINT FROM NOVEMBER 22, 2013 ||| BY LIN MCNULTY, EDITOR ||| There are some unfortunate, startling events in life in which we remember exactly where we were when we heard the news. The JFK assassination
Orcasional Musings | Hey! What about Thanksgiving dinner?
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS by STEVE HENIGSON ||| Governor Inslee's prohibition against family Thanksgiving dinners, the result of this winter's resurgence of COVID complications, has caught us with our collective aprons untied. For instance, in recent,
Letter to Editor | People don’t suck — some do, but ignore or help them
||| FROM BRUCE HANNA ||| Saw daughter, Lauren’s, Facebook post from awhile ago... (just found it)... And my response, edited “People DON'T suck . . .well, some of them do, but just ignore them ..
Letter to Editor | Rough ride ahead
||| FROM LEITH TEMPLIN ||| As I sat and listened to our County Council meeting this week and watched how professionally and respectfully Rick Hughes chaired the meeting I was so appreciative of all that
