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Letter to Editor | Now is the time for School District to think in imaginative, experimental way
||| FROM ANDREA HENDRICK ||| The difficulties maintaining school, in person and virtually, has been a challenge world-wide during this pandemic. The coming months can be a perfect time for the Orcas Island School District
Midnight Mutterings | Crows ll (no cats this time)
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS BY JACKIE BATES ||| I had planned to return to voter suppression tonight, and mutter about the efforts of the Georgia state legislature to pass new legislation that makes people of color
‘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 | Technology, capital projects levy help District meet learning demands
||| FROM SHARON HO and MATT VACCARELLA ||| We are writing in support of the 2021 Technology and Capital Projects levy on the upcoming April 27 ballot. This levy replaces the one approved in 2014
Letter to Editor | Join me in voting yes for school levy
||| FROM MICHELE RODRIGUEZ ||| As a mother of an OASIS student who also has experienced our elementary and Montessori schools, I believe that technology, when used appropriately, can help enhance learning. The remote learning
Guest Opinion | Tax games corporations play
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH, RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM ||| Washington – Okay, let’s talk turkey about taxes and their implication for U.S. economic growth and inequality. But let’s get real. Let’s get beyond the political
Letter to Editor | In support of technology capital projects levy
||| FROM TOBY AND SARAH COOPER ||| We are pleased to stand with our many Orcas friends in support of the 2021 Tech Levy. For me, as a student up through graduate studies at Michigan,
‘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 | This COVID vaccine is all about community
||| FROM IRIS GRAVILLE ||| Action. That’s what community looks like in the San Juan Islands. We make meals when there’s a health crisis or a new baby arrives. When a family’s house burns down,
Guest Opinion | Biden strategy for the race with China
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH, RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM ||| Washington – In his massive new infrastructure project, President Joe Biden is betting big that government financing can generate an array of technological innovations that will
Midnight Mutterings | Of cats and crows
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS BY JACKIE BATES ||| I like Cats and Crows in equal measure. However, it has come to my attention that Cats and Crows dislike each other in equal measure. Of course, I
Letter to Editor | Personal invitation to Land Bank’s community conversation
||| FROM BRIAN WIESE and SANDI FRIEL ||| INVITATION--Please join us for the LAND BANK’S ORCAS COMMUNITY CONVERSATION, via Zoom, next Wednesday, April 7, 5:30 – 7 p.m. We will talk about the Land Bank’s
Guest Opinion | Can vacation rentals be good neighbors?
||| FROM YONATAN ALDORT ||| As the dust settles around the County Council’s decision to extend a limited moratorium on new vacation rental permits, we have a moment to catch our breath and reflect on
‘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 | Passing along the American Rescue Plan stimulus
||| FROM STEVE JUNG ||| Last week, my wife and I received our American Rescue Plan stimulus payments from the federal government, with gratitude for its efforts to jump start our pandemic-afflicted economy. There is
