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‘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
Letter to Editor | Vaccination rollout is ‘haphazardous’
||| FROM ERIC AND BARBARA GOURLEY ||| [Sunday] morning Fareed Zakaria called America's handling of the CV19 vaccination program "a haphazardous rollout." Has anyone besides my wife and I tried the County's CV19 Eligibility and
‘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 | Can Biden activate the political center?
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH ||| Washington – The battle cry ”Go Big, Joe! Go Big!” echoed among Democrats after their underdog candidates scored stunning upset victories in Georgia, picking up two vital senate seats earlier
Midnight Mutterings | Ruthie and the Supremes
||| BY JACKIE BATES ||| National events this week have been so explosive I have to skip them entirely and return to the past in my fortnightly foray into talking to myself in the dark.
