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Letter to Editor | Gratitude for amazing community support during pandemic
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| As we enter into the Holidays, I want to send my deepest gratitude to all of you who have been so supportive throughout this year. The
‘Occam’s Razor’ | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our new weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Letter to Editor | Land Bank going on a wild goose hunt?
||| FROM LILI HEIN ||| The Land Bank is proposing hunting of Canada geese at the Coffelt Farm Preserve in order to limit crop damage on the property. Deer hunting is also included. See link
Letter to Editor | A huge thank you to islanders who support local island businesses
||| FROM CHRIS WOLFE ||| Thank you to the San Juan County island community for your support of Rainshadow Solar & Energy Solutions, Inc., this past year – we are so grateful for you. When
Letter to Editor | “Brave Discourse:” An open letter to Orcas Island School District
||| FROM PAIGE MCCORMICK ||| I believe Orcas Island School District (OISD) is at a crossroads of critical race theory (CRT). “Our Nation was built upon a foundation of systemic racism. This system was designed
Guest Opinion | Reasons for hope
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| We find ourselves living in this country in perhaps the most polarized time since the American Civil War. The recent election and diverging opinions over protests this past summer for
Guest Opinion | People power scores win vs. inequality
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH ||| Washington – Unless you tuned out Donald Trump on his final frenetic campaign blitz, you remember seeing him barnstorming across Florida, stoking the fears of Latino voters with his nightmare
‘Occam’s Razor’ | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our new weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Letter to Editor | Montessori School wreaths sold out in record time
||| FROM MEGAN JONES for ORCAS MONTESSORI SCHOOL ||| Orcas Montessori School has SOLD OUT of wreaths this year in record time!! While we have been so sorry to disappoint some of our supporters with
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,
‘Occam’s Razor’ | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our new weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.