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Letter to Editor | Time for yellow ribbons?
-- from Stephanie Rosenblatt -- Last night my daughter was on the front line with the other PDX MOMs and DADs peacefully supporting her and our nation's constitutional right to protest. They were tear gassed
Letter to Editor | More on plans for Prune Alley
-- from Chris Bean-Hearne -- I took a long look at the recently detailed and lengthy proposed plans published by EPRC for the improvements on Prune Alley. It comes down to this -- the gentrification
Letter to Editor | Ryan Palmateer has strong background we need
-- from Karin Agosta -- A friend asked me yesterday about Ryan Palmateer's strengths as a candidate for San Juan County Council District 1. This is a great question in today's confusing,
Letter to Editor | Isn’t selecting Island Hospital a step backwards?
-- from Spirit Eagle -- It appears that the board is attempting to reinvent the wheel by considering bringing in Island Hospital again. Didn’t we have them running the clinic for two different five
Letter to Editor | Does the emperor wear no clothes?
-- from Michael Johnson -- In a recent online conversation about the legitimacy of both non-essential travel, and people not staying local during SJCs current Phase 2 re-opening under Gov. Inslee's Stay Safe Stay Local
Letter to Editor | Leadership in the public interest
-- from Tom Eversole -- Reluctance of federal, state and local politicians to mandate face coverings may be due to their under-experience with infectious diseases and an over-experience with being in charge. However, pandemics don't
Letter to Editor | Open letter to Councilmember Rick Hughes
-- from Christopher Evans -- I don’t know where to begin. As someone who voted for you and who has been your supporter, I can’t express my disappointment in your leadership. Especially since it seemed
Letter to Editor | Let science rule the decision-making
-- from Penny Buttke -- I agree with Cindy Wolf. The decision to move from Phase 2 to Phase 3 should be made by Dr. James, not left in the hands of the Council. How the
Letter to Editor | While you were sleeping
-- from Christopher Evans -- Scene at West Beach Resort, Friday night (7/17) at 10 pm: 16 people in their 20s gathered around one campfire on the beach in front of cabin 5. Zero masks,
Aging Like a Guru | People’s death affects us more than we imagine
-- by Rosie Kuhn -- We are affected by people’s death more than we know. We are often surprised, even though we know that everybody dies. And often we experience regrets and guilt for not
Orcasional Musings | A wild turkey mystery story
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| Flocks of wild turkeys live here and there on Orcas Island, but the bunch with which I'm most familiar is the one which lives on our north-east coast,
Letter to Editor | Saddened by local Republican response to police reform
-- from David Kobrin -- I was saddened by the tone set in the San Juan County Republican Party’s response to an earlier Democratic resolution on police reform. To my mind, it is one thing
Letter to Editor | It’s beyond time to pay attention
-- from Thom Carnevale -- I am having a very difficult time, not because I am ill or in the financial dregs, but because of a recent news headline. In downtown Portland, Federal police from
Letter to Editor |School levy provides 20% of annual operating costs
-- from Orcas Education Association -- The teachers of Orcas Island School DIstrict would like to ask our community for your support to vote for the replacement Levy for our schools on the Aug. 4
Letter to Editor | Vote as if your life depends upon it
-- from Thom Carnevale -- In the last two week period, the number of cases of COVID-19 in the US has risen by 48%, the number of deaths by 43%. (+140,000 deaths, +3.7 million COVID-19
