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Letter to Editor | Minney brings critical skills, commitment to public service
||| FROM MARK MADSEN ||| I am writing in strong support for Christine Minney for San Juan County council. Christine is deeply committed to seeing and hearing all sides of the issues we face, and
Letter to Editor | Keep Rick working for us
||| from Margie Doyle ||| I wholeheartedly endorse Rick Hughes for San Juan County Council. In the years he has served our community as the elected legislator, he has been a workhorse for local and
Letter to Editor | Prune Alley and our upcoming election
||| FROM MARC COHEN ||| Rick Hughes has a conflict of interest problem with regard to the proposed "Prune Alley improvements." It literally jumps off the pages of The Orcasonian. When Fred Klein attributed the
Orcasional Musings | You don’t know what you’ve got ’till it’s gone
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| Our 20-family water system sprang a leak. During some other era, that wouldn't be terribly important, because our system draws from what seems to be an underground river
Letter to Editor | Your Navy must be ready to respond
||| from Rear Admiral Stephen Barnett, Commander, Navy Region Northwest ||| As we’ve done for decades, your U.S. Navy conducts critical military readiness activities in the Pacific Northwest, and we are reapplying for authorizations to
Letter to Editor | Think globally, but we need to elect locally
||| from Susan Mustard ||| Think globally, act locally. County government on our island has a huge impact on our lives. Recently Rick Hughes promised to be an “Environmental Warrior” in a third term in
Guest Opinion | Be prepared for Prune Alley
||| from Fred Klein ||| Main Street, Eastsound If you love and appreciate Eastsound, listen up. If you experience and enjoy the look, the feel, the ambiance of Eastsound’s Main Street as you enter the
Orcasional Musings | On the Black Ball Ferry line up in Seattle
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| Have you tried to go to or from the mainland lately? Did you have any difficulty making a reservation? Was the ferry running late? Washington State
Letter to Editor | Open letter to WSF asks for explanations
||| from Bob Distler ||| Mr. Sterling, It is now 7:10 p.m. [Wednesday, September 9, 2020] The m/v Samish is not shown on Vessel Watch information, but the map shows the boat in Anacortes. The m/v Yakima apparently has
Guest Opinion | Keeping score: Trump’s broken promises
||| from Hedrick Smith, ReclaimTheAmericanDream.org ||| Maybe you’ve forgotten, as I had, how sharply candidate Donald Trump declared war on Wall Street back in 2016, savaging Hillary Clinton as ”the puppet” of Wall Street –
Village Voices | What will you most remember about the summer of 2020?
||| by Minor Lile, Staff Reporter ||| It’s Labor Day weekend, the traditional end of the summer season. Which leads to this month’s Village Voices question: What will you most remember about the summer of
Orcasional Musings | What shall we do about illegal aliens?
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| Back when I was a child, World War Two was going on, and all of our country's farm workers had grabbed their guns and joined the fight to
Letter to Editor | Kiwanis says thanks, requests new members
||| from Velma Doty ||| Kiwanis wishes to THANK all who participated in our yard sale at the American Legion Parking lot last Saturday. We did our best to make it a safe day as
Letter to Editor | Your support needed to fund school outdoor learning program
||| from Hilary Canty and Janet Brownell ||| Thank you for your generous support of the Community Emergency Response fund. With your help, Orcas has been able to keep families and Seniors fed through the Food
Guest Opinion | Open letter to Dist. 2 council candidates
||| from Tom Eversole ||| This is an open letter to Cindy Wolf and Rick Hughes as candidates to represent District 2 on the San Juan County Council. Elders in our community and their families
