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Orcasional Musings | Are the Olympics coming to Orcas?
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| Wednesday afternoon, Jean and I wandered over to scope out Orcas High School's new running track. We were very deeply impressed by what we saw. It looked as
Letter to the Editor | EPRC says unanimous ‘yes’ to original Prune Alley development plans
-- from Chris Bean-Hearne -- The EPRC voted unanimously at their zoom meeting on Thursday to forge ahead with their original plans for the development of Prune Alley despite the numerous complaints and with total
Letter to Editor | OPALCO manager’s salary keeps rising
-- from Alex MacLeod -- A year or so ago I reported that we OPALCO ratepayers had forked over nearly $400,000 in total compensation in 2017 to our general manager, Foster Hildreth. I wrote at
Guest Opinion | Single-use plastic use is up during pandemic; it doesn’t have to be
-- from Kaia, Friends of the San Juans’ Summer Intern -- My name is Kaia and I’m a high school sophomore currently interning at Friends of the San Juans. My grandpa, San Olson, is a longtime resident
Editorial | Paving the way for tourism
-- by Lin McNulty, Editor -- It's a stunning late-July Monday morning with not a cloud in the sky and all the makings of an ideal day to, let's say, sail to the San Juan
Letter to Editor | We need an economy that survives without tourism
-- from Naomi Aldort -- I have written before with strong conviction to the need to eliminate industry based vacation homes on the islands and the importance of keeping the rural nature of our county
Letter to Editor | Should councilmembers with a conflict of interest recuse from voting on transient rentals?
-- from Kat Fennell -- During the Women’s League of Voter’s Candidate’s forum for District 2 Candidates, there was a question as to whether if Council Members owned or operated a transient rental should recuse
Aging Like a Guru | I don’t like being told what to do
-- by Rosie Kuhn -- As we age, we don’t want to give up our freedom and independence, which often means that we make choices that perhaps are not in our best interest. I see
Orcasional Musings | The five platonic solids…or is it six?
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| In order to graduate, Orcasian high-school seniors must create, and then successfully complete, a project that results in an improvement to the student, and improvement also to the
Letter to Editor | Transition is difficult and challenging
-- from Robert Boyd -- Transition for us humans is often both difficult and challenging. We find this to be true even when the experience of transition is driven by plans we, ourselves, make. However,
Letter to Editor | Where is our vacation rental permit moratorium?
-- from Joe Symons for Vacation Rental Work Group -- This month is the one-year anniversary of the Vacation Rental Work Group’s (VRWG) Community Conversation about vacation rental regulations in the San Juan Islands. An
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
