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||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| When Friday Harbor Film Festival heard that a group of eight students, led by Louis Prussack, Head of the school, were heading off May 13th on a three-week adventure in Nepal, they decided to provide a special screening of Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest,
||| FROM CHRIS and MARCUS NEDELMANN ||| Ruth Nedelmann Ruth Nedelmann passed away peacefully at her beloved Orcas home on May 31, 2023. She was surrounded by family and the warm thoughts of many who loved her. Ruth was born in the small town of Ahle, Germany on December 24, 1933. Ruth is
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| The first time I saw Maddie Olson was at Orcas Center. It was midwinter of 2019, when we all needed to be transported to an idyllic Greek island for some fun. She was playing Ali in Mamma Mia!, and I could tell she loved life. Everyone
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| If you don’t know Frank Loudin, you need to. Frank is like our own local Norman Rockwell. If you do know Frank, you most likely know that his paintings range in subject matter from various aircraft zooming through the sky with swirling jet trails and locomotives
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| Thank you to those of you who reached out wishing me well regarding my malaise. I know a lot about self-awakening—my own, and supporting others to self-awaken too! My personal life’s mission is to experience more joy and playful delight. I want to live in the
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| I met Jacob Wright a few years ago, and within moments I learned that he is an intelligent, enthusiastic, well-spoken young man who loves learning about, thinking about, and hunting down trains. His knowledge about them is mind-bending, and I asked him if he would be
||| FROM ANITA HOLLADAY ||| On Thursday, March 9, Orcas islanders responded to the invitation and gathered at the end of Haven Road in Eastsound, at the entrance to Madrona Point, to view a new totem pole and hear from the House of Tears carvers, people from the Lummi Indian Nation who once again are
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Sometimes you meet someone intriguing and immediately think, Wow, I've got to know more about how this person thinks. That was my immediate impression upon meeting Mr. Z several months ago. It had nothing to do with what he said; it was more about his nonverbals.
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. LEKANOFF ||| We’re over 25% of the way through the legislative session. Today is policy committee cutoff, which is the first big deadline of this legislative session. Today, all bills that will be further considered will have already passed out of their policy committee and will advance to a fiscal committee
I just got a brief from NORAD. Here's what they told me. ||| FROM REP. JEFF JACKSON ||| Over the last three days, I’ve been swamped with questions about the recent shoot-downs of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs). I just had the opportunity to be part of a congressional briefing with Gen. VanHerck, the Commander of