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First Lady wouldn’t get her garden if the White House were a critical area | Letters

The reliance on the best available science should be seen for what it is, nothing more than an…

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Compassion from all corners | Letters

People I didn't even know, who knew somehow that I was from Waldron, approached me and expressed their…

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Critics ignore ‘Friends’ record, dedication | Letters

What’s with all the knickers in a knot? The Friends of the San Juans has been protecting what…

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’Friends’ carries the load for many | Letters

Friends of the San Juans does not have the authority nor is it their policy or responsibility to…

Sandy Wilson: 1946 — 2012

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Sandy Sloan Wilson: 1946 — 2012 | Passages

Sandy loved her family, loved her cats, and was an excellent cook. In October, 1986, she married Ed…

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Working folk in peril under new CAO rules | Letter

Just as the Friends have lost sight of their original purpose, the county has lost sight of its…

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Counterpoint: CAO ‘corrections’ disputed | Letter

Janet Alderton, board member of the Friends of the San Juan’s, quotes me in last week’s paper and…

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Permanent protection of federal land benefits the San Juans | Letters

Rather than give the federal government more control over these lands, the legislation puts community-designed restrictions on the…

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Toxins kill — buffers a proven defense | Letters

There is a lot of smoke and Tea Party kind of noise obscuring some fairly simple facts regarding…

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CAO: ‘Big Brother’ takes charge | Letters

These CAO amendments would fundamentally alter the relationship of property owner and government with respect to whether we…

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Profiteers reign; paradise lost | Letters

I miss San Juan Island as it was not too long ago, and it’s sad to know that…

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‘Friends’ evolves, invests, protects | Letters

Friends support building in the right place and believe that development should protect clean water, shoreline and wetland…

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CAO: note lessons from Block Island | Letters

John Evans properly expresses regret about how the San Juans are “becoming a Martha’s Vineyard,” (“Martha’s Vineyard here…