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		<title>Guest Column: What Will Happen to Our Waste?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citizens of Orcas, If you are wondering what is going to happen to your waste now that the parcel fee has been turned down, you should be aware that the County Council will be discussing the future of waste on &#8230; <a href="http://orcasissues.com/guest-column-what-will-happen-to-our-waste">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CRC Holds Lively Debate on Process and Outreach</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, Feb. 4 at San Juan Grange from 8am to 2pm (with a break for lunch). Public input is welcomed at 8:30 and at noon. Reviewing the County Charter is a complex task, and the Charter Review Commissioners have jumped in &#8230; <a href="http://orcasissues.com/crc-holds-lively-debate-on-process-and-outreach">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Going to Be a Super Weekend!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, Feb. 3 Friday Night Pub Night at the Orcas Hotel Dinner at 5 p.m. and music with Martin Lund &#38; Friends starting at 6 p.m. Call 376-4300 A Taste of Orcas History Opening Reception at Orcas Center,presented by the &#8230; <a href="http://orcasissues.com/its-going-to-be-a-super-weekend">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Orcas Has Talent&#8221; Live on Saturday Night! at 6:30!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tickets to Madrona Room Still Available for $10 Orcas Island Prevention Partnership (OIPP) brings the wildly-popular &#8220;Orcas Has Talent&#8221; show to the Orcas Center this Saturday night, Feb. 4,  at 6:30 p.m. Eight finalists from the audition show on Jan. &#8230; <a href="http://orcasissues.com/orcas-has-talent-live-on-saturday-night-at-630">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ferry Repairs Delay Schedule</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Washington State Ferries The MV Elwha, for the 7:40 am departure from Anacortes to Orcas, and the 8:55 am departure from Orcas to Shaw and Anacortes have been cancelled due to necessary maintenance to the vessel. The next scheduled &#8230; <a href="http://orcasissues.com/ferry-schedule-changes-today">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the Editor: School Levy a Sensible Proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Providing our island children with a strong education is vital to the health of our community.  Achieving this in a state ranked 38th in the nation for funding public schools is especially challenging during one of the toughest economic times &#8230; <a href="http://orcasissues.com/letter-to-the-editor-school-levy-a-sensible-proposal">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When Bullfrogs Sing Opera Coming to Grange</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest production from Actors Theater of Orcas Island, When Bullfrogs Sing Opera, by Carl L. Williams, finds us in the New York penthouse of Brian and Millicent Westlake as Millicent’s sister, Coreen, comes for a visit. Millicent is an &#8230; <a href="http://orcasissues.com/when-bullfrogs-sing-opera-coming-to-grange">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Seed Exchange: First Step to Healthy Gardening</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday February 4 at 1 p.m. at the West Sound Community Hall The Third Annual Heritage Seed and Plant Exchange is coming to the West Sound Community Hall this Saturday. Everyone is invited to take part: Anyone with extra seed &#8230; <a href="http://orcasissues.com/seed-exchange-first-step-to-healthy-gardening">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>School Board Cuts Staff, Effective This Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updated Feb. 2 at 10:30 a.m. The Orcas Island School District Board of Directors authorized cuts amounting to $119,000 in non-represented personnel and school transportation last night. They did so reluctantly, after input from the Budget Advisory Committee, and after &#8230; <a href="http://orcasissues.com/school-board-cuts-staff-effective-this-month">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the Editor: Vote Yes for Our Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margie Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tough times or good times, it seems to me that the very best way to make sure our society can be successful for all is to make sure we have well educated people to run that society. The only way &#8230; <a href="http://orcasissues.com/letter-to-the-editor-vote-yes-for-our-schools">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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