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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Loss of Whidbey hospital sculpture an irony

Editor, When I first became an apprentice plumber in 1978, Coupeville artist/builder Mikal Park was already something of…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Fireworks support helped children

Editor, As a member and past president of Kiwanis of South Whidbey, I wish to thank the many…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Distracted driving can be deadly on Whidbey too

Editor, Driving is terribly dangerous. More vehicles on the road equals more reasons for drivers not to pay…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | More needs to be done by Larsen on gun violence

Editor, This is an open letter to Congressman Rick Larsen, a Second Congressional District Democrat. In a blog…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Military pay not as bad as you might think

Editor, I would like to respond to Jim Thompson’s letter of June 11, decrying the unfairness of a…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Superintendent raise seems unjustifiable

Editor, We’re wondering how the South Whidbey School District can justify giving the superintendent another large salary increase…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Give Helen Price Johnson four more years

Editor, National candidates are in the news around the clock in an election year, but local officials affect…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Love, teach and show your children love

Editor, “Mommy, why is the flag at half staff?” my daughters asks as I drive her to school.…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | IBA is working to ID, preserve beach accesses

Editor, Island Beach Access has set as its goal the identification and preservation of public beach access here…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | It’s time to take a stand against gun insanity

Editor, After the Newtown mass murder of the school children I wrote a letter to this newspaper urging…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Give Helen Price Johnson another four years

Editor, Helen Price Johnson is, has been, and will be a knowledgeable and professional leader as an Island…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Don’t expect perfection from WhidbeyHealth

Editor, I attended Whidbey General Hospital’s June 13 WhidbeyHealth (WH) launching. With a new administrative team and new…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Love of my life’ treated well by kind support of Whidbey Hospice staff

Editor, My wife, Ruth Den Adel, was finally forced into hospice transferring from Virginia Mason Hospital to our…