Letters

Wilmerding: Don't miss Stage Left's 12th Night

Entering its fifth century since publication in 1623's First Folio, audience delight continues to resound at Twelfth Night in the 24th year of Island Stage Left. The summer production opens as late afternoon sun glows orange…

Written by Gay Wilmerding

San Juan Island Pride Foundation: Reaction to hateful vandalism encouraging

The San Juan Island Pride Foundation (SJIPF) would like to address the incredibly hateful words that were scrawled on the community rock on Beaverton Valley Road in the overnight hours of Sunday 5/28. On the Friday…

Written by Deanna Osborn, Tara Craig, John Latimer, Jordana Ansley, Steve Wambsganss, and Alisha Halverson

Town Council members: Mayor’s Public Testimony wasn't done on behalf of the town

Friday Harbor Town Council wrote a letter to the San Juan Island Library, the Port of Friday Harbor, and San Juan County Council. They sent a copy to be published so the public can read it.…

Written by Friday Harbor Town Council members

Danaher, Cox: Argyle lot project - Public Outcry

Dear Editor, It is essential to note that the FAVOR proposal will require a zoning change and the HOME TRUST proposal will not. I assure all reading this that the neighbors to this project WILL NOT…

Written by Lynn Danaher, Barbara Cox

Tom Evans: Don''t sweat the air ambulance

Worried you may need to be air ambulanced off Island, and not a member of the right air ambulance carrier? Or, you will be socked with a bill of 20K + Listen up. I have good…

Written by Tom Evans

Surada: Accessory dwelling units redux

In a letter in February Merri Ann Simonson nicely described the bureaucratic obstacles to building accessory dwelling units in San Juan County. If the county council won't roll back restrictions on ADUs that have been in…

Fishaut: Port funds could be better spent

Absurd spending redux: $30,000 to install a rather bizarre piece that, despite its Indigenous artisanship, looks more like a giant tourist trinket than anything in the actual canon of Native Peoples’ heritage?

Written by Mark Fishaut

Lee Brooks: No public input before gift of Lummi Totem accepted by Port of Friday Harbor

Friday Harbor Port Commissioners, Victoria Compton and Gibb Black, decided to pay $30,000 for a Whale sculpture to be placed on the Spring Street Landing, something they had not actually even seen! The vote was not…

Written by Lee Brooks

Dustrude: Proposed Zylstra Trail a wondrous possibility

To the editor: I see a hiking and biking trail from town to Zylstra Lake as a wondrous possibility for everyone who lives here or visits here. Accessing nearly every existing walking trail on the island…

Written by Louise Dustrude

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Gay Wilmerding: Brave the cold for Christmas Memories and A Christmas Carol

As with a wind-tossed Tempest evening several years ago, Stage Left's remarkable ability to unite weather and theater again transports its audience. In the magic of hearing snowflakes fall outside and inside the Fairgrounds, warm tea…

Written by Gay Wilmerding

Becki Day: Tree lighting different but still fun-filled

Our tree lighting was a touch different this year due to the sad demise of the big tree in Memorial Park. Despite the circumstances, the Town made the most of it and presented us with a…

Written by Becki Day

Steve Simpson: Join me in voting Yes for the library

Dear Editor I don’t have a lot in common with Andrew Carnegie except for our common desire to support education and reading. Andrew Carnegie was the richest person in the world in 1901 and wanted to…

Written by Steve Simpson