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    Articles by Colleen Smith Summers
    Managing Eastsound’s growth
    Managing Eastsound’s growth
    By Colleen Smith Summers • April 3, 2009 12:43 pm

    EPRC presents 2009 priorities

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    Challenge abuse and change lives
    Challenge abuse and change lives
    By Colleen Smith Summers • March 31, 2009 4:00 pm

    April is Sexual Assault Awareness month.

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    Orcas School Board settles on enrollment number for 09-10 school year
    Orcas School Board settles on enrollment number for...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • March 27, 2009 7:43 pm

    The only major issue decided upon at last week’s school board meeting was the projected enrollment number for next year’s…

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    Sewer and water commissioners Carl Yurdin (l) and Rollie Sauer are committed to protecting the aquifer.
    Eastsound Sewer and Water welcomes new commissioners
    By Colleen Smith Summers • March 26, 2009 7:51 pm

    Eastsound’s new sewer commissioners say that protecting Orcas Island’s aquifer is the most important task ahead of them. “We have…

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    Dr. Shinstrom with the new ultrasound
    New ultrasound at Orcas Family Health Center
    By Colleen Smith Summers • March 23, 2009 8:28 pm

    It’s the only one of its kind on Orcas. Orcas Family Health Center is the new home of a diagnostic…

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    Be on guard
    Be on guard
    By Colleen Smith Summers • March 23, 2009 7:52 pm

    The roads in San Juan County can be dangerous. Some are narrow, winding, and parallel to sharp drop-offs with cold, deep water below.
    When locals die on roads without guardrails, it raises the question: Could these deaths have been prevented?

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    Adrienne Vierthaler with a few flamingos from last year's fundraising efforts.
    Every two and a half minutes is another...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • March 23, 2009 7:38 pm

    Exhilarating. Exhausting. Worth every minute of the pain.
    Each fall, thousands of Americans gather together for three days of camaraderie and hours of intense walking to raise money for breast cancer research.

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    Todd Spalti was so inspired by 17-year-old Elli Blaine’s photo
    Local sculptor inspired by Orcas student’s work
    By Colleen Smith Summers • March 23, 2009 6:58 pm

    From the moment sculptor Todd Spalti saw the photograph, he was inspired. After spotting Elli Blaine’s sepia close-up of a…

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    Go international with WSF
    Go international with WSF
    By Colleen Smith Summers • March 23, 2009 1:42 pm

    San Juan Islands invited to participate in Sidney opening day.

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    Monique Mead
    Everything strings
    By Colleen Smith Summers • March 18, 2009 10:59 am

    Monique Mead is an accomplished violinist who shares her passion for classical music with children and adults around the world….

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    OPALCO mails 7,000 customers energy kits
    OPALCO mails 7,000 customers energy kits
    By Colleen Smith Summers • March 16, 2009 7:28 pm

    Last week, OPALCO members received a surprise in the mail: an energy kit with five new generation compact fluorescent lights, two low-flow shower heads, a kitchen and bathroom aerator, and energy saving tips.

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    Josh Inch
    Conquering the world
    By Colleen Smith Summers • March 16, 2009 7:26 pm

    It will be the trip of their young lives.
    Orcas High School teacher Val Hellar is leading a group of 26 sophomores, juniors, and seniors to see some of the most famous – and a few obscure – attractions in Italy.

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    Orcas resident Nate Tyler dies in traffic accident
    Orcas resident Nate Tyler dies in traffic accident
    By Colleen Smith Summers • March 11, 2009 3:29 pm

    Nathan Tyler was known for his signature move at the ferry landing: he’d lower the dock, grab his radio, and…

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