Letters

Great class Dear Editor: Just completed another successful class of Hunter Safety Education. I’d like to give a big thank you to the folks at the Winthrop library for the use of the large double community meeting room and the Zoom cart. We had a big turnout, and the space made the class much more workable […]

Re-elect Rodriguez Dear Editor: There is a lot to consider when electing our county coroner. Not only does our coroner need to be above reproach in the performance of his or her duties, but the coroner has the obligation to act as sheriff when circumstances preclude the sheriff from performing his or her duties. RCW […]

Neal for commissioner Dear Editor: Okanogan County is choosing a new commissioner this election. Although for the primary, the two candidates were chosen by only north county voters, for the general election we all vote and the new commissioner works for all of us. Jon Neal is running for this position. He has been a […]

Thanks, Sen. Murray Dear Editor: To Sen. Patty Murray, thanks for the help! After seven months of waiting for a large, perfectly simple refund from the incompetent IRS, after endless emails, phone calls and letters, I wrote Sen. Murray. Two weeks later I had my check. When another old lady friend was short-changed, then dropped […]

Take care of trails Dear Editor: I read Michelle Schmidke’s “My Turn” column with empathy and concur that many trails in our National Forest here are in tough shape. This is all well and good if we want to keep folks from having organized access to the wildlands. Most of us that visit or live […]

Stay behind the line Dear Editor: I hope you noticed we had our parking lot re-striped at the Methow Valley Community Center in Twisp. Please notice the white painted line in front of the building. This will allow children and adults to walk in front of the cars, instead of behind them. Please help keep […]

Thanks to Jamie’s Place Dear Editor: The last couple of years I’ve been amazed at the thoughtfulness, caring, dedication and resilience of the staff and administration at Jamie’s Place. Through COVID, aging infrastructure challenges, flooding and displacement they maintained a caring, supportive environment for the residents and actually improved the facilities. Nothing compares, however, to […]

What about Westernization? Dear Editor: Sept. 2, 1972, was a day that changed Winthrop forever. Yet, no one in Winthrop seems to realize it was 50 years ago since the North Cascades Scenic Highway opened. For better or worse, people worked many hours and many years to open the picturesque mountains for a route to […]

Thanks, Alan Dear Editor: The entire upper valley owes Alan Fahnestock and his crew an enormous thank you for the Mazama fire hydrant. The new fire hydrant will be crucial in saving homes in future fires. This was a true labor of love: the fundraising; the digging; the framing and the organizing. Alan in particular […]

Enzensperger for PUD Dear Editor: All county residents have the opportunity to vote for candidates running for the District 3 commissioner position of the Okanogan Public Utility District (PUD) in the Nov. 4 election. This includes residents who get their power from their local electric cooperative (the OCEC). This is important, as the PUD commissioner […]