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 By Bill Reynolds    School    March 29, 2023 

Kim Pedroza is new school board member

Just months after stepping down as transportation director at La Conner Schools, Kim Pedroza is back, the newest member of the district’s board of directors. Pedroza was selected by board members last Thursday to fill the unexpired term of Lynette...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    Community    March 29, 2023 

Susan Macek closes book on tenure as library foundation director

A Weekly News unsung hero is singing her swan song as chief administrator of the La Conner Library Foundation. Susan Macek, whom this newspaper heralded in 2019 for her tireless fundraising efforts...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    News    March 29, 2023 

Planning Commission puts Limedock project on hold

History and mystery abound in equal measure at the Limedock Building on North First Street. The La Conner Planning Commission, upon recommendation of Town planner Michael Davolio, opted last Tuesday to take no immediate action on a proposed...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    News    March 29, 2023 

Town's sea level rise planning only a start

The high tide of last week’s Town of La Conner Planning Commission meeting on future sea level rise came when Assistant Planner Ajah Eills calmed the waters– make that, concerns– raised by troubling data gleaned from the National Aeronautics...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    School    March 29, 2023 

Braves' Murdock wins hurdles, beats larger schools

Bigger isn’t necessarily better. La Conner High School’s Tommy Murdock proved that statement beyond doubt Friday, punctuating it with an exclamation point by sweeping the hurdles events at the Bedlington Twilight Track & Field Meet in Lynden,...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    School    March 29, 2023 

Golf champ Emma Worgum makes spring debut with WWU

Former La Conner High School state golf title winner Emma Worgum is back on the links after a superb fall freshman season with the Western Washington University women's team. Worgum and the Lady...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    News    March 22, 2023

Emergency management members confirmed

A rare positive impact of the severe saltwater flooding that swamped La Conner in December was the flood of well qualified applicants seeking appointment to the Town’s new emergency management commission. Mayor Ramon Hayes last week nominated five...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    News    March 22, 2023

Council told burlap bags are on way out

There were two sure signs at last week's La Conner Town Council meeting that spring is in the offing. The first was the presentation by Skagit Valley Tulip Festival Executive Director Cindy Verge of t...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    School    March 22, 2023

La Conner alum Cook earns college hoops honor

Sarah Cook was a multiple sports standout at La Conner High School, and she is enjoying similar success as a freshman at Skagit Valley College. After a stellar volleyball season with SVC last fall,...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    School    March 22, 2023

State hurdles champ Murdock soars in season track debut

La Conner High School junior Tommy Murdock has picked up where he left off last year. Which is in the winner's circle. Murdock, the reigning Washington state class 2B 300-meter hurdles champion,...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    School    March 22, 2023

Baseball Braves rally to edge Northwest Christian

There was a definite chill in the air but the Braves still managed to swing hot bats late in their non-league baseball home game with Northwest Christian Thursday afternoon. La Conner squared its early season mark at 1-1 by scoring five runs in the f...

 

History displayed: 1954 mascot Kolidja still in school case

He may not have realized it at the time, but nearly 70 years ago the late famed Swinomish artisan Andrew Joe began carving a special and lasting niche in the history of La Conner Schools. And it is a...

 

Slider Café raises funds for fire department

The Slider Café crew got its kicks out of passing the boot on behalf of La Conner Hook & Ladder last weekend. Slider's diners were invited on Saturday and Sunday to toss spare change and extra...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    School    March 15, 2023

Loran James appointed to La Conner school board

School boards, by their very nature, are tasked with hard choices, tough decisions involving families’ children and money. The La Conner school board last Thursday faced a tough choice of a different kind – whom to select to fill the unexpired te...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    School    March 15, 2023

Schools honor treaty rights icon Billy Frank, Jr.

All states, including Washington, provide two statues to the U.S. Capitol. In the near future one of those stone figures gifted by the Evergreen State will bear the image of late Nisqually tribal leader and treaty fishing rights champion Billy...

 

Area firefighters step up for blood cancer research

It was an up and down time – in a good way – for three La Conner area firefighters Sunday. Skagit County Fire District 13 Chief Wood Weiss, Lt. Cole Harris and firefighter Kenna Barnes took part...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    News    March 8, 2023

Council discusses tiny homes, bad weather shelter sites

During a week in late February which saw snow, wind and rain amid occasional sun breaks, Town officials and residents turned their attention to climate change. At the Town Council Feb. 28 meeting, members and Mayor Ramon Hayes lauded the...

 

La Conner Rotary serves food for thought at merchants and farmers dinner

Outgoing four-term Mayor Ramon Hayes cited three major challenges La Conner faces in the decade ahead in remarks at the annual Rotary Club merchants and farmers dinner at Maple Hall Monday night....

 
 By Bill Reynolds    News    March 8, 2023

Two-year comprehensive plan update started

Officials took the first steps toward updating La Conner’s comprehensive plan at a joint Town Council-Planning Commission meeting at Maple Hall Feb. 28. Admittedly, they were baby steps. It will be a two-year process focusing on public engagement...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    News    March 8, 2023

La Conner Marina upgrades with LED lighting

Having recently celebrated its golden anniversary, La Conner Marina is looking to remain a bright shining light on the local scene well into the future. The Port of Skagit marked a major milestone by completing upgrades to LED lighting at the...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    School    March 8, 2023

Big La Conner comeback clinches fourth in state

The high school girls' basketball team saved its best for last in Spokane last week. The sixth-seeded Lady Braves, fueled by a monster second half from game-high scorer Ellie Marble, erased a 10-point...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    School    March 8, 2023

Donations and basketball dominate board meeting

Public education has evolved far beyond the traditional three r’s – readin’, ritin’ and ‘rithmetic. At La Conner Schools three other letters – C, T and E – are helping spell success for students. CTE is the abbreviation for Career...

 

Former Disney artist Bob Abrams library drawing card

Disney and magic are synonymous. As are La Conner artist Bob Abrams and the famed mass media and entertainment conglomerate he first dreamt of joining as a pre-teen. So, it came as little surprise...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    School    March 1, 2023

Lynette Cram resigns; Dave Cram hired

Dave and Lynette Cram caught themselves coming and going at the La Conner school board meeting Monday night. The couple traded places as district leaders when Lynette Cram stepped down after eight...

 
 By Bill Reynolds    News    March 1, 2023

FEMA aid nixed, La Conner seeks other flood relief funding

Few in La Conner can remember saltwater flooding as severe as Dec. 27’s, causing nearly $2 million in damages and directly impacting two dozen residences and six businesses. Yet it was not dire enough to merit a formal Federal Emergency Management...

 

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