Articles from the January 16, 2019 edition
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Linda Freed
Longtime matriarch of La Conner, Linda Freed, passed on New Year’s Day 2019. She started the now famous Calico Cupboard restaurants back in 1981 at the south end of First Street, where the sea and the soil meet. She expanded her famous ‘foodery’ to i...
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La Conner-Whitney Road water main project almost done
Tiny Bubbles was a big hit for singer Don Ho in the 1960s. But his feel-good signature tune was about tiny bubbles in wine, not water, as was the case for some La Conner-Whitney Road residents when...
Town Council eases into 2019
In the La Conner Town Council’s and administration’s modest way, they held their first 2019 meeting without mentioning that the town’s 2018 fiscal year ended with general fund revenues for 2018 totaling 97 percent of projected income. Sales tax i...
Keeping habitat healthy for salmon benefits all
On a glorious crisp, clear day along the upper Skagit River, Lucy DeGrace from the Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group presented a well-attended talk about why “Habitat Restoration Is About Way More T...
Student contest will bury winner for 50 years
Parents, this article is for you. Nudge your La Conner high school students into entering the Kiwanis of La Conner essay contest. The history of La Conner is the topic. The March burial of the 50-year time capsule at the Skagit County Historical...
Janna Gage proclaimed
With “Proclamation for Janna Gage” on the Town Council’s agenda last Tuesday, it wasn’t a surprise, just richly deserved. Mayor Ramon Hayes made the presentation, first reading a short list summari...
Expect tourists flocking to Maple Hall for bird talk
Heather Carter, La Conner Chamber of Commerce director, has worked hard to establish a new migration pattern: a last Saturday in January Birding Showcase event in Maple Hall. Carter has a full day and full slate of vendors set for Jan. 26. She is...
Musings - on the editor's mind
Harbinger. Great word, that. It is a signaling by one thing – eight days of sunshine – of the approach of another: possibly a year of little rain. We start the third week of the new year with mild, bright blue-sky sunny weather. It might...
Welcome to the future
The entire country, every citizen, has been forced to confront national politics. This issue’s front-page government shutdown counter has flipped to 26 from last week’s 19. The paper is prepared to...
LINDA KAY FREED 4/13/1947 - 1/1/2019
Linda was born in Vancouver Washington to Alvina and Kenneth Mansigh. She went to WSU where she met Rod, her husband of 48 years and graduated with a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. In 1970 Linda was married and in 1971 her daughter...
