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Theatre Artists for Social Action presents “No Place Like Home: Myths, Truths and Solutions about the Homeless Crisis in our Community” 7 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Lincoln Theatre and Feb 19 at Skagit Valley College. The play is compiled from stories and interviews with local people who are currently homeless or have had an experience of homelessness. The genre is Reader’s Theatre and Verbatim Theatre to stick as closely as possible to the words of each person telling their story. Following the Reader’s Theatre presentation there will be a panel d...
Get away from it all by coming to Maple hall Friday at 7:30 p.m. for the Skagit Community Band concert “Over The Hills And Far Away.” Enjoy “a whimsical concert for the child in all of us.” The musicians promise a concert that will thrill and delight everyone. Selections include “William Tell Overture,” “Peter and the Wolf” and Percy Grainger’s “Over the Hills and Far Away....
Lisa and Russell Jensen didn’t waste time getting into the swing of things during a recent trip to sunny San Diego. Theirs was a whirlwind family vacation centered around the Farmers Insurance Open Golf Tournament at scenic Torrey Pines, where son-in-law Graham DeLaet, a 2016 Olympian and winner of multiple PGA Tour events, was scheduled to be part of a star-studded field that included Tiger Woods, Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth. Unfortunately, DeLaet, who ranks Torrey Pines among his favorite venues – he has two top ten fini...
When I was young, there was a common joke told by comedians: “Everybody keeps talking about the weather, but nobody is doing anything about it.” This was also a sad reference to the politics of our democracy. That is, we spend a lot time talking about our problems, but much less time addressing them. The truth of this sentiment that is most alarming is the “climate change” debate. It is very much in keeping with the intent of the old joke. What is even more disconcerting is that the debate blinds us to a greater understanding of what we are...
R-Oak Harbor I am very familiar with the 10th Legislative District. I’m a fourth-generation family farmer on Whidbey Island who has been deeply involved in our community for years, serving as a firefighter and fire commissioner, and on community and business-related boards. However, I cannot read minds – so when I became state senator, my first priority was to travel around our district to get a sense of what you believe the legislature should be doing. We covered a lot of topics, from climate policy to transportation and the state’s res...
The Chamber of Commerce’s Director Heather Carter again delivered a successful La Conner Birding Showcase in Maple Hall in January. Vendors had brisk sales and environmental organizations shared information and concerns about matters great and small. A talk on raptors in the region keynoted the day. The past three years Carter has delivered on bringing people to town in the dead of winter for a day of inside birding bonding and then eating and shopping in town. Carter is succeeding admirably at bringing shoppers into town and deserves praise f...
The Library wanted to say “3 cheers” for our Public Works and the department’s awesome service for the Town. We called Thursday about potholes on Road Street that grew from the snow and rain these past few weeks. We learned that Public Works was going to be filling holes this afternoon and now they are gone! Now we have a clean edge between the street and parking stalls for library visitors. Thank you, Brian Lease and team! Susan Macek La Conner Regional Library...
Dear Ken, I am touched and honored by your recognition this month (as 2019’s unsung hero – ed.). Thank you. Many amazing unsung heroes in our community have come together over the years in support of the library. Our tiny town shares a big heart and a commitment to quality of life that is remarkable! When we planned our move to La Conner about 15 years ago, the presence of a library in town surprised me. Then I learned there has been a library here since the late 1920s. Volunteers made it all possible at the beginning with their time a...
In one week and two days Todd Wood is retiring after 45 years at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op. The only general manager the Co-op has ever known turns his keys and office over to Tony White Feb. 14. Wood started as a volunteer at the Pine Street store in 1975. He was 21 and a recent arrival from Michigan. In 1978 he became one of three part-time staff. His early stipend was $60 weekly, whether he worked four or forty hours. At the end of International Co-op Month in October, Wood reflected on his co-op’s future with the Weekly News. ...
It rained and rained and rained last month and in between it snowed. Rain fell 27 days, including snow. There was no school Jan. 14-15. Last month’s 5.9” of rain was 1.8” more than the century’s average of 4.1”, or 44% above. It was the third wettest January since 2000 and one of five years of over 5”. Six of the 11 years of 4” or more of rain have been since 2011. The highest rainfall was 6.5” in 2006. This century there have been 15 years of at least 3” of rain. There was 1.4” of rain Jan....
Brian Cladoosby is a recognized leader both here and in the other Washington. The longtime Swinomish Tribal Community Senate chairman, under whose tenure the local reservation has realized unparalleled economic growth along with major advances in social services and health care facilities, has during that time often shared a speaking dais with governors, state and federal lawmakers, cabinet officers, and even a U.S. President. Yet more remains on his to-do list, he told the Weekly News last...
In spite of tremendous support by members, the Rotary Club of La Conner is retiring the annual Smelt Derby. For the handful of smelt in the Channel, the Derby’s demise is good news. Not so for the humans who gathered each February to fish and frolic during the beloved late-winter community event. Longtime Derby committee member and judge Patsy Good has been doling out prizes for the largest smelt, the smallest smelt and the strangest catch since 1996. For the last several years, Smelt Derby f...
A full-size roundabout will be constructed this summer at the hazardous intersection of Josh Wilson Road and Farm to Market Road. Skagit County Public Works director Dan Berentson and his team revealed the plans during a Jan. 29 meeting at the County Administration building in Mount Vernon. About 60 residents of Bayview and Bow were present to watch an animation of the roundabout in use as county engineers explained the particulars. Commissioners Lisa Janicki, Ron Wesen and Ken Dahlstedt listened from the sidelines. Safety concerns increased...
