Articles from the March 10, 2021 edition
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Kiwanis bazaar for fun Saturday
A first person report from the field of Saturday’s Daffodil Craft Bazaar. We had a steady stream of people stop by the booths: Visitors who just saw the tents, someone who learned about the event f...
School sports start year after stopped by pandemic
Let the games begin. In fact, they already have. The La Conner High track teams swept a league meet at Coupeville on Friday. The school’s softball team hosted NW2B/1B rival Darrington Saturday afterno...
Hedlin Ballfield property SOLD
Tuesday night the La Conner Town Council had the purchase of Hedlin’s Ballfield on their agenda. The Council was to approve an agreement with Frank Jeretzky, a commercial loan officer with Mountain P...
Town sales tax revenues golden
Town Councilmembers learned that February’s sales tax receipts of $48,036 were a near record high for the month when they reviewed their March meeting packets. This follows January’s $52,155, which was a record and 56% over the 2020 report. Fin...
A chance to “Choose to Challenge”
Monday was International Women’s Day, celebrated around the world. It is always a good idea to look back, whether it is two days or two centuries, almost as critical as looking forward. The future is where everyone lives. We can take this slogan with...
COVID-19 lessons to learn
COVID-19 has a lot to teach the human family. The underlying chronic malaise of the body politic is glaring inequality and its consequence, sheer poverty, which means lack of adequate income, shelter, health care, food, job security and education....
Culture cancels freedom
As the pitiful craziness grows called “cancel culture,” and freedom of speech is denied, I want to submit just one quotation: “Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.” Frederick Douglass...
Tribe tax system unfair
The Swinomish Tax Authority reduced the levy rate for 2021 to $11.98 per thousand from $12.35 per thousand. The assessed value of homes in Shelter Bay and Pull & Be Damned remained roughly the same, so most taxpayers will see a 3% decrease in taxes....
Smart budgeting is about people, not politics
Confronting the financial challenges caused by COVID-19 continues to be my primary focus during this session. Although there is growing confidence the rapid deployment of the vaccine may end the health pandemic, the economic impact will be felt long...
DOUGLAS LITTLE BISON
Douglas Little Bison passed away on December 27, 2020. His life partner and stepchildren were with him. He was the great-grandson of Chief Big Foot (Si Tanka), leader of the Miniconjou-Lakota, whose...
VERNON “BUTCH” J. HERTZ
Vernon “Butch” J. Hertz, beloved husband and father, passed away at the age of 75 in his home in Mount Vernon WA, on February 28, 2021, surrounded by his family. With great love comes great loss. We...
First school board in-person meeting in year
The La Conner School Board held a special meeting Monday that lived up to its name. It was termed “special” because it opened with a walking tour of the campus. What was truly special came next. The members convened their first in-person meeting in...
Skagit County Sheriff’s Office POLICE BLOTTER
Monday, March 1 1:29 p.m.: Can’t go back – Deputies responded to a possible vehicle prowl. Deputies contacted the suspect and determined there had been no crime. The suspect was issued a trespass admonishment from the Farmhouse Inn. La C...
Cherry Fluff
This recipe is from my dad’s cousin, Joann Vanderpool, who lives in Tennessee. I look at her cooking almost every day on Facebook. She posts today’s meals and meals she made a few years back. I saw...
Fives homes will be built at Channel Cove this summer
Five affordable homes will be built this summer at Home Trust of Skagit’s Channel Cove campus. “We are out for bids,” Jodi Dean, Home Trust of Skagit director, told the Weekly News Tuesday. “The building committee will look at those bids at the end...
Locals chalked art on first Friday
Given the chilly, overcast and occasionally windy day, our First on First Friday went well. We had nine out of nine reserved chalk boxes taken, which included kids of all ages! Watch out for those...
