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I am excited to invite friends and visitors to the opening of my brother, Harry Cross’ show of Central and South American Mollas at the Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum in the Gaches Mansion this Saturday, 3-5 p.m. My brother collected these Mollas primarily in Bogota, Colombia where his wife is from. The Mollas became the traditional dress of the Kuna Indians in the early 1900s. Before that, the Kuna painted their bodies until the missionaries made in-roads into the culture and convinced the women to cover their bodies. The w...
I am a longtime subscriber to your newspaper. Noticed your front page (March 13 issue) is full of anti-Navy/jet propaganda. My support of NAS Whidbey goes back as far as I can remember. My guess is the Advisory Council of Historic Preservation, Ebey’s Landing National Historic Reserve, Sound Defense Alliance and No New Jets are made up of folks who have moved into our area from out of state or from the greater Seattle area. We don’t mind sharing our beautiful area with newcomers, but please refrain from trying to change things, so when you lea...
Thank-you, Representative Lekanoff for your eloquent letter. I agree that oil spill prevention is key because once oil is spilled, very little of it is actually recovered. Mechanical or human failures do occur at sea. On Saturday, March 23, a cruise ship, the Viking Sky, lost power in several engines off the rugged coast of Norway. Twenty-six-foot waves and high winds hampered the rescue of the passengers. Fortunately, the ship was able to regain power and, with the assistance of two tug boats, made it safety to port on March 24. If the ship...
At long last! Now maybe the nation can get on with the business that is important and not this nearly two year witch hunt, Trump was right once again! In time it will be revealed for those who still think that Hillary should have won the election and that somehow Trump stole it, that nothing about that notion is correct. Mueller let that cat out of the bag with his report and Attorney General Barr confirmed it and made it public March 24. No collusion with Russia, the original concern. Please don’t get hung up like so many have on the w...
For $337,500 the former Kirsch property on North First Street across from Swinomish Yacht Club can be yours. The Town-owned property went on the market Friday. Public access to the water is no longer an issue, Mayor Ramon Hayes stressed Friday in a phone interview. “Now we have a tremendous amount of access for our citizens,” he said, citing the pocket park immediately north of that lot, the Conner Waterfront Park and, most prominently, the boardwalk running the length of South First Str...
Sharing the respectful collegiality citizens want in their legislators, State Reps. Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) and Norma Smith (R-Clinton) hosted a town hall meeting to a full room of 80 people Saturday morning at Coupeville’s WhidbeyHealth Medical Center. At the well run session the lawmakers gave brief updates on the legilastive session and answered written questions from attendees. First term Rep. Paul summed up the three bills he sponsored that are now being considered in the senate. His p...
If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. That’s the approach La Conner Schools officials have taken to fill a vacancy on the district’s board of directors. La Conner area civic leader Susie Gardner Deyo was sworn in Monday night by school board president Janie Beasley. She succeeds John Thulen. Deyo has strong backgrounds in both business and education, Deyo’s selection was immediately lauded by those familiar with her tireless work on behalf of the La Conner Alumni Assoc...
It was 2:30 pm and Paisley Stewart walked home from school on Morris street. She detoured, popping into Tillinghast Postal for her daily visit. Stewart is just one of the band of school kids who come to visit Six, the mild-mannered cat who bedecks the shop counter, laying in her wicker basket or holding down the shipping scale. In October Six came home with Lucy Kelly, Tillinghast’s owner. Kelly’s other kitty companion, Maggie, had passed away in September. When she was ready to adopt ano...
Entering a Shinto shrine is a practice of honoring what’s sacred in all things –the spirit that’s alive in trees, rocks and water. La Connerites can experience that practice themselves through art in April. FORUM Arts will be bringing a Shintoist perspective to its First Street space, exhibiting the works of Skagit Valley artist Todd Horton. “In the Middle of Now” runs April 5 to May 5, with an opening reception 5-7:30 p.m. April 13. Horton’s exhibit was conceived in a shrine on Mount Pilc...
I am dismayed to read that the high school cannot field a baseball team. This program can be revived with care and work. I can be a leader in this effort. Please publish these (few words) in an upcoming edition. Thank you, Greg Kennedy La Conner P.S. I know the coaches through my son, Zane Kennedy, who was a four-year player. I also know some community dynamics which can revive this program....
Small town newspapers in rural America serve as a portal into the life and times of individuals who live in these communities. These newspapers are precious documents that celebrate the lives, activities, tragedies and relationships that these communities value. These papers also bring domestic and global news to residents and link these events to their own lives. The Puget Sound Mail was a key part in La Conner’s history and my great-grandfather was the owner, publisher and editor. Before cell phones, computers and satellite news, n...
Significant news headlined on the front page in three area newspapers March 13: “Navy will spend $887K on jet noise ‘mitigation’” – Anacortes American “Navy to fund historic preservation near NAS Whidbey” – Skagit Valley Herald “Navy declines following most preservation recommendations” – La Conner Weekly News The issue: The Navy’s response to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, a federal agency. The Navy decided not to study, consult with other parties, measure noise levels or delay bringing 36 EA-18G Growler jets...
As the tragic death of Walter Damien was mourned with a funeral dinner at the Swinomish Gym Monday night, Tribal Police were investigaing who was responsible for the hit-and-run accident that killed the 51-year-old man last weekend on Indian Road. By night’s end, Swinomish officers and detectives had taken into custody a suspect and seized the vehicle believed to have struck Damien, who had been walking home from a friend’s house when struck around 1:30 Sunday morning. Leslie Rae Topaum, 44, was booked into Skagit County Jail late Monday and...
