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Digging for change scattered in hay is a tradition for local kids at the annual Easter Egg Hunt in Pioneer Park put on by the La Conner Firemen’s Association. – Photo by Don CoyoteDigging for change scattered in hay is a tradition for local kids at the annual Easter Egg Hunt in Pioneer Park put on by the La Conner Firemen’s Association. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Recent downpours left puddles between rows to double the bloom view in the tulip fields. – Photo by Don Coyote...
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in federal court against BNSF Railway, alleging violations of terms in an easement agreement that allows the trains to cross reservation land. According to the complaint filed in the United States District Court in Seattle, the tribe and Burlington Northern were parties to a 1991 agreement granting the railway an easement, allowing one 25-car train per day in each direction to serve the refineries on March’s Point to cross the northern tip of the reservation. Train tracks run o...
Elizabeth Chamberlain died Thurs., March 26, at the age of 102. She was born Sept. 8, 1912 in Lancaster, PA, the third of nine children. Elizabeth enjoyed amazingly good health all her long life and lived independently for 15 years at Harbor Villa apartments in La Conner until two months before her death. In La Conner she was affec-tionately known as “Wren,” a name she called herself as she was fond of the little birds. She loved walking down the main street, visiting with the shopkeepers and...
Dorothy Inez Garcia died on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at the age of 90. She made her home in LaConner. Born December 17, 1924 in Oklahoma, Inez lived an adventurous and creative life. She was an avid supporter of local artists and collector of antiques. She loved fine food and was an accomplished cook. Inez and her husband John were a huge part of the revolution in Neuro-science and radiation awareness in the U.S. as John was a professor of neuroscience at University of California, Los Angeles and...
Shelter Bay resident Ingrid Maria Pierce died at the age of 80 on Saturday, March 21. Born Ingrid Johanson in Stockholm, Sweden on July 29, 1934, Ingrid worked for the Royal Academy of Sweden and attended the Nobel Prize Ceremony 1955 before she came to the United States. In 1956, Ingrid, who was fluent in four languages includ-ing English and German, immigrated to the United States with her mother, Olga, who had relatives on the New Jersey south shore. Shortly after, a friend introduced her to...
Edward “Ed” Good, 73, formerly of La Conner, died peacefully on Friday, March 27, at Skagit Valley Hospital after a long battle with congestive heart failure. Ed was known around La Conner for his good humor, his social skills and his community involvement. He was a leader in the La Conner Sea Scouts, a member of La Conner Kiwanis and of the Shelter Bay Chorus. He was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 13, 1942. He grew up in Pennsylvania, where he enjoyed hunting, trapping, fishing and hik...
A delegation of school and town officials traveled to Olympia on Tuesday to let state Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn know La Conner needs help right now. The meeting was set up by State Rep. Norma Smith, R-Clinton, who said “kids are at risk” because La Conner School District suffered a huge funding cut this year. What amounts to about 50 percent of the district’s property tax revenue was eliminated when 931 parcels were removed from the county’s tax rolls in January. As a re...
La Conner High started slow then poured it on late at Concrete last Monday. The Braves came from behind to record a key 5-2 NW2B baseball road win, improving to 2-1 in league standings and squaring their overall mark at 3-3. And, even more important, La Conner seized much needed momentum going into a crucial conference test at Orcas today. The April 8 matchup gives the Braves a chance to avenge an earlier 2-1 loss to the Vikings. Orcas, La Conner, Concrete, and Friday Harbor are the favorites vying for a lone Northwest District berth to State t...
Monday March 30 10:58 a.m.: Ballistic key – A person onNorth Fourth Street in La Conner thought it worrisome that a neighbor shot out their own car window after being locked out. 11:28 a.m.: Abandoned vehicle – Tenants moved away from an address onCalhoun Road east of La Conner but left a car behind. 7:03 p.m.: Trespassing – Somebody reported that there were trespassers in the old Moore Clark building in La Conner, but deputies couldn’t locate anybody. 11:35 p.m.: Prowler – A resident in the 500 block ofMaple Ave. in L...