Articles from the April 15, 2020 edition
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Construction is "essential"
Dear editor: On March 25 Gov. Jay Inslee decreed that construction is not “essential activity” shutting down residential and commercial building projects, leaving some with unfinished houses. The order allows construction on government projects, but...
After the Flood: hope and promise
Our times compel a search for wisdom, if not distraction. We survey the landscape of snarky-yet-telling memes and self-help bromides. Eventually, when eyes weary of our umbilical, glowing beacons, we plumb the depths of more enduring traditions....
By Musings - on the editor's mind
Among everything else collapsing in our society, this pandemic could be the death knell for newspapers. Publishers are worried. Ads have disappeared, page numbers have shrunk – except for a so far stubbornly resistant Weekly News – and...
Status report: Things not happening
This was the Saturday that the 34th Annual Not-So-Impromptu Tulip Parade did not take place in the month the Tulip Festival was cancelled, in the spring that school stopped for the rest of the year. This is the year that a novel coronavirus...
La Conner Senior Center Zooms right along during virus shutdown
The coronavirus outbreak hasn’t slowed things down for the La Conner Senior Center. Those who take part in the center’s wide range of activities haven’t missed a step despite a statewide ‘Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order mandated to curb further s...
Community leaders Zoom together to meet
Technology is helping bring people and ideas together even as social distancing has become the norm in response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The latest example was an hour-long remote panel discussion conducted on the Zoom video conferencing platf...
Hard times déjà vu versus 2008-2009
Ramon Hayes has seen it all before. The three-term Mayor of La Conner and First Street business owner well recalls the economic pain inflicted here by the Great Recession of 2008. But he says the novel coronavirus threat, which has led to mandated...
COVID-19 Skagit County Cases: Epidemiologic Curve Progression
The first COVID-19 case in Skagit County was confirmed Feb. 21. Significant growth in COVID-19 cases were documented February 21-March 18, with cases doubling every four days, on average. The Skagit...
Church members 'Stay Home' with on-line Holy Week services
La Conner area pastors spoke to empty pews on Easter Sunday, but their messages were heard by many. At La Conner United Methodist Church, it was a combination of a colorful Living Cross of spring...
Limited Access signs posted at town entrance
As a prank, someone once spray-painted the word “Don’t” atop a Visit La Conner promotional sign outside town. Fast forward a generation to last Saturday when motorists entering La Conner at the round...
LILLY ANNA MAXWELL
Lilly Anna Maxwell passed away peacefully at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 4, 2020 with family by her side. Lilly was born on March 1, 1936 in Saarbrucken, Germany to Phillip and Klara...
Lucky readers
In this COVID-19 nightmare, several newspapers in our state have ceased publication – they rely on the advertising dollars from stores that are shuttered right now. Readers of La Conner Weekly News are very fortunate they still have a...
