Articles from the April 22, 2020 edition
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Wear masks in public
In these difficult and frightening times, many people have come forward to help our community in a variety of ways. I want to give a BIG thank you to all who have stepped up to help our community, especially all those workers on the front lines,...
Politicizing the COVID-19 pandemic
In the past hundred years, our country has faced a number of crises of a world-wide dimension, including the Great Depression and World War II. There was Republican push-back to FDR’s economic and social solutions to help us get out of the D...
Covid 19
It is not a war. It is a health care crisis. A nationally mismanaged healthcare crisis. How do we deal with the uncertainty of it all? We are lucky to be in a state that follows the scientific consensus of how to fight this virus, lucky to be in La C...
Humor and irony
Ken, I enjoyed your photo this last week; “This Is What Stay At Home Looks Like”. We seem to have the same sense of humor. Richard Raisler...
COVID curve considered
I was impressed by the insightful and timely article, in the April 15 edition of the La Conner Weekly News, reporting on the rate of Covid-19 virus infection in Skagit County. We are all learning, or should be learning, more every day about the...
By Learning in the time of coronavirus
Learning certainly looks and feels different now but it is still happening. Our teachers updated their websites with office hours, class times and learning materials. I encourage you to check it out! There are some great learning resources...
Musings - on the editor's mind
“Love in the time of the Cholera” is a book famous in part because of its title. The 1985 novel by the Columbian Gabriel García Márquez traces the complex journey of a couple from their youthful marriage through a lifetime of lov...
The clearest Earth Day in 50 years: how far can you see?
Today is the 50h anniversary of Earth Day. Conceived by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson and brought to life by a 25 years old Denis Hayes, Earth Day burst forth on April 22, 1970, during the then never-ending Vietnam War and two weeks before st...
La Conner High seniors bask in glow of Friday Night Lights
It was a rare bright shining moment last Friday for a La Conner High senior class whose school hallways remain darkened by nationwide campus closures through the rest of the academic year in response...
Tulip Town in the time of coronavirus
Andrew Miller and four of his Skagit county high school friends and alumni bought Tulip Town last June from Anthony and Jeannette DeGoede, who owned it for 35 years. The group organized as Spinach Bus...
No go on restoring Pleasant Ridge School
Results from an engineering feasibility study has halted plans to restore the historic Pleasant Ridge School. The study was commissioned by Cemetery District 1, which acquired the school and its...
Teddy Bears wanted by Braves Club
The La Conner Braves’ Club is having a Teddy Bear drive. We are collecting new and gently loved bears to distribute to local children during this unprecedented time. Research indicates how stressful the pandemic is on children. Teddy bears are often...
Thursday give and support your library
The second annual Library Giving Day on Thursday is an event that gives library lovers like you a chance to support the new La Conner Swinomish Library. Last year 192 library organizations from 39 US States and four Canadian provinces joined the...
'Locals Only' sign debated as COVID-19 cases climb
Words matter. That’s been a common refrain heard nationally during a period of tense political division. Here in La Conner, it was two words that especially raised eyebrows the weekend before last. Those were “Locals Only.” The two-word messa...
Outdoor petty thefts on rise around town
Much of the economy has been shut down due to the coronavirus. What still pays, however, is being alert to potential mischief. “We’ve seen an uptick in theft and vandalism,” La Conner Mayor Ramon Hayes told the Weekly News last Thursday. “It’s a stra...
