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People lucky enough to live near La Conner and who looked outside just before dusk last Thursday had a real treat for the eyes. After a pounding rainstorm, the light was golden and the sky yielded a double rainbow. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Mae and Ellie Cleveland visited the tulip fields with their parents Travis and Catie Cleveland of Bainbridge Island recently. Brodie, whose job title is Newshound, moonlights as a greeter and was on hand to welcome them. – Photo by Don CoyoteMae and Ellie Cleveland visited the tulip fields with their parents Travis and Catie Cleveland of Bainbridge Island recently. Brodie, whose job title is Newshound, moonlights as a greeter and was on hand to welcome them. – Photo by Don...
Doug Avery, a 30-year veteran volunteer firefighter with Fire District 13 resigned his elected position as a Commissioner effective April 30. Over the past three years, Avery has weathered battles with the commissioners and administrative staff in the district. In 2011, the former commission “fired” him from his volunteer position as a battalion chief for alleged insubordination. A few months later, he was elected to office, defeating and replacing one of the commissioners who “fired” him. Throughout 2011 and 2013, Avery was usually the odd...
La Conner Town Councilman Jacques Brunisholz offered to resign so that he can fulfill a lifelong dream to hike the Pacific Crest Trail this summer. He had handed in a letter of resignation, but the council decided to place the letter on file and grant him an extended leave unless something comes up that requires a fifth member. Brunisholz said he will be leaving immediately to hike the trail starting in Southern California. He said he could be gone up to five months walking the trail, which extends 2,650 miles from the Mexican border to...
First-grader Anna Theaker swings toward the sky at the new La Conner Elementary School playground, which was dedicated on Friday. – Photo by Amylynn RichardsFirst-grader Anna Theaker swings toward the sky at the new La Conner Elementary School playground, which was dedicated on Friday. – Photo by Amylynn Richards...
The LaConner Arts Commission is happy to announce the installation of the first poem from the “Poetry in the Street Project.” The short poem “Early Fall” is engraved in bronze letters into a section of sidewalk in front of the La Conner Civic Garden Club butterfly garden on S. Second Street. Helping to dedicate the inscription last week was the executive director of the Skagit River Poetry Foundation, Molly McNulty, and the mayor of La Conner, Ramon Hayes. This is the first of four poems schedul...
Richard Steele Sunde, a fourth-generation Sitkan and former resident of La Conner, died April 10 at his home in Waikoloa, Hawaii after a long, beautiful hike to the North Kohala beaches. The family will hold celebrations of his life in his three homes — Hawaii, La Conner, and Sitka — at later dates this summer. In the meantime, the family is encouraging all those who loved Rick and were impacted by his life to gather and share stories, and honor Rick’s life. Rick was born on M...
John W. Denton, a lifelong resident of the Skagit Valley, died very peacefully in Burlington on Sunday, April 13. He was born in La Conner on January 24, 1931, the son of Oscar and Mamie Denton and was raised on the Denton and Valentine homestead on Pleasant Ridge. He graduated from La Conner High School and then went into the Army for four years. Upon his return, John went to work for Cascade Frozen Foods as a field man. John met his future bride, Karlyn Kurth, when he jumped onto her tractor,...
Monday April 14 9:04 a.m.: Theft – Welding equipment was stolen from a locked storage container atConwayElementary School. There have been a number of thefts during the school’s construction project. 4:21 p.m.: Tulip tickets – About 40 vehicles were parked in a no parking zone onBest Road east of La Conner. The deputy issued two citations while the rest of the errant parkers ran back to their vehicles and to avoid tickets. 5:21 p.m.: Theft – Somebody stole a pottery vase from in front of a gift shop onFirst Street in La C...