Articles from the June 26, 2019 edition
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Dave Paul: a good legislator
To the Editor: Dave Paul is the kind of representative every voter looks for. He knows and cares about the people in his northern Washington district. From young to old and in between, his constituents benefit from his passions that are also the...
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School Board delays decisions on administrative raises, superintendent contract extension
The Fourth of July is still a week away, but there were early fireworks aplenty when the La Conner School Board met in a tense, sometimes heated session before a standing room only audience Monday...
Swinomish Tribe contributes $750,000 for new La Conner Swinomish library
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community will contribute $750,000 toward the construction of a new library, the La Conner Regional Library District announced Monday. The facility, located at 520 Morris Street, will be named the La Conner-Swinomish...
A Novel Affair marks another chapter finished for library fundraising drive
Yet another chapter in the saga unfolded Saturday. More than $50,000 was added to the cause during the annual A Novel Affair luncheon and auction at Maple Hall keynoted by best-selling Seattle author...
Looking back on the 1940s: Fred Mesman tells all
As told to Anne Basye Farmer, rockhound, horseshoe club founder, birder, hunter, carver, husband, dad and granddad, Fred Mesman will be 95 in August. The patriarch of the Mesman Dairy at Chilberg and...
Swinomish Police make local kids happy campers
School’s out, but learning hasn’t stopped. Local students ages 8-14 spent their first week of summer vacation mastering content shared by the Swinomish Tribal Community Police Department and oth...
Musings: On the editor's mind
A school board and a town council walked into a bar. They had the usual litany of concerns and hand wringing: underfunded, under resourced, underappreciated, not understood. “They come to our meetings and hammer us with their complaints,” the boa...
School board - unions meeting a start
I wanted to write something light, this being the first week of summer. Alas. Observers and participants agree that tempers are running high, some people are hurt, others are wounded and discord rifts the La Conner School District. If only the board...
Town signs $100,000 cell tower lease
The Town Council gained $100,000 for the Town in less than an hour at its June 11 meeting: After months of negotiating, Council passed having Mayor Ramon Hayes sign an agreement with Crown Castle Cell Tower, a Texas-based company. The 42 year lease,...
MARIAN LOUISE CRIM
October 8, 1930 to March 3, 2019 Memorial service will be held on Sunday, June 30, 2019, 2:00 pm at First Christian Church. 495 E. Bakerview Road, Bellingham, WA 98226...
