Articles from the July 3, 2019 edition
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LILLIAN CUSHNER STEINBERG
Lillian Cushner Steinberg passed away peacefully on June 15, 2019, one week shy of her 92nd birthday. She was a well-known watercolor artist in La Conner, Washington, who exhibited her paintings at several local galleries, including Art in a...
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$500,000 Skagit County grant fully funds new library
La Conner has the funds to build a new library. The last $500,000 was approved by the Skagit County Board of Commissioners Monday, some 16 months after the state legislature appropriated the...
Nell Thorn sold, opens anew Friday
Nell Thorn is under new ownership. Seattle restaurateur Ted Furst and his wife Cathy Conner, with two partners, filed papers for the restaurant and property sale Monday. The restaurant, closed since...
Bang-up July 4 celebration in La Conner
The format remains the same, but La Conner’s honoring America’s birthday never gets old. The town will again be scene of a full slate of Fourth of July festivities, starting with a 12 p.m. pat...
Scout's honor: Local teen earns Eagle badge
Eagle Scouts rock, though none more so than La Conner’s Ian McCormick. Few can forget his stirring guitar solo of the Star-Spangled Banner before a La Conner High basketball game last winter. Now, six...
Tides are not shifting our way art exhibit quilters warn us
ART THAT MAKES YOU THINK – Pretty as a picture are the over 40 quilts in “Shifting Tides: Convergence in Cloth” at the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum on Second Street. The art...
Be aware: actions needed for homelessness
To all La Conner residents and in the environs, please increase your awareness of the homeless crisis in this country. I see and identify homeless persons on the streets of our neighboring cities. I’ve talked to some: They were/are lucid and able t...
Musings - on the editor's mind
Numbers tell stories. Here are some that tell mine. Two favorites are 104 and 105. Two more are two and three. And then there are these combinations: 6/26, 6/30 and 7/1, 7/5, not fractions but dates. This issue of the Weekly News you hold in your...
The Kirsch property: Blessing or curse?
The Kirsch property has come back on the agenda for the Mayor and Council. This property has been on and off the agenda for several years now. There are several issues that surround this property that lead to significant misunderstandings. Its role...
FORREST (BUD) T. EISEN JR.
Forrest Eisen Jr. was born June 26, 1942 in Mount Vernon, Washington to Anita and Forrest Eisen Sr. He attended grade and high school in La Conner until his senior year. He joined the Army in 1961 and was medically discharged due to a shrapnel...
Goal reached: New La Conner library funded
Wow, it is done: The $3.74 million dollars to build a new library in La Conner has been raised. By the end of 2021 a new library will gleam from 520 Morris Street, anchoring the east end of town for decades to come. This is a very good thing. It is...
'Ajax' a bloody start to Bellingham's summer theatre
Repertory theatre is abundant in Bellingham this summer. You don’t need a hotel room, but mark your calendar for repeated trips through August to the Sylvia Center for the Arts for, as their website states, “five plays based on the plays of Anc...
Summer boat tours explore Swinomish Channel history
The Skagit County Historical Museum has partnered with San Juan Cruises to introduce narrative tours of both the North and South Swinomish Channel, launching from La Conner. Each is hosted by a local historian well versed in the history and the...
