Articles from the July 13, 2022 edition
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Scott Thomas interviewing for Ketchikan city job
Town Administrator Scott Thomas is one of five finalists for the top managerial post in Ketchikan, Alaska, the Weekly News learned on Monday. Thomas, an attorney who for more than two decades has served as city attorney for four cities in Washington...
New library story pole speaks volumes to community spirit
Swinomish master carver Kevin Paul's latest work, a carved and painted thematic totem story pole was installed near the new La Conner Swinomish Library entrance July 7. “It’s really a lan...
Getting ready to vote
Another election season – year – is underway. Ballots are in the mail for the Aug. 2 primary. Your best ballot casting options are the county drop boxes at the La Conner Regional Library on Morris Street and on the Swinomish Reservation...
Recalling old typewriter days
I enjoyed the typewriter articles by Ken Stern and Bill Reynolds in the June 29 issue of the paper. They made me a bit nostalgic about my old Adler portable, which, having poor handwriting, I used during college but for years afterward too for...
Special Skagit County
I had a conversation this week that lingers in my thoughts. It was with one of our popular local young farmers. She and her husband rent their farmland and live in a rented house that is only affordable due to family connections and the generosity...
Still trying to figure out: Where is America going?
I’ve experienced some of the upsets that America faced over sixty years ago. It was 1960, a presidential election year. Richard Nixon was the Republican candidate and John F. Kennedy, a Catholic, was the Democrat. The foundation for the election a...
Primary election voting starts
Ballots were mailed today to Skagit County voters for the Aug. 2 primary elections, starting the 18-day voting period. The only offices contested by multiple candidates in Skagit County are for U.S. Senate, 2nd Congressional District and secretary of...
State finds Southern Resident killer whales are ‘vulnerable’
OLYMPIA – With numerous whales in poor body condition and several pregnancies reported, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife issued an emergency order June 30 requiring commercial whale-watching vessels to keep at least one-half...
County sold home prices up again
The prices of the 36 homes and condos sold in Anacortes in June make it again the county’s highest residential market, with the $810,000 median price close to April’s after a dip last month. The 190 homes and condos sold in June in Skagit County matc...
Nelson family named Pioneer Family of the Year
For more than a century, members of the pioneer Nelson family have been outstanding in their fields. The Nelson family has been selected as the 2022 Skagit County Pioneer Family of the Year. The...
Billiken Club will be honored at Pioneer Picnic
The historic Billiken Club of La Conner, founded more than a century ago, will be recognized as one of four Spirit Award recipients at the 118th annual Pioneer Picnic on August 4. As far as the Billiken Club is concerned, Janna Gage of Seaport...
Dustin Swanson is new Stanwood basketball coach
Dustin Swanson is the new head coach of the Stanwood High School girls’ basketball team. Swanson was the La Conner High School assistant basketball coach. Swanson, from a pioneer La Conner family, w...
‘My Otherland’ film and panel shared people’s real lives
Is there any greater achievement for any of us than to become – that is, know and embrace – one’s core self? The tagline of the film “My Otherland” is “a story about being yourself.” The perhaps 400 people filling the Lincoln Theatre June...
County residents want agritourism on ag land
In the ongoing discussion around whether and how to permit agritourism activities, Skagit County residents believe preserving the county’s rural character should be a top priority. In a spring 2022 pu...
Grilled Steak with Basic Rub
Select your steak. I chose a one pound two ounce grass-fed strip loin steak. To grill, I used an electric grill, two sided, from Pampered Chef. To oil the grill, I used a pastry brush and Safflower...
Skagit County Police Blotter
Tuesday, July 5 5:02 a.m.: Toilet fireworks – Report of juveniles lighting off fireworks in a port-a-potty. Swinomish Tribal Police checked the area and they were gone. Similk Beach, Greater La Conner. Wednesday, July 6 8:04 a.m.: Sunk at...
Highland Games back last week
Danny Hagen’s race for Skagit County Assessor is not his only pursuit these days. The Shelter Bay resident competed in this year’s Skagit Valley Highland Games at Edgewater Park in Mount Vernon on...
