Articles from the September 9, 2020 edition
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Graffiti tagging is a local gang’s mark
A recent rash of graffiti vandalism in La Conner, where targets have included community hub Maple Hall and a venerable large oak tree, is not so much disturbing for its appearance as it is for who mig...
Not much August rain
August was a dry month. The 0.64” was half this century’s average of 1.24”. There were 11 days without rain starting Aug. 9, then two rain days, with the most rain all month, 0.23”, Aug. 21, followe...
Some locals shopped late Friday
La Conner’s first Shop Local, Shop Late last Friday ahead of the Labor Day weekend bought some locals downtown. The largest congregation seen by this reporter was at The Stall, locally owned by Kay Tr...
Summing up Friday’s Connect La Conner
First, a shout-out to Fire Chief Aaron Reinstra for parking the “41” Fire engine on First Street to attract passersby. Second a salute to Public Works Director Brian Lease for taking extra time to allow access to the electric receptacle under the...
Cut trees to enjoy view
To the Editor, While driving past Little Mountain we decided to check out the new parking lot at the bottom of the hill. Quite impressive, with easy entry and exit and probably enough parking spaces for the next 100 years. The big attraction for the...
Rotarians cleaning parks
Thursday morning this week, four La Conner Rotarians, led by Martin Howard, gathered at the south end of Conner Waterfront Park to weed the kayak launch area. Howard was joined by Rick Bolduc, Jerry Willins and Ollie Iversen. They worked to make...
Learning from History
This is a comment on the letter to the editor last week from Doug Snider (who I do not know). The history referenced is from “Hitler’s First Hundred Days,” by Peter Fritzsche, 2020. Winston Churchill said, “Those that fail to learn from history...
District homework done: ready for new school year
The 2020-21 school year begins for La Conner students on Sept. 14. For the teachers and staff it began Sept. 2nd. For many in the administration and teaching staff, last year’s school year never ended before this new school year began. With the e...
La Conner Schools prepared for fall start
Mark Twain is quoted as saying, “Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.” As your superintendent I think we all need to take some time during this unprecedented time to take a humor break. Our total staff have dedicated a significant amount time prepa...
Musings – on the editor’s mind
Consider three “P” pillars of our representative government: the postal service, the presidency and the press. The institution of the presidency is the youngest, not appearing until the U.S. Constitution emerges in 1787. The postal service is old...
This president is a cancer
Nothing is more local then voting. No duty of citizenship is more fundamental, sacred, necessary, or ties each community into the whole cloth fabric of our 50 united states than our quadrennial exercise of casting ballots for president. All citizens,...
Educators Clark and Williams get Otis scholarships
McKenzie Clark and Naomi Williams have been selected by Soroptimist International of La Conner (SILC) for the 2020 Dixie Otis Memorial Award: $2,000 grants to full time La Conner teachers who are concurrently pursuing their master’s degrees. The a...
Back to school teacher training opens virtual new world for educators
Back to school in La Conner this year means back to the computer screen for students and teachers alike. La Conner Schools teachers and staff began training remotely last week with the new distance learning platforms that will be used to instruct...
La Conner teachers had working summer vacations
Teachers always stress the importance of lifelong learning, and this summer La Conner faculty members modeled that key tenet as they began preparing for the transition from traditional in-person instruction to presenting lessons on-line due to the...
A bird’s eye view of habitat and migration
Birds migrating in the fall may go as far south as Mexico or even South America. They may start as early as August or as late as November. Southerly migration may be slower because more food is available in northern reaches. Some species take two to...
Donner Party’s hard time relived in ‘Answer Creek’
The American trait of impatience, that drive to get things done now, caution be damned, is often fatal. It was for Ada Weeks’ step-parents, who in the opening pages of Shelter Bay resident Ashley Sweeney’s new novel, “Answer Creek,” plunge their o...
Students: build an app challenge
EVERETT, WA — The 2020 Congressional App Challenge is underway, Rep. Rick Larsen (D, Everett) announced last week. The annual competition, which runs through Oct. 19, is open to high school and middle school students who live in or attend...
Hunter Bryant makes Detroit Lions
There won’t be any La Conner High football this fall, but grid fans here will have one player with local ties to follow when the NFL season kicks off this Sunday. Hunter Bryant, son of La Conner alum Shana Bryant and grandson of former La Conner resi...
Skagit County Sheriff’s Office Police Blotter
Monday, August 31 12:03 p.m.: Couldn’t phone home – Report of a male yelling at cars driving by. Deputies contacted the male whose car had broken down so he called for assistance. McLean / Beaver Marsh Rds., Greater La Conner. Tuesday, S...
Skagit County reports lower COVID-19 testing numbers
Skagit County is showing 68.1 new cases per 100,000 population for the two weeks through Sept. 6, as reported by the Washington Department of Health on its COVID-19 risk assessment dashboard. This is the lowest two-week case report since June. But th...
Zucchini Onion Casserole
We have zucchini abundance from our garden. The goal was to grow enough for our consumption. So far I am keeping up with it! This is a summer squash recipe. Use yellow summer squash or smaller...
