Articles from the September 29, 2021 edition
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Council discussed law enforcement at budget hearing Tuesday
La Conner’s Town Council used the development of the 2022 budget to consider law enforcement options at its 5 p.m. budget hearing Tuesday. This often brought up topic at council meetings this year, has the group’s attention, with the Skagit Cou...
No compromise on Maple Field development
The Town of La Conner did not violate Washington’s constitution in its purchase and sale of the Hedlin family’s Maple Avenue property last April. The lawyer for Maple Field, the Landed Gentry development company responded with a three page let...
New library’s construction starting
The future is being built for residents of greater La Conner with the start of construction of a “zero to 100” new La Conner-Swinomish Regional Library designed to meet the needs of newborns’ mothe...
Buying into affordable housing
Here we go again. Whatever the merits of Greg Ellis’ proposal to build six or so houses on the Washington Street lot behind Pioneer Market, he provides the opportunity for town and Skagit Valley residents to again wrestle with the complexity of gaini...
Ending Afghanistan war right
I fully support President Biden’s decision to end the 20 year war in Afghanistan and the presence of American troops in the impoverished war-torn country. Here is why: while the withdrawal was always going to “messy” and fraught with violence as in m...
If I ran the zoo
These are very challenging times for so many reasons. Many of us have lost loved ones, some of us have lost our jobs or had them shut down, hopefully for the time being. This are especially trying...
Affordable housing and fully contained communities
I guess we should have expected it, but it’s disappointing none the less. Since “affordable housing” is a critical issue for all our communities, it is now being used as a cudgel or enticement for what would otherwise be an unacceptable devel...
Questions sought for town council candidates forum
October is coming, with election ballots mailed Oct. 13. In greater La Conner, three town council seats and the Fire District 13 commissioner position 2 are contested. Do you have enough information to make your choices? What are the important...
Housing plan behind Pioneer Market needs more details
Greg Ellis is going back to the drawing board. The La Conner Planning Commission has asked him to do so. The five-member advisory panel, in a unanimous vote last Tuesday, Sept. 21, required the vetera...
Port of Skagit gains $2 million for fiber optic construction
The Port of Skagit was awarded a $1,000,000 loan and a $1,000,000 grant through the Community Economic Revitalization Board to continue its work to bring fiber optic infrastructure to eastern Skagit County. This low-interest Rural Broadband Program...
La Conner netters back in action
The La Conner High School volleyball team is not used to losing. Not even a single set. But it lost last week’s slate of matches due to COVID-19 protocols. Winners of the 2018 and 2019 State 2B net crowns and among the favorites to capture this y...
Braves blanked by Coupeville in lopsided grid loss
During La Conner High School’s NW2B football game at Coupeville Friday night a disoriented deer sauntered onto the field. But Bambi had nothing to fear. It was a young and injury-riddled Braves team that was in Coupeville’s crosshairs instead. The...
La Conner girls’ soccer team tripped up at Friday Harbor
The chemistry is there, but a young La Conner High girls’ soccer team still came up on the short end of the equation in a key NW2B match with Friday Harbor Sept. 22. The hosts fell 7-1 to the Lady Wolverines, averting a shutout thanks to a goal by s...
‘Standing, Still’ at MoNA till Oct. 10
Curators’ statement: Bruised, but never beaten. Lonely, but not alone. “Standing, Still” represents strength and unity in times of struggle. This exhibition strives to capture both the societal stand...
Library story pole carves open new chapter in community relations
It isn’t just a new library being built at the old Pederson Automotive site on Morris Street. An understanding that the local area is one community – a single, multi-cultural community – is being built there as well, La Conner Library F...
La Conner alum researches COVID-19, HIV
If science requires solving complex problems one step at a time, a La Conner alumnus is among those setting the pace when it comes to the vital on-going study of viruses, stem cells and gene therapy....
COVID-19 transmission increasing statewide; hospitals under pressure
OLYMPIA – The latest COVID-19 modeling and surveillance situation report from the Washington State Department of Health shows the majority of counties now have case rates above 500 per 100,000. Washington is likely to see continued high levels...
Make festival of visiting family farms this weekend
Three greater La Conner family farms will participate in the Skagit Festival of Family Farms this weekend: Roozengaarde, Schuh Farms and Gordon Skagit Farms. Longtime participant Hedlin Family Farms...
Town’s Pioneer Monument has 85th anniversary year
It is the first, and in historic terms, the most lasting image motorists entering town from the east and north have of La Conner. Pioneer Monument, the iconic granite shaft with pictorial reliefs of...
Skagit County Police Blotter
Monday, September 20 3:59 p.m.: Call customer service – Caller reported that her phone had been showing a caller ID from Hungary when calling other people and thought it was suspicious. The caller recently got new equipment from Wave Cable....
Corned Beef Hash with Eggs
A super easy meal that I make now and then for breakfast. I never thought to share this recipe until a co-worker of my husband said she wished she knew how to make this. It’s all about technique. A ca...
