Articles from the October 10, 2018 edition
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Council sets 2019 grants
In the longest Town Council meeting in at least a couple of years, democracy was both patient and in action Sept. 25. Mayor Ramon Hayes laid out a firmer 2019 budget that included significant reductions in hotel-motel tax grants. The Town will use...
Civil discussion on homelessness in Skagit County
League of Women Voters of Skagit County Joining with the League of Women Voters of Skagit County and the Skagit County Dispute Resolution Center, the Oct. 6 culminating day of the 2018 Civil...
Folks go in barn for blacksmith demonstration at Festival of Family Farms
MAKING A TOOL ON THE FARM – Farmers still make things as well as grow crops and raise livestock. Adair Orr, blacksmith, was celebrating his art for an attentive audience at Gordon Skagit Farms...
County charter proposal debated at Dewey forum
Millions were glued to their televisions the past couple weeks, tuned into the Kavanaugh confirmation drama. But perhaps a more representative example of American democracy took place before a dozen people at the Dewey Beach Community Hall Thursday...
Fire District 13, Tribal Police to hold quake drills
Author Richard Haines, a frequent visitor to La Conner, has written about the impact a major earthquake would have here. In his book, “Sudden Loss: Earthquake Realities,” Haines depicts the terrifying local consequences a big quake and sub...
'Surge' opens at MoNA: Artists portray climate change studies from scientist partners
COAL HAS FUELED OUR PAST – Well over 200 people flowed into the Museum of Northwest Art last weekend for the exhibit “Surge 2018.” Speaking to 76 people at the opening were Dr. Jon Riedel, Nat...
'Side Show' gals seek love on Lincoln stage
Nothing is more normal than twin sisters having different points of view. And almost all of us want love and to be loved. A lucky few of us are talented singers and attractive. Almost none of us, however, are joined at the hip, literally, with our...
Barbara Koenigs
Barbara Koenigs, 84, a longtime resident of the Skagit Valley, died in the early morning on September 30, 2018. Barbara and her husband opened and ran Cafe Pojante in LaConner in 1985. Extended obituary at http://www.kernfuneralhome.com There will...
Water bill overpaid
To the Editor: At the September 25 meeting, the Town Council voted to pay the City of Anacortes $5,114 for reconciliation of the operation and maintenance (O&M) portion of the 2017 water bill. By my calculations, La Conner only owed Anacortes...
'I was there' for totem pole dedication
The recent article about the Swinomish totem poles was of great interest to me, as I was there when the original poles were dedicated in 1938. I was eight years old and with my parents and sisters had driven up from our home in California to visit...
Candidates forum October 18: you coming?
The La Conner Weekly News has organized a forum of District 1 Freeholder candidates for Oct. 18 in Maple Hall. The county ballot measure, Proposition 1, asks you to approve the election of freeholders, or delegates, for the purpose of developing a...
Todd Wood steers food co-op to a larger future
The Skagit Valley Food Co-op opened in a Presbyterian church basement in Mount Vernon in 1973. When newly transplanted University of Michigan graduate Todd Wood arrived in 1975 the store was at Second and Pine. He was soon volunteering. In 1978 he...
Whipple takes bite to stop crime at Pioneer Market
There was a bit of excitement Saturday morning at Pioneer Market. Manager Barry Whipple scuffled with a shoplifter. She did not go quietly into the Sheriff’s vehicle. Whipple was bit on his left b...
