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Anneke Beach-Garcia buys a set of earrings hand-crafted from skateboard wheel bearings by Lucy Mae Martin, one of the artist vendors exhibiting their works at the MoNA Style event Saturday at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner. – Photo by Don Coyote...
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community expects to send out tax bills to homeowners on the 931 parcels removed from the county’s property tax rolls by the end of this month. As with the county taxes homeowners are accustomed to paying, the Swinomish tribal tax can be paid in two halves on April 30 and October 31. For the 2015 taxes, the tribe intends to use the same assessment values Skagit County has set and will use the same tax rate – $14.28 per $1,000 of assessed value – as parcels on privately owned, or fee simple, land within t...
Second in State! That’s the status of La Conner High School’s “Somewhat Clean” Knowledge Bowl team after the State tournament last Saturday in Arlington. The competition was an entire day’s worth of brain-draining stress, as the six team members boarded the bus before sunrise and didn’t finish until late afternoon. They competed against 18 other 2B ranked schools from across the state in a brain sport similar to “Jeopardy!” It was all about who knew what and who could buzz in first with the...
Monday March 9 2:04 p.m.: Scam – A resident onNorth Third Street in La Conner wanted to report receiving a phone call from that IRS scam that’s been in the news. 2:33 p.m.: Harassment – A La Conner resident did not want any more contact from her granddaughter’s ex-boyfriend. Deputies let the boyfriend know. Tuesday March 10 1:41 p.m.: Boat issue – A person who is being pursued by the state for a derelict vessel at La Conner Marina claims he gave the boat so someone else, but the title was never transferred. 1:46 p.m.: Oop...
Longtime La Conner resident Bert Butterworth died at age 92 on Wednesday, March 11, in Palm Springs, California. Bert was born on December 31, 1922 in Seattle to Carol “Cal” E. and Marion Ellerbeck Butterworth. He attended Seattle public schools, John Hay Grade School and Queen Anne High School. He joined the Washington National Guard in 1939 and was called to active duty on Sept. 16, 1940. He completed pilot training, on March 10, 1942 and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Res...
Yep, those are tulips in the middle of March. Spring-like weather during the last half of winter encouraged the early blooms. To make sure nobody misses the show, Tulip Town will open on Friday, a full 10 days earlier than normal. The display garden at Roozengaarde is open year-round. – Photo by Don Coyote...