Articles from the October 28, 2020 edition
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Town utility payment drop box broken into over weekend
The Skagit County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the latest in a string of break-ins, thefts and vandalism coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent target was the Town utility drop b...
September was cool and dry
Remember September? It was cooler than normal, the sun blocked by California and Oregon’s wildfire smoke. Maximum temperatures averaged 3.8 degrees below the century’s 71.4 monthly average high from the 12th through the end of the month. Recall tha...
La Conner schools awarded $30,950 CARES funds from County
The Board of Skagit County Commissioners will award a total of $989,000 to schools and districts serving Skagit County students to assist with costs of distance learning and safe reopening during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus Aid,...
Planning Commission starts shoreline management update
No waves are being made in the latest round of updates to the La Conner Shoreline Management Plan. Town Planning Commissioners enjoyed smooth sailing during their first review of proposed changes to shoreline guidelines here during a briskly paced...
Driver’s ed on the road again with coronavirus safeguards
COVID-19 has forced Washington state schools to repeatedly shift gears, and for a time last spring it even put the brakes on driver’s education. But with new health and safety guidelines issued for driving lessons and classroom instruction now c...
Pope Francis: ‘We need one another’
Much of the coverage of Pope Francis’ expansive encyclical Fratelli Tutti, released Oct. 4, focused on its feel-good themes of unity, dialogue and peace. Who can argue against the notion that we are “brothers and sisters all?” But this docum...
Shelter Bay Garden Club hold fall tour, ceremony
Autumn has been a time for the newly minted Shelter Bay Garden Club to spring into action. Consider that club members hosted a garden tour and dedication ceremony Oct. 16 that highlighted the revival of a dozen community garden beds adopted by a...
La Conner High students schooled at state legislature
Timing in life is everything. Before the COVID-10 pandemic led schools, colleges, and universities to shift courses to on-line instruction, a trio of La Conner High students were able to use the State Capitol as their government classroom. MacQuaid...
Voting for the old normal
Greater La Conner residents are probably in the center of the surge of early Skagit County voters. Six days before election day over 50% of county residents have voted, by far a record. It is similarly likely that the percentage of registered voters...
If I ran the zoo
I have known Mick Rosenthal since the day he came from the hospital after his birth. His parents are my close friends and they are political activists. His mother Nancy Stephens Rosenthal actually...
For fair local taxes
Beginning in 2015 county taxes in the La Conner area increased by an average of $300.00 per tax parcel. This was caused by a tax shift generated by the Great Wolf decision. Shelter Bay and Pull & Be Damned, part of levy code 1580, were exempted from...
Lundsten’s the one
I remember a time when attack ads in political campaigns were not so commonplace that we failed to notice them. We have reached a point in our world that decency and restraint seem to be, at least in the world of politics, no longer virtues but...
Vote Republican if that is your belief
October 7 paper, A citizen’s view, by Maryon Attwood’s “A citizen’s view: Washington’s GOP is now the Party of Trump,” Oct. 7 Weekly News) was – very interesting. So, am I supposed to vote for Dems , or just not vote at all, if I live in the...
Article on Bruch good
I was impressed by Ken Stern’s excellent article about Bill Bruch. It was well researched, accurate, and documented. Keep up the good work Ken. Rick Dole La Conne...
Vote all Republicans
Elections have consequences, the coming election more than any time in recent history. All of the country down to local levels will have a choice whether to continue on the same course or try something different. We know what the current majority of...
Weekly News impressive
I have recently started reading the La Conner Weekly News and am very impressed by the editorial content, local news and letters to the editor. It is too bad the paper is not named the Skagit Valley Weekly, so more people would understand they too...
Fire District 13 transports, calls for service up again
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a new normal over the past seven months. But for the first time since March, the old normal has returned to Fire District 13 – at least in terms of its monthly call log. Each month during the virus crisis...
Suffragist Linda Deziah Jennings honored with signage at Pleasant Ridge cemetery
But not as lengthy as the campaign to secure for women the right to vote, a decades-long fight whose leadership ranks in Washington state included the daughter of a pioneer La Conner family. Linda...
THOMAS ATWOOD BOWMAN
Thomas Atwood Bowman was born in Berwyn, Illinois on 5/28/1928, the only child of Lacy and Lucile Bowman. He passed away 9/29/2020, suffering from dementia and recently, congestive heart failure. Tom... Full story
KARLA JEAN LILLQUIST
Karla Jean Lillquist, loving sister, wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend, died peacefully on October 24, 2020. Karla lived a long, rich life. She was a kind,... Full story
Skagit County Sheriff’s Office POLICE BLOTTER
Monday, October 19 10:19 a.m.: Catch this guy – Caller reported her husband had found that their three vehicles had been prowled sometime overnight. Some small tools and a purse were taken. Bay View Edison Rd., Bay View. 10:38 a.m.: 20 minutes...
Pork Roast with Ratatouille in the Slow Cooker
Initially I was going to prepare this recipe in my large, heavy Dutch oven. But the 5.6 pound bone-in pork butt would not fit in the Dutch oven with large chunky vegetables. So, I prepped everything i...
Local pumpkin stands thrive, cracking COVID-19’s new normal
Moonlight and pumpkins set the stage for the first-ever Locals Night at Gordon Skagit Farms last Thursday. A first-quarter moon loitered over the barn. Tea lights illuminated a display of green...
Record voter turnout possible
Skagit County voters are on their way to record breaking participation in the 2020 presidential election. With one week to go, the County’s election office had ballots for almost 53% of its r...
