Articles from the November 18, 2020 edition
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To fly or not to fly?
My flight to L.A. has been booked for a month. I get to see my kids, whom I have not seen in many months, and I get to have Thanksgiving Dinner with my sister and her large family in Palm Springs and...
Offering tenderness is good for all souls
The dictionary describes tenderness as being acutely sensitive to pain and the feelings of others. Pope Francis, in his new message to all people, said, “Tenderness is the path of choice for the strongest, most courageous men and women.” America pre...
La Conner wrestler Cobbs joins national travel team for Arizona tournament
A La Conner High student has no trouble grappling with success. Adjusting to new COVID-19 pandemic restrictions might be less certain, however. Delaney Cobbs, a reigning girls’ 2A regional w...
Fraud gets proved with facts
Fraud depends on facts to prove the accuser’s case. Everyone has the freedom to believe what they want. At home, in a bar, on a ball field, in the stands, at church, wherever we gather people can tell each other their beliefs and call them truth. A...
First Friday shopping promotion delayed by pandemic restrictions
The next Friday night extended shopping hours event in La Conner will be closer to Christmas than the start of the month. And that is under the best of conditions. Organizers have tentatively...
Local businesses respond to COVID-19 restrictions
Sunday and Monday night, diners were taking their last meals at La Conner restaurants, from La Conner Pub & Eatery down to Nell Thorn on First Street and over to Santo Coyote on Morris Street and COA...
Turnout carries Wesen, Muzzall and Gilday to election wins
The counting is not over, but only one Skagit County or Legislative District 10 election result is not certain: the Skagit Superior Court Judge Position 3 contest between public defender Elizabeth Yost Neidzwski and Mount Vernon attorney Tom...
2021 Town budget smaller, in red
Council and staff are finalizing the budget La Conner Mayor Ramon Hayes presented to them Oct. 21. He called 2020 unprecedented, noting the coronavirus pandemic and the spring’s “dramatic decreases in economic activity” when presenting his budge...
Skagit test site moved to Skagit County Fairgrounds
The Skagit County COVID-19 test site has moved to the Skagit County Fairgrounds. It is open for testing today after having been closed for the move Monday and Tuesday. Skagit County Unified Command made the announcement Nov. 14. “Washington winter i...
Town Council meeting disrupted by Zoom-bombers
Explosive Town Council meetings are nothing new to La Conner. But the panel’s Nov. 10 tele-conferenced session briefly blew up in a way not seen here before. Mayor Pro-Tem Bill Stokes had to shut down the meeting for several minutes after it was ...
Sheriff’s office following up on leads in local cases
As Thanksgiving approaches, local police officers have plenty on their plates. Only this is not talking about turkey and all the fixins. Sgt. Jeff Willard, who administers the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office La Conner detachment, outlined for Town C...
Skagit County Sheriff’s Office POLICE BLOTTER
Monday, November 9 4:36 p.m.: Shot downtown – Report of a large dead Blue Heron. The call was transferred to the Department of Fish and Wildlife to handle. Washington Ave. / S. 1st St., La Conner. Tuesday, November 10 9:36 a.m.: Stealing from...
Roasted Pumpkin Soup
When I travelled to the Kingdom of Bhutan in 2011 with Margrit Elliot, meals, hotels, in-country travel were included in the daily rate of $150. Margrit, lives with her husband, Bruce, in La Conner....
