Articles from the November 24, 2021 edition

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Waterfront Cafe serving annual turkey day special

As the oldest town in Skagit County, La Conner takes pride in its traditions. One of the best of those, it turns out, is also one of the more recent. For the past 12 years the Waterfront Café downtown has hosted a free community Thanksgiving...

 

Power outages darkened Valley during storm last week

Last week’s local flooding and storm conditions were bad. Still, as anyone who was here in 1990 can attest, it could have been worse. Far worse. Then, Rexville Grange was converted to an emergency staging area for National Guard members called in...

 

Comment by Dec. 1 on proposed Center Street apartments

Tis the season for writing Christmas cards. In La Conner, it can also be time to write Town Hall to comment on a proposed 20-unit apartment building on Center Street behind The Slider Café....

 
 By Ken Stern    Opinion    November 24, 2021

Gathering for Thanksgiving

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. How can we be thankful together, as families, as communities, as a nation? Thanksgiving, along with July 4th, is the foundational American holiday. It is more than bedrock: the holiday honors English speaking Europeans...

 

If I ran the zoo

I finally had the courage to go to my synagogue in Bellingham last week and there were only nine of us actually there in person plus Rabbi Josh Samuels and Cantor Andrea Shupak. Others were attending...

 

I am against the proposed 5-year sheriff’s contract

My thoughts about law enforcement in La Conner: • The sheriff is a town “vendor.” If any vendor has complaints regarding provision of contracted services, it makes little sense granting the vendor a longer, five-year contract which, except...

 

Musings – on the editor's mind

Before Tom Hanks rode through post-Civil War Texas on his rescue mission bringing the 10-years old Johanna to her grandparents south of San Antonio in the film “News of the World,” there was Paulette Jiles’ 2016 novel. Her protagonist, Captain...

 

Tell new council you care

The Weekly News’ Nov. 10 editorial assessed the Town as having “Truly a new council.” That was true even before we knew who would take over the vacant seat. First, I’d like to thank John Leaver and Bill Stokes for all the time they spent doin...

 

The malignment of apple pie

Ken Stern, the Weekly News editor, was accused by Sandy Stokes, former editor, of misquoting her in his article about Annie Taylor’s appointment to the Town Council. Taylor won by a 3-1 margin over Bill Bruch. On social media Stokes claimed (speaki...

 

New dike needed now

Wow! Did we dodge a bullet or what?! That firehose hit us, but the worst of the rains landed in the Frazier River watershed. If what the Canadians got lambasted by had fallen just thirty miles further south, the Skagit River could have been in our...

 

Tribe has debt for school debt service fund

The superintendent of the La Conner School District met with the tax committee of the Swinomish Tribe last Thursday. He asked for $500,000 for the general fund and $100,000 for the capital fund. He also presented a list of projects for funding. He...

 

Junaper Swanson Soroptimist student for November

It was a pleasure to talk with the November Honored Student of the Month, Junaper Swanson. Juna is a senior at La Conner High School and working toward her AA degree at Skagit Valley College. She is...

 

The great Bow-Edison flood

I have grown up in the Bow-Edison area. The rains over the weekend starting Nov. 12 was not the first time I have experienced flooding near my home. However, the extremity of the 24 hours overnight...

 

Lots of happenings at the library

2021 Festival of Tiny Trees From “Kiss Me Under the MistleJoe,” to “Skagit Valley Tree of Plenty,” 29 tabletop trees featured in local businesses created a buzz in downtown La Conner last weekend, as the holiday season kicked off with the Fes...

 

Rotary bringing ho-ho-holiday fun and Santa to La Conner

This year the La Conner Rotary Club is bringing back an old favorite – the Santa Breakfast. Add a craft fair the same day and selfie photo opportunities at the boardwalk gazebo, and you have a formula for fun. The ever-popular Santa Breakfast...

 

Town council election victors cite key goals

With ballots having been counted, recently elected La Conner Town Council members are now adding input regarding goals they hope to achieve in their upcoming terms. That post-election math includes factors ranging from infrastructure planning and...

 

Annie Taylor: La Conner’s newest council member

Annie Taylor was appointed to a La Conner Town Council seat by a 3-1 vote Nov. 9, becoming the third women on council, the youngest – until Ivan Carlson takes office in January – and is...

 

La Conner sports community mourns loss of legendary Lynn Weidenbach

As is the case each November there is much anticipation here about the start of the La Conner High School basketball season. But this year there is also a sense of loss – one far more pronounced than can be reflected on any scoreboard –...

 

Skagit County Police Blotter

Monday, November 15 10:25 a.m.: Ripped off – Caller reported a theft of Amazon packages from her residence. The caller reported two ripped open boxes were turned into the post office with her address on them, but nothing inside. Ring Ln., La...

 

Swinomish receive funding to build nation’s first modern clam

The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community has reason to be happy as a clam these days: The tribe has received two major grants to build the first modern-day clam garden in the United States. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

 

Kiwanis Club October students of the month

High School Student of the Month for October is Delaney Cobbs. Delaney is the daughter of Amanda Buck of La Conner. She is a senior at the La Conner High School. Delaney active in school sports. She participates in soccer and wrestling. She says...

 

Pesto Covered Halibut

A thick layer of pesto permeates the flavor of the halibut. We are fortunate to have generous friends. The halibut and pesto were gifts. One from a fisherman, the other, from a cook. I doubt they...

 

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