Articles from the December 27, 2018 edition
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Christmas 2018
The birthday of a Jewish child is called Christmas Day. The child, Jesus, born in poverty, grew to manhood in what is now Israel. Little is known about him until he reached approximately the age of 30. Then he left home and, with a group of followers...
Lights on Lummi Drive are glorious
I live on Lummi Drive in La Conner in Shelter Bay. I thought, we’ve got such beautiful lights here on Lummi Drive, both sides, street side and water side and the lights across the bay reflect in the water and it is just absolutely glorious. I t...
Power is always on at Pioneer Market!
When the lights went out last week, the friendly staff at Pioneer Market propped open the door, grabbed flashlights and went to work helping customers find something to eat and drink. All you needed was cash and the staff would calculate tax on...
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Janna Gage recalls childhood Skagit Christmases
Local historian Janna Gage shared stories of whites settling our northwest corner of the Washington territory and of her own family’s place on the Skagit River to 15 members at the Friends of the L...
'Eat out' first Wednesdays to help kids
The Kiwanis Club of La Conner and half a dozen town restaurants are posed to make monthly donations to assist students in the local school district. Their program, “Eat Out for Kids,” has a simple premise: eat out at any of six restaurants on the fir...
Winds knocked out power for 8 to 18 hours Thursday
Fall roared out of the Salish Sea region with winds of up to 60 mph last Thursday, darkening all or parts of Island, Kitsap, Skagit and Whatcom counties served by Puget Sound Energy. In La Conner, the...
Morris Street nursery won't flower in 2019
For many, December 31st symbolizes a closure to a year. With the ball dropping at midnight, crowds gather together to bid farewell to the old, and usher in the new. With mixed feelings this year’s end, Jo Mitchelle, LMT, says good-bye to her plant a...
Update: Tribe's First Street property
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community’s First Street property will get a cosmetic makeover early in 2019, once the Town of La Conner changes its administrative code to exempt buildings with small footprints from onsite parking requirements. ...
New Year's Eve icon joined local boat-building bandwagon
Turn the Way Back Machine to 1958 when a La Conner company was one of the largest manufacturers of stylish fiberglass boats on the West Coast. It was also a year, like so many others, that had been...
The Reservation tax problem
It’s true that there is a “tax problem” on the Swinomish Indian Reservation, but it is much larger than the Great Wolf Lodge tax case that everyone has been hearing or reading about lately. For decades, the Swinomish Tribe has faced at least four...
ERIN MICHAEL HENNING, DIANE CAROL KLINE
Erin Michael Henning, born February 27, 1961 and passed away December 24, 2017 suddenly at his home in La Conner, WA. Erin’s mother Diane Carol Kline, born November 21, 1937, followed him in death on November 7, 2018. Diane and Erin were members o... Full story
Glad tidings of comfort and joy
“My dear. Christmas Day,” was Bob Cratchit’s reply to his loving wife Martha when she wanted to scold – pile on, in modern parlance – his boss, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge. What good cheer is there for us in this weary world this Chris...
La Conner High alum's career coming up roses
Daren Nystrom is kicking off the new year in style. The La Conner native will be in Pasadena Jan. 1 to work the storied Rose Bowl football game as a senior associate athletic trainer for the...
