A MOMENT YEARS IN THE MAKING – Last Wednesday afternoon near;y 100 people gathered at the site of the old Friends of the Library Thrift Shop to celebrate their years of hard work that brought them to this moment: the groundbreaking for the new La Conner Swinomish Library. From left: Skagit County Commissioner Ron Wesen, Swinomish Tribal Senator Brian Wilbur, Jeremy McNett, Joan Scarboro, Matt Aalfs, Jean Markert, Jake LaBarre, Jim Airy and Judy Menish, not pictured. –Photo by Ken Stern