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Marissa Conklin

BEING CAST INTO A NEW ROLE - For more than three decades, Jon Peterson has been a familiar sight in the La Conner business community, starting each work day setting up the array of high-end collectibles and vintage fishing gear that has defined his and wife Linda's Plug Ugly store. Plug Ugly, which enjoys a national following, closes at the end of the month as Jon, a former Seattle Police Department detective, pursues a second retirement.