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Monday Jan 27 3:27 p.m.: Crunch time – Fender bender in the parking lot at La Conner Elementary School. The drivers swapped information. Tuesday Jan 28 2:39 p.m.: Fraud – A La Conner resident checking her credit history found that someone had fraudulently opened a line of credit in her name and had made charges inFlorida on one of her accounts. 3:31 p.m.: Forgery – A business inConway took in a counterfeit $10 bill. The customer apparently had been carrying it around for sometime and couldn’t shed light on where it o...
Ashlyn Reinstra often carried the team as a La Conner High soccer standout. Now she has an even bigger team standing behind her. Ashlyn, a former co-League Player of the Year who recently completed her freshman season at Skagit Valley College, is now in a high-stakes match not of her choosing. She’s battling leukemia. But Ashlyn, daughter of Aaron and Jaime Reinstra, isn’t facing her foe alone. Far from it. The La Conner community and countless others from far and wide have rallied to her sid...
The coronavirus pandemic wiped out the 2020 spring sports season across Washington state. Now the La Conner softball and track teams are sidelined for a two-week period, due to recent positive COVID-19 test results among team members. “We have had several COVID cases in track and one currently in softball,” interim La Conner Schools Superintendent Rich Stewart told the Weekly News on Saturday. “Both teams are in quarantine for the required 14 days and will require tests.” Stewart said La Conner Schools staff is working with the Skagit County...
Santa was the star of the show at La Conner's tree lighting ceremony on Saturday. The La Conner High School chorus provided the music, the La Conner High School culinary arts class made the cookies and served hot chocolate. Santa arrived in the town's antique fire truck driven by Dave Alvord. Dozens of children sat on his lap reciting their Christmas wishes and with some magic dust, helped the jolliy elf light up the tree....
The impact of Title IX legislation is clearly visible on the La Conner High campus. It’s seen on banners and in the trophy case at Landy James Gym and on a permanent sign placed near the school’s main entrance. All herald the achievements of Lady Brave players and teams four decades after passage of the landmark act that literally leveled the playing field for female athletes. For two La Conner High products, though, the story begins well before 1972. That’s because Lauren McClung, a La Conner alum now playing volleyball at Pacific Luthe...
As she nears the finish line, Marsha Hanson isn’t merely taking things in stride. The retiring La Conner high and middle school principal has a strong kick left. Hanson was praised by Superintendent Tim Bruce and La Conner School Board members Monday night for her yeoman work this year overseeing a detailed school accreditation process. “We really appreciate what she has taken on,” Bruce stressed. “The accreditation process is a lot of work.” It will also be work finding a successor to Hanson, w...
The La Conner High volleyball team found a happy medium last week. But there was no happy Meridian at Landy James Gymnasium. That’s because the Lady Braves handed Meridian a straight-sets defeat before a large and supportive crowd on hand for La Conner’s home net opener. La Conner defeated its 1A foe with a balanced attack and a quick, mobile defense that was stingy when it came to yielding points at the net. State Player of the Week Heather Henriksen set the tone with another all-around per...
Halloween is still days away, but there were tricks aplenty at the La Conner-Cedar Park Christian boys’ soccer match Tuesday. Which was a real treat for Braves’ head coach Steve DeLeon and La Conner High School fans. La Conner benefitted from not one hat trick — but — in its impressive 7-1 league triumph. Wylie Thulen and Pablo Guirao Melendez each recorded three-goal hat tricks for the victors, who picked up their fourth win of the league campaign. Dylan Watkins also scored for La Conner. Back in the day, a player scoring thr...
15-2013 Janet R. Good, a fourth generation Skagitonian, died peacefully at age 81 on Monday, December 16, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Janet was born at Rowley Hospital, Mount Vernon, on October 19, 1932 to Roy C and Virginia Nelson Moen. She graduated from Mount Vernon High School Class of 1950. Janet met Pat Good and they were later married on December 18, 1953 at Salem Lutheran Church. They farmed on Fir Island for many years then moved to LaConner to raise their family and continue farming for r Skagit Properties. Their...
12-2014 Lifelong La Conner resident Peter Kermit Swanson died Saturday, January 25 at age 93. He was born on Easter Sunday, April 4, 1920, the fourth son of Anton and Anna Swanson, joining brothers Austin, Vincent and Vernon. At 14 years old, Kermit was issued a driver’s license. Kermit drove the delivery truck for his dad and Uncle Axel, the owners of the Palace Meat Market in La Conner. He handed out so many free wieners to children, it’s a miracle the meat market made any money. A farmer all his life, Kermit hit it big with a bumper cab...
“Charlie” “Chuck” 1944-2013 Charles F. Elde, who most people knew as “Charlie” or “Chuck,” a life-long resident of La Conner, died on Tuesday, December 24. He was born in Mount Vernon on November 21, 1944 to Charles Tage and Hazel Elde. He attended La Conner Schools and graduated from La Conner High School in 1963. He also attended Skagit Valley Community College and Pacific Lutheran University. After college, he returned to La Conner to farm with his father on the Elde Family Farm, where he far...
La Conner resident Lyla Louise Schoenberg died in her sleep at age 92 in Anacortes, early Sunday morning, January 19. She was the seventh child in a family of 10 and was born Lyla Thompson in McKenzie, North Dakota in 1921. Lyla moved to Spokane in the 1930’s, living with her sister Arrah. She graduated from North Central High School in 1939, and while at North Central, she met Jim Schoenberg and married him on June 28, 1941 in St. Aloysius Church. Jim and Lyla raised their family of six c...
In my 12th year as Mayor, I am very grateful for the community that we all share. I have always said that La Conner’s greatest resource is its people. It’s true, and La Conner has attracted an eclectic and vibrant group of individuals from a profusion of backgrounds and varying ages. The Town is also fortunate to have dedicated staff, organizations and hosts of volunteers that work intently to ensure and improve the high quality of life that we all enjoy. Further, La Conner’s elected Town Council is a serious group of individuals who don’t...